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

Sunday, February 28, 2010

ARE WE EXPECTING TOO MUCH FROM OUR GOVERNMENT?

The American Public fixates on government when things do not happen as planned or when unforeseen circumstances occur that are negative in n...

Thursday, January 28, 2010

BUCKS FOR BANKERS - BILLS FOR THE BRAVE

You may recall the story of Vietnam Veteran Tony Rose who fought a long battle with the Social Security, Homeland Security and Department of...

Thursday, December 10, 2009

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE VETERANS AT HASTINGS, MINNESOTA

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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

NOW AVAILABLE FREE FOR 2010 – UPDATED, 3RD EDITION – SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING GUIDEBOOK

Use the Box Net Feature at the below web site for your free Edition of “Small Business Federal Government Contracting” at: http://www.smallt...

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

VETERAN TONY ROSE NOW HAS US CITIZENSHIP

After a nearly 4 year battle with the Departments of Immigration, Homeland Security and Social Security, the US Government has conceded th...

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Global Village

We found this presentation beautifully conceived, informative and inspirational. If you agree, pass it on: http://www.box.net/shared/rv3a0vd...

Saturday, August 01, 2009

WATER QUALITY TEST RESULTS LAKE REBECCA, HASTINGS, MINNESOTA

PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGES OR DOWNLOAD TO ENLARGE The below report was recently provided by Travis Thiel, Watershed Specialist Vermillion Rive...

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...

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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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