Now that the Florida Primaries has taken place, we’re starting to get a real picture of where Republicans stand on their selection of a candidate. Don’t misunderstand me: the RACE isn’t over by LONG SHOT, but for the first time in this seemingly unending ordeal we call the Republican Primaries, the results are LIMITED to [...]
Tomorrow is the day that it finally begins…the day of the Iowa Caucuses, or, as Rush Limbaugh calls them, the “Hawkeye Cockeye.” Unlike Florida, where our elections are held with early and absentee voting, the Primaries in Iowa use an older, more PERSONAL system of Democracy, where individuals LITERALLY gather to support their candidates. It [...]
What a difference a few months can make. In September, the last time that I addressed the Republican Primaries as a topic, I made few predictions about how the field would shape up. I made some very serious statements, including that Mitt Romney “didn’t get my support the last time he played this game (2008) [...]
I was at a Christmas Party Friday night (no, it was not a “Holiday” Party” – you could tell by the decorations), and, after an offhand crack about Socialism by Yours Truly, a friend asked this question: “Which would you prefer: Fascism or Socialism?” His argument was that we are currently living in a Fascist [...]
Let’s start today’s post with two definitions from our good friends at the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: DEDUCTION: “1a: an act of taking away; 1b: something that is or may be subtracted.” One of the most common uses of this term is a Tax Deduction, where an expense paid during the year is DEDUCTED from a [...]
Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Methane: all of these (and many others) are gases, often invisible, tasteless and odorless, that exist in our atmosphere. They are all around us. There’s no way to escape them. Not only do they escape from the GROUND, but our own bodies PRODUCE these gasses (from one end or the other) [...]
Imagine being hired to do a job…let’s say “Building a Fence”…and you do that job exactly as you’ve been trained to do. You follow the rules. You build the fence in accordance with the laws and building codes, and you do it on time & budget, but then halfway through the job, you get FIRED [...]
In scrolling through Facebook.com yesterday, I found a link to the blog of Robert Reich, a former Secretary of Labor (under Bill Clinton) and member of the Administrations of Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter who currently serves as the “Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy” at the University of California, Berkeley. He was formerly a professor [...]
