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Americans lost this time
Washington is obsessed by picking winners and losers. But the establishment media has the story all wrong again. The Republicans, they say won this skirmish over debt. But actually Republicans displayed a total lack of commitment to their principles. The only winner in the "Budget Control Act of 2011" is massive government and the Washington bureaucracy it feeds with your money. We are embarrassed for Republican members of Congress who go out with a straight ...
Sip 'n speed without the Volt
CHARLESTON, S.C. - On this lovely, but exceedingly hot, Sunday afternoon, with computer-in-lap, I am enjoying the benefits of wireless Internet technology as I sit in the passenger's seat of my five-year old SUV purchased from CarMax.
America deserves better than this
The playbook of the Washington establishment is getting old. Whether it is the Boehner plan, the Boehner plan version 2.0, the Reid plan or the Obama non plan, it all is scripted from the same playbook they have used for years. Play number one is this: Pass billions in unfunded new programs. Tell everyone we will take care of them from cradle to grave. Subsidized food, medical care, housing, and if your employer goes broke ...
Hey, it's worth a try
You have got to be kidding me. San Francisco is seriously looking at making job seekers with criminal records a protected class, giving equal standing to non-discriminatory classes such as race or gender. Please note they do not currently plan on giving this protection to individuals with sexual or violent offenses. Now, I know, there are already federal guidelines on how employers may use the criminal records of job applicants. And I know California is ...
Guns protect people, property and our rights
How long would the Norway gunman have lasted in Texas or any state where concealed-carry laws are on the books?
As the NFL goes, so do we all
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? President Obama spoke to the nation about the stalled debt crisis talks Monday followed by Speaker John Boehner's GOP reply. The government fell apart the same day NFL football was saved. It looks like Armageddon really did happen in May and we've just arrived at the Gates of Paradise. Oregon Democratic Congressman David Wu was accused of having unwanted sex with a teenage girl. No one can ...
Perception can be reality
Ever heard the phrase, "Perception is reality?" To the honest person, understanding this concept can inspire you to excel. To the dishonest, perception becomes the mask under which lies vulnerability or perhaps a more sinister reality. This is true in the court system, as we have witnessed last week with the Casey Anthony verdict. It's all about perception and persuasion. The same is true in the world of politics. It's rarely about righting wrongs or ...
Nation is closing the wrong Borders
Sometimes coincidences can really dampen your spirits. This week I was driving around with a CD that features Johnny Cash lamenting "I don't like it, but I guess things happen that way." Then I learned that the Borders bookstore chain will be shutting down completely by the end of September. One of the highlights of my small-town high school days was getting to run wild (or as wild as my strict upbringing and my $2.35-an-hour ...
We keep paving that road to Hell
If indeed the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, President Obama and his cohorts in the Democratic Party must be feeling the heat on their backsides on the eve of the Cut, Cap and Balance (CCB) vote.
Help! It turns out Al Gore was right!
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? The Weather Channel reported on record-high heat and humidity in the Midwest this week. They said Minnesota has the same conditions as the Amazon Jungle. Al Gore just announced he's opposed to Minnesota rebuilding the Metrodome because it would damage the rain forest. London's mayor fined President Obama $250 Tuesday for failure to pay a traffic congestion fine levied against Obama's motorcade in the City in May. ...
Casey’s lucky the Democrats didn’t get her
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Casey Anthony left the Orlando jail amid a throng of angry protesters Sunday. She walked out with $560 cash from her jail commissary account. She needed five heavily armed county guards to protect her from Democrats who want her to pay her fair share. Jane Fonda was given the boot from a QVC shopping show Sunday after the cable network was deluged by angry calls when viewers ...
Freedom is going up in smoke
Are premium cigars next on the federal government's hit list? You see, as part of the 2010 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the authority "to regulate marketing and promotion of tobacco products and to set performance standards for tobacco products to protect the public health." Though the law does not automatically apply to cigars, the FDA can issue new regulations that make cigars subject to the ...
You may have to work a little longer
Sixty-five is the magic age, the age when most people can retire. But they don't retire, just resting on their owns laurels.
Don't give away our Christian heritage
President Obama wants Israel to revert to the pre-1967 borders. That would mean handing some of Christianity's most sacred sites over to the Palestinian government, which for all intents is controlled by one of the world's most radical terrorist organizations, Hamas.
Casey Anthony should fit in well at L.A.
LA JOLLA - God bless America, and how's everybody? Casey Anthony's lawyers revealed Tuesday she's considering altering her appearance for her own protection when she gets out of jail in Orlando Sunday. They said she may get plastic surgery and change her name. It's process known in Los Angeles as getting off the Greyhound bus. President Obama trailed former President George W. Bush in popularity in a poll taken of Arabs living in the Middle ...
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Will Obama Beat the 6-Year Itch?
If the 2010 elections weren't bad enough for Democrats, here comes the "six-year itch." With the exception of Bill Clinton's second term, the party that controls the White House loses seats in congress six years into a presidency. But there's a gathering sense among Democratic consultants who work on congressional campaigns that their party could buck the trend in 2014 for a number of reasons, not least because Barack Obama is finally fired up and ...
No-Fault Internet Addiction
Online chat host: Good morning, cyber pals. As you know, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the psychiatric "bible," is to be released this month. It will include "Internet-Use Disorder" - also referred to as Internet addiction - as a condition recommended for further psychiatric study. Our guest today is Dr. Adam Von Cybercruncher, America's leading authority on Internet addiction.
Droning On
Put on your tinfoil hats everybody. Or didn't you get the memo? Its paranoia time in America again. Maybe it's the spring that brings out the crazy in our legislators. Of course, that would assume a semblance of sanity the other three seasons, and nobody wants to bet anything more than lunch money on that proposition.
FCC Must Run Honest Auctions
"America's global leadership in mobile, and the strategic bandwidth advantage so many have worked hard to create, is being threatened by the looming spectrum crunch," recently departed Federal Communications (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski said.
Will George W. Bush and A.J. Clemente Get Mulligans?
When should you give someone a mulligan? Should you give a former President a mulligan for a good chunk of his 8 years in office? Should you give a young broadcaster a mulligan when he doesn't realize his mike is on and he says words more suitable for a Chris Rock routine?
Out of the Closet and into Identity Politics
I've never sought the spotlight.
