Normally I don’t agree with much of what Frank Rich has to say as he tacks too far to the left. However, in today’s column he addresses the real danger facing this country as anti-government rhetoric has reached the point where violence is being increasingly justified. A case in point is the murder two weeks ago … Continue reading
Look Ma, no hands In an effort to fight impending water shortages and help contribute to a cleaner planet, the Environmental Protection Agency is mandating the installation of waterless water fountains in all federal buildings. EPA spokeswoman Carrie Nowicki said, “we have already installed flushless urinals in many of our buildings and the water savings have been tremendous. I’ve personally never used … Continue reading
Sometimes I just need a break from all the politics: Thanks to The Huffington Post for these headlines
I was toodling around the Fox News web site the other day when I came across this headline: “Dem Derided for Laughing at Pledge of Allegiance”. Hmm, I thought. What could this be? Who is this Dem who would dare mock the Pledge of Allegiance? Does he truly hate this country and all it stands for and who, … Continue reading
At the recent Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) meeting Mitt Romney spoke of Democrats as being Neo-Monarchists. I guess with the good names already taken by other speakers– Marxists, Leninists, Nazis, America haters, Trotskyites (!), Queers, Jihadists, etc.–Mitt had to settle on the quaint but archaic neo-Monarchists. Say what?I had to double-check my calendar. Yup it’s 2010. For … Continue reading
Philadelphia based radio host and Fox News talking head Michael Smerconish has wised up and switched his party affiliation to Independent. For years I enjoyed listening to Smerconish’s morning show to hear his well thought out moderate Republican views with a little rock-and-roll banter thrown in. However, during the Bush-Kerry race Smerconish tacked sharply to the right … Continue reading
Recovery? Despair? Somewhere in between? Job losses slow down The chart shown above highlights job losses from the last year of the Bush administration (red) to the first year of the Obama administration (blue). As you can see, through 2009 the economy was still hemorrhaging jobs but the rate of doing so had slowed down. … Continue reading
Ahh what a simpler time. When a recently minted ex-President could hop in the car with his wife and take a road trip, unescorted by any security, halfway across the country to visit his daughter and some friends. Even though Truman was the target of an assassination attempt while President, back then once you left the White House … Continue reading
Harry “Mr. Peepers” Reid has failed once more to accomplish anything in Congress. This time it was a jobs bill that Orrin Hatch co-sponsored and had some modest Republican support. After meeting with Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, Reid reportedly had a hissy fit and pulled a vote on the bill. I forget again, which party has … Continue reading
An interesting article by David Frum talks about the Mugwumps of the 1880s. They were a group of Republicans who crossed party lines to support the Democratic nominee for President, Grover Cleveland. They did so because the Republican nominee was too fraudulent even by the lax standards of politicians. Frum points out that there are parallels to this era … Continue reading
Note on the chart above how there was a dramatic increase in the National Debt during the Reagan/Bush I and II years and a dramatic decrease during the Clinton years. Is this some sort of bizarro land? I thought conservatives were supposed to shrink the size of government and liberals were to increase it. At least … Continue reading
State senator Chris Buttars of Utah has proposed eliminating 12th grade to cut education expenses and reduce the state’s budget shortfall. One of his justifications is that for many students senioritis sets in and 12th grade is a waste of time. But wouldn’t that then happen in 11th grade? Using his line of thinking maybe … Continue reading
