Okay, so the Apostles of Ignorance have outdone themselves today! With a sputtering economy and companies shedding jobs like a sycamore in a snow storm, Congress has decided to say “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche” – “Let them eat cake“! In a move that would make Marie Antoinette… Continue reading
Russian warships bound for Cuba in new show of strength MOSCOW (AFP) – A group of Russian warships will from December 19-23 visit the Communist island of Cuba, a long-time adversary of the United States and Moscow‘s ally in the Cold War, the Russian navy said on Monday. Source1 … Continue reading
Taxes verses Services – Guns verses Butter, similar argument differing context. In our local paper the Orlando Sentinel – one of the bankrupt properties of the Tribune Company [earlier Harangue] – who never met a ‘socialist cause’ it didn’t embrace, is now reporting “Florida faces stark choice: Taxes vs.… Continue reading
Anarchy au deux As thousands of protestors descend on Athens police headquarters, riot squads move to protect targeted State institutions from coordinated assaults on public buildings, state radio broadcast and actions to disrupt traffic and occupy schools. The protests mark court appearances of six of militants arrested following… Continue reading
Car-pocalypse and your Big Labor future with Card Check as an added bonus. In our country Labor Unions are a Monopoly that should be referred by the epithet “Big Labor”. They artificially inflate wages above market value and this cost is passed on to consumers. Like a Middle… Continue reading
(hat tip Chris Casler) An actor walks upon the floodlit stage of lifewearing a mask of an angel beneath a demon’s gown.Pretence smiles upon the crowded hall of lifeholding out hope as bright as it is false.Son of a woman in whose veins flows the bloodof ancient Ireland and dark… Continue reading
Quiz Time A labor union is: Answer A: Workers bind together to form Unions so that they together can fight for better work conditions. Without the power of the Union workers would completely be at the mercy of the employers. But sticking together they got a better change… Continue reading
A half a world away, cities in Greece burn while our own friends, neighbors and family apparently – asleep at the switch – cast only a glancing eye toward elected officials rushing headlong to embrace National Socialism. So, a fifteen year-old kid tosses a Molotov Cocktail, Greek Police, in… Continue reading
Criminal mischief: or ricco violations? So, it turns out that the political incubator that nurtured “the office of the president elect“ has sired yet another ‘Frankensteinian’ political ‘soup-sandwich”. As they say “power begets power” and I’ll extrapolate; “power corrupts” and “corruption begets corruption“. The irresistible snare of the weak-willed:… Continue reading
News from b. Hussein’s political incubator: More Chi town Thug or should I say Thuggee politics. . . Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing… Continue reading
