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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 ...
Give it up for Captain America!
"Mr. Putin, tear down this movie poster!" That's what I wanted to declare when I learned that three countries (Russia, Ukraine and South Korea) will not be using the full name of the upcoming motion picture "Captain America: The First Avenger" – instead advertising just the watered-down "First Avenger" portion. (To avoid opening ANOTHER can of worms, I won't list the nations that are advertising the film as "Captain Sugar Daddy: The First Cash Cow." ...
Anthony still has to face another judge
To be honest, I didn't follow the Casey Anthony case very closely at all. Aside from the occasional article and headline that I saw, I was virtually clueless.
No one is safe with Casey Anthony loose
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Casey Anthony will be released from Orlando jail on Saturday amid fears of civil unrest in Orlando. Police are making arrangements for public safety. Three reality show producers are bidding for the right to film Casey's first night out drinking after three years without a drop. President Obama vowed Monday to continue White House budget negotiations until both parties agree to settle. He admitted he was willing ...
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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.
Come on guys, keep those doors open
Sunshine Week, the national initiative by journalists to assure that sunshine illuminates every crevasse in the halls of officialdom, runs March 10-16. During that week, newspapers traditionally run editorials and columns extolling the importance of open government as it relates to our freedoms as Americans.
Business is Booming in Perry’s Potemkin Village
You can't change the facts of an explosion. A large fertilizer factory operated next to homes, a middle school and a nursing home. The factory blew, and 14 people died. We can't change those facts, but it's up to us to decide what they mean.
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Nation
As Mother's Day approaches, the political scene makes me think of an old spiritual: "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child."
