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Hatred commonplace for Rush Limbaugh, but many wish his death?
I’m no huge fan of Rush Limbaugh, but as it was announced that he was hospitalized, I knew there would be rejoicing by some disturbed folks on the left. I don’t recall this type of response over Ted More...
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Parenting War: Ban on iCarly
Miranda Cosgrove has risen to fame as the younger sister on “Drake & Josh” and now her own show: “iCarly” and this show is extremely popular. Freddie’s failed attempts to help Carly More...
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Stimulus Wasteful Spending: Bees, Crabs and Hillary, oh my
Previously on “Wasteful Spending” we examined nearly $1 million for research on ants to save 3.5 jobs. (Read here) The University of Hawaii collected $210,000 to study the learning patterns of honeybees More...
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Christmas Memories part 3: The Triangle and a Christmas play
Sometime around first grade we all begin our careers as guinea pigs for the elementary school Christmas concert and/or play. “Up on the Housetop” is the most vivid memory for me and my brief musical More...
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Stimulus Wasteful Spending: Ants, Puppet Shows and Bobber the Safety Dog
Remember the first 1,000 page bill that no one in Washington read? The one that Congress didn’t even author as it was later revealed that Apollo Alliance drew up. Here’s a little nugget to make your More...
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Transcript: President Barack Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech
President Obama delivered his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway on December 10. The speech, titled “A Just and Lasting Peace.” Obama was the fourth U.S. President to be awarded the Nobel More...
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Christmas Memories: Santa’s Little Helpers
Last week I started a series on my fond Christmas Memories (Read here) As a child I had memorized the Rankin Bass mythology and easily debated another first grader on how Kris Kringle chose December 25th to deliver More...
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Christmas Memories Pt 1: Linus’ Speech
To this day I love watching “A Charlie Brown Christmas” As a child I was addicted to watching all of the Rankin Bass claymation presentations of Rudolph, Santa — all to shape the mythos of Christmas. More...
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Happy ‘Holy Days’ and Atheist Bigots
A chain e-mail has re-emerged to encourage folks to patronize businesses that openly express “Merry Christmas” and not “Happy Holidays” — the politically correct expression used by More...
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Calling Obamacare is a Ponzi scheme: well, I wasn’t the only one
Exposing your thoughts, feelings, and opinions to the world for scrutiny can prove to be difficult, if not, outright painful. One such occasion was the assertion that the current Health care Reform Bill is basically More...