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

Saturday, July 11, 2009

SAIC Case Sheds Needed Light on World of Government Contracting

SAIC Case Sheds Needed Light on World of Government Contracting By Steven Pearlstein Friday, July 10, 2009 Washington Post Scien...

Sunday, May 10, 2009

New Pollution Spill at Lake Rebecca, Hastings, Minnesota

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Thursday, May 07, 2009

SPRING COMES TO HASTINGS, MINNESOTA

SCENES FROM THE VERMLLION AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS - MAY 2009 PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE OR DOWNLOAD TO ENLARGE

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Pollution on the Vermillion River at Hastings

PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGES OR DOWNLOAD TO ENLARGE The Minneapolis Star Tribune and Hasting Gazette recently reported on my pollution finding...

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

THE ONE YEAR US GOVERNMENT BUDGET CYCLE MUST GO

Having been inside the funding process in the government contracting industry (both large and small business) for over 40 years through man...

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Local Pictures of Hastings, Minnesota Veteran's Home Area 1 March 2009

Friday, January 02, 2009

YET ANOTHER GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Whether or not the average US Citizen knows it, the United States is creating the second-largest government/industrial complex in our nation...

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...

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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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