My Own Thoughts

Category: Politics/Military

  • TED Talk on Politics

    I wonder if he will agree with me. Liberal = pursuit of happiness, group over individuals Republican = life, individual choice

  • Praying Causes Irreparable Harm

    A federal judge has ordered a Texas school district to prohibit public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony. … The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Christa and Danny Schultz. Their son is among those scheduled to participate in Saturday’s graduation ceremony. The judge declared that the Schultz family and their…

  • Medicine Shortages

    The results, the history, those most impacted, and the explanation are available at Political Calculations. It’s not good.

  • Is the US Over?

    Political Calculations asks if the US has become a banana republic. It looks like the answer is yes.

  • Integrity

    Apparently the president has a lack of integrity. He agreed to the budget cuts that defunded four of his “czars.” Then after the budget was signed, he said he was going to ignore that part. I know it’s Fox News, but they are a news source. And they are at least as reliable as anyone…

  • Conference Politics

    I forgot how uncomfortable the presentation of Republicans and half the nation as anti-intellectuals who were evil becomes when you are at a conference. The speakers assume that everyone is a strongly left liberal. They use “we” and “our” in response to hate of Gingrich and Palin. All about how stupid the people are who…

  • Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Military Perspectives

    Blackfive has an article on DADT. It’s worth a read for one military perspective–and some numbers you won’t find in the mainstream media.

  • Average American

    This is so insightful. from Day by Day by Chris Muir

  • Other People’s Money

    Margaret Thatcher said: “…and Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They [socialists] always run out of other people’s money. It’s quite a characteristic of them.” Feb. 5, 1976

  • Veteran’s Day

    from Blackfive

  • Talking to Castro

    But during the generally lighthearted conversation (we had just spent three hours talking about Iran and the Middle East), I asked him if he believed the Cuban model was still something worth exporting. “The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore,” he said. This struck me as the mother of all Emily Litella moments.…

  • They Fought for Us

    Thank you, to all our veterans.

  • War and Deficits

    The war is a reason for the deficits, but not THE reason. See the graph at American Digest for the truth in red, white, and blue.

  • Why did the Soviet Union Fail?

    The Soviet Union didn’t collapse because of Reagan or Thatcher or missile bases or Star Wars: It collapsed because of Bulgarian blue jeans. The free market was trying to tell the Communists that Bulgarian blue jeans were ugly and didn’t fit, that people wouldn’t wear Bulgarian blue jeans — not, literally, to save their lives.…

  • 2010 Darwin Winners

    The Math Curmudgeon has one that made me … something. Anyway, I thought it was worth sharing. 3rd Place After walking around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H&J Leather & Firearms intent on robbing the store. The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer…

  • Texas IS the Best

    Political Calculations has a blog post on whether businesses prefer Texas or California. Texas wins. Go see why. And by how much.

  • Finding Health Care

    This article is about a man trying to find the proper health care for his wife. She had a permanent pain disease. It tells of their frustrations with the healthcare system as it exists and what they think is good.

  • Two Bad, One Good: Supreme Court Decisions

    BAD: Constructive Curmudgeon says The Supreme Court just ruled that a college or university may deny a student group official status if that group does not allow homosexuals as leaders. BAD: Stop the ACLU says that people are going to quit signing petitions. In an 8-to-1 decision, the high court said public disclosure of referendum…

  • Tribute to a Nurse

    Sippican Cottage had the piece, “For Dorothy.” I recommend reading it. I was trained to pull men whole from their mothers, like some Greek deity on a vase. It’s about a nurse who works with soldiers.

  • He Will Command His Angels Concerning You

    Staff Sgt. Edward Rosa reads the Bible and extends a cigarette to Pfc. Jorge Rostra Obando, who was stunned by an explosion in Afghanistan’s Arghanab Valley. One comrade was killed and two injured in the blast. Pfc. Rostran asked the sergeant to read Psalm 91, a favorite from his childhood. (Ricardo Garcia Vilanova for The…