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Mindless or Brain Dead
From My Perspective - - - At a time when the world is barraged with data and a variety of information, it seems as though few are able to comprehend and/or absorb all that is being communicated. This may be a reason why many in Congress do not bother to read the mammoth amount of......Read More

Posted on: 2009-07-02 06:50:39 | Rating:

| Views: 36 | Comments: 4 | Tags: Mental-Deficiencies

Language Weaponry
From My Perspective - - - Language serves a very useful purpose. How it is used can either clarify or obscure; compliment or insult; amplify or cause ambiguity. Google News has a lead article today by Christopher Hawthorne, Architecture Critic who is commenting about Michael Jackson and......Read More

Posted on: 2009-07-03 06:41:01 | Rating:

| Views: 15 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Actions-Speak-Louder-Than-Words

Independent of Independence?
From My Perspective - - - The Patriot Post shares with us: Independence Day 2009: We still hold these truths...and begins with a Prayer by Patrick Henry: "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not......Read More

Posted on: 2009-07-04 06:41:43 | Rating:

| Views: 18 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Liberty-Comes-With-A-Cost

Leadership Lunacy
From My Perspective - - - Royalty always presents one with considerable intrigue and many more questions than there are answers. A case in point is King Ludwig II of Bavaria. It was said, “King Ludwig II (1845-86) lived a mysterious life and died young, tragically and......Read More

Posted on: 2009-07-07 08:07:15 | Rating:

| Views: 25 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Bloviation Bluster Bluffing

Dollars and No-Cents/Some-Sense
From My Perspective - - - Stimulus #1: $787 Billion. Needed – Stimulus #2 (the President hasn’t said how much it should be – just that we need more spending)! Problem – Senator Harry Reed stated we have yet to spend almost 90% of Stimulus #1. Stimulus #1 was......Read More

Posted on: 2009-07-09 11:03:29 | Rating:

| Views: 26 | Comments: 2 | Tags: Wealth-to-Poverty

Malady and Malaise
From My Perspective - - - In several areas of our culture, there appears to be a departure from a sense of appreciation for others and their achievements; a readiness to embrace ridicule and demeaning of fellow human beings; a willingness to caricature certain strata of our society......Read More

Posted on: 2009-07-10 06:29:44 | Rating:

| Views: 47 | Comments: 8 | Tags: Stand-Up-And-Be-Counted

Shrub-Drubbing
From My Perspective - - - What should one do when surrounded by the consequences of one’s own actions? Is there ever a time for reality to set and responsibility to be accepted? When trying to avoid responsibility, what is the response in terms of the calamity at hand? In the area......Read More

Posted on: 2009-07-14 06:56:34 | Rating:

| Views: 26 | Comments: 3 | Tags: Blame-Game-or-Reality-Check

How Dry I Am (Or: How Am I To Dry)
From My Perspective - - - In these rapidly changing and serious times, one would think that Legislators at all levels of Government would be focused on the primary issues that impact the greatest number of citizens. In today’s Drudge Report, the lead items are: (1) “......Read More

Posted on: 2009-07-16 07:28:37 | Rating:

| Views: 17 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Frivolity Minutiae

Options Or Principles - The Political Calculus
From My Perspective - - - In life, one’s Core Values should govern one’s actions. If one is motivated by Principle, decision-making should be fixed and clear. A Person of Principle does not allow other factors to interfere with decisions where right or wrong are at issue. A......Read More

Posted on: 2009-07-17 06:28:47 | Rating:

| Views: 27 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Scruples-Versus-Proclivities

Happiness Happening
From My Perspective - - - It seems we all have the potential for making a deliberate choice to (a) Be Happy, or (b) Be Sad (or Miserable). All kinds of books written by Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Clergy discuss the subject of Being Happy and Finding Happiness. Some of the titles......Read More