Bad Investment?

The word is out that the Colorado shooter had a $26,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health. The worst case scenario is that he used this money to buy weapons. The best case is that it was just another Solyndra-like "investment" by our Federal government that did not turn out well.

Real War on Women

There really is a War on Women. It's a war fought by the progressives against conservative women. Just ask the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, etc. The amount of hatred these women are confronted with is huge.

Resurrection of Racism

   All right, maybe that is an exaggeration.  Racism is not dead.  However, I think it has at least been put in hospice care.  Yet, despite the fact that great strides have been made in our country during my lifetime in the area of race relations, there are some who would like to tell America that racism is still a big problem here.
   Let's face it.  The Democrats rely on victims in order to win.  They have to make victims of as many Americans as possible.  This election cycle has shown a ramped-up effort to increase the level of victimhood.  Women, Hispanics, African-Americans, gays, etc. have all been targeted by the Democrats.  They have all been portrayed by the Obama Campaign as victims who need to be helped by the government. 
   No mention is made of the advancements that have been made in America.  Most of the people I know do not spend their time worrying about what someone's race is.  They simply do not consider it as important.  They do not judge a person by the color of their skin.
   What is objectionable to me is the fact that conservative folks like me are painted as racists.  It is simply not true.  But I know why it is done.  Without conservatives being perceived as racists, it is not likely that the President will be re-elected.  In my opinion, it is not going to work this time around.  The President simply has no record to stand on.
   I wish people would put racism to its eternal rest in hell and not try to resurrect it again.

Not All Are Government Teachers

   Recently, President Obama referred to everyone having teachers to thank for their success.  I agree with that to an extent, but you cannot always say that those teachers were government teachers.  I am a rare person.  I NEVER had a teacher hired by a government in all my years of schooling from Kindergarten through graduating from college.  I always attended Lutheran schools.  In my opinion, I think our country would be better off if more of the nation's students were attending schools that are NOT run by a government.  Maybe more excellent teachers would be hired by non-governmental schools and not be stifled by their positions in government schools.  Maybe fewer people would agree with the President that our success is not our own, it is attributable to the government.

Krauthammer Hammers Obammer

Did the State Make You Great?

What's the Difference?

Based on how politicians make their pitches for votes, I would come to the following conclusions: 1. Republicans must be people who like to work extra hard to make a good income which they would like to keep for themselves by keeping the government out of their lives. 2. Democrats must be people who work (or not), yet would like to have access to other people's money by utilizing the government. I do not think either of these portrayals are entirely correct, but they do come reasonably close. These are also generalizations only. Certainly not every American can be pigeon-holed into one or the other. For me, the important question is this: Which party is more closely in line with operating a government as outlined by the U.S. Constitution?

Alternative America

I must be visiting an alternative America. In this alternative America we have a President who says that if you are successful, it was not because of your hard work. In this America, a "squeaky clean" Mitt Romney is being portrayed as a felon. In this America, the President who refuses to provide documents about his past has his campaign demanding that his opponent release at least ten years of tax records. In this America, photo ID's are required for numerous circumstances, but you dare not require such a thing in order to vote at the polls. in this America, we have managed to elect a socialist as our President. Maybe someday I'll wake up and find out I've been just having a nightmare.