Two article headlines in my iGoogle news ticker today caught my attention, not because of their content, but because of what seemed to be a direct contradiction by the current President. The first article’s headline read ‘Obama doesn’t enjoy ‘meddling in private sector’. You can read the article here. It’s sort of a funny headline […]
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The First Dog stirs up hate and discontent
I was trolling the news sites tonight and happened upon this article from Reuters wherein the animal rights folks are upset because the Obamas decided to get their new pooch, Bo, from a breeder rather than go to a shelter. Only in the United States, where we are supposed to be in one of the […]
Does a rising tide float all boats?
I went to hear a lecture tonight on the campus of NC State given by Dr. William Easterly. Dr. Easterly is renown for his stance, overly simplified by me, that there still exists a double standard when it comes to freedom. That is, that rich people deserve to be free, and poor people deserve to […]
Anything Is Possible
If I heard this phrase once in the last 3 days, I heard it 100 times. Everyone from Mariah Carey to people on the mall before the Inauguration kept saying it. “This shows us that in America anything is possible.” I guess that they all meant that because an African-American has been elected, anything is […]
Just Do It
I attended a meeting a couple weeks ago where Tom Davis spoke. Tom is one of the founders of Childrens HopeChest, an organization that is dedicated to helping the growing crisis of orphans around the world. There are very few times in my life when I have been moved to action literally in the moment. […]
Israel and Egypt
Not just a famous musical composition by G.F. Handel, these two countries have been linked together since the early days of civilization. Egypt in recent days has tried to inject itself into the ongoing conflict between Israel and its hostile neighbors, in this case Gaza and Hamas. I was reading this morning and saw this […]
I was wrong about Coldplay
I have said for quite some time that I thought Coldplay was just another band from the UK trying to sound like U2. However, I happened to catch a live concert the other night from this old church in England that I think was filmed in 2006. I was very impressed. I have since started […]
Chase Utley, American Idiot
“World Champions. World f—-ing champions!” This is how Chase Utley, a member of the Philadelphia Phillies began his time at the mic today at the parade in Philly. You have to wonder if guys like Mr. Utley just don’t understand that common decency. What you say when you are kickin’ it with the fellas in […]
America, The New Socialist State
I generally am an optimist when it comes to America. I think this is the best place on Earth to live. However, sometimes I can’t believe how far we have veered from our course. I was stunned to read over the past few days of plans for our government to PAY PEOPLE’S MORTGAGES. I believe […]
No Barbra. He only thinks that about you.
I ran across a blog entry today by Barbra Streisand wherein she posits that John McCain must think women are stupid if he thinks that just putting a woman on the ticket will sway women voters away. Of course, in order to be a part of the “Women Smarter Than McCain” group, you have to […]