Bits & Pieces #29
No wonder northerners think of southerners as being retarded. Down in good ole Kentucky, they have a clown named Tom Riner, a state senator and also a Baptist minister who has managed to get a law on the books that
It Didn’t End With The Election
If you have any doubts about the rich and powerful taking over the political systems of not only America but the whole world, the front page of the NY Times on Monday Dec. 3rd will surely put them to rest.
The Budget Mess- Part 2
In part 1 of this discourse, we indicated a few areas where the government could acquire additional funds that would help with the country’s expenses and also help lower the deficit. But funding alone won’t do the trick. As the Republican’s
The Budget Mess- Pt 1
Now that the election is over, the Fiscal Cliff has become the big topic of discussion and controversy. It would seem that Obama and Boehner, if left to their own devices, would be able to hack something out that would,
Entrapment, Really?
I am as much against many of the new and proposed laws controlling our freedom of speech and movement as any one else on the planet but I am also against what has become the newest defense of various
Where We are- What We Should be doing
Well, the Republican pundits have stopped braying about how we should get off all the small stuff and get on the big job of creating jobs. They obviously felt that way during the election because Obama’s record on it
A Bad Decision by Notre Dame
A few weeks ago, I received a letter from the president of the University of Notre Dame, from which I graduated over fifty years ago. I get the impression that the letter had been sent to all contributing alumni. I
People With Guns Kill People
This Friday the nation was shocked by a horrifying crime. Those of you who have read this column for any length of time know that I am an adamant advocate of serious gun control. This despite the fact that for
Why We Need Government
There has been a lot of discussion, mosty on the Right, about cutting down the size of government. It’s a pretty senseless argument because anyone who has reached the age of seven should be able to understand why we need
Now That Its Over
Looking back, now that it’s all over, one sees an inevitability in what happened in the recent presidential election. I find it hilarious that a good cross-section of Republicans are now attacking Romney almost as viciously as they did Obama before