Tag Archives: Human Interest

The Rally Hosts Brian Brawdy and the SRMR

By Brian Brawdy | Published: July 3, 2010

I am very excited to be heading to The Rally in Louisville, Kentucky later this month. The 4 day show from July 22-25 is the place to be for all things RV’ing. Modern day nomads from across North America converge for one big blast. The SRMR or Self Reliant Mobile Residence will not only be [...]

Posted in Breaking News & Commentary, Featured, Preppers, RVing, Survival and Emergency Preparedness | Also tagged Kentucky, Louisville, Man-Made Disaster, North America, Online social networking, RV, RVing, social media, The Brian Brawdy Show, The Rally | Leave a comment

How To Become a Political Survival Expert

By Brian Brawdy | Published: June 25, 2010

Shortly after my Father took his own life in the mid ’80s, I decided to leave law enforcement and go my own way. Since that day, I spent a great deal of time in “the wilderness” trying, amongst other things, to square my mind with his actions. Along the way, I learned to survive in [...]

Posted in Breaking News & Commentary, Constitution, Featured, Media, Politics and Political Parties, Preppers, RVing, Survival and Emergency Preparedness | Also tagged Ecology, Education, food, How to Survive, Knowledge, Law Enforcement, media outlets, nature, political survival expert, politics, Survival Expert, survival skills, Washington, wilderness, wilderness survival | 1 Comment

Internet is the Biggest Threat any Politician Knows

By Brian Brawdy | Published: June 21, 2010

Today, with the Internet serving as the People’s Press, built solely for the dissemination of information (or disinformation in some cases), it looms as the largest threat to the unfulfilled “promise of transparency” in government. So it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the people wanting to “protect” us from “threats” will do just about [...]

Posted in Breaking News & Commentary, Constitution, Politics and Political Parties | Also tagged Chairman, Communication, Connecticut, Disinformation, Espionage, Federal Communications Commission, Government, harm internet users, Internet serving, Joe Lieberman, Julius Genachowski, Law/Crime, Lieberman, Obama, People's Press, politics, President, Psychological warfare, Punitive, Senate, Technology/Internet, United States | 2 Comments

Liberty is an Attitude

By Brian Brawdy | Published: June 20, 2010

Liberty is an attitude. Whatever else you decide to call it, freedom, autonomy or self-reliance, liberty is an approach to life. As such, it is both a viewpoint and a standpoint, a line drawn in your own sand, marking a position you refuse to surrender. It’s the passion you choose to personally cultivate what John [...]

Posted in Breaking News & Commentary, Buried Logic, Constitution, Featured, Politics and Political Parties | Also tagged autonomy, Bonsai, Freedom, Human rights, John Adams, Liberty, Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, Mindset, operating system, Outline of self, Philosophy, Political philosophy, Pursuit of Happiness, Religion/Belief, Science, Self Reliance, surrender, Trees | Leave a comment

U.S. Supreme Court: Miranda Rights Must be Activated

By Brian Brawdy | Published: June 2, 2010

When it comes to your constitutional protections, silence isn’t golden. Reading the latest opinion from the United States Supreme Court on Miranda rights and protections, I have to say it didn’t strike me as a total negative. The high court ruled that a suspect must activate his/her “right to remain silent” by saying so. Should you [...]

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Memorial Day: For Those That Stand and Guard the Bridge

By Brian Brawdy | Published: May 31, 2010

Watching my local Memorial Day parade this morning with color guards, bands and firetrucks passing the crowds of flag-waving families and friends gathered on both sides of Main Street, the name Horatius was front and center in my mind. So, in honor of those military members that have given their lives defending our country, and [...]

Posted in Breaking News & Commentary, Buried Logic, Politics and Foreign Affairs, Survival and Emergency Preparedness | Also tagged Air Force, Army, balls, bravery, Consul, courage, grit, guard, Horatius, Memorial Day, Roman mythology, Rome, Thomas Babington Macaulay 1st Baron Macaulay, U.S. Military, War/Conflict | Leave a comment

All Security is Really a False Sense of Security in 2010

By Brian Brawdy | Published: May 23, 2010

The downside of being a mammal, even at our position on the Tree of Life, is our dependence; our need to need. True, being warm blooded and having the ability to grow hair (though keeping it is a different story for some of us) are big bonuses. That said, the tradeoff is a formidable one; [...]

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The Gulf Oil Slick and The Grim Reaper

By Brian Brawdy | Published: April 30, 2010

Watching the news broadcasts, reading the horrifying accounts of the oil slick reaching the Louisiana coast line, I keep hearing the words “drill baby drill” pound in my mind. Doesn’t matter who offered the term, Democrats and Republicans alike, it just makes me sick. Now that we know it’s enormity could surpass the spill of [...]

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Politicians All Just Wanna Be Big Rock Stars

By Brian Brawdy | Published: April 28, 2010

Like the song from Nickelback says “We all just want to be a big rock star” and politicians are certainly no different. Seems our elected officials love the celebrity of it all regardless of their singing ability. They dig the camera, the microphones, the headlines, the podium and the press corps; they are more performers [...]

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Transparency: the Greatest Political Fiction

By Brian Brawdy | Published: April 26, 2010

Honest to goodness, do you believe it anymore? Is there a greater oxymoron than a transparent politician? Perhaps a gullible electorate rates a close second? For all the cries about the lack of transparency in the Obama administration, now the GOP calls for closed door meetings in the debate over finance reform. Once again, another [...]