WE NEED A “U” TURN, NOT JUST A “RIGHT” TURN

    What now Tea party? And Republicans? Jim Gschwind PHD The Despondent Correspondent   This week I’m going to seem a little “tame” for some people’s tastes.  But enough ranting and raving about His Highness Barack Hussein Obama and his lack of leadership.   I know that behavior traits and especially leadership was my doctoral major and he just gives me soooo much material to work with, | Read More »

    Politics and Government Agencies (an Incestual marriage)

    Bureaucracy, Politics and a Campaign Year The Despondent Correspondent Jim Gschwind, PHD     Yes, unfortunately, campaign time which means more spending by our bureaucracy with the earmarks given to it by various politicians in order to “buy votes” and bring home that bacon.   Why would we wonder why GSA of all agencies has misused its power?  Why the VA is such a popular | Read More »

    Divide and Conquer…the NEW USSR

    Divide and Conquer….the “NEW” USSR Jim Gschwind, PHD “The Despondent Correspondent” Now you are asking yourself immediately; “what does he mean by the NEW USSR”?   It stands for the “United States Socialist Republic”.   That’s where we are heading unfortunately and it has all the earmarks of a non-violent (at least for now) Marxist coup d’état right here at home.   We don’t notice it as much | Read More »

    follow up to Global Warming Nuts – Answer to a question

    Yes, it is a “global problem” and yes even though Russia can and has in the past been “energy independent” they still would rather buy off the “spot” market (which is higher priced oil) rather than futures, just as Japan, China, India and Indonesia do right now. The Arab oil embargo worked back in our day ONLY because OPEC was more united and fewer states | Read More »

    Reply to Global Warming Crazies…..Another Scientist responds

    Reply to Global Warming Crazies….. Jim Gschwind, PHD The Despondent Correspondent I’m sick and tired of this, as a scientist I continually say “we are a carbon based species on a carbon based planet and we NEED it to survive”. CO2 is needed in soil to start plant growth. The dinosaurs flourished with 15% CO2 in atmosphere and so did the plants they ate. Dead | Read More »

    A Republican FATE?

    A Republican Fate? Jim Gschwind, PHD The Despondent Correspondent   What does the future hold for the Republican Party?  Is the old fashioned “mainstream” Republican Party doomed to the same fate it dealt out to the Whigs?   I’ve obviously lost you on that one.  Not many folks know that Abraham Lincoln formed the Republican Party out of a branch of the old Whig party | Read More »

    My nice Lib neighbor

    My Nice Liberal Neighbor…Send us more!!! Jim Gschwind PHD The Despondent Correspondent   Yep, even down here in ultra-conservative country we have our “token” libs.    They make nice conversation pieces down her ya’ll in the south and are basically harmless.  In fact they kind of stay to themselves a bit and I have found that many bar patrons down here in the south aren’t as | Read More »

    The Bully Pulpit is overpowering……Religion of the Left

    What the “Bully Pulpit” Proves:  Yep, we ARE that Gullible Jim Gschwind PHD The Despondent Correspondent     I was seriously hoping that as American voters we really weren’t as Gullible as the administration thinks we are by using repetitious lies to convince us of things we intrinsically know to be untruths.   Examples of this abound especially in the so called energy debate that | Read More »

    On Congressman Jeff Miller (R-Fl)

    On Congressman Jeff Miller James Gschwind, PHD The Despondent Correspondent Regarding our local boy who “done good” (local Homeboy expression), going to Washington to represent us peons out here in the sticks.  Congressman Jeff Miller, Republican from Chumukla Florida who took thousands from local taxpayers to pave a road to his house isolated in the country.  Taxpayers who couldn’t get their own roads paved without | Read More »

    Proposed comments to be used at religious freedom rally Pensacola 23 Mar

    Proposed comments for demonstration 23 Mar Pensacola Fl Jim Gschwind….PHD “The Despondent Correspondent”   We are gathered here today not as just Catholics as many of our brothers and sisters from other churches in this area have gathered with us to show one common voice and solidarity as Americans regarding our heritage and our future in this great country. One by one the America we | Read More »