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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009I heard Glenn Beck give this eulogy last night on his T.V show. I found this version of it on naute.com. Obituary of Common Sense ! Today, we mourn the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense. Common Sense lived a long life, but died from heart failure at the brink [...]
Great Quotes
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009I found this on the “House of Erasthones” blog. I had to pass it on. Sometimes, short messages are more powerful than long ones. There are also some other great quotes by my favorite economist of all time (Milton Friedman) on the Right Wing News blog.
Cut Your Expenses by $1.65 per Year
Monday, April 20th, 2009Remember BHO claiming he would go through the budget line by line. Well, according to the media, he’s kept that promise, but let’s take a look at the substance. He challenged his cabinet to reduce their budgets by a combined total of $100 million. Sounds impressive doesn’t it? However, compared to the $3 trillion budget, [...]
New Party Affiliation
Thursday, April 16th, 2009I am officially announcing my departure from the Republican party. While my conservative views haven’t changd, I believe the party that represented them has finally fallen apart and given in to politics as usual. I’m sick up and fed with the Republican party. As I search to find a political label, I find there really [...]
Tea Party Extravaganza
Thursday, April 16th, 2009I attended a tax day tea party yesterday in Elizabethtown, KY. My wife and two daughters went along too. We had a great time. Here’s a photo of me and one of my signs. That’s me on the left Here’s a snapshot of my oldest daughter and one of her friends with Lady Liberty. Notice [...]
Teddy Quote
Monday, March 23rd, 2009Here’s a great quote from Teddy Roosevelt from his first message to Congress: “The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled, it burns like a consuming flame.” I found this on a web site about an Orlando Tea Party.
Liberals Hate Capitalism
Friday, March 20th, 2009I recently ran across a post at The Absurd Report that I liked. It inspired the following comment from me that I decided to use as a post here. Liberals would never admit they don’t like capitalism because saying so is patently absurd. I doubt they would even admit it to themselves. The bottom line: [...]
Dirty Little Secret
Friday, March 20th, 2009I’ve retired from two careers. One from the U.S. Air Force and another as a successful businessman. I was blessed to have the opportunity to do both. Since my retirement(s), I’ve taken up consulting, some of which has me bidding on government contracts that interest me and ones where I feel I can contribute something [...]
A New Constitution
Thursday, March 19th, 2009I’ve often thought it would be an interesting exercise to try to re-write the constitution–only to clarify the actual intent by the authors. There are many source documents (Federalist Papers, etc.) that would help us glean the intent. Many of our problems stem from people, judges, and legislators trying to bend the meaning of the [...]
Big Bonus
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009We must be careful not to fall victim to calculated efforts to distract us. Yes, it enrages us to hear that AIG would pay out bonuses to the very people who got us in this mess to begin with, but that let’s keep it in perspective. We’re talking about $160+million, representing 1/10 of a percent [...]
The 912 Project
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009By now, most politically astute individuals are aware of Glenn Beck’s “The 912 Project.” I’ve been a fan of Glenn’s since his early radio days, even when he ventured over to the dark side at CNN. I was pleased when he moved over to Fox News and have been enjoying his show when I get [...]
Chicago Politics
Thursday, January 15th, 2009I was initially concerned about Obama choosing Rahm Emmanuel on his staff. Now, I’m just sick about it. I just read a blog post over at The Abusrd Report that makes me sick to my stomach. There’s just something about people who use foul language to communicate that makes me cringe. I would rather converse [...]
Brooks’ Law
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009In the Book “The Mythical Man Month,” Fred Brooks states “adding manpower to a late software project makes it later”. Could it be that this law applies outside the realm of software development? Or even outside the project development arena entirely? I believe it could easily be applied to economies with respect to money. I [...]
Proportional Response Poppycock!
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009It drives me nuts to hear these nutjobs trying to rationalize the behavior of Hamas. These sanctimonious wackos actually suggest that Israel should use proportional response for the conflict in Gaza. Yeah right. My idea of proportional response is to completely annihilate the enemy’s ability to perpetrate future horrors. Nobody in their right mind believes [...]
What Liberals Do
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009I was reading a novel last night and came across what I considered a great depiction of liberals when it comes to any sort of warfare: “They buy into the theory that opposing the use of force–for whatever reason–is inherently ‘noble’ and not a gutless renunciation of the will–and ability–to resist aggression or any other [...]
Swamp Thing
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008I saw Nancy Pelosi on television yesterday with her renewed vow saying “The swamp still needs to be drained.” This was in reference to her quote in 2006 as follows: “What we have to do is drain the swamp in Washington, D.C. Until we drain the swamp and bring integrity to the political process, we [...]
Transparency
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008I got the following video from The Absurd Report. I encourage everyone to visit that blog. This video is too good to pass up. There is also a great story on this over at Mad As Hell. Check it out here.
Uncle Moneybags Givefest
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008Well, it appears the Democrats are hard at working doing what they do best. Figuring out how to spend LOTS of money on useless things. Nowadays, all they have to do is cast it under the “stimulus package” umbrella and nobody can criticize it without fear of being called heartless. I can just imagine their [...]
My Thanksgiving Prayer
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008I am thankful for every breath I take. I ask God to forgive me for not remembering this often enough. Despite all the bantering, ranting, complaining, etc., you read on this site from me, it’s good to be reminded of what a splendid world He created for us. Let us spend this day thanking Him [...]
Throwing My Baby to the Wolves
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008I knew it would happen sometime, but I guess you can never prepare yourself properly. My oldest daughter is in her senior year of high school and we’re in the final “selection” process of deciding where she will go to college. I wish all I had to worry about was her safety and well being–that’s [...]
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