Archive for August, 2011
Women In Politics – the Double Standard
By J. Randolph Evans
Even WSB talk show host Erick Erickson could not resist. What was the topic? GOP Presidential candidate Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann eating a corndog at the Iowa State Fair!
What did this have to do with joblessness, taxes, spending, the federal deficit, or the war in Afghanistan? Nothing. Yet, the photograph of Congresswoman Bachmann eating a corndog made the rounds over the internet, cable news and talk radio. The commentary was full of innuendo and double entendre. Read the rest of this entry »
Can you explain it? – Just The Numbers, Mam
By Les Dunaway
The past weeks have made it clear that there’s a lot of folks in our country who don’t understand that the liberal give-away is over. The time that Maggie Thatcher foretold when she said “The trouble with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money” has come.
I’m not referring to those who are simply in denial. I’m talking about people who you’d expect to be reasonably well-informed and reasonably intelligent. You know the folks I mean – you sit next to them in church; you work with them. What’s really scary is that some of them are running the companies we depend on for our livelihoods. The question that, I believe, is really, really, really,… important is “How can that be so?”.
Ronald Reagan once said “Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.”. In talking with some of these folks, I’ve identified several things that they “know that isn’t so”. I believe that those of us who are determined that “that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” must learn and talk about why socialism does not, can not work.
Accept blame: Don’t Point Finger at Tea Party
Observations©
By Donald S. Conkey
When the New York Stock Exchange opened on Monday stocks began to plunge. This was due to the credit downgrade America received on Friday – and the economic chaos in Europe. Then Washington’s favorite game, the blame game, began in earnest on Monday morning. Not wanting to accept the blame themselves those in power have, not surprisingly, blamed the Tea Party Movement for their own inabilities to reign in the nation’s spending and balance the budget. Read the rest of this entry »
Just A Community Organizer
By J. Randolph Evans
In politics, it is called the ‘gel’ moment. It happens when thousands
of little dots floating around in American voters’ minds all connect to
create an image. In political terms, a ‘brand’ gets locked in and can
be almost unshakable.
For former Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, it was a
picture of him sitting in an army tank with an over-sized helmet. For
President George Bush, it was his surprised look at a price scanner when
checking out at a grocery store. The list goes on. Read the rest of this entry »
‘a bunch of clowns’ – Just The Numbers, Mam
By Les Dunaway
Well, Charlie Rangel thinks Congress looks like a ‘bunch of clowns’ for not raising taxes. I got a news flash, or two, for you Charlie. First, yes, many in Congress do look like clowns for their complete lack of understanding of economics. Second, they’ve been looking like clowns for decades. Oh, and by the way, there’s several in the Executive Branch wearing fright wigs, rubber noses and floppy shoes. The latest prat-fall was the debt ceiling deal which adds $8-10T to the debt over 10 years.
