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Give President Obama a Break - He is only human.

First, President Obama did not cause the oil spill. No one reading this believes he did and those who are spewing such things are blinded by Obama Derangement Syndrome. Second, President Obama takes advice from those around him and I cannot believe that for political purposes, they encouraged him to ignore the law mandating [...]

Is the Pendelum Swinging the Other Way on Cheap Labor?

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The company in China that produces many of the parts found in today’s Apple iPod and other electronics felt enough pressure from it’s employees that it needs to start paying a decent salary. Recent events at Foxconn‘s Shenzhen, China plant have forced some changes. A second pay raise has been [...]

Sarah Palin is the most common person in America

Hank Suever, Washington Post Staff Writer, commented on the Sarah Palin special on Fox News called Real American Stories. The gist of his comments is, Duh . . . So . . . what’s your point? You can read it for yourself here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204207.html

Mr. Stuever is correct in the assertion [...]

Lead us Mr. President, even if you must run to the cliff ahead of us.

If you like the new insurance arrangement enacted by our elected officials, then you are happy. If not, then not. But there is one thing that is undeniable, the United States of America is at a cross roads predicted 235 years ago, and which will affect the next 235 years of most of the world.

The Great American Experiment followed the sacrifice of, “lives . . . fortunes . . . and sacred honor” in defense of an idea. The idea that individuals, free from the tyranny of central command and control, protected their individual interests better than any unrelated protector, no matter how kind, caring or otherwise motivated. The Great American Experiment was funded, fought, and died for on the promise that freedom led to higher standards of living for everyone, greater innovation in business, agriculture, and every other aspect of life for everyone it touched, successful and failing alike. The government would be as limited as possible, the people as free as possible. Continue reading Lead us Mr. President, even if you must run to the cliff ahead of us.

Fire the Coach and rebuild the program!

If you have not heard, Harry Reid is catching heat from the right about a comment he made during the last Presidential election race. I know, I just heard the collective scrunching of noses and loss of interest. FOCUS! Stay with me!

Specifically, he said then candidate Obama stood a good chance of winning because he was, “light skinned” and spoke with, “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” I say, cut him some slack. Why? Mostly, because I am on the right but not a Republican. I can forgive him for letting his colors show, so to speak, but don’t feel the need to attack him because he is a Democrat. Continue reading Fire the Coach and rebuild the program!

Taking my Tonka truck and go'in home

Think for a minute about Kindergarten. Imagine the teacher asks her class of 30 students to bring in a stuffed animal to play with. If they would like, they can bring more than one. Imagine that the next day, 5 students showed up without a stuffed animal, 20 showed up with one, 3 showed up with two, and 2 students brought in three.

Would you expect one or more of the 5 to show up the next day with a stuffed animal, because they did not like doing without? Do you think that some of the kids would offer their extra stuffed animal to classmates with none? I would. I would expect one or two of the 5 who simply forgot, or didn’t take the request seriously or whatever would remember the next day. That leaves 3 who did not bring a stuffed animal because they could not, for whatever reason. I would expect some with stuffed animals to share with those who do not have a stuffed animal. I have a son who routinely shares his most prized treats with others around him. Some of those with one stuffed animal would bring in another the next day, and some would do so specifically to share with their classmates. Continue reading Taking my Tonka truck and go’in home

Democracy has not failed us, we have failed democracy

Between Christmas and New Years, I had lunch with one of my oldest friends, home from New Jersey for the holidays. I had not seen him in more years than I would like to admit I have been out of high school. He said something that I let go at the time but later couldn’t shake. It was quite profound and reminded me of the knack he had for saying things that the rest of us talked about when we were younger, long after he had said them. He kept his opinions to himself much of the time, but would not hesitate to give a thoughtful answer if pressed, and never pulled a punch to avoid controversy. His observations could seem clairvoyant, as if he could notice the Emperor removing his cloths before the rest of us. In this uncharacteristic moment, he was wrong. At least I will attempt to prove him so.

Continue reading Democracy has not failed us, we have failed democracy

Take the day off, with pay, and save the bosses 1,000 times your salary. . .

Well they did it, in the middle of the night, while we slept. I say “they”, I don’t know how to say more correctly, “WE THE PEOPLE”. Our Congress agreed to end debate on 300 pages of replacing amendments which few have read, and no one seems able to explain.

“There are 100 senators here and I don’t know that there’s a senator that doesn’t have something in this bill that isn’t important to them,” Reid said. “If they don’t have something in it important to them then it doesn’t speak well of them. That’s what legislation’s all about,” Reid said of the compromises. “It’s the art of compromise.” – Harry Reid.

Continue reading Take the day off, with pay, and save the bosses 1,000 times your salary. . .

The Green Eyed Monster with Spittle

Lest we forget that the modern “Progressive” movement wants to take us backwards to the systems we had prior to our independence . . . this is a cartoon, reportedly from 1948 making fun of the very things we are discussing now. The human race has been discussing them as long as [...]

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