return to an earlier era

Descent into darkness

 

For all of their rhetoric about increased enlightenment, what must liberals think about the Penn State situation.

 

I couldn’t help but feel, watching it play out, that we have returned to the coliseum - and now stand collectively in the stands with coarse and base motivations.  What of civility, honor, responsibility?  What of community and caring?

 

It is a dark and strange American “civilization” in which we live….don’t suggest that any solution lays with government which has been shown to be wholly incapable of improving any sector into which it has injected itself.


Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.


"Several days passed. Several weeks. Several months. Life had returned to normal." Elie Wiesel in Night

Entitlements

you go girl!

Thank you! Finally someone proposing a simple straightforward solution! OK – you probably figured out I was kidding.  Seriously, what planet is she from (or what plant extract she relies on for reality distortion.)  A couple questions for her: “more than a trillion”…..precisely how much do you propose would be adequately bold? how many zeroes [...]

Bush was wrong

You may wish to go to the points below for reference to specific points in the video. Compare 3:50 – “Ther’ll be a moment….the responsibilities of the President land squarely on his shoulders.” 13:55 – Without attribution, an acknowledgement that his tenure began and ended on a recession.  “And in the meantime there were 52 [...]

hopey changey

you’ve certainly seen one version of that sticker or another. So how is it working out for you? But what of the diligent journalists who want to document the success of the bold initiatives of their boy COWOBAMA (turn up the speakers – nod to Hugh Hewitt for the idea)?  I’d love to see the follow [...]

fraud busters

as is often said, you really can’t even make this stuff up. You may have completed a mortgage application in the past.  You probably did so with the intention of paying it.  You also probably remember considering this: IX:  ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT – Each of the undersigned specifically represents……that:  (1) the information provided in this [...]