Category Archives: americana
Why?
The question of the moment and basis of millions of bytes of conjecture is, “Why?” There is an assumption that Jared Loughner is a right-wing Tea Party wacko who took SP’s cross-hairs challenge to heart and decided to kill one … Continue reading
Selling The Bush Library
This arrived in my mail today. Help President and Mrs. Bush advance the principles of freedom, opportunity, responsibility and compassion. Become a Charter Member of the George W. Bush Presidential Center today! Really? Those are the principles the Bushes are … Continue reading
They Want their Country Back
I was watching this really good but scary video about the 9/12 march in Washington and it hit me, what the people here were talking about. They want their country back. Don’t they realize that we have elections and that … Continue reading
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
What in the hell is going on in this country when the people on the right feel free to show utter disrespect for the office of the President of the United States. First they say that the President should not … Continue reading
The Kennedy Funeral
I was just looking at the photos from Teddy Kennedy’s funeral and came across this. Sure, there are lots of political celebrities there, but Jack Nicholson? What is that about? Did he and Teddy have a relationship? Go out, have … Continue reading
Filed under americana, Politics, Strangeness
Grasping at straws
This from the latest Human Events. If ObamaCare passes, you can kiss your private health insurance goodbye… maybe your doctor, too… and you can certainly say adios to the best health care system the world has ever known. What country … Continue reading
Popular Delusions
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one!” Many years ago I bought a book called Extraordinary Popular … Continue reading
Sarah, you were so misunderstood
"", Not a big Conan fan, but I love William Shatner. Who knew it was poetry? If only she’d had bongos.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Today was a unique experience to me, but one that could be played out all over this country. I knew my ancestors had slaves, but today I met my cousins, the descendants of those slaves at a reunion of the … Continue reading
How did we get to this place with Health Care?
I got out of bed early today and took a ride over to Tennessee with a friend to see what is happening out there for the common American when it comes to health care. An organization called Remote Area Medical … Continue reading
