Editorials
I love to write editorials. I started in high school as the editor of my school paper. Later, I would write editorials to the Milford Cabinet, Milford, NH, in the beginning mostly about drugs. As Bill Rotch, the publisher of the Cabinet said 20 years ago, “Keep on writing.” This was my favorite:
Marijuana
I know it’s hard to be open-minded about drugs!
Our Federal policies regarding drug use are having little effect in reducing social problems of the day. Alcohol, tobacco products and gambling all have proven to have negative effects that require rehabilitation programs at great cost to the government.
Marijuana has not demonstrated equivalent destruction, addiction or rehabilitative needs. The timing for change couldn’t be more ideal as we enter the third millennium or 21st century. Many people cannot cope with the stress of jobs, home life, etc. They seek relief, thus Marijuana.
Like alcohol and prohibition, Marijuana legalization is a case of the majority of people trying to legislate to the minority Marijuana consumers. Our prisons are crowded with non-violent drug offenders. A Federal law protecting Marijuana consumers and mandating the states to deal with abuses of that law uniformly needs to be passed in Washington, D.C.
We do have the power to make change. The drug war isn’t working, though our young people still need organizations such as DARE. People over the age of 21 should have a choice. Isn’t it a poor choice to enforce the law against Marijuana versus a greater investment in time and money to eliminate behavior destructive to others? One hidden reality is that the drug war is creating hostility and alienation in our society.
It is my belief that the National Horticultural Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture can select milder strains of Marijuana for growth in the U.S. that do not hinder driving or the use of machinery, and still provide the relief and high that many people seek.
Also, Government-selected seeds, twelve to a packet, could be grown for home use. The maximum that anyone could grow would be twelve plants. Seed could be bought in U.S. Government stores for as little as $12.00 per packet.
Drugs are here to stay! Do we continue a fruitless battle against them, or try a different approach?
A carefully designed rethinking of this topic will surely help balance the national budget.
This was the only editorial with which I had help. It was with Dr. Larry Tilley, a former superintendent of schools in western Massachusetts. He had two refrigerators in his kitchen. Whenever both refrigerators were running while writing the Marijuana editorial, we would run to the kitchen table and jot down what we had just said.
A little later, I started writing to six New Hampshire newspapers. One time I requested that the Nashua Telegraph, The Keene Sentinel, and the Concord Monitor all agree to print a drug-sensitive editorial on the same day. My favorite New Hampshire newspaper is the Foster’s Daily Democrat in Dover, NH.
Not satisfied with six New Hampshire newspapers, I expanded my number of papers to 204. Currently, my editorials go out to 227 newspapers.
It was obvious someone had noticed my editorials, because in 1988, Military jets were flying over the farm. The Military jets, which in the future I will refer to as the planes, have been in my life every day for 32 years. On days when there would be a blizzard and impossible for the jets to fly over in those weather conditions, we communicated mainly with the use of my refrigerator. When things were going really well, the refrigerator could run the entire day. The fastest response from the refrigerator was when it went on, off, and then on again in seven seconds. On those bad days, another way we had of communicating was through songs on the radio. A great way to start the day would be with a song by Heart, especially Magic Man. Magic Man, or the man on the ground, would be the way the planes would refer to me. Other songs by Heart with positive implications are Crazy on You, Barracuda, and Straight On.
The only other songs that had meaning to me were Benny and the Jets by Elton John, and You’re My First My Last My Everything by Barry White.
You shouldn’t think that disc jockeys are always just playing random songs. I don’t know exactly how, but if you asked a disc jockey from 106.3 Nashua, NH or 105.7 out of Boston, MA, they would tell you that people associated with the jets request that songs be played at a certain time for my benefit.
The only two negative songs that I used to hear quite a bit in the first 12 years of the jets were Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Cold as Ice by Foreigner. Cold as Ice was nowhere near as bad as Bad Moon Rising, but would make me rethink whatever I had been thinking. Your Song by Elton John makes me think of and appreciate my partner of the last four years, Susan Mann.
In the past 32 years working with the Military, one of my favorite editorials was written and sent out on 9/20/2001. Two commercial jets had just slammed into the World Trade Center buildings. I was dismayed because I knew the Military could see into the future, and why would they let this happen? The heading on my editorial which was sent to over 200 daily newspapers at the time was, “Terrorist Acts are Over for the USA.” The Military can see into the future, and I put in big print underlined that they could have stopped the bombing of the World Trade Center but allowed the tragedy to happen.
Although on each editorial I included my address and telephone number, I would ask the planes to allow one phone call for each editorial. They said that they answered every phone call and posed as David F. Jasper. I did once ask for a threatening phone call – just one. I got a call from a man from Austin, Texas, George Bush, Junior’s hometown, asking me in a threatening way, “How many adults will be sleeping at your house tonight?”
In high school, where I was treasurer of my class of 104 people graduating in 1964, I never got better than a C in English.
When an event would happen that I or the Military was interested in, they would tell me to get the editorial out as soon as possible. They always helped me with my editorials. In the beginning, if there was something I was going to say that they didn’t think was appropriate, a huge green Military helicopter would either fly directly over the farm, or I could hear the chopper’s sound off in the distance. My last editorial dated May 14, 2019 was a Military favorite. It was about Trump’s trip to North Korea and how it boosted North Korea’s ego, and was a real hit with the Military. As Susan and I were sitting at a restaurant in Ogunquit Maine called Jackie's Too at high tide 30 Military jets 3 abreast all with vapor trails went over us while were having lunch. Here is the editorial:
May 14, 2019
Trump’s Visit Inflates North Korea’s Ego
The North Korean’s leader, whose name escapes me at this time, absolutely loved Trump’s Vietnamese Summit conference visit. Trump, who wanted a Nobel Peace Prize for the meeting, is not trusted by the United States military. He lacks the knowledge of some important information. The United States can see into the future, not for a few hours, but for weeks, in an extremely accurate manner.
North Korea’s leader is getting bolder, with a lot of missile tests, launching them further and further and threatening the United States, saying he’ll be able to have a nuclear strike on U.S. territory if he decides to do so.
The United States military is not impressed or intimidated. We would know weeks ahead of time when a missile would strike U.S. territory and do something catastrophic to stop it. The missile would be targeted by our own missile, striking it before it left the silo. Depending on how large the North Korean payload was, it could be the end of much of North Korea.
There are nine countries now with a nuclear capability if you include North Korea. The North Korean citizens are in a stranglehold from world sanctions against them. Their leader desperately wants to be regarded as a big man in the world. President Trump feeds this desire by saying they are friends.
I personally have no use for nuclear annihilation, and I curse the little man from North Korea.
Respectfully submitted,
David F. Jasper
PO Box 1016
Hollis, NH 03049
603-759-8848
In 32 years working with the Military, I have had over 100,000 jet responses, 60% of which had vapor trails. 20% were just jets, and 20% I just heard the jets on a cloudy day. They’re always reading my mind, and a common length of time for them to respond is 3 to 5 seconds. There were thousands of single-engine planes, like a Cessna, that always meant no. A two-propeller small plane was a welcome variation from the jets, also meaning yes.
A while ago we were looking at a property in Bar Harbor, Maine for Susan and I to move to. Its address was 10 Barberry Lane, Bar Harbor, Maine. On July 31, 2019, we will be traveling to Kennebunkport, Maine to stop at the Bush family compound which has nine bedrooms and juts out into the ocean with Secret Service protection. I think that’s going to be our new home.
If I get the Bush compound as my next residence, there will be Secret Service protection. I will invite world leaders like say the head of Saudi Arabia or the head of Israel, my favorite foreign country, to come and visit without fear.
Our Federal policies regarding drug use are having little effect in reducing social problems of the day. Alcohol, tobacco products and gambling all have proven to have negative effects that require rehabilitation programs at great cost to the government.
Marijuana has not demonstrated equivalent destruction, addiction or rehabilitative needs. The timing for change couldn’t be more ideal as we enter the third millennium or 21st century. Many people cannot cope with the stress of jobs, home life, etc. They seek relief, thus Marijuana.
Like alcohol and prohibition, Marijuana legalization is a case of the majority of people trying to legislate to the minority Marijuana consumers. Our prisons are crowded with non-violent drug offenders. A Federal law protecting Marijuana consumers and mandating the states to deal with abuses of that law uniformly needs to be passed in Washington, D.C.
We do have the power to make change. The drug war isn’t working, though our young people still need organizations such as DARE. People over the age of 21 should have a choice. Isn’t it a poor choice to enforce the law against Marijuana versus a greater investment in time and money to eliminate behavior destructive to others? One hidden reality is that the drug war is creating hostility and alienation in our society.
It is my belief that the National Horticultural Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture can select milder strains of Marijuana for growth in the U.S. that do not hinder driving or the use of machinery, and still provide the relief and high that many people seek.
Also, Government-selected seeds, twelve to a packet, could be grown for home use. The maximum that anyone could grow would be twelve plants. Seed could be bought in U.S. Government stores for as little as $12.00 per packet.
Drugs are here to stay! Do we continue a fruitless battle against them, or try a different approach?
A carefully designed rethinking of this topic will surely help balance the national budget.
This was the only editorial with which I had help. It was with Dr. Larry Tilley, a former superintendent of schools in western Massachusetts. He had two refrigerators in his kitchen. Whenever both refrigerators were running while writing the Marijuana editorial, we would run to the kitchen table and jot down what we had just said.
A little later, I started writing to six New Hampshire newspapers. One time I requested that the Nashua Telegraph, The Keene Sentinel, and the Concord Monitor all agree to print a drug-sensitive editorial on the same day. My favorite New Hampshire newspaper is the Foster’s Daily Democrat in Dover, NH.
Not satisfied with six New Hampshire newspapers, I expanded my number of papers to 204. Currently, my editorials go out to 227 newspapers.
It was obvious someone had noticed my editorials, because in 1988, Military jets were flying over the farm. The Military jets, which in the future I will refer to as the planes, have been in my life every day for 32 years. On days when there would be a blizzard and impossible for the jets to fly over in those weather conditions, we communicated mainly with the use of my refrigerator. When things were going really well, the refrigerator could run the entire day. The fastest response from the refrigerator was when it went on, off, and then on again in seven seconds. On those bad days, another way we had of communicating was through songs on the radio. A great way to start the day would be with a song by Heart, especially Magic Man. Magic Man, or the man on the ground, would be the way the planes would refer to me. Other songs by Heart with positive implications are Crazy on You, Barracuda, and Straight On.
The only other songs that had meaning to me were Benny and the Jets by Elton John, and You’re My First My Last My Everything by Barry White.
You shouldn’t think that disc jockeys are always just playing random songs. I don’t know exactly how, but if you asked a disc jockey from 106.3 Nashua, NH or 105.7 out of Boston, MA, they would tell you that people associated with the jets request that songs be played at a certain time for my benefit.
The only two negative songs that I used to hear quite a bit in the first 12 years of the jets were Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Cold as Ice by Foreigner. Cold as Ice was nowhere near as bad as Bad Moon Rising, but would make me rethink whatever I had been thinking. Your Song by Elton John makes me think of and appreciate my partner of the last four years, Susan Mann.
In the past 32 years working with the Military, one of my favorite editorials was written and sent out on 9/20/2001. Two commercial jets had just slammed into the World Trade Center buildings. I was dismayed because I knew the Military could see into the future, and why would they let this happen? The heading on my editorial which was sent to over 200 daily newspapers at the time was, “Terrorist Acts are Over for the USA.” The Military can see into the future, and I put in big print underlined that they could have stopped the bombing of the World Trade Center but allowed the tragedy to happen.
Although on each editorial I included my address and telephone number, I would ask the planes to allow one phone call for each editorial. They said that they answered every phone call and posed as David F. Jasper. I did once ask for a threatening phone call – just one. I got a call from a man from Austin, Texas, George Bush, Junior’s hometown, asking me in a threatening way, “How many adults will be sleeping at your house tonight?”
In high school, where I was treasurer of my class of 104 people graduating in 1964, I never got better than a C in English.
When an event would happen that I or the Military was interested in, they would tell me to get the editorial out as soon as possible. They always helped me with my editorials. In the beginning, if there was something I was going to say that they didn’t think was appropriate, a huge green Military helicopter would either fly directly over the farm, or I could hear the chopper’s sound off in the distance. My last editorial dated May 14, 2019 was a Military favorite. It was about Trump’s trip to North Korea and how it boosted North Korea’s ego, and was a real hit with the Military. As Susan and I were sitting at a restaurant in Ogunquit Maine called Jackie's Too at high tide 30 Military jets 3 abreast all with vapor trails went over us while were having lunch. Here is the editorial:
May 14, 2019
Trump’s Visit Inflates North Korea’s Ego
The North Korean’s leader, whose name escapes me at this time, absolutely loved Trump’s Vietnamese Summit conference visit. Trump, who wanted a Nobel Peace Prize for the meeting, is not trusted by the United States military. He lacks the knowledge of some important information. The United States can see into the future, not for a few hours, but for weeks, in an extremely accurate manner.
North Korea’s leader is getting bolder, with a lot of missile tests, launching them further and further and threatening the United States, saying he’ll be able to have a nuclear strike on U.S. territory if he decides to do so.
The United States military is not impressed or intimidated. We would know weeks ahead of time when a missile would strike U.S. territory and do something catastrophic to stop it. The missile would be targeted by our own missile, striking it before it left the silo. Depending on how large the North Korean payload was, it could be the end of much of North Korea.
There are nine countries now with a nuclear capability if you include North Korea. The North Korean citizens are in a stranglehold from world sanctions against them. Their leader desperately wants to be regarded as a big man in the world. President Trump feeds this desire by saying they are friends.
I personally have no use for nuclear annihilation, and I curse the little man from North Korea.
Respectfully submitted,
David F. Jasper
PO Box 1016
Hollis, NH 03049
603-759-8848
In 32 years working with the Military, I have had over 100,000 jet responses, 60% of which had vapor trails. 20% were just jets, and 20% I just heard the jets on a cloudy day. They’re always reading my mind, and a common length of time for them to respond is 3 to 5 seconds. There were thousands of single-engine planes, like a Cessna, that always meant no. A two-propeller small plane was a welcome variation from the jets, also meaning yes.
A while ago we were looking at a property in Bar Harbor, Maine for Susan and I to move to. Its address was 10 Barberry Lane, Bar Harbor, Maine. On July 31, 2019, we will be traveling to Kennebunkport, Maine to stop at the Bush family compound which has nine bedrooms and juts out into the ocean with Secret Service protection. I think that’s going to be our new home.
If I get the Bush compound as my next residence, there will be Secret Service protection. I will invite world leaders like say the head of Saudi Arabia or the head of Israel, my favorite foreign country, to come and visit without fear.
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