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It’s the morning after, and I have a hangover. Well, a political hangover, at least. As a matter of functional providence and in the interest of matrimonial bliss, it has come to pass of late that I collect a great deal of my televised news from the more “progressive” networks (MSNBC, CNN)…and as such, I … Continue reading
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Timeline, Abu Ghraib. “W” (Conservative) was running against Senator John Kerry (Liberal). We were at WAR. A case was being presented by a happy band of lawyering-up, lawyers, intent on proving why the rule of law would prove victor against all ills, and why peaceful negotiation and “lawyering” is always the best route to take. … Continue reading
Okay. After scientists have now intimated that the speed of light is now…breakable, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity may now be a complete wash. Alright. We are not certain string theory really has validity. No where can I see that we are any closer to proving (or disproving) Bigfoot or alien encounters. We can’t be certain … Continue reading
Unions. Union Armies. The WAR of “Nawthan Agreshen”. Blue Blooded Aristocrats, still sympathizing with Europe. Does any of this ring true blue with anybody out there with a brain. To quote Ben Stein’s line from that hillarious movie, “Anyone?”. The crown loyalists (read “European Socialists”) are STILL aligned with the crown. The new loyalist, true-blue, … Continue reading
Hello from the land of TSA agents running amok on our interstate system, The Great State of Tennessee. Guess Obama and the rest figured we dumb-assed Hill-billies would just let their Viper teams go completely un-noticed. Or, perhaps, that their main “objective” in all this is to recruit teamsters (truckers) to keep an eye out … Continue reading
The Mouth’s of Babes You know, it is a very sad commentary when I think of the people I’ve become acquainted with of late who are in two, three and four generations “behind” me, and they share this concept that America somehow need to be torn down and re-built. They share a concept that great … Continue reading
The Freedom Manifest -or- How to throw a Monkey Wrench Into the Cogs of the Chicago-Mob, Political Machine So you are gonna disrupt our convention, huh? Well, do you remember just how well that worked for you when you disrupted the DNC in Chicago in ’68 ? So they say it set the tone for … Continue reading
Western Civilization The Minoans of the bronze age. Jericho, and the Sumarian. The Akkadian. Philo, Aristotle, Plato and the Plinys. Hippocrates and the development of the sciences. Alexander. Jesus, the Christ and Charlemagne; Roland, the “greats”, Alfred and Gregory. From the Benedictine to the Norman, Catherine of Sienna to Joan of Arc; Winston Churchill, to … Continue reading
“It’s all black and white”. “It’s all relative”. “It’s situational”. “It depends”. “It is existential…has to do with the meaning of existence…of what it means ‘to be’; in other words, it depends on the meaning of the word ‘is’ “. ever there were a black knight in Washington, DC, there would never be … Continue reading
What the hell are we thinking? I mean, really. Seriously. Herman Cain…oh Brother! Bill Clinton…YIKES (he likes Newt. I WONDER why!). And is (was) this whole Cain ordeal supposed to take some of the heat off Gingrich? Off Slick Willy? Give me a break. You know, character does count. And everything, everything, everything in politics … Continue reading
Ever feel like you are going nowhere? More bad news. Black Friday was a wash. Stocks tumble, yet again. Oh, and lemme guess “it’s Bush’s fault” ? Man. You know, the road may not have any twists and turns, but if you stay on something like this, it just might lead you nowhere. I don’t … Continue reading
Or is it? When dealing with committees, they begin to take on a personae of their own. A regular “star chamber”, or “fourth estate” of their very, own right. And it would seem that the mainstream media supports such insanity. One example is the argument the European Union is having right now over the labeling … Continue reading
It would seem, on the surface anyway, that nothing (any more) is as it seems. Boy, is that statement ever a contradiction in terms. But then, of late, so are the “facts”. For example, a buddy and I were engaging in “water fountain” talk, and the topic turned (naturally) to football. He is one of … Continue reading
When I read and hear of all the contradictions in this world, I begin to have an even more profound sense of what Christ faced with the liars who he referred to as “vipers”. With each passing story of pot-smoking, protesting hippies in Time Square or fundamentalists in Arab garb flitting through security check points … Continue reading
“The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.” -Jesus, the Nazarene A Kent State “moment” ? Can anything the left stands … Continue reading
What is it about me… …and hippies? I can’t quite put my finger on just why it is that I “loathe” them so. Perhaps it is because they screwed up my childhood. Maybe I lived in fear, trembling at the thought of Charlie Manson coming to my house and dismembering my body and shipping my … Continue reading
Ya. Forget about iconoclastic imagery. Forget about love-ins, peace-ins or sit-ins. Forget the so-called “Jesus Freaks”, or the velvet underground. Forget counterculture altogether. The new hippie? He’s a capitalist. He’s Ben and Jerry, or Bill Gates. He is Warren Buffett. These are your new hippies. They surround you, every day. You heap affection on … Continue reading
What can you say about Harry Reid? Imagine, trying yet again to “one up” the GOP. Desperation. Pure, and utter, desperation. The Democrats are trying with all their “might” to regain some semblance of both self respect, and so, off to the rescue, comes Harry Reid and his nuclear option to stop the filibuster. By … Continue reading
Will he, or won’t he? Is she, or isn’t she? Can he, or can’t he? Is it, or isn’t it? It would seem that this presidential election cycle is fraught with questionable situations. We can’t be certain about Christie, or Palin. As of yesterday, we are now not certain of Obama. Apparently, after the Cain … Continue reading
What a week, huh? How’s this for paradigm shifts and “thinking” outside the universe (or the “box” that contains it?). Well, Albert, everybody has an off day…and I’m certain there will be so very many who will rush to your defense (and frankly, I believe, deservedly so – you and I both knew, after all, … Continue reading
For third parties, that is. Left-leaning, liberal Republicans announce candidacy from points West, third-party or quasi-third party candidates sweep the Iowa caucuses, candidates who are not “running” are campaigning all around, and nowhere to be found is the GOP front runner. What is really going on here? Well, I’ll tell ya. This country is fractured, … Continue reading
Well, did ya hear the latest? Seems we’ve sent some highly sophisticated military hardware straight down into the salty depths below, auguring into the sea at ninety miles a minute (actually, when converted to minutes it is more like 217 miles per minute, but in an economy like this one, and on a pricey scale … Continue reading
What can you say about this one. A lot, actually. How thin-skinned can people be, and yet at the same time… so irreverently callous? (1, 2, 3). Seems an impossibility, but in the impossible realm of imagined reality in which the Demonrat lives, anything, I suppose, is possible. While the Nation’s economy is in a … Continue reading
You feel your wallet tighten. It can not breathe. There is pain radiating through the unemployment numbers and the rest of the forecasts are nauseating. You, my friend, are in a state of economic defib. What can you do? Shock treatment comes to mind, but then what? One could consider Congress’ brilliant move to be … Continue reading
What a hangover, huh? You can’t really know whether to laugh, or cry. It is truly a sad day for America, and perhaps one of the saddest in history. But consider poor Italy. Of course the study was conducted by the Brits, and what are you gonna do with that? I mean, it is, after … Continue reading
Well, I guess it is up to the swine, covered in lipstick. What will you do, Brother Senate, Brother Senate? You know, I’d hate to be in Pelosi’s and Reed’s shoes right now. For all intends and purposes, they have now taken the mantle from (as Limbaugh calls him) “The Anointed One”. The Senate (and … Continue reading
Truly, this is the unforgiving moment in our Nation’s history, and in its future. Continue reading
Ephesians 4:13 (King James Version) 13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: Ephesians 4:13 (New International Version 1984, ©1984) 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in … Continue reading
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