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While reading an article on a web site I stumbled onto called Ace of Spades HQ, posted by no less than ACE, I was reminded of a similar rant of mine where I complained about the Democrat whining about Republican hindrance. Ace’s article corrects people who think President Obama is the anti-Christ. The article is interesting and I encourage you to read it, but he summed it up by saying, “Satan would not be such a [screw] up.” http://ace.mu.nu/archives/297344.php
My original point was that is must be horrible to be a liberal/progressive/collectivist with things going so badly. Occasionally I comment about how they tend to eat each other when in charge. Part of the reason is that they each think that their own issue is the only important one but the principles they insist further their interests actually hinder the agenda of other liberal/progressive/collectivists. How is related to President Obama not qualifying as the antichrist? They are both explained by the idea behind the phrase, “We hold these truths to be self evident.”
Continue reading We hold these to be self evident – “[We] elected an unprecedented, historic guy made of pure awesome.”
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!
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
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
This is an old rant, posted here in support of what I think Mr. Shaw articulated in his post on Empire Building. – Shannon
Today it will finally happen. I am about to make you think that I have gone off the deep end. Half of you are going to think I’m a loon for what I’m about to say, the other half for my reasons. But, here goes.
We should surrender in Afghanistan and bring our people home.
Continue reading Surrender, Mr. President, and bring our troups home
After reading about President Obama’s strategy for conducting the war in Afghanistan I began wondering why we were even there. After all, George Washington warned us in his Farewell Address to “avoid foreign entanglements”. We have ignored his words.
Through the years our government has found many reasons to send our troops overseas and we are now [...]
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