Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This was absolutely beautiful – so beautiful, in fact, that I had to come back and post it so you could see it, too!
Last night I saw upon the stair
A little president who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away
The White House is now occupied by a little [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m not a big “art film” fan, although back when I was working and studying in downtown Detroit, I made it to my fair share of Detroit Institute of Arts movies. Biggest surprise: “The Crying Game,” which I admit that I saw, although I later wished I hadn’t in some ways.
Anyway, I read a review of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You’re going to have to go see this for yourself…. I may have figured out some things regarding programming, but not embedding video from Youtube.com.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, the opinion is out. The firefighters whose test results were thrown out win. The City of New Haven was wrong. No discussion yet on what happens now, but I attached a link to the opinion so that you can read it for yourself if you want.
I did so for two reasons. One, the headlines [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, it’s Monday. The Monday before our national celebration of Independence Day.
By the way, the reason we celebrate “Independence” Day at all is because it is the day marked for us to remember our independence from Britain’s heavy rule – a reign which, incidently, included taxation without representation.
So, as the day approaches, it seems fitting [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Not that I’m being picky, but please. Even U.S. News & World Report is complaining.
“After running a campaign in which he repeatedly promised to meet with and engage America’s enemies, President Obama spent the first six months of his administration doing nothing of the sort with Iran. … Each day spent engaging, or talking about [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
No joy here, but no hang-dog shame either. I read Mark Davis’s column today and thought that it properly summed up how I felt when I heard about the South Carolina governor’s mea culpa.
As I listened to people in the mainstream press castigate the governor for his behavior and lament about what a blow this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is totally different from my usual topics, but it struck me this morning as I was listening to the radio on my way to work. The announcer mentioned someone’s being inducted into the Hall of Fame, and he referenced the 2009 class – like it’s a given that every year, someone will be inducted [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This thought crossed my mind this afternoon on my way back to work – let me know what you think.
What if, instead of a government-sponsored, government-run, government-organized health care system, we had individual “flex-spending” accounts that didn’t evaporate at the end of the year but could be rolled over from year to year? The money [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, from George Will on the health care debate:
“Why does the president, who says that were America ’starting from scratch’ he would favor a ’single-payer’ — government-run — system, insist that health-care reform include a government insurance plan that competes with private insurers? The simplest answer is that such a plan will lead to a single-payer [...]
