I Am A 2-time Combat Wounded Vietnam Veteran Who Came Home From Vietnam To Start Over Again In The Family Business. From There I Became A Firefighter And Retired As A Fire Captain After 25 Years...

I Was Also Lucky Enough To Have Been Elected Twice As A Town Official In A Small Upstate New York Town. I Got Involved In Politics In Florida And Was Elected A 38th Precinct Committeeman In Sarasota County In 2004. I Resigned That Position in 2006. I'm Now Just An Independent Thinking Conservative Looking For A Place To Hang My Hat...

With A 25-Year Career In The Fire Department Where I Rose To The Rank Of Captain, I Became The Department's Safety & Training Officer, Haz Mat Instructor & EVOC Course Instructor. In 2001, I Responded To The World Trade Center In New York City As Was A Safety Officer There For A Short Time...

After A Disabling Injury, In The Line Of Duty, For Which I Won The Firefighter Medal Of Valor In A Rescue That Went Bad, I Chose To Take Early Retirement From The Fire Service After A 25 Year Career...

I Have Also Participated In The Relief & Recovery Efforts Of Hurricane's Charley, Katrina, Rita & Wilma As A Contractor For A Company Working For FEMA...

While Out On the Road, Using My Fire Department EMT Training, I Participated In 2 Life Saving Rescues at the scene of 2 separate auto accident's. For Doing That I Was Presented With The Goodyear Highway Hero Award...

I Have Continued To Maintain A Presence In Emergency Management, As A Captain Of A CERT Team, And As A Member Of The Florida State Firefighter's Association. I Also Support The IAFF 2546 Suncaost Professional Firefighter's & Paramedics Union In Their Endeavors...

In 2002, I Went Back To College, After Suffering Another Disabling Injury In A Fall Of 25 Feet...

That Allowed Me To Finish My College Education And Receive My Bachelor In Science Degree With A Major In Business Management. They Say "You're Not Getting Older, You're Getting Better". For Me, That's Been Absolutely True...

I Currently Am The Owner Of A Small Business, Firetrans Services LLC, Which Owns and Operates News Sarasota.com...

News Sarasota.com Is Now Going Full Speed Ahead & Doing MORE Than I Ever Thought It Would Or Could! The World Of Blogging And News Reporting Has Always Been A Hobby Of Mine. As A Young Man I Also Worked As A News Reporter In A Local Radio Station And Was The Sports Editor For My Local Highschool Newspaper...

From Time To Time I Have Appeared on Local Radio Talk Shows In The Sarasota Area And Have Also Been On Several Nationally Syndicated Radio Programs..

My Son, Michael, Is A Proud Career U.S. Marine Officer Who Has Served Our Country In Both Iraq And Afghanistan. Semper Fi! God Bless Our Military...

I've Taken Steps To Get My Articles Syndicated, And They Now Appear On A Regular Basis On NewsBull, NewsBusters, GOP-USA, The New Media Journal, Townhall And Other Local And National Periodicals...

Thankyou very much to all of you for your email comments and the phonecalls I have received in support of myself and News Sarasota.com...

My New Show, "The Captain's AMERICA," Is Growing By Leaps And Bounds and can be heard on numerous venues...

"The Captain's AMERICA" Show is heard Monday thru Friday from 12 noon to 1 PM ET on 'Net Talk World - Global Talk Radio' and rebroadcast on our Website, The Captain's AMERICA.com 24/7and on our Internet Radio Station at Live 365.com...

You can hear the broadcast by going to the Live 365 Internet Radio Station website:

http://www.live365.com.stations/thecaptainsamerica

Listen to our podcast at:

http://thecaptainsamerica.podomatic.com ...

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http://www.nettalkworld.com - Global Talk Radio...

http://www.newmedijournal.us - On The Radio Page...

http://www.stocktalklive.net

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http://www.townhall.com

http://www.ubroadcast.com

Overnight Weekends on 'The Accent Radio Network'...

24/7 on Blog Talk Radio...

And rebroadcast via 'American Conservative Radio'...

The program originates from the Suncoast of Florida and is broadcast around the World...

It Is My Intent To Keep Reporting And Writing About The News Our Mainstream News Media And Others Don't Want You To Know About. My Facts Are Checked And Rechecked And I Will Always Tell You The Truth That Others Are Trying To Keep From You, The American People. That Is My Pledge...

Thank You Lord & Thankyou America! God Bless The USA & All Of Those Who Protect Us & Help Keep Us Free & Safe! We Support You...