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  • Hating Sarah

    Yes, she has a new book out.  Yes, she’s back in the limelight.  She’s making the talk show circuit and she’s everywhere you look. But that doesn’t mean the press needs to start using her for target practice again. Two stories strike my mind.  First is the Newsweek cover picturing Sarah Palin [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:15pm EST
    by michael

  • The Advent Conspiracy

    Number of comments: 2
    Remember “Christmas with the Cranks?”   The story, based on the John Grisham novel “Skipping Christmas”, was about an empty nest couple (played by Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis) who realized how much they spent each year on the Christmas season and decided to spend it on a cruise instead.  No gift exchanges at work, [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:35pm EST
    by michael

  • The Fallacy of Diversity?

    Number of comments: 2
    Imagine you’re constructing a building.  You bring in a contracting company with a team of engineers to design your new structure for you.  Each engineer has graduated from a different college, has a different background, has different experiences, and has different artistic talents and technical skills.  They come together under [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:25pm EST
    by michael

  • A Latte a Day

    Was watching Fox news this morning when they were discussing the cost in increased taxes for the Democrats health care proposal as offered by the House.  One of the proponants of the legislation equated the cost as similar to “a Latte a day”. Now, I don’t know if this hits home [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 4:24pm EST
    by michael

  • Microsoft Misfires?

    Number of comments: 2
    Okay, does anyone else thing that Microsoft just made a major FUBAR move? Yesterday, Microsoft announced that they had banned over 600,000 X-Box 360 consoles from X-Box live because they had been modded or chipped.  Today, according to Daily Tech, the number of banned consoles has exceeded 1 million.  Rumor has [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:13pm EST
    by michael

  • Defending Islam

    Number of comments: 2
    Let me start this out by stating a few truths Was Maj. Nidal M. Hasan a “terrorist”? - Yes. Was He a Muslim? - Yes. Did he kill in the name of God?- Yes. Was he affiliated with radical Islam? - Evidence is pointing in that direction, so I will say conditionally- Yes. Does that [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:54pm EST
    by michael

  • “Move On” Moves in for the Kill

    According to Politico: MoveOn is launching a $500,000 advertising campaign against the 39 Democratic House members who opposed the[health care] bill. The group will also thank members who voted for it with events in more than 60 districts and a print ad aimed at progressives who pushed the public option. I guess it’s [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:45am EST
    by michael

  • Thank You Congressman Baird

    Number of comments: 1
    I want to give credit where credit is due.  Taking a look at the Seattle Paper this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see the name of our District 3 Congressman, Brian Baird, on the list of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who had voted against the health [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 5:20pm EST
    by michael

  • Gotta Love Dennis Miller

    Number of comments: 5
    Was flipping channels last night, and during a break in the Mark Twain award to Bill Cosby presentation on PBS, I flipped over to the O’Reilly Factor; just in time to hear Dennis Miller quip- Barack Obama’s coattails are shorter than a naked midget’s Man, you gotta love Dennis Miller. [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:45am EST
    by michael

  • The Modern “Tower of Babel?”

    Number of comments: 1
    I remember an old co-worker, who was by trade a professor of theology, who used to refer to the book of Genesis fancifully as “Hebrew Fairy Tales”- tales the people of Israel told their children which had some basis in fact somewhere along the way, but had lost their true stories [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:55pm EST
    by michael

  • Vancouver Mayoral Race- What’s going on here?

    Number of comments: 7
    Okay, let me start by saying I don’t have a dog in the fight for Vancouver mayor.  I’ve only been living here for 4 years and in that time, I think Royce Pollard’s done a good job as mayor.  I have no reason to say ill against him.  Similarly, Tim [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 2:05pm EDT
    by michael

  • Treating the Symptoms Instead of the Disease

    Number of comments: 3
    The Senate’s fixin’ to push a health care bill to the floor with an “opt-out” public option for states. The house is working to put together a bill as well. Democrats are lining up on one side of the aisle to push for government health insurance and Republicans are lining [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 6:08pm EDT
    by michael

  • Einstein and God

    Number of comments: 3
    Now, there is a question to the validity of this conversation-whether it was actually Einstein, or whether it actually took place at all.  But the argument is still valid. [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 6:42pm EDT
    by michael

  • Do You Believe?

    Number of comments: 10
    My son went to see “Paranormal Activity” this past weekend with a couple of friends from school.  They’ve not been able to stop talking about the film since they got home, and to be honest, I think he spent that night sleeping with his bedroom light on.  Even though they [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:01pm EDT
    by michael

  • What’s Good for the Goose…

    I heard an interesting thought on Lars Larson’s local show this afternoon that bears a bit of thought. So, how about Congress applies the same “rules” they want to apply to banks who take federal stimulus money to themselves? If the Obama administration wants to penalize or limit the pay of [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 4:25pm EDT
    by michael

  • More on A New Question on the Health Care Debate

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    So, I’ve posted this on a couple of other sources as well, and I’m getting some interesting feedback so far.  Almost immediately I was asked if this was “government health care” or “private health care”.  Apparently the source matters as much as the cost. The question of universal health care for [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:17pm EDT
    by michael

  • A New Question in the Health Care Debate

    I saw two seemingly unrelated pieces of information this past weekend- Nancy Pelosi commenting that young Americans should be able to stay on their parents health care plans until age 27. A poll by Dick Morris, former pollster for President Clinton that voters between the ages of 18-25 were in favor of [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 7:37pm EDT
    by michael

  • Conservative vs Liberal

    Number of comments: 8
    Compliments of my brother, Jim. If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one. If a liberal doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed. If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn`t eat meat. If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone. If a conservative sees a [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:17pm EDT
    by michael

  • This is What We Call Christianity?

    Number of comments: 7
    It’s no secret that I’m pro life.  I was talking to a friend the other day about pregnancy clinics and volunteers.  She made the strangest statement- “Part of the problem we have getting volunteers is that so many churches won’t let us come in and speak.  They’re afraid we’ll offend some [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 12:10pm EDT
    by michael

  • Who Should We Have Sent?

    Number of comments: 1
    Hmmm, I guess President Obama’s visit to Copenhagen, along with Oprah and others, didn’t do much to sway the IOC’s opinion toward hosting the games in Chicago. I guess the worldwide political clout of the Liberal “elite” isn’t as good as advertised. Now, I’m not suggesting that we should have sent Sarah [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 11:53am EDT
    by michael

  • Hanging Separately

    I’ve not been posting in some time.  In fact, I’m giving serious consideration to taking this blog offline altogether.  Why?  Because I truly don’t know how to make a difference. When John Hancock became the first of our forefathers to sign the Declaration, he stated “There must be no pulling different [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
    by michael

  • Another Argument Against Socialized Health Care?

    Okay, blame this one on my wife and step-son.  Susan Boyle was singing on America’s Got Talent, and boy-o asks the question “Why are her teeth like that?” And so the conversation started… We both watch a lot of stuff from BBC-Doctor Who has been a favorite of mine since high school- [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 10:27pm EDT
    by michael

  • How Much are YOU Paying for Health Insurance?

    Number of comments: 1
    How much do you pay for health insurance each month?  $500? What if I told you that’s what you should expect to pay under the new Obamacare package just unveiled by Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus this afternoon? Okay, let’s do the math. The proposal is for a total of 856 Billion [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 2:53pm EDT
    by michael

  • Don’t be Fooled by the Abortion Rhetoric

    Number of comments: 1
    President Obama stated today: “And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up: Under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.” What a crock!  So the President states he’ll not spend federal dollars to fund abortions.  How about administrative costs [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 9:29pm EDT
    by michael

  • Penguins Rule!

    Whatever happened to United we Serve America, that community service program started by President Obama back when he was a candidate for the White House?  In these days where the media pushes stories of government intrusion into our daily lives, there is one program that “candidate Obama” started that could [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 10:25am EDT
    by michael

  • Pride and Arrogance

    Number of comments: 1
    I see somebody missed me.  I spent the last week in Missouri visiting with my folks. I learned a little something during my trip.  A little something about pride and arrogance. I learned from my father and from others in their community that pride is what you feel when you’ve done [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 10:08am EDT
    by michael

  • Pre-existing Conditions

    Number of comments: 1
    One of the key points in the healthcare debate has been pre-existing conditions.  In the President’s speech this morning, he referenced the case of a woman who was between jobs when she fould a lump on her breast.  Her new job and new health care didn’t cover treatment because they [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 8:36am EDT
    by michael

  • Yes We Can- ‘We’ isn’t us anymore

    Confession time. In the Democratic primaries, I greatly favored Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton. While Ms Clinton seemed to be the “chosen” candidate of the party leadership, Obama was a dark horse candidate whose campaign broke the mold of the traditional campaign structure. He had the keys to accessing the latest [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2009, 9:49am EDT
    by michael

  • Are We Not Men?

    Number of comments: 2
    When the rhetoric and partisianship is all said and done, I realize that my view on healthcare boils down to one simple thing- I don’t want the government run health care.  I want the choice to have health care if I choose, to have the health care option that I [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 3:42pm EDT
    by michael

  • Astroturf

    Number of comments: 2
    When I was a kid, our family took a trip to Houston, TX.  The Apollo 11 astronauts were still in quarantine at the Johnson Space Center, Six Flags over Texas was the only “Six Flags” amusement park, and the Astrodome- the world’s first domed football stadium- was being hailed as [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 8:44am EDT
    by michael

  • Some Notes on Socialized Medicine

    During my travels to Canada last week, I tried to get a read on how they liked their health care system.  From people I talked to, reviews were mixed- some liked it, some didn’t. I did hear a couple of points that had not been brought up in our current health [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 12:45pm EDT
    by michael

  • Loonies and Twonee

    Number of comments: 4
    Okay, maybe there’s a really good reason the U.S. doesn’t have a dollar coin. The dollar coin makes outstanding fiscal sense, especially in this economy- consider that while the cost of a dollar coin is about 10 times that of a dollar bill, the life of a coin could easily be [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 11:52pm EDT
    by michael

  • A Statistic I Want to See…

    Number of comments: 1
    Okay, so we’re hearing a lot about protests and counterprotests at the Town hall meetings.  There’s a lot of speculation on who these “protestors” really are…are they radicals on the right or left?  Are they seniors or union members?  Are they lobbiests for the Insurance companies or community organizers?  Are [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2009, 11:48am EDT
    by michael

  • Obama Babies? No, Obama-bortions!

    Number of comments: 5
    I saw an article in the Chicago Tribune this morning that the “Obama Baby Boom”, a projected national uptake in the birth rate following the November 4th election of Barack Obama, has not materialized. According to Donald Bogue, as referenced in the article, “Births are now predominantly planned and not [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 9:44am EDT
    by michael

  • Cash for Clunkers

    Number of comments: 1
    Unlike many other conservatives (and any Republican who opposes an Obama program on principle), I actually like the idea of the Cash for Clunkers program.  The idea- to get older, less fuel efficient automobiles off of the roads by offering incentives to purchase new, more fuel efficient ones- I believe [...]
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    Posted: August 06, 2009, 4:44pm EDT
    by michael

  • Call it What it Is…

    Number of comments: 2
    I’m sick of listening to Talk radio refer to the networks and other news sources as “mainstream media”.  It’s about time to call it what it is- State Sponsored Media. Back in the days of the former Soviet Union, they had the state agency TASS, which disseminated news stories to State [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2009, 4:47pm EDT
    by michael

  • What Have We Got to Lose?

    Number of comments: 2
    I mentioned yesterday, when writing about protestors, that our current group of protestors have something to lose and are protesting anyway.  I thought about it this morning, as I have friends who actually see nothing wrong with Socialism, and I asked myself- Well, what do I have to lose?  The [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2009, 4:39pm EDT
    by michael

  • Take a Closer Look at Who’s Protesting…

    Number of comments: 1
    As congress goes on its recess, there are an increasing number of reports of protestors showing up at town hall meetings, speaking engagements, and rallies-especially events designed to bolster support for health care. Protests, especially protests over controversial issues, are nothing new. They’ve been around since before our country was [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
    by michael

  • Prayer. Really.

    I was on Facebook briefly, reading the responses to a friend who was going through some difficulty. There were various responses-including a great one on how to lie on the bed and throw a really first class rant-but a vast majority (as he has many Christian friends) was a call [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 5:06pm EDT
    by michael

  • Just a Thought…

    I was listening to Lars Larson yesterday and his guest was quoting a number of insults that Liberal Talk Show host Ed Shultz had thrown at Conservative Talk show host Rush Limbaugh.  The subject was the argument that it’s taboo for the right to criticize anything the left does, but [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 6:51am EDT
    by michael

  • The 10 Commandments–according to Obama

    Number of comments: 1
    From the Patriot Update- The Ten Commandments According to Obama By Patriot Update © 2009 The Patriot Update. Feel free to circulate this article, but please link / give credit to The Patriot Update. After observing Obama on the campaign trail and during his first six months in office, we have concluded that our [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 6:36am EDT
    by michael

  • Gates Arrest Makes No Sense…

    Okay, I’ve been reading the police reports on the Henry Louis Gates Arrest from The Smoking Gun, and things just don’t add up. The police report states that Gates’ behavior “caused citizens passing by this location to stop and take notice while appearing surprised and alarmed.  Where are those witnesses?  Has [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2009, 9:56pm EDT
    by michael

  • Some Frightening Figures

    Number of comments: 3
    I was looking at some federal figures on Gross Domestic Product and Debt this morning and the numbers are frightening- For every dollar generated in the U.S. last year, the federal government spent 68 cents. This year, that figure is expected to rise to 89 cents. Next year, the number is [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 4:14pm EDT
    by michael

  • I Want an Obama Job

    Number of comments: 1
    I was reading an article by David Harsanyi on townhall.com this morning where he’s talking about the impact of the Obama stimulus package on America.  I was particularly struck by one set of statistics- that $53 Billion had been spent to “create or save” 150, 000 jobs.  Doing the math, [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2009, 10:22am EDT
    by michael

  • A Train Wreck in Slow Motion

    Number of comments: 6
    I realized, while talking to my boss this morning, why my enthusiasm toward posting in this blog has waned over the past few weeks. In honesty, I’ve all but turned off the television, I’m listening to Christian radio stations instead of talk radio on my way to work, and I’m [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2009, 3:22pm EDT
    by michael

  • Sometimes You Can’t Win For Losing…

    The following comes from the Townhall.com blog: This is not a joke. Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision that required an Oregon public school district to pay a $5,200 monthly tuition (plus fees) for a private boarding school for a high-school senior whose psychologist had diagnosed him with [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2009, 9:51am EDT
    by michael

  • Someday, Hopefully, We’ll All Be Poor

    So, the house has passed the global warming bill.  Can’t say we didn’t see that coming.  In fact, George Bush’s famous line “Read My Lips- No New Taxes” comes to mind.  That’s because any way you look at it, the global warming bill is a tax.  It’s a tax that [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2009, 5:31pm EDT
    by michael

  • Don’t You Believe it

    Number of comments: 3
    I hope nobody actually believes the administration when they say they will not be raising taxes on the middle class or when they say they’ll only be raising taxes on people making over $250,000.  This morning on Fox, they were interviewing representatives from each side of the health care debate [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2009, 9:12am EDT
    by michael

  • Graduation Day

    It’s that time of year again.  All over the country, high school and college seniors are donning their caps and gowns and walking down the aisle to the stirring refrains of “Pomp and Circumstance” (honestly, after the 15th chorus, it’s not too stirring anymore) to receive their diplomas. Congratulations to [...]
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    Posted: June 21, 2009, 11:20pm EDT
    by michael

  • It Ain’t Partisian Politics- It’s Payback

    Looking at an article this week on Democrats in the Oregon Legislature raising over $1 billion in taxes kind of made me blink.  I mean, in a time of recession, the lawmakers in Oregon want to bleed even more taxes from the few companies that are still making some kind [...]
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    Posted: June 21, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
    by michael

  • Bit of Blantant Advertising

    I think I’ve mentioned that one of the reasons I’ve not been posting lately is because I’m participating in a community theater production.  Since I don’t have any advertising banners or other money-making stuff on the site, I’ll just take a moment to say Support your local community theater. Currently I’m playing [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2009, 6:23pm EDT
    by michael

  • PETA- We Wouldn’t Hurt a Fly

    Number of comments: 1
    Okay, this is in the “REALLY radical left department”. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals took exception to President Obama swatting a fly during an interview Tuesday.  Apparently, the fly was intruding on the interview.  The President shooed it away, then when it returned he killed it deader than a [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2009, 10:35pm EDT
    by michael

  • Customers vs Consumers

    It probably comes as no surprise to know that I listen to Lars Larson on occasion.  I catch the end of his program when leaving work, then usually turn the dial to music when he’s over.  It might be a bit more of a surprise to find that I don’t [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2009, 7:23pm EDT
    by michael

  • Has Government Become a Parasite?

    Number of comments: 1
    I have been a fan of Ray Stevens since elementary school, when a travelling musical group played “Guitarzan” at a school assembly.  Being from Missouri, and growing up on the lakes, I remember when he used to perform at Roy Clark’s theater, and later opened a theater of his own- [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2009, 12:38pm EDT
    by michael

  • What is Chuck Norris Scared of?

    Number of comments: 1
    I like Chuck Norrisisms.  If you’ve never heard of them, there are plenty to go around, such as “How many pushups can Chuck Norris do?”. “Chuck Norris doesn’t do push-ups, he pushes the earth away from himself.”  If you’ve not seen or heard any of them, go check out historyaddict.com [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2009, 4:03pm EDT
    by michael

  • The Prophet Joseph…Biden?

    Number of comments: 3
    Being an Old Testament Prophet wasn’t a good thing.  While you were usually considered an upstanding man of God, the country around you had generally turned away from God and your own people ridiculed you  for prophesying about how the judgement was coming while your people were happliy walking down [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 10:06pm EDT
    by michael

  • Just a Note on Letterman…

    I’m getting really irritated at the conservative talk shows over their bashing of David Letterman.  No, I don’t watch Letterman.  I generally have better things to do at night-like getting a good night’s sleep in anticipation of rising to go to work early the next morning.  I’m also not a [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2009, 10:14am EDT
    by michael

  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Support Free Enterprise

    Number of comments: 2
    A new campaign from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  In addition to this article, they have a lot of good reading on the possible impacts of the automobile bailouts, the Employee Free Choice Act, government sponsored health care, and a number of other important issues. Press Release from the U.S. Chamber [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2009, 6:38am EDT
    by michael

  • Did You Know?

    This comes courtesy of YouTube.  It’s a very interesting statement of how our world is changing… [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 7:13pm EDT
    by michael

  • Newton’s Law of Gun Rights

    Number of comments: 3
    Gotta Love Isaac Newton.  Within his 3 laws of motion he outlined the purpose behind the second ammendment right to keep and bear arms, as was illustrated today security officers at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. A body at rest stays at rest, and a body in motion stays in motion, [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 5:27pm EDT
    by michael

  • Goodbye Miss California

    Number of comments: 1
    I see in the news this morning that Carrie Prejean has had her title stripped as Miss California USA. I can’t say as I’m surprised. Much as I have admired Ms. Prejean’s spirit and tenacity since her controversial answer to the question of same-sex marriage last month, in point of [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 4:19pm EDT
    by michael

  • Chrysler, the UAW, and Government Health Insurance

    Okay, I saw an article this morning with a bit more of the specifics of the Chrysler bailout. The thing in particular that caught my eye is that the majority ownership by the United Auto Workers is through their health care trust for retirees. Let me say that again; their [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 4:16pm EDT
    by michael

  • An Eyeless, Toothless World

    Number of comments: 8
    I’ve come to a conclusion… Our current crop of politicians are eyeless and toothless. This has nothing to do with the old saw about “an eye for an eye and a tooth will soon lead to an eyeless, toothless world”; it’s just a simple way of saying they are blind and [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
    by michael

  • The Road to Hell…

    Number of comments: 6
    Aside from preparing for finals week, looking at property for purchase, and opening this weekend in a theater production in Vancouver, WA; I’ve been spending my (ample) free time reading a book that was recommended to me by my son-in-law’s parents. The book is “The Coming Economic Earthquake” by Larry Burkett. [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2009, 6:17pm EDT
    by michael

  • Three Little Words

    There are three little words I have yet to hear from either side when describing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Perhaps in the political battle between right and left at the national level they don’t apply, but to me, they would appear to be the most important in describing a [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2009, 7:02am EDT
    by michael

  • “Truth” Be Told?

    Number of comments: 1
    I pulled the following article from the English Version of the Russian Newspaper Pravda. “Pravda” in Russian meaning “Truth”. I’d ask you to get past the obvious “Pro-Russian” spin in the article and take a look at the heart of what the author’s saying here. Is this really where America [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2009, 6:56am EDT
    by michael

  • Is That What They Fought For?

    Number of comments: 5
    I’m going to ask a simple question: My Grandfather was in the Navy in World War II. I remember visiting when we were growing up and looking at his pictures and photo books from that war. Ships burning, aerial dogfights, sailors at battle stations and under fire. My father was in [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2009, 9:45pm EDT
    by michael

  • Personal Time

    Number of comments: 2
    I haven’t been blogging much the past week. Part of it is that I’m in rehearsal for a theater production that will be opening this weekend in Vancouver. Part of it is that we’re rapidly approaching finals. Part of it is that the wife and I are spending a bit [...]
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    Posted: May 31, 2009, 12:04pm EDT
    by michael

  • Not Supporting Sotomayor

    Number of comments: 8
    So far, it has not been my aim to comment on President Obama’s choice of Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court Justice. Part of the reason has been because I don’t understand or agree with either side in this debate-Why are we looking for someone with “empathy” versus understanding of the [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2009, 4:14pm EDT
    by michael

  • It’s About More than Gay Rights

    Yesterday in this blog, I commented that a co-worker had asked how much longer it would be before gay marriage was the law of the land in the United States. Today it’s been announced that opponents of the California State Supreme Court decision on gay marriage plan to take their [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2009, 4:37pm EDT
    by michael

  • The Late Great State of California

    Number of comments: 2
    I’ll admit to a prejudice against California. During the mid-1980s I was 21, single and living in Hawaii. I had extended my orders as long as possible, but eventually the Air Force personnel system caught up with me and gave me an assignment to March Air Force Base near Riverside. The [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 4:57pm EDT
    by michael

  • How Long to the Point of No Return?

    Number of comments: 3
    A liberal co-worker asked me today, “How much longer do you think it will be”? We were talking about the gay marriage ban that had just been upheld in California, and she was wanting to know how long I thought it would be before gay marriage was the law of [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 4:52pm EDT
    by michael

  • Heroes and Idols

    I saw an article on heroes online this past weekend. A 4th grade teacher had asked her students to write a short paper about someone they thought of as a hero and to draw a picture of that person. The kids came back with pictures of musicians, actors, rappers and [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 4:51pm EDT
    by michael

  • 20 Hypocrisies of Liberalism

    Number of comments: 5
    This comes from Townhall.com and it’s just plain great: Everybody is guilty of being hypocritical sometimes. It’s just part of being human; however, modern liberalism has taken this concept to stunning extremes. The entire liberal belief system, from top to bottom, is a series of logical blind alleys, bottlenecks, and jaw-dropping [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 6:51am EDT
    by michael

  • “Obama Man” by Greg Morton

    Okay, this was funny.  From the Bob and Tom show, and coming to me via my brother. [...]
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    Posted: May 23, 2009, 4:05pm EDT
    by michael

  • Travelling Through the Golden State

    Number of comments: 1
    I won’t be posting much over the memorial day weekend.  We’re in the Santa Cruz area of California visiting family.  I did want to say a couple of things, however: My son-in-law had a great idea for a bumpersticker that I will be ordering soon- It says “Clinton Inhaled, but Obama [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2009, 12:17pm EDT
    by michael

  • Bend Over, America. Here Comes California

    Number of comments: 2
    Yesterday California voters rejected all but one of the ballot initiatives proposed. The initiatives would have raised some taxes, extended others, enabled more borrowing, and gave money out to more political organizations. The only initiative that passed was the one concerning pay for politicians. Question is; as California’s revenue stream dries [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 11:59pm EDT
    by michael

  • The Democrat Socialist Party?

    Number of comments: 1
    Okay, I may have to turn in my Republican card on this one.  The Christian Science Monitor has a story today concerning an RNC resolution to formally ask the Democratic Party to change its name to the Democrat Socialist Party.  Fortunately, slightly saner prevailed and they passed the following resolution [...]
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    Posted: May 20, 2009, 6:42pm EDT
    by michael

  • Now THAT’s What I Call Torture!

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    The World is an Ugly Place. Back in the mid 1990’s, during the Clinton era, I was active duty military stationed at Incirlik Air Base Turkey in support of Operation Provide Comfort.  OPC, for those of you who may not know, or may not remember, was the humanitarian support to Kurdish [...]
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    Posted: May 20, 2009, 7:08am EDT
    by michael

  • More fuel efficient cars means higher gas taxes are on the way

    Number of comments: 3
    This is from an e-mail by Michael Ennis, Director of the Center for Transportation at the Washington Policy Center. You might have seen the story that President Obama is proposing to increase fuel efficiency standards, which would add about $1,300 or more onto the price of an automobile. This from CNN: New [...]
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    Posted: May 20, 2009, 9:44pm EDT
    by michael

  • Cheney’s Bunker….Balderdash!

    Lots of interest floating around these days about Vice President Biden revealing the presence of a “secret bunker” underneath hs residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory.  The current theory goes that this is the “undesclosed location” where VP Cheney was situated following 9/11.  While personally I think he was most [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 6:20pm EDT
    by michael

  • Medical Marijuana and the 10th Amendment?

    Number of comments: 2
    The Supreme Court rejected appeals today from the California counties of San Diego and San Bernardino, which were objecting to California’s medical marijuana law, claiming it should be struck down as violating the federal drug-control act. While the decision not to decide is seen as a victory for marijuana advocates such [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 4:48pm EDT
    by michael

  • Governor Ted’s Plan would be great…for Teenagers

    When I was 15 years old, I spent the summer at a work camp. It was at a state park at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri and we spent the days making trails, building playground equipment, and doing other tasks to improve the state parks in the Osage Beach [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 4:46pm EDT
    by michael

  • Sign of the Times

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    I have two very leftist liberal friends at work.  One I enjoy discussing politics with.  She’s well educated, listens to a variety of news sources and comes to reasoned conclusions.  I respect her for that and value her opinion, especially when different from my own.  She gives me a lot [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 7:01am EDT
    by michael

  • Are Those Bus Tracks, Speaker Pelosi?

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    So, House Speaker Pelosi’s been in a running argument with the CIA over waterboarding for almost a week now.  It’s still quite a case of he said/she said, though the I won’t be surprised if the CIA has transcripts, tapes, or other records to back up their claim that the [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2009, 7:43pm EDT
    by michael

  • Priest Arrested at Notre Dame

    Number of comments: 4
    There are times when mere words don’t express feelings. This isn’t Nazi Germany.  This isn’t Stalanist Russia.  This isn’t Tiananmen Square. This is here.  This is now.  This is us. We have chosen, as a nation, to stand against God, against life, against what is good.  We have chosen to embrace the taking [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2009, 12:33am EDT
    by michael

  • …no Athiests in Foxholes- Boxers are okay.

    The Phrase “There are no Athiests in Foxholes” is commonly attributed to WW II war correspondent Ernie Pyle.  His observation was that regardless of your religion going into battle; when the bullets are flying and your life is on the line, people tend to seek out a higher power. We tend [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2009, 10:46pm EDT
    by michael

  • The Trouble With Socialism

    Number of comments: 2
    The Trouble with Socialism is that it always runs out of Other people’s money. Margret Thatcher Okay, I have to ask…is this why we’er running such a deficit and are well on the way to national bankruptcy?  I don’t specifically blame the Obama administration for this-the socialization of America began way before [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2009, 7:31am EDT
    by michael

  • Miss California to Guest Host on Fox

    Number of comments: 2
    As reported in today’s U.S. News and World Report online: Miss California and Miss USA runner-up, Carrie Prejean, tossed around in the battle over gay marriage, will be a one-day guest host for Fox News Channel’s popular morning show Fox & Friends, Whispers learns. She will host the 6 a.m.-to-7 a.m. [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 6:49pm EDT
    by michael

  • Data Belie Biden Stimulus ABnecdotes

    Number of comments: 1
    By MATT APUZZO  as Reported in the Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first quarterly report on the nation’s stimulus package, Vice President Joe Biden uses anecdotes to paint a glowing picture of an economy on the rebound. In reality, the picture is incomplete and the colors far more muted. It [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 6:39pm EDT
    by michael

  • The Lexicon of Liberalism

    Number of comments: 7
    During the Bush Administration, various liberals published a Republican Lexicon-looking at the world through the eyes of Republicans.  Given that President Obama’s in the White House and the Democrats are running the show, I feel it only fair to return the favor. Abortion: The natural right of a mother to bypass [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2009, 3:58pm EDT
    by michael

  • Answering a Higher Calling

    Number of comments: 7
    So, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, may lose her title today.  Some may claim it’s because of the answer she gave during the interview portion of the pagent; and they’d be partially right.  The reason given by the pagent directors is that she is in violation of her contractual obligations; she [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2009, 6:58am EDT
    by michael

  • Canucks Playin’ Golf

    What else do you do with your stick at the end of the hockey season? Exchange it for a driver and head for the links. The Vancouver Canucks are heading for the links. I missed game 6 of the Vancouver/Chicago game this evening because of rehearsal, but the wife sent me [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2009, 10:34pm EDT
    by michael

  • Bread and Circuses

    Number of comments: 2
    … Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses -Juvenal The [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 6:19pm EDT
    by michael

  • The Phantom Farce- Pictures!

    The White House has released some of the new stock photos of Air Force 1, from the photo shoot that has caused such controversy in the past couple weeks and led to the resignation of Louis Caldera; the former Army Secretary and White House aide who authorized the photos. Boeing sure [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2009, 10:19am EDT
    by michael

  • How About Taxing Illegals?

    Number of comments: 1
    A number of years ago when I was active duty, I had orders to Bentwaters RAF England. My wife worked retail management and was curious about the prospects for a military spouse getting a job on the local economy.  She was told that she would be able to work if [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2009, 7:59pm EDT
    by michael

  • We don’t Need Another Hero

    Number of comments: 5
    Our political system is much like the coliseum of ancient Rome. We choose our heroes, provide them with weapons, and then let them fight to the death in the arena as the crowds cheer them on. To keep the crowds interested, we toss in a lion or two on occasion, [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2009, 12:07pm EDT
    by michael

  • Who’s Getting Drilled Here, Anyway?

    President Obama announced today that he wants to end oil and gas industry tax breaks amounting to $26 billion in the next 10 years. In the budget statement, the President stated they were “unjustifiable loopholes…costly to the American taxpayer and doing little to incentivize production or reduce energy prices.” So, does [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2009, 4:29pm EDT
    by michael

  • The Battle for Freedom of Speech

    Number of comments: 1
    With the recent banning of Michael Savage in Britain and the recurring discussion of our own government implementing the fairness doctrine; I heard yesterday this excerpt of Churchill’s “Battle of Britain” speech and it struck an immediate chord as being as relevant today as is was when it was given [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2009, 7:01am EDT
    by michael

  • The Lost Art of Political Debate?

    Number of comments: 2
    I was listening to Lars Larson on the way home from work this afternoon.  He was interviewing a guest, an environmentalist who is against the building of a plant in central Oregon to burn biomass for electricity.  As I listened to the interview, it became readily apparent that she was [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 3:43pm EDT
    by michael
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