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STAND PAT by Robert A. Mills 9/18/2010 6:19:50 AM
Last June 2 President Barack Obama visited Carnegie-Mellon University and told them, “We cannot stand pat while the world races by.”
I mention this only because, coincidentally, “stand pat” was Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day in July, and ... more
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Facts that contribute to social degeneration by Patrick Joesph Schnerch 9/6/2010 10:59:50 PM
I heard today that a ghetto is the result of a collective of people who don't care. I see this as being very true. Here are some predicted numbers from 2007. Again, the estimated numbers do not coincide to what they are today, but it gives you an ide... more
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Not enough by Patrick Joesph Schnerch 9/6/2010 3:58:23 AM
I heard a comment that Victoria is tired hearing about the homeless. Apparently, 20 years of studies, reports and money wasted innappropriately did not do the job. It is apparrent that the public doesn't know enough. Wait till they get a hold on me. ... more
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Book Network by Patrick Joesph Schnerch 9/4/2010 4:59:25 PM
Hi,
I am so sorry that I missed your messages. That was a very foolish thing to do. Check out what I was doing during my hiatis.... more
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Econometric models: Bailouts Saved America From 1930s-like Depression by Harry E Gilleland 8/23/2010 12:55:11 PM
Alan Blinder, former vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics and former advisor to Republican presidential candidate John McCain, have reported that econometric models confirm that the bailouts and s... more
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AMERICARE vs. OBAMACARE by Robert A. Mills 8/7/2010 6:38:22 AM
The audacity of an ertswhile insurance man even to attempt elevation to gubernatorial candidacy is brazen enough, but to engage in personal attacks against his party’s front-runner during the regular campaign is plain political stupidity.
N... more
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THE MAN WHO WOULD (temporarily) BE PRESIDENT by Robert A. Mills 7/31/2010 5:58:20 AM
From nearly the time I was born until I faked my way into eighth grade, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of the United States. It never occurred to me there might come a time when he would not be our charismatic leader. I thought he was immo... more
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WHAT DOES THE BOSTON TEA PARTY AND THE REPUBLICAN TEA PARTY HAVE IN COMMON? by Robert A. Mills 7/2/2010 7:51:28 AM
WHAT DOES THE BOSTON TEA PARTY AND THE REPUBLICAN TEA PARTY HAVE IN COMMON?
According to history, not much.
It was nine days before Christmas in 1773—a most wonderful Yuletide Season—that thirty or maybe 130 disgruntled British-Amer... more
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WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND HELEN THOMAS HAVE IN COMMON by Robert A. Mills 6/12/2010 5:31:49 AM
I recently received an e-mail from Barack Obama; paraphrased, this is the essence of it:
During the week of May 30 the President visited Caminada Bay in Grand Isle, Louisiana -- one of the first places to feel the devastation wrought by the ... more
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And when the black rains come....NOT an act of God but of O.I.L. by Michael A. Guy 5/17/2010 7:47:18 AM
I re-posted my epic anti-Big Oil hymn of August 2008 again under poetry on my page; please read it. It was written to be an inspiring rally to drown out the din of crazed voices singing: "Drill, baby, drill" and to influence the 2008 election. TOO LA... more
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Break up the "too big to fail" banks!! by Harry E Gilleland 5/3/2010 6:53:46 AM
For the safety of the American economy, the Wall Street giant banks need to be broken into smaller units that would no longer be "too big to fail". ... more
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AZ Senate Bill 1070 by Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen 4/25/2010 9:12:13 PM
0 users liked this comment Vote for this comment Vote for this comment 1 users disliked this commentRichard B 17 minutes ago Report Abuse The law says that a cop can ask for a person's papers if there is a "reasonab... more
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A CUP OF TEA by Robert A. Mills 4/17/2010 6:20:21 AM
In 1994 Paul Newman appeared in a movie with Jessica Tandy, a movie based on a novel by Richard Russo called NOBODY’S FOOL. It was good cinema—not great—but Newman had one line I will always remember: “Not now, not ever.”
That was his ... more
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First Woman Senator of the United States by Niki Collins-Queen 4/13/2010 10:56:25 AM
Rebecca Latimer Felton and the other women's true stories in “Loosening Corsets: The Heroic Life of Georgia's Feisty Mrs. Felton, First Woman Senator of the United States” by A. Louise Staman helped me better understand American history and the hard ... more
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No Nukes . . . by Alex Drinkwater, Jr. 4/10/2010 1:52:23 PM
Barack Obama never ceases to amaze me. Now he's declared that the US will NOT respond with nuclear weapons even if our country is attacked with other forms of weapons of mass destruction, i.e., chem/bio. Let me repeat that for emphasis - THE US WIL... more
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Is Obama’s Interference for Peace, a Trap? by Emile M Tubiana 4/6/2010 10:10:08 AM
The author's opinion about the difference between President Obama's and Prime Minister Nethanyahu's interpretation of the so-called crisis. ... more
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We the people by Richard Shackelford 3/31/2010 1:19:40 PM
A well known Country singer, Randy Travis has a verse in one of his songs that goes like this, “I don’t have faith in politics, but I believe in the will of the people”. I guess that defines why I’m writing about patriotism, the Constitution and the... more
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March,29 2010 by TONY MIKE NERONE 3/29/2010 10:46:00 AM
I wish Ron Paul was President!... more
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I'm a Patriot by Richard Shackelford 3/26/2010 11:46:19 AM
I’m a patriot, but it wasn’t always that way. As a boy, I grew up during the age when Flash Gordon, Rocket man, Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and John Wayne were the heroes of the day. There were others, but these were my favorites.
My he... more
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A New Year, a New Home, and New Challenges by Alex Drinkwater, Jr. 3/23/2010 9:49:38 AM
Well, I've been neglecting this blog for many weeks now. Last December my family and I moved from just outside Cambridge, England to our new house in Glocester, R.I. and we are STILL unpacking boxes! During this time, I lost my father-in-law, Ken Pa... more
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