UPDATE: Paul started his run on Friday, April 1st. We were part of an enthusiastic crowd that was there to send him off in a blinding snowstorm which seemed to be an April Fool’s Day Joke played by Mother Nature. Paul with all his supplies The 1st mile, only 999 to go You can track … Continue reading
In a marvelous display of hypocrisy, even for a thrice married family values candidate, Newt Gingrich was for the Libya no-fly zone, before he was against it. Let’s watch the videotape: Even by Gingrich standards this was a pretty quick about face. The other GOP candidate rising in the current polls is Donald Trump, also coincidentally … Continue reading
Sarah Palin will run for President of the United States in 2012 as an independent party candidate. I don’t know why I didn’t see this before. It helps to explain her acting coy about a bid, her avoidance of the traditional trips to Iowa and New Hampshire and her increasing willingness to stick it in … Continue reading
Hi folks, I’m wearing my curmudgeon hat today and, as you can see, it’s a little tight so please bear with me. I was eating breakfast at a diner yesterday when I noticed a cute three-year old boy sitting at the table next to me. He was playing with the little cream containers and then tossing them on the … Continue reading
Don’t order a Black and Tan. Now that wasn’t so difficult. I wish I had read this before I left for my recent trip to Ireland. Unfortunately I learned this lesson, as I so often do, the hard way. (Continue reading)
It’s too easy to pick on the continuing gaffes of the embryonic Bachmann campaign. At a recent speech in New Hampshire she mentioned how that state started the American Revolution at the battle of Lexington and Concord. Not to put too fine a point on it but those battles occurred over the state line in Massachusetts. I guess … Continue reading
The following was passed along to me by a reader from the great state of Ohio. Thanks Rod. 1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country. 2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country. 3. The New York Times is … Continue reading
On a recent trip to Omaha, Nebraska I visited my old friends Frank and Jan. I don’t think Jan will like that description so let me rephrase that. I visited my long time friends Frank and Jan. One of their claims to fame is that they live on the same street as Warren Buffett. Now … Continue reading
When I first saw the headline that Libya had been suspended as a member from the UN Human Rights Council I assumed I was reading something from the satirical paper “The Onion“. How could Libya, a country that has been headed by a tyrannical dictator for 42 years, a country that has sanctioned terrorism including the infamous Pan … Continue reading
