The debate about what is euphemistically called “marriage equality” is stunning in many ways. 

 

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THE SHALLOW COMPLAINT

 

In its most common and intellectually shallow form, the current argument of those… Read full post »

 

OSers are mostly a socialist and progressive lot.  As such, they often reason and act as if they have no understanding of free-markets, free-enterprise, and businesses as largely self-regulating, cost-efficient institutions. 

 

To accomplish this, they… Read full post »

 

   

The image above of the title page of a paper written by Barak Hussein Obama is both complete and accurate.  It is offered here as a test for prejudice.

Minds are like parachutes.  They both work best when open.

As always, I am gratef… Read full post »

 

  

 

Sensible liberal thought, the open-minded consideration of government policy that is supposed to balance liberty and equality, seems abundantly absent these days.  One of the reasons for this appears to be that liberal perceptions of equality are now often /… Read full post »

 

In the recent, and apparently endless, dustup over a rule promulgated under the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (‘ACA’, or more accurately, ‘ObamaCare’), it is surprising how many near-sighted tree experts exist and how few far-sighted forest rang… Read full post »

 

Imagine for a moment a world in which one might choose the type of healthcare insurance one wanted. 

 

  

Employers would be free to provide, in whole, in part, or not at all, what healthcare insurance they wished as a perquisite to their employees.  Employ… Read full post »

 

Folks,

 

All I know is what the good people at OS tell me is wrong with America.  Mitt Romney ain't no job creator.  Well, so be it. 

    

Main Entrance - San Luis Regional Detention Center

(SLRDC)

 

Now, as y’all know, yesterday,… Read full post »

 

Fortunately, not all Liberals are Socialists or Progressives.  Fortunately, not all Liberals are this stupid. 

Nevertheless, one must bless Representative Waters' poor, pea pickin' heart, and those who voted for her.  Maybe they are all confined to just one place… Read full post »

 

 

 

  

WARNING:  

This image doesn't imply an unbiased view of socialism herein.

 

In PM discussions with several on OS, and one in particular, invitations have been extended for someone to post a brief primer of some beliefs regard… Read full post »

 

  

 

Not too long ago, I was late for Mass.  While this isn’t unusual, on this day, for some reason, the parking lot was exceptionally full.  Consequently, the car was installed in an area different from where it is normally; and entry was made throug/… Read full post »

 

Look, Folks.  All I know is what I read in the newspapers, as my brother from Claremore, Oklahoma, used to say. 

 

However, one would be hard pressed to write better fiction than the reality that large, intrusive, government provides.  The latest example has President Obama/… Read full post »

  

While walking through the Charlotte, North Carolina airport Tuesday morning, Republican Member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee, Phil Roe, a physician who once practiced obstetrics, heard calls for a doctor.  Roe ran to the man's aid.

"When I got there, he… Read full post »

 

 

 

“Mr. Geithner, the President is on the phone . . . .”

 

“Yes, Mr. President.  How are you?”

 

“Fine, Tim.  Look, I just read the preliminary reports of the stress tests you’re conducting; and my belief is that we need t/… Read full post »

 

“Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"

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Benjamin Franklin

 

   

 

The symbol of deprivation within the Owens Valley that inspired this post.

 

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PROLOGUE… Read full post »

  

It is no longer a question, according to many, whether or not Greece will default, but what happens after it does. Moreover, default is expected soon.

Greece is supposed to get a payment from the IMF/ECB/EFSF agencies this month. For most, if not all, of these financial institutio… Read full post »

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A Pee In the Ocean 

 

The Progressive community has wasted much discussion and argument lately opposing specific cuts that are being recommended in federal entitlement programs.  While the timing of a general opposition to these proposed cuts may be correct, the truth is t… Read full post »

  

 

I am greatly encouraged by recent news regarding governmental spending, worldwide.  This is because when catastrophe strikes, even the obtuse know what to do.  

 

Outside Our Tent We Have . . .

 

Portugal gave up its battle to finance its current bud… Read full post »

  

   

 

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What I Wish for All My Friends in Retirement

I love all my friends, whatever their political persuasion.  However, there are few things that I would rather see than all of my poor, Liberal friends retire as wealthy individuals.   

T… Read full post »

 

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It was Tuesday, March 08, 2011.  I had returned from my assignment in Washington DC, where I had been attached to the DCPD to interview the DUI CPA CI with the MD in STDs,/… Read full post »

 

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The story you are about to read is true.  Facts are facts.  Congressmen and Presidents are generally shortsighted, self-serving, cowards whose top three job prior… Read full post »

 

  

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THE BACKGROUND . . . .

 

Tom Cordle has been writing on OS about the tragic diagnosis of his wife's lung cancer.  He is loathe "to put his business on the street"; but he is revealing this private part of his life in an effort to accomplish… Read full post »

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 LAST TIME . . . . 

 

My nephew, Jeremy, had apparently overcome his drug problem; and, after working six months around our house, had accepted a greater challenge to help me teach mathematics to inner-city junior high school students. 

 

He had bo… Read full post »

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The story you are about to read is true.  No names have been changed, simply because, when it comes to the federal budget, actual receipts, and actual outlays, there is no longer any plausibl… Read full post »

 

The Interview 

    Sir Winston, please forgive me; but Open Salon made me fit your quotation into 60 characters.  Despite this mangling, at least your intellect and wit still shine through; and that’s more than can be said for what we heard throughout/… Read full post »