By J. Randolph Evans
Once upon a time, there was a new football coach at a prestigious university. Now, this was not just any university football program. It was a team that had a long and storied history of success. Yet, recent troubles had prompted the university to bring on a new coach – full of promises of better things yet to come.
… Read more...By Les Dunaway
Well, we now have President Obama’s plan to “to put more people back to work and more money in the pockets of those who are working”. A long list of business leaders had little hope that the speech would contain anything substantive. They were proven right. What we got was more of the same, both in terms of the programs offered and the tax increases to pay … Read more...
Observations©
By Don Coakley
Is the United States Constitution termite proof? No! So why would anyone even ask such a question? For two reasons!
The first reason: On September 17th United States will celebrate the 224th anniversary of the signing of that unique and world changing document.
The second reason: There is a powerful similarity between the damage caused by termites to my home recently and the destructive damage … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
On September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush said in a televised address from the White House to the nation:
A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
America was targeted for … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
Every seventy one (71) seconds, it strikes another victim in America. Former Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt confirmed last week that she has been diagnosed with the early onset of Alzheimer’s. Coach Summitt has won more games (1,071) than any other college coach, with eight national championships and 39 seasons. She is only 59.
After some anger and denial, Coach Summitt said this after learning … Read more...
By Les Dunaway
During the budget debate last December, during the lead-up the the debt-ceiling debate, … I’ve listened to statements made by various politicians, pundits and some real people. I’ve concluded that there really are people who believe that we can just raise taxes to support any desired level of spending. When they are asked about the example of Spain, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, … they respond “Well, that’s Europe; … Read more...
The Madison Forum is pleased to announce the addition of the Madison Forum’s mobile website, optimized for your smart phone. There is nothing else you need to do, just point your smart phone web browser to www.MadisonForum.org and the software will automatically take you to the mobile website.
On the mobile site, you can still read and comment on the great articles posted on MadisonForum.org, access meeting details and “Like” … Read more...
By Les Dunaway
Our friends in the Republican Women of Cherokee County have noted some recent actions which have led them to begin legal action against the White House.
First, an end-run around the Congress who rejected the “Dream Act”
Second, White House spends $2.2M on buses for a three day trip
… Read more...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 … Read more...
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 … Read more...
By Les Dunaway
Well, it happened. Just as the warnings foretold. When will there be some sign of adult behavior in Washington? During the debt cap discussions, the rating companies wrote to the President, the Senate and the House and pointed out that just raising the debt cap would not prevent a rating downgrade. Think about it! Would you see it as positive if your dead-beat neighbor bragged to you … Read more...
About 4 trillion dollars of additional debt was added to the amount of debt owed by The Treasury during the 8 years of the George W. Bush Presidency.More than another 4 trillion have been added during the two years of the Obama “presidency”.There is an important factor that makes a big difference in those two 4 trillion dollar amounts.
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