Protect Your Military
Have you taken the time to thank a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine for their service to our country lately?
We owe so much to our all-volunteer force. There is no other job that requires this kind of selfless dedication and courage. We need the military and now the men and women on active duty need us to do something for them they cannot do for themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
Health Care and the Scraggly Broom
Everyone needs a broom. It’s a basic cleaning instrument. Cleanliness is important to one’s overall health and well-being. Therefore, everyone should have a “right” to an effective broom.
All brooms are not equal. Some brooms are too heavy. Other brooms are too light. Still, others are too thin to do an adequate job. The good citizens of the United States of America demand broom standards.
Congress begins crafting a bill. Brooms must be made to accommodate Americans of various weights and heights. Also, brooms must be light enough to be operated by the weak and infirm. The lobbying continues. One group demands that the straw be “odder free.” Another group wants the broom manufacturers to certify that the brooms are made of “all natural” materials. Still, another wants to set the wages and benefits for the workers in the broom manufacturing industry. Read the rest of this entry »
We the Ignorant
Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us
against these evils [of monarchial government]. Thomas Jefferson
It’s time someone had the guts to say it and my friend Tom Tancredo did just that at the Tea Party Convention in Nashville. The problems in this country will never be solved by registering more voters. Our problems will be solved by registering more informed voters.
By that I’m not suggesting, nor was he, that voting should be limited to those who hold Ph.D.’s or any degree of higher education. However, voters should be able to demonstrate some understanding and appreciation of our system of government and how it was designed to work before they can register to vote. At the very least, we should require new registrants to pass a basic civics test, the kind given to immigrants seeking to become naturalized U.S. citizens. Read the rest of this entry »
Tea for Two?
On Tuesday, about 50 tea-party leaders met with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and there are concerns that this grassroots movement could be co-opted by the GOP. Many of these new political activists are crying “foul!”
It is no secret that the Republican hierarchy across the nation has been courting tea-party leaders but this meeting represented the first serious “real” date.
Can the tea party movement cooperate with a political party it once despised? Can it find a place or even coexist within the confines of a brand that many of these new activists feel is a “tainted”? Read the rest of this entry »
Let’s Talk Trash!
Let’s get down and dirty. Now don’t get excited. This column is not the least bit off-color or X-rated. I’m talking about your garbage.
Do you recycle? Do you meticulously separate your cans, bottles and plastic containers from the paper and cardboard?
The world is going green, but when it comes to our garbage, what we have been conditioned to do or feel compelled to do or – worse still – are coerced to do may end up hurting, not helping, the environment. Read the rest of this entry »
