Chinese Endeavor

Working on the downhill slide now in terms of numbers of paintings to go for the new Harbor Dinner Club.

The totally hot little Greek girl at Christo's Palace cornered me last night and asked why she didn't have any of my paintings hanging there, and promised me a wall. Is also looking at opening a "working man's meal" store in the harbor, and was looking for some color to go on those walls as well.

Looks like I am going to be hip deep in canvas for a while.

While I have been waiting for the paint to dry, have been getting media packages together for Midnight Blue Noon. Sent them out to Channel 2 and Channel 13, and the Alaska newspapers as well. Maria Downing called, cracking up when she discovered she was the subject of my pen. Big press from friends Outside to start the trickle down, but lets capture one market at a time, shall we?

I don't have any hopes of being a New York Times bestseller with this first effort, just happy to be able to make my way up the learning curve. My mentor, Edward Timperlake is doing amazingly well with his fourth effort which he just released last month, Showdown - Why China wants War with the United States.

Of course, Ed is a seasoned writer with amazing contact doing yet another piece on his favorite subject, China.

Book Description
Will the U.S. go to war with China over Taiwan or oil? Yes-bestselling authors Jed Babbin and Ed Timperlake say Chinese aggression is virtually inevitable and in their new book, Showdown, they address the threat of mainland China and Bush's promise to defend Taiwan-at any cost. Showdown offers indispensable strategies and tactics for the U.S. to respond to the Chinese military threat in this ongoing battle for democracy and freedom.

From the Inside Flap
Are CHINA and the UNITED STATES headed for WAR?
Yes, say bestselling authors Jed Babbin (former deputy undersecretary of defense) and Edward Timperlake (veteran defense analyst) in this riveting new book that takes you from the latest developments in China's quest to become a superpower to the possible battlefields of what might become World War III.

Babbin and Timperlake unveil China's aggressive military buildup (more rapid than that of Nazi Germany before World War II) and expose how China is engaging in a new Cold War aimed at expanding its commercial and military reach at the expense of the United States. Babbin (a former Air Force JAG) and Timperlake (a former Marine fighter pilot) do more than offer expert analysis. In dramatic Clancy-esque style, they take you into the field with Navy SEALs and Air Force bomber pilots, invite you inside the war councils at the White House and the Pentagon, and peer within China'’s own Politburo in an exciting —and all too likely —series of war scenarios.

In Showdown, Babbin and Timperlake reveal:

* The unholy alliance between Communist China and radical Islam —and a possible war over Middle Eastern oil
* How China is infiltrating Latin America —including oil-rich Venezuela —to create an anti-American axis
* How a Chinese attack on Taiwan could spark the biggest war in the Pacific since World War II
* The vulnerability of Japan and the United States to Chinese cyber-warfare
* The likelihood of a second Korean War . . . only this time, the madmen in North Korea have nuclear weapons

As Babbin and Timperlake make clear, China is the greatest and most dangerously ignored —threat to America'’s national security. If America does not deter China's aggressive ambitions, the result could be global war. Provocative, thrilling, and must-reading, Showdown is a wake-up call for America.