This Land is Your Land

This land is your land, this land is my land,

From California to the New York island,

From the read wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters,

This land was made for you and me.

This Land is Your Land [1956] - Woody [Woodrow Wilson] Guthrie [1912 -1967]

from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

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A Book Review of Company Command - The Bottom Line by MG John Meyer

Prior to taking company command, I visited the local PX to find some helpful resources about company command. As I scanned the bookshelf at the PX, I noticed a catchy, reddish colored book with Captain's bars on it. The title said: "Company Command: The Bottom Line" by MG (ret) John Meyer.

I scanned through the table of contents, read the author bio and decided to purchase the book.

Let me start by saying that I found the book very helpful. It was well written, easy to understand and organized in a logical manner.

MG Meyer covered the basics such as UCMJ actions, supply, administration, maintenance, physical fitness, the company commander (CO) and first sergeant relationship, discipline and much more.

What I enjoyed most about the book was the "war stories" that the author used to get his point across. I also enjoyed how the author talked about your "why." He made you think about "why you want to be a CO" in the first place. I also enjoyed when he discussed what makes a good CO and what a first sergeant expects from his or her CO.

The only downside of the book is that it is geared more towards Active Duty company commanders. There isn't too much information about United States Army Reserve or Army National Guard company commanders.

Although the book was published in 1990 (some 20 years ago) most of the advice is still applicable.

In conclusion, this book is a great investment for your military education and professional development. I recommend it to any current CO or aspiring CO.

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Hilary Clinton - One of the Most Powerful Women in Politics

Hilary Clinton trivia decisively demonstrates that this woman has gone from being just another girl born in Chicago and raised in a Methodist family to go on to become one of the most important figures in contemporary American politics.

Hilary Clinton trivia will show that she became very interested in politics even while very young, and that after graduation from high school she began studying political sciences at Wellesley. Interestingly enough for anyone taking a Hilary Clinton quiz, during these early years she was a supporter of the republican party. It was events such as the assassination of Martin Luther King, and the ambitions of republicans like Eugene McCarthy and Richard Nixon that would eventually cause her to turn her back on the Republicans and become a democrat for good.

It was while studying law at Yale that she would meet her future husband, one of the few people who can legitimately say that he has figured larger in American politics than Hilary herself, Bill Clinton, who eventually became President of the United States. She and Bill were married in 1975, and in 1976 the two of them would relocate to little Rock when Bill was the Arkansas Attorney General. Hilary Clinton trivia will show that she was next the first lady of Arkansas when Bill was elected Governor of Arkansas.

Next, as most know, Hilary Clinton was the First Lady of the United States during her husbands two terms in office. After that though, her own political ambitions were able to come to the forefront, and a Hilary Clinton quiz will show that she was elected as a United States Senator in the 2000 New York election. Many of the issues that she championed as a Senator would come to also stand at the forefront of her own presidential campaign in 2008.

The campaign of Hilary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 became one of the most closely followed primaries of all time as she and Barack Obama battled to the very end to seek the democratic nomination. However, after Obama was nominated and elected, he was not about to lose out on Clinton's political expertise and experience. He appointed her as the Secretary of State, and she interestingly enough became the very first, First Lady to later be appointed to a cabinet position. Despite some gossip of conflicts with the Obama administration, she seems to currently be enjoying success in her new position as Secretary of State.

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Grover Cleavland on the Voters Duty

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. - Inaugural Address [March 4, 1885] from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

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