Posted on July 13, 2021Categories Current

Taxation By Citation

If you’re old enough to have even a vague memory of the Seventies, you likely remember movies and TV depictions of the small town speed trap, the corrupt judges and lawyers, the greedy mayor all arrayed against the hippie hero who falls into their clutches. The hero wasn’t always a hippie – but the system was always corrupt to its core. The idea that every small town in every state (not just the South) was out to victimize as many … Continue reading “Taxation By Citation”

Posted on July 9, 2021Categories Current

Rental Trap

This is a topic very near and dear to me. Yes, I realize it’s not purely a political issue – well, at least not in the sense that we necessarily need to look to government for changes. But poverty IS a critical political issue – and this topic concerns one of the factors in that. Let’s be clear – this affects those lower middle class and below. If you can afford to buy a $250,000 house and the bank doesn’t … Continue reading “Rental Trap”

Posted on July 9, 2021Categories Current

Let The Games Begin!

Just a few months ago every conservative commentator on YouTube was certain that the end was nigh – or so it seemed. Now, to be fair, the election was a heavy blow and the blatant injustice of the media’s treatment of the nothing burger of January 6 so it’s understandable that many conservatives felt as though America herself might be utterly lost. More than one commentator expressed their frustration that Republicans, conservatives, you name it, weren’t doing enough – or … Continue reading “Let The Games Begin!”

Posted on July 7, 2021July 6, 2021Categories Current

Republican, Democrat, Beggar Man, Thief

There was a time when choosing a political party was not terribly difficult. You either picked the party of your parents or the one that best represented a particular issue important to you – both in the same party if you were lucky. When you became disillusioned enough, you could declare yourself an Independent and reek as much havoc as possible on election politics. There’s growing and alarming evidence that an elitist ruling class has infiltrated both parties, making the … Continue reading “Republican, Democrat, Beggar Man, Thief”

Posted on July 6, 2021July 5, 2021Categories Current

Don’t Quit on What’s Right

If you are fully convinced you are in the right, then don’t quit on it when it gets hard. If you know you are in the right morally, don’t quit when everyone else decided to do what’s wrong. If you know it’s the ethically right thing to do, then don’t quit when no one else is doing it. Basically, don’t quit. The medieval period lasted about a thousand years. During most of that time, slavery was absent from Europe. The … Continue reading “Don’t Quit on What’s Right”

Posted on July 5, 2021July 3, 2021Categories Current

Information: Being Our Own Fact Checkers

Although I am a conservative, I’ve never been enamored with Reagan. I will concede that he was a much better president than I gave him credit for back in the day but a saint, he wasn’t. Still, one thing I always knew he had right was ‘trust, but verify’. Now, Reagan used that slogan in the Cold War talking about nuclear disarmament treaties with the Soviet Union but it’s really a very common sense approach to all information. We don’t … Continue reading “Information: Being Our Own Fact Checkers”

Posted on July 2, 2021Categories Current

Corporations Can’t Vote

Back long ago while the Earth was still cooling and I was in college, political science journals were full of studies – some of them even good studies – that all said the same thing: beyond a certain point money had no effect on election outcome. The effect is strongest when the electorate is least well informed. Money works extremely well in local elections because so few people have any idea what’s going on in their local governments. If they … Continue reading “Corporations Can’t Vote”

Posted on July 1, 2021June 30, 2021Categories Current

Cosby Conviction Overturned

Disclaimer: not an attorney, and don’t play one on TV. Not familiar with Pennsylvania law. Can read a decision and have done so (link below). I am biased to heck and gone over this case. It was painful to read the decision because Mr. Cosby made admissions in the civil suit that do disturb me – not as a woman, but as the little girl who so looked up to the man who, utterly unbeknownst to him, helped her through … Continue reading “Cosby Conviction Overturned”

Posted on June 30, 2021July 6, 2022Categories 2021

An Open Letter to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey

June 29, 2021 Governor Kay Ivey, State of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama Dear Madame Governor, This morning it was announced that the political rally of Former President Donald Trump, scheduled for the Fourth of July this year aboard the Battleship USS Alabama, had been canceled by the USS Alabama Battleship Commission , which you chair. This was done at the last minute in an obvious political ploy. The explanation that the Battleship Commission doesn’t want the Alabama used for political purposes … Continue reading “An Open Letter to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey”

Posted on June 30, 2021July 6, 2022Categories 2021, Current

Fallacy for One; Truth for All

If you look up ‘slippery slope’ in any philosophy or logic textbook it will tell you that the slippery slope is a logical fallacy. All of the ones worth reading will and most of the bad ones will, too – because the Slippery Slope is in fact a logical fallacy. Trouble is, it’s also literally a political reality. How can it be both? Let’s look at why Slippery slope is a fallacy. Bob is a Reasonable Man. (TM) Bob does reasonable things … Continue reading “Fallacy for One; Truth for All”