INVICTUS (….a Phoenix rising up again from the ashes…) On December 7th, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor was an act of war. And though, at the time, it was labeled as – a day that will live infamy –
SPREADING MANURE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES (….if you don’t use the right fling….it won’t grow a thing) Yes, money is indeed much like manure and has to be spread around to make things grow; but, if you don’t use
WHILE VERMONT IS ALL WET….TEXAS IS BONE DRY (how perverse is that?) It seems that Mother Nature has become more cranky and perverse than usual lately, launching tornadoes where they’ve rarely been before in the South, flooding Ol’ Miss river
A FIVE PERCENT SOLUTION OUTLINE FOR RESTORING OUR NATION’S FINANCIAL HEALTH W. R. TAYLOR * * * * * * * * FOREWORD It’s quite apparent that our national leadership not only isn’t facing up to the realities of our
ONE DOWN….MORE TO GO (….two million bucks on his head) For all practical purposes, the Gadaffi regime is finished. Except, of course, the good colonel (along with a number of his close family and associates), is nowhere to be found.
THE EAST COAST GOT SHAKEN, RATTLED, AND ROLLED (….even though it hardly knows how to spell….earthquake) A rare seismic event hit north central Virginia, Tuesday, registering 5.8 on the Richter scale. By California standards it was just a mother earth
KIM KARDASHIAN’S WEDDING PLANS TO HELP THE ECONOMY (…its conspicuous consumption is bound to reduce unemployment as well) Warren Buffet’s idea to tax the super-rich, and the President’s offer to bribe employers with a subsidy if they hire more people,
ANOTHER DO-OVER FOR LADY LIBERTY (….and will it include a manicure or pedicure for her?) The Park Service just announced that right after her coming 125th birthday bash in October Lady Liberty will be closed for a full year, and
MEET US IN THE CORNFIELDS, IOWANS (…so we can hornswoggle you between the ears) A circus came to Iowa. Well, a pachydermal part of one anyway, as a herd of Republican 2012 presidential hopefuls showed up to put on a
OUTING….UNCLE SAM (as the family profligate) It took a while, but it was inevitable that someone would finally out our Uncle Sam….as the family profligate. Everyone has known for years that he was a big spender, but no one wanted