tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5409283199142817126..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Quickies: When You Don't Know Where You're Going...Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-83529095006554704272014-03-17T14:36:22.555-04:002014-03-17T14:36:22.555-04:00My father, a career Army officer until he was RIFe...My father, a career Army officer until he was RIFed in 95 (thanks again, Slick Willie) refers to Generals and their adopted habitat as "Echelons above Reality".<br /><br />In some ways, I am glad my uncle never made Bird Colonel, much less got his star. He's too good and too smart to be rendered down into a useless politician. Now he works in the Foreign Service. I hope this is not the same ignominous fate by another route.<br /><br />A Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288199981382663362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-12987594958330232082014-03-17T11:33:29.960-04:002014-03-17T11:33:29.960-04:00Planning my beautiful City into bankruptcy and sla...Planning my beautiful City into bankruptcy and slavery:<br /><br />"Planning and Sustainability<br />Innovation. Collaboration. Practical Solutions."<br /><br />http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/52999pdxr13https://www.blogger.com/profile/04663894695994248670noreply@blogger.com