Rose Covered Glasses

"Rose Covered Glasses" is a serious essay, satire and photo-poetry commentary from a group of US Military Veterans in Minnesota. See Right Margin for Table of Contents and Free Book Downloads via "Box" Free SCORE mentoring for small business at: https://classic.micromentor.org/mentor/38640

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE VETERANS IN HASTINGS MINNESOTA

MORE PHOTO AND POETRY BY KEN LARSON : http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/560695345WHqpBD http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/560300957qo...

Monday, December 01, 2008

UPDATES - ON STATUS OF NAVY VETERAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY - GOVERNMENT CONTRACT WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE

TONY ROSE GETTING PRESS AND GOVERNMENT COVERAGE ON HIS PENSION STATUS The Pioneer Press has run a story on Tony Rose, the Navy Veteran who h...

Saturday, November 08, 2008

NAVY VETERAN HAS WAITED 2 YEARS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

BAKER AND ANIMAL CARE SPECIALIST TONY ROSE, HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A US CITIZEN FROM THE MILITARY, PAID INTO SOCIAL SECURITY WORKING IN THE...

Saturday, November 01, 2008

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECOMING MORE TRANPARANT ON WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE CASES

As recently announced by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Congress and President Bush have mandated a federally maintained databa...

Sunday, September 28, 2008

TWO COLLAPSING TOWERS - WALL STREET AND THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

While we observe Wall Street go through an implosion and our lawmakers mortgage the future of America with the associated bailout, let us ke...

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

CONTINUED GOVERNMENT EMPHASIS ON SERVICE-DISABLED, VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES

Since 2004 after a presidential mandate to contract 3% of all federal contracting dollars to service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, fede...

Thursday, August 07, 2008

The Pentagon's New "Spokesdrone"

Pentagon's New "Spokesdrone" http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2008/08/pentagon_unveils_new_unmanned.php As Reported by "The...

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

THE ELECTION AND THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Above book is free to interested readers at: larsoke3@hotmail.com 5 Questions for the American Voter 1. How well does the candidate you are ...

Sunday, June 01, 2008

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING FOR SMALL BUSINESS

For an all-volunteer site, dedicated to small businesses who wish to succeed in federal government contracting, please see the below site: ...

Thursday, May 01, 2008

THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF AMERICAN REALISM AND OPTIMISM

The below article by Bill Sharon in "Next Gov." should be required reading for all of us who are concerned about our government an...

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Video Artwork By Fellow Veteran

This video is a remarkably beautiful and informative work combining education with art and music. It was choreographed by Phillip Cunningham...

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT MACHINE IS BROKEN

A federal court has forced the General Services Administration to forgo the award of the largest information technology (IT) Government -Wid...

Saturday, March 01, 2008

WHERE AMERICANS CAN SEE WHERE THEIR MONEY GOES

Our thanks to Phil Cunningham for suggesting and making available Bazarro's fine art as a companion piece for this article. BELOW IS A Q...

Friday, February 01, 2008

OFFERING SOME "INTELLIGENCE" TO THE CIA - THE WASHINGTON THINK TANKS - AND THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX (MIC)

USA Today recently reported in its Washington Section that the CIA plans to utilize more open sources and blogs in its intelligence work and...

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

HOW THE PENTAGON CONTRACTS ITSELF INTO A CORNER

Government Computer News (GCN) carried a story on the difficulties experienced with, "Performance-Based Contracting". The process ...

Friday, November 16, 2007

VANITY FAIR EXPOSE' ON IRAQ

The People vs. the Profiteers Vanity Fair - November 2007 Americans working in Iraq for Halliburton spin-off KBR have been outraged by the m...

Thursday, November 01, 2007

HELP FOR A US NAVY VET WITHOUT A COUNTRY

We have a military veteran friend who was honorably discharged during the Vietnam era. He served in the US Navy while having dual citizenshi...

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

MISSISSIPPI SUNRISE MIST - HASTINGS, MINNESOTA

PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE OR DOWNLOAD TO ENLARGE Mist arise through brilliant light Slowly clear from shrouded night Offer visions thr...

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

GEORGE FRIEDMAN AT STRATFOR - BRILLIANT SYNOPSIS OF 911 6 YEARS LATER

PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE OR DOWNLOAD TO ENLARGE The link at this post is the best objective view of all parties involved in the global war on t...

Monday, August 20, 2007

VETERAN'S PLEA - IRAQ WAR LORDS – AND TALKING HEADS OF NATIONS AT WAR

WE WHO HAVE BEEN IN BATTLE BESEECH YOU LISTEN TO NATURE NOT THE ARTIFICIAL REALITY YOU ARE CREATING WITH WEAPONS AND EGO AS YOU STREAK TOWA...

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About Me

RoseCovered Glasses: Ken Larson was awarded the Bronze Star during two military tours in Vietnam. His career subsequently spanned 36 years with major aerospace and defense companies and small business consulting. Ken received the SCORE National Achievement Award in 2010 and the MicroMentor Award for Outstanding Service In Mentorship in 2021. Micro Mentor and SCORE are non-profit organization offering free assistance to small business in business planning, operations, marketing and other aspects of starting and successfully operating a small enterprise. Ken is the author of two books, "Odyssey Of Armaments" and "Small Business Federal Government Contracting". He specializes in Small, Veteran-owned, Minority-Owned and Woman-Owned Businesses beginning work with the Federal Government. You can contact Ken for small business assistance at MicroMentor by going to:https://classic.micromentor.org/mentor/38640 or by going to SCORE at: https://southmetro.score.org/mentors/ken-larson

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