My grandfather was about to take his second flight as he neared 70 years of age. It was the return leg of the first flight he’d ever taken and he was leaving Cleveland to return home. The year was 1968. He had been a Teamster truck driver for 42 years, and was a leader in [...]
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Tell Boehner We Want Action Not Theater
You may have thought Kabuki Theater was a type of Japanese drama based on their popular legends characterized by elaborate, ornate costumes and stylized acting by male actors. But it in reality has become the Republican leadership in Congress headed by John Boehner. I’m not going to take time to enumerate Boehner’s failings as Speaker [...]
Hiring A Sex Offender As A Crossing Guard
Aristotle said, “The law is reason, free from passion.” With respect to Chief Justice John Roberts, the quote should be amended to include pusillanimity. After abetting the move to park a Trojan Horse smack in the middle of America the cheers from the bloc to which he bowed so cravenly have ceased. His self-marginalization has [...]
Traditional Values, Family Must Be Defended
The following is a syndicated column I wrote February 24, 2004. With Obama’s commitment to forcing acceptance of the homosexual agenda upon us it is especially relevant today: If I were asked, “Do you like homosexuals?” I would probably say, “No.” Of course, I would be inclined to answer “no” if asked the same of [...]
If two dogs bark during the night …
The office of Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas) released on March 18, 2010, the following: “An analysis by the Joint Economic Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee estimates 16,500 new IRS agents will be needed to collect, examine, and audit new tax information mandated on families and small businesses. New tax mandates and penalties [...]
Obamacare Ruling No Favor To Obama
The Supreme Court of the United States has decided the Constitutionality of Obamacare: Obama’s signature piece of legislation has withstood the scrutiny of the Supreme Court. The ruling was 5-4 with Chief Justice John Roberts rendering the deciding vote and siding with the liberal side of the Court. I will tell you that as I [...]
I’m following my mother’s example
This weekend was a rough one for me. Of course there was (and continues) my outrage at what was done to Herman Cain. Then Saturday evening around 11:30 PM the care facility my mother is at, called to tell me she was being taken to hospital with respiratory problems. They called back moments later to [...]
Liberals are like broken records
Ya’ know, there just seems to be no bottom to the pissoir liberals will plumb in attempting to score points. And specific to that point, that which comes out of their mouth is most often referenced as a noun or a verb, and is typically found in said pissoir. Joe Biden, told a crowd that [...]
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