Jim Gibbons : Baghdad, Iraq

Assemblyman Jim Gibbons forfeit the safety of staying in Carson City to fly missions over Baghdad, Iraq. He flew for Delta. I took Delta to Frankfurt, Germany, interviewed some soldiers. There is a huge U.S. base in Frankfurt. The city is where all commerce began under Mayer Amschel Rothschild. The Rothschild Estate in Frankfurt founded international commerce, finance, and banking. Jim Gibbons and Delta airline pilots were flying F-4 Phantoms developed by McDonnell-Douglas. Gibbons was making rich friends in high places. Jim Gibbons was awarded with honors. He flew over enemy fire in an unarmed airplane to take pictures of enemy territory in Iraq. Jim Gibbons accepted metals from the military. Washington rolled out the welcome mat when he returned home. Before returning the school, I got food poisoning in Aswan, slipped into a coma for a few days, and recorded my will with a doctor into a tape cassette recorder. The doctor sent the tape to my mother, but luckily I regained consciousness before the mail arrived. I talked to her over the phone before my death notice arrived via postage delivery. Jim Gibbons heroism put the flight pilot on the fast track to local success amongst Nevada voters. He returned to a hero’s welcome. I felt like a schmuck when I got to school. Government officials wanted photographs shaking Jim Gibbons hand. Bankers want to brag about giving the Governor loans. To put the timing into perspective, let us examine the modern day lawmakers in 1991.

Reporting from Las Vegas, Nevada

Green Door : Reporting from Las Vegas, Nevada

Now as I write this sentence, wives are introducing their husbands to couples, strangers the couples have never met, at the Green Door down the street and around the corner. Folks flew in from Huntsville, Alabama where they swap couples in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday and Saturday before returning to church service at the Nashville Southern Baptist Church on Sunday morning. You know, the church made famous with the large basketball courts downtown. I know because I interviewed the married couples in Nashville, Tennessee in January 2000. From January 1, 2000 to July 4, 2000, I drove from California to Florida twice. Interviewed individuals from Santa Barbara, California to Jacksonville, Florida; all over from Memphis, Tennessee to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Salt Lake City, Utah. Four of the couples I interviewed showed a pattern that I found interesting, especially when it comes to defining the roles of couples in the United States: Sociology in America; The wives didn’t necessarily want to work at swap couples. The husbands didn’t want to cheat too. They found the exercise exhausting: Meeting strangers. Interviewing couples asking for answers to private questions. Asking strangers about their sexual adventures. There were elements of emotional betrayal, mistrust, and bitterness that would turn to spontaneous snaps of anger, or even hatred that turned to splits and separations bordering on divorce proceedings. So what was the answer after I asked why? The description I received most came down to the couples marrying young.