Pithy Politics
Most amazing Olympic performance ever
In this post I will depart from the norm to share something not overtly (but probably subtly) political. The most amazing Olympic performance ever. “Munich, 1972. The Women’s Team All-Around Event. Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut, at the time a relative unknown, steps up for her routine on the uneven bars. All is going normally until … […]
If there is smoke, is there fire?
My cousin asks me if there is any truth to the political BS that is out there There is plenty of BS to be sure. There are websites that specialize in doing fact checking, and it is a good way to get somewhat of an idea. I say “somewhat”, because I have come across so-called […]
What is my “fair share?”
One often hears the liberal demand for taxpayers to pay their “fair share”. What is a fair share? I have many, many times observed a dialog between a prominent Conservative and a prominent Liberal. It frequently comes down to a dialog that goes like this: Liberal: we just want the wealthy to pay their fair […]
Obama’s college transcripts – was he a foreign exchange student?
The big deal about Obama’s college records are not his grades — it is whether they show that he was a foreign exchange student. Some speculation: very hard to get in to Harvard and other schools he attended need very good grades he did not have good grades however, grades are waived for foreign exchange […]
Disenfranchisement – in the eye of the beholder?
If liberals were really concerned about disenfranchisement they would rally to protect the votes of members of the military. But they show their true colors when they try to obstruct military voting, as in the case of the Obama administration in Ohio. But when the subject of Voter ID comes up, boy do they get aroused […]
If you are not rich, blame the government for not giving you your business
If government built my business, why doesn’t everyone get one from the government? If it was not because of my efforts, then we should all be equal, and anyone who does not have a successful business should just have the government build him one. That means if you are not rich, you should blame it […]
California is running out of other people’s money
Proof of the concept that people vote with there feet comes once again from California. In the article Plunge in Facebook Shares Has California Seeing Red some background details were given showing the exodus of high earners from a high tax state. According to the article, the California Franchise Tax Board reported that “the number of upper […]
In Defense of the Second Amendment
Every sane person deplores and is rightly horrified by the recent gun violence in Aurora, Colorado. As expected, the left immediately attempts to politicize this tragedy to further its agenda. But first, a little gun history is in order, to put the justification for the Second Amendment freedoms into perspective. A Little Gun History In […]
Voter ID
Since elections have consequences, it is important that they express the true will of the people. “Voter ID” has become a contentious issue because it is expresses the frustrations of a large segment of the population that believes that our representative government is not fairly elected. There are two main sides to the argument; all […]