Given the choice of driving into a brick wall at 100 miles per hour or hitting the same wall at 70 miles per hour, the latter would seem to be the better choice; such has been the theme of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for July, 2011
Several times last week President Obama said there was no need for a balanced budget amendment to the constitution because it was just an excuse for lawmakers to avoid making the necessary difficult choices. He’s correct; and they never will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A group of Atheists operating under the moniker “American Atheist” have filed suit to prevent cross-shaped steel girders from the World Trade Center towers from being incorporated in the official Sept. 11 memorial, saying the religious symbol is unconstitutional because […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Is there something strange in the drinking water in San Francisco? Perhaps a toxic spill near the city has sent a plume of brain-wasting chemicals that has settled upon the unsuspecting citizens. Long known as a bastion of Liberalism, the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many homeowners’ association prohibit the display of signs in open view. Homeowners’ association bylaws are not laws in the customary sense, but rules and regulation agreed to upon the purchase of a property. Homeowners associations are notorious for applying bylaws with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The U.S. Senate is a train wreck. The partisanship of the majority Leader Harry Reid has reached new levels as he killed the only piece of legislation currently written to address the debt limit. Using a Senate maneuver Friday morning, a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes we say things in anger we’d like to take back. Sometimes we say things with all full intent. Such was the case in an email sent by Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. Wasserman Schultz […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s get this out of the way quickly. Nothing. As long as you don’t pollute the concept of dollars in versus dollars out by throwing in other non-related issues into the mix. Does that mean that a balanced budget amendment shouldn’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’re over the age of 40 you can remember a time when gays, then known as homosexuals, were suspected but they kept their sexual preference in the “closet.” One might say that as a society we’ve become more tolerant, or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Is the exploration of U.S. natural resources politically incorrect? Some people think so. Talisman Energy USA created a coloring book using their mascot Talisman Terry, as a giveaway at county fairs and similar events along the Pennsylvania/New York border, but Terry’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…