Not much is known about President Barack Obama other than his record in public office and general facts about his early years. He has redacted, partially by Executive Order, records relating to how he lived during his most formative years – from his teens until he emerges as a candidate for state-wide office in Illinois. Snippets of documentation reveal that he attended schools in Hawaii, | Read More »
The United States government is in the process of creating “perfect storm” conditions that will increase the amount of violent crime across the country. More than any other factor, government policies are creating a more dangerous America while at the same time making it more difficult for law abiding citizens to protect themselves. In other words, the crap is hitting the fan. A recent example | Read More »
I’ve never considered myself oppressed, but after reading the liberal rhetoric about how minorities are discriminated against on a daily basis, I decided to look at a day in my own life to see if perhaps I’ve inadvertently joined their ranks. I’m definitely against oppression. If I’m oppressing anyone, or being oppressed, I want to do something about it! I typically start the day with | Read More »
Despots typically rise to power by demonizing a minority of the population in the eyes of the voting majority. Hitler used the Communists and the Jews, Soviets the decadent West, Pol Pot the intellectuals, and jihadists the infidel. Like the school-yard bully, the despot picks an easy target that most people generally don’t like and that few will defend. The Democrat Party now employs this | Read More »
Gun advocates – before you lock, load and acquire a center mass sight picture on my avatar, let me say that I’m also a gun owner and a strong advocate of 2nd Amendment rights. But I’m finding that those wanting to learn more about the value of guns in home and personal defense are sometimes confused by language used on both sides of the 2nd | Read More »
The U.S. economy sits on the edge of a fiscal cliff. After meeting with House GOP leaders and failing to sway them to adopt his short term economic plan, President Obama has embarked on a speaking tour to sell his plan to the people. The fact that the people he’s talking to have no vote in the House or Senate regarding his plan appears to | Read More »
NOTE: The Humor-Impaired Need Not Read Any Further Let’s face it – America needs term limits for Senators and Representatives as much as it does the President. Why term limits for these rascals were not included in the Constitution is a mystery to me. But given that periodic elections ARE in the Constitution, here is my short Incumbent Qualification Exam for those elected guys and gals | Read More »
Aside from the occasional anarchist, few people question the need for government. Even the Colonial freedom fighters expressed the need for government in the Declaration of Independence, wherein they called for replacing rule of a king with a government that derived its power from the consent of the governed. As soon as British troops and their Hessian mercenaries were excused to return to their homes | Read More »
Socialism, corruption and tyranny are inseparable. Each requires the others to exist and to function. As the present Presidential administration seeks to implement socialist policies, they are, in fact, violating the limits placed on government by the U.S. Constitution and committing specific acts of corruption and tyranny. It’s easy to connect the dots to see how this is true and to understand that proponents of | Read More »
There is a real and visible disconnection between the American people and its leaders. It’s as if they live in separate universes, the latter snug in luxury accommodations paid for with the labor of the former. While thousands of hurricane victims suffer with no electricity, the President plays golf. While many elderly struggle to live within the simple means provided by an endangered Social Security | Read More »
They say, “feed a cold, starve a fever.” This might be the best advice America could take to restore its fiscal health. America’s politicians are deathly ill with spending fever and they’re infecting the rest of the nation with it. The only viable solution is to starve that fever and here is my three point prescription plan to make that happen. If Congress and the President | Read More »
The first shot of the New American Revolution has been fired. It wasn’t the re-election of Barack Obama or the cover-up or scandal involving _________________ (fill in the blank, there are so many to choose from right now). The first shot was simply the blatant election fraud that made the 2012 elections, and the American electoral process, dysfunctional and ultimately invalid. This fraud has stripped | Read More »
Recently I was listening to a radio interview with an author discussing his new book. In it, he describes a socialist plan for the future of America. Products and services would be provided by government controlled cooperatives rather than businesses. Everyone would benefit by producing according to their abilities and receiving according to their needs. Classic Marxism per “The Communist Manifesto” and “Das Kapital.” How | Read More »
Voting in an election is much like taking a survey. The voter pulls the lever, presses the button, fills in the oval, or punches the chad to indicate their personal preferences relating to a candidate, cause or political direction. The individual vote eventually gets lost in bottom line tabulation of total votes cast, but the prevailing majority determines the winner and sets the agenda. In the | Read More »
Officially, military chaplains and other “non-combatants” in war zones don’t carry firearms. In practice, however, many often do, citing the widely accepted need to protect themselves from “renegades and wild animals.” Fortunately for chaplains who choose not to carry a weapon, they are usually in the company of armed combatants capable of protecting them from enemy forces, renegades and any other dangers that exist in the | Read More »
There are two highly diverse messages being presented in the 2012 presidential campaigns. Democrats: – We don’t need no stinking budget – The rich should pay for everything – Individual accomplishment isn’t real, we’re all connected (as a Zen Buddhist, I take issue with this one, it’s a misapplication of the concept) – Government should take over more businesses – Congress isn’t necessary to make laws | Read More »
Americans are strong and generous. Whenever there have been global conflicts or natural disasters, the USA is front and center with manpower, supplies and cash to provide relief to victims or the oppressed. No other nation provides the level of global charitable giving that America has both the capacity and the will to provide to those in need. But is America strong enough and willing | Read More »
We’re off and running with Obama/Biden vs. Romney/Ryan for the 2012 presidential election. Given the cast of characters, this three month journey promises to be a wild ride filled with exciting twists, turns, scandals and crap so bizarre there is no way to predict it. On one side, we have Mitt Romney, an accomplished corporate manager and former governor with the people skills necessary to | Read More »
Anyone in business - especially if they work in sales – knows that it’s almost impossible to sell a product unless there is demand for it. Sometimes a fast talking salesman can create demand with a slick story, sometimes the demand results from availability of new technology or introduction of a needed invention. Successful businesses identify demands and supply products and services to satisfy them. Policitians know the dynamic of supply and demand, | Read More »
The American community has a lot of common interests that our Constitution plainly spells out. These include individual rights, state’s rights, national defense, interstate commerce, and construction and maintenance of “post roads.” There are more, but they are limited for the specific purpose of allowing most government activity to be carried out at lower levels where it can be more closely monitored by We, The People. There | Read More »
Evelyn Beatrice Hall (aka S.G. Tallentyre) in her 1906 biography of Voltaire wrote “I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” This phrase, often misattributed to Voltaire himself, has been used over the past century to represent a concept that is central to life in a peaceful, democratic society. The United States codified free speech in | Read More »
I’ve always been a fan of the Declaration of Independence as a written work. Though some find the language of the time difficult to decipher and a bit wordy, to me it is a classic piece of journalism that answers the who, what, where, when, why and how of the conditions that led to a Revolution. The Declaration was a long time coming, having been | Read More »
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