Observations©
By Donald S. Conkey
Tired of all the political rhetoric yet? Many are, including me, but this vetting process is an important part of choosing our elected leaders, especially the president of the United States. Only the Lord’s way is a better way. This process still has a year to go before the November 2012 election, which likely will be the most important election Americans will ever vote … Read more...
By: J. Randolph Evans
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs says this on its website (at http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/):
The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year on November 11th at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony commences precisely at 11:00 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors by veterans’ organizations and remarks from dignitaries. … Read more...
Obama and his administration are waging a war against the laws of physics. The war will be lost, you know. But it will be We, the people and our country who will be the losers while Obama will ride off into the sunset with a lucrative income-for-life courtesy of us “losers.”
B’gosh and b’gorrah! No one can accuse us of being sore losers!
It is inevitable that an activist so-called … Read more...
By Tom Kiser
Governments of the kind that we have today in this nation are an unfunny, terminally sick joke! Does anyone really believe that the purchasing power that our federal government has stolen from our descendants will ever be repaid?
Governments have the power to take and make use of some part of the worth that is being produced by the economically productive members of the nation’s society, current … Read more...
By Les Dunaway
The monthly unemployment numbers came out from the DOL this week. They were summarized in the media as a drop from 9.1 to 9.0. Many people reacted with surprise as such a drop was counter-intuitive, especially when the reported jobs-created was 80,000 – somewhere between a third and a half of what’s needed to reduce unemployment.
I’m happy to report that the confusion was simply government book-cooking, … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
So, here are the two dates to mark on the calendar: November 23, 2011 (the day before Thanksgiving) and December 23, 2011 (two days before Christmas). What makes these dates special?
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 is the deadline for the so-called Congressional ‘super-committee’ (actually named the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction) to issue its recommendations for at least $1.5 trillion in federal deficit reductions over … Read more...
By Les Dunaway
So you thought Congress had driven a stake through Acorn’ s heart? They probably missed because it’s heart is way to the left of where you’d expect. This monster seems to be hard to kill.
The good news is that the monster hasn’t gotten any smarter. Fox reporters walked in an interviewed the conspirators in their “New York Communities for Change” office about their funding … Read more...
By Bob Barr
Upon being sworn in, each newly elected member of the House of Representatives and the Senate must take an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States …” Sadly, for at least some of these 535 members, that initial oath may be the last time they actually focus on the Constitution. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., an eight-term Democrat from Illinois, appears to fall into … Read more...
Observations©
By Donald S. Conkey
Is America actually being turned upside down? There are those who think so. They believe America is being turned upside down because America has turned away from the freedom founding principles that the Founders founded America on. Others then ask why Americans would allow this to happen. The answer, of course, is because few American know our true history or have taken the time … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
So, just how fast can things move in the modern political climate of unrest with the help of the internet’s instant connectivity, a little bit of money, and some cable news coverage? The answer is very fast, and it is changing the face of American politics.
The latest example of this mini-movement phenomenon is the Occupy Wall Street gatherings. Although this ‘movement’ now consistently makes some … Read more...
By Les Dunaway
This morning about 6am, as I do each week day, I read the Financial Times “Asia: AM” which looks at what’s happening in the Asian and European markets. The top story was “EU reaches agreement on Greek bonds”.
The top line on the “agreement”, which has not been agreed-to by anyone at this point, is that all holders of Greek-debt bonds will get new bonds – whose … Read more...
Observations©
By Donald S. Conkey
When does one stop learning? Never, if you want to survive! This is why I titled this column “Continuing to learn – line upon line.” We live in an ever changing world, and to stay abreast of this ever-changing world one must, regardless of age or gender, continue to learn. And that can be a challenge – a stumbling block for many people.
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