My country tis of thee, sweet land of ?

FRIDAY 5-30-08…Here’s an eye-opening Tidbit for ya’. President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism….but the mistake was in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in World War Two. But, it is NOT.
Back then, we had just come out of a vicious depression. The [...]

Missouri to offendees: let them whine

THURSDAY 5-29-08…Lawmakers in Missouri aren’t afraid of alienating Latinos and “moderates.” They’re simply doing what they know is right. Lawmakers gave final approval last week to a bill that adds new restrictions and requirements for illegal immigrants, the cities in which they live and the businesses that employ them.
The bill would require people to prove [...]

Tossing conservatism under the bus

WEDNESDAY 5-28-08…So, Governor Schwarzenegger teamed up with Senator John McCain for a photo op here in California. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, McCain has taken a page out of the Schwarzenegger playbook and selling a product that is “counter” to the current GOP “brand.”
Both the governor and McCain want to change the Republican brand. [...]

25th Anniversary of AIDS

TUESDAY 5-27-08…The anniversary passed without much fanfare last week. It was back on May 20th 1983 when a team from France’s Pasteur Institute, led by Luc Montagnier, described a suspect virus found in a patient who had died of what we now called AIDS. According to British newspapers, the key had been found to understanding [...]

Surrender Hillary

MONDAY 5-26-08…The pressure continues to mount for Hillary to “surrender” in the face of what some consider to be the Obama juggernaut. Hillary continues to say…in so many words…..”No Way, Jose! I’m in it all the way to the convention.” Several party officials believe she’s likely to insist that her name be placed in nomination [...]

Thats offensive – oh, the humanity!

Be sure to bring a doggy bag!
FRIDAY 5-23-08…When I was a youngster in school, I remember being taught how our U.S. Constitution granted Americans certain rights unavailable in most other countries. America was the “land of the free”. We all had “rights” to peacefully assemble, “rights” to speak freely, “right” to keep and bear arms. [...]

Those Inventive Americans

THURSDAY 5-22-08… We Americans are an ingenious lot. We invent things, we come up with ways to succeed when faced with failure. And in most cases, (New Orleans excluded) we don’t sit around and wait for the government to “fix” a problem.
Take the price of gasoline, for example. Two presidential candidates called on the government [...]

You can’t be trusted to pick what you eat or drink

WEDNESDAY 5-21-08…In a Tidbit from last week, I told you how bureaucrats manage to conjure up the idea of “sin taxes” and how they succeed in getting the general public to go along with ‘em.
First, lawmakers and activist groups vilify an “undesirable” activity like eating, drinking and even enjoying a hot dog, with wide-spread public [...]

Over stimulated

TUESDAY 5-20-08…The stimulus checks are arriving in mailboxes around the country, and being directly deposited in people’s checking accounts. Jokes about the checks are also showing up on the internet, mostly about how people plan to spend the unexpected largesse. But one, in particular, caught my eye, because –as in most jokes –there’s an element [...]

Deconstructing Society

MONDAY 5-19-08…An essay, written in 1981 by a Chico State student dealt with the reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The student had finished reading “The History and Decline” by Edward Gibbon. The essay listed eight reasons for Rome’s demise. Number two caught my eye since I just happened to be [...]