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America’s Bigot
“America – The National Catholic Weekly” had a very interesting article on Rick Santorum in the January 12, 2012 issue, written by Raymond A. Schroth. He contrasts Santorum with John F. Kennedy. In 1960, JFK proclaimed, in front of an audience of Protestant ministers the primacy of the individual conscience. It won’t be The Pope [...]
Jim’s Mom
On January 18, my friend Jim lost his mother. Mildred was almost 103. During her lifetime, she actually saw 40% of the history of the United States. She was born 6-years after the first flight of the Wright brothers. In her childhood, people who fought in the Civil War were simply elderly war veterans. As [...]
Night before Christmas
It was the night before Christmas, and all through the Senate the right held up our health care bill, no matter what was in it. The people had voted a mandated reform but Republicans blew off the gathering storm. “We’ll clog up the Senate,” they cried with a grin. “and in the midterm elections, we’ll [...]
Looking at Newt Gingrich
Currently the American Right Wing seems to feel that Newt Gingrich is its’ knight in shining armor. No question that Newt is a smart guy. He has a Phd. in history and has taught it at college level. He has written, or co-written many books. This is great although the Republicans seem to be suspicious [...]
Lowe’s — Shame on You
There is yet another reality program on American television. This one is on the TLC cable network. It involves following five families in Dearborn Michigan. From what I have read, they seem to be five typical American families going about their daily lives. One family has a dad who is a high school football coach, [...]
Topeka, what are you thinking?
Topeka is the capitol city of Kansas. Now, Kansas has produced such world notables as Walter Chrysler, Amelia Earhart, Stan Kenton, William Allen White, etc. The list goes on, and it is actually quite long. So we know that Kansans are capable of great things. Unfortunately, Kansans are capable of some really stupid things as [...]
Greed and Incompetence – 4
The Demonstrators Here in the Washington area, an interesting phenomena is taking place. The Democrats (spineless wimps that they are) are keeping pretty quite about the demonstrations in New York. The ones that DO have anything to say seem to be generally supporting the demonstrators. The Republicans, and their TV station, Fox News — are [...]
iPhone Photo Coverage
We were in Fort Lauderdale for three days, and then on a Carnival Cruise for four. I challenged myself to see if I could “cover” this event with just the camera in my iPhone. These are the results:
