William Delaney:  

I am a traveler, just returned from the Phillippines,retired in 1966 from the airline industry, work security at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. I lived in San Francisco for 15 years, was Police Officer for 6, did brief stint in Dallas,(grad school at U of Texas at Arlington) and Atlanta,13 years in Denver (ran for sheriff of Adams County). Taught college for 8 years, have written four books, traveled England, France, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Phillippines, Mexico, Jamiaca, St. thomas, and much of the U.S. I left Addison early, and went into the Air Force, where I got three hots, and a cot, compared to being cold, and hungry in Roanoke. As I have grown older, I realize that school was tough for we who got good grades, but I now benefit from my desire to learn. I still get strange looks from non readers, and those who spew nonsense that keep us under control. Much of what I hear in the U.S. is considered brainwash in other countries: "We are not free as we want to believe, and European Countries report information that is kept secret from us. The idea that everyone want to come to the U.S. is a myth. There are 7.3 billion residents on the planet, 300 million live in the U.S., in 2006 we ranked 147 of 178 nations on the happy planet index, and our carbon footprint (measure of damage to the environment) is one of the highest. In Europe 1960 I was treated better than in the U.S., and my intellect was more important than race. I rent a one bedroom apartment in Pinamalayan ,Philippines for $50 per month, a two bedroom in Manila for $120 per month, there I am a man, not a black man, and I get...Expand for more