By: Herb Mattord (Diary)  |  November 7th at 11:23 AM  | 

Okay.  BHO wins. The cause of liberty for free men (and women) looks bleak. To pass the time lets map out some of the Lord of the Rings places and characters from the Tolkien saga to the current politic environment. I’ll start: Mordor = The Washington DC area Bree = ? Minas Tirith = ? Battle of Osgiliath = The 2012 Election Sauron = Barack | Read More »

By: Herb Mattord (Diary)  |  February 19th at 12:48 PM  | 

Dear Friends, As we begin our approach to the mid-term elections, I do believe that the Republicans need not crow too loudly as yet over any upcoming political wins and gains. There are many of us Conservatives around who have the symbol of the Party very much in mind: The elephant — an animal that has a very, very long memory. When TARP 1 was | Read More »

By: Herb Mattord (Diary)  |  November 22nd at 07:11 PM  | 

If Churchill were alive today he might be involved in this dialog: Churchill: Madam, would you ‘support me’ for $300 Million? Mary Landreiu: My goodness, Mr. Churchill… Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course… Churchill: Would you “support me” for five dollars? Mary Landreiu: Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?! Churchill: Madam, we’ve already established that. | Read More »

By: Herb Mattord (Diary)  |  November 22nd at 07:08 PM  | 

Do we, as conservatives, stand at the ‘end of days’ for America.  When will the majority of people recognize the threat and reign in the corruption in Washington? The answer I am afraid of is ‘never’. Maybe we are at the end of the ‘grand experiment’ when the people riding in the wagon outnumber the ones trying to pull the wagon. I am really trying | Read More »

By: Herb Mattord (Diary)  |  November 18th at 08:22 AM  | 

Last week, the wife and I both came down with a virus of some kind.  Probably not H1N1. But, we found ourselves unwilling to exert ourselves and decided to watch a movie.  Three movie actually.  We chose to screen the three volumes of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings (LOTR). At every turn, I found the allegory uncanny when you use LOTR as a lens | Read More »

By: Herb Mattord (Diary)  |  October 27th at 11:10 AM  | 

Well, I am going to start writing something down. It is a matter of write it down or just explode. This election is really making me wonder what is going on. With the media so desperately on only one side — supporting the Socialist Party of America (err, Democrats) who will soon (it seems) have the House, the Senate and the White House. What am | Read More »