The Mayor Introduces Sparta

Michael Spekhardt, Mayor for 2007-08 introduces the Township of
Sparta, NJ. More about the town and Sussex County are available at
www.spartanj.org and www.me3tv.org (links to Sparta).

Cat Has All The Marbles

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A vase with clear marbles in it attracted Skittles. After a few mornings waking up to find marbles on the floor and sometimes hearing marbles roll around the floor - we set up spy camera.

USS Houston POW Ship

An Army Air Corps veteran describes his bombing run on the Japanese ship that held POWs from the USS Houston.

Rock Hard the rockumentary

A rocumentary from a school in NJ. A rock band forms and then falls apart. Some former members join the armed forces.

The Justices and More

Tom: Well, you have surpassed my reading level now. I have to congratulate you. As I did in those days when you left the pond creek swamps for Navy OCS - I have again placed you on a pedestal of achievement to which I can aspire. (Vic)

Just finished two rather short books, that turned out to be unintentional companion volumes-The Supreme Court-Personalities and Rivalries that Defined America, and All The Laws But One by the late Chief Justice Wm Rehnquist. The former was not an exhaustive study of the court, but rather several parings of justices and differing "judicial temperaments" over the
history of the Republic. For example, John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson; John Marshall Harlan and Oliver Wendell Holmes; Hugo Black and William O. Douglas; William Rehnquist and Antonia Scalia.
The latter was a study by Rehnquist of the attempts on the part of the Federal Gov't to suspend civil liberties in times of war, especially the writ of habeas corpus. Reviews the Civil War, World War 1, WW 2, especially the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast.
This was written in 1998. Would be interesting if Rehnquist were still with us to get his take on the Bush efforts in the post 9-11 world. It truth, O W Holmes was correct when he rather cynically said: "The Law is what we say that it is.!" Vic, the more I learn, the more I realize how little I actually know.

Oh well, on to my study of the Constitution-where I may actually read it in its entirety for the first time. I fear that I will be camped out here for the "duration." (Tom Richarme)

Sex and the Single Tiger

Tiger sex is what causes a growing population of little tigers that become big tigers having more tiger sex. Thus it seems castration is an animal husbandry technique that is being employed more in the zoo environment. This video is not for the squeamish. It is factual and presented plainly. It can be an education for some.

RE: suggested reading material

Amazing! Thanks, Tom. I need to blog this in book reviews. vic
Just finished David McCullough's Path Between the Seas-the building of the Panama Canal; Damn, but McCullough is a good author as well as historian. Really an interesting read. I have always wanted to steam through the canal-maybe after retirement.!
This book reminded me that I knew next to nothing about TR, so I read Aida Donald's Lion In The White House. It was really a high level overview of TR's life-really more of a "TR light." I plan to purchase and read McCullough's Mornings On Horseback which should do TR more justice.
In the meantime, however, I am reading The Supreme Court-The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America by Jeffrey Rosen-to be followed by America's Constitution by Akhil Reed Amar-it is a bit intimidating in size, but maybe at last I will actually understand the Electoral College.?

HOLLER to the TROOPS from SCCC

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Sussex County Community College sends a HOLLER to the troops in the Middle East.  This aired on local cable and the web version is hoped to reach plenty of the troops who are at the tip of the spear.

HOLLER to the TROOPS from SCCC

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Sussex County Community College sends a HOLLER to the troops in the Middle East.  This aired on local cable and the web version is hoped to reach plenty of the troops who are at the tip of the spear.

Sussex County NJ SNOW GREETINGS

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Vic Campbell's video from Buzz Creek of snow shot in the early winter season of November 2007 with music especially made for it by Glenn Zervas. See BuzzCreek.com to get lots of dvd copies for yourself to give away to friends. Visit Glennzervas.com to learn more about Glenn's music.

THE SPACEMAN SONG (La La's Lament)

Local Entertainer - Larry Cutrone made this just for his good friends. It was a fun production effort using a song he cut many years ago and a puppet. Enjoy.

Vietnam Veteran Navy

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Starting in submarines, this navy veteran eventually came to a staff function that gave him a good deal of exposure to many outposts in Vietnam. His observations of events in Vietnam about 1970 are interesting and instructive.

Ralph Fronczkowski is now retired from the Navy and lives in New Jersey.

WWII_Army Nurse - A.Quick

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Alice Quick of New Jersey was a nurse in the Army in WWII. Her full interview for the "Veteran's History Project" is on a DVD and is provided to the Library of Congress, her family and the local library. Her service was in England -in Westminster (see the Chapel) and in France and Germany after the Allied Invasion. She did not work in surgery (wounded soldiers) but in the sick wards where she helped in the treatment of both American and German soldiers that came to her care. More veteran interviews are located in the ME3Tv.org website and in this Blip-TV channel for ME3TV. Volunteers are encouraged to help with videotaping and other tasks. See the website for details.

SCCC Students Interview TV Weatherman

SCCC students interview Bill Evans, ABC Weatherman. His book "Category 7" is now available.

ETV-20 - Bill Evans - Weatherman

Melissa Estock interviews Bill Evans about his new book , Category 7.