The post previously occupying this space has been removed. The author thereof has tired of whine and will be drinking more water as time goes by … Has anyone got any ideas for something constructive to do to help those affected by the BP Oil Spill? I wish I were in a position to up … Continue reading »
Filed under Political Grousing …
When they own the information, they can bend it all they want …
I watched the news for the first time in a long time. The national news, I mean, not the local variety. (Not that the local variety is all that special either.) I haven’t missed much. I’ve been trying to track down a quote by C.S. Lewis that I thought I remembered from “Surprised by Joy” … Continue reading »
Oh, Come On — It’s Not ALL About Safety!
If your church in Pennsylvania has home-baked pies at their meals, watch out! According to the Wall Street Journal, parishioners at one Pennsylvania church broke out home-baked pies for their Lenten fish fries, a local tradition. A Pennsylvania inspector spotted them and presto! no pies. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture declined to make the inspector … Continue reading »
More on controlling food …
Do you have any idea how much more money would be available at the state level if federal spending was pushed back to the things that the federal government should be legitimately doing and letting the states run things? Continue reading »
Forget shelter, gimme food!
The powers that be, whomever they are, have succeeded in dismantling the economic infrastructure of this country. Banks were arm-twisted, under the guise of good social policy, to lend money to unqualified borrowers. Result: the present economic crash. Our industrial capacity has been reduced to the point where there is hardly a thing Americans can … Continue reading »
Hypocrisy by the Numbers
I should state right up front (as you might expect) that I have no love for gambling. I do confess that there was a time (before I really understood what it meant to be a believer in Jesus Christ) that I did buy the odd instant lottery ticket. I even won once or twice. Since … Continue reading »
Willow weep for me …
No, I’m not following up the ‘McGuinn/Sebastian’ concert review with one for Chad and Jeremy (although we did see them a couple of months ago at the Kent Stage — good show, too). I read the news today, oh boy (obligatory Beatles comment — having a very musical week here, aren’t we?). I know a … Continue reading »
I’d rather be right (or left, or anything) than be President ..
Looking around at the crop of Presidential wanna-bes is a depressing proposition. Not one of them inspires me to want to even vote, let alone get involved as I have in the past. In college (first time around), I was in a class called the Presidency, and our prof ran a 2-week simulation. My younger … Continue reading »
