SPEAK ENGLISH

WHY DO I BOTHER TO READ? WHAT'S WRITTEN OR SAID IS OFTEN BEYOND MY GRASP. TONY WORDS SEND ME TO THE DICTIONARY WHERE THEY ARE SOMETIMES NOT FOUND. BABY BOOMERS, GEN X AND GEN Y WRITERS CONSIGN ME TO THEIR DUST. HAVING NEVER KNOWN THE PRESENCE OF A 60'S REVOLUTION, IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT I IDENTIFY WITH NO 'GENERATION' UNLESS IT REFERS TO REPRODUCTION.

I RECENTLY READ ABOUT A "CRIMINAL PREDICATE," WHICH CONTEXTUALLY APPARENTLY MEANS TERRORISTS. WELL THEN, WHY DIDN'T THE SPEAKER SAY SO? I READ ABOUT "KARMIC ENTITLEMENT." AGAIN, CONTEXTUALLY, I GATHER IT REFERS TO DISPUTES OVER ROYALTIES FROM DEAD AUTHORS. I READ ABOUT A NEWSPAPER AS THE "IDEOLOGICAL WINGMAN." WHY COULDN'T THE AUTHOR JUST SAY ACCOMPLICE? WHEN THE "CHOICE OF VENUE FOR ADJUDICATING PARTICULAR CONDUCT," IS DISCUSSED, I HOPE I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT THE FIGHT IS OVER WHICH COURT WILL HEAR WHICH CASE. PLAIN SPEAKING WON ERNEST HEMINGWAY HIGH PRAISE. WHERE ARE HIS FOLLOWERS NOW? WHEN WARREN BUFFETT AND BILL GATES MET TO SHAKE HANDS OVER BUFFETT'S BILLIONS GIVEAWAY, REPORTERS OF THE EVENT STILL MANAGED TO OBFUSCATE INFORMATION WHEN I READ THAT JOBS (I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT ) WERE AVAILABLE FOR "A SENIOR PROGRAM IMPACT ANALYST AND AN ADVOCACY AND POLICY DIRECTOR." CONTRAST MY JOB OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER OF ENGLISH, WHICH WAS CLEARLY DEFINED, AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, DESPERATELY NEEDED BY WRITERS , SPEAKERS AND THINKERS TODAY. OR I NEED AN I.Q. UPGRADE.

NOT IN THE NAME OF FRAILTY

SHAKESPEARE, THE GREAT ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHT, COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SERIOUS WHEN HE AVERRED: "FRAILTY, THY NAME IS WOMAN." I CONTEND EXPOSING MY GREAT, POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS, THAT WOMEN ARE TOUGH AS NAILS, AND NAILS, WHEN POUNDED INTO THEIR TARGETS, CAN SMART. THE MODERN MS. IS NOT FOR ME. I DISMISS OUT-OF-HAND, A WOMAN WHO RETAINS HER MAIDEN NAME AFTER MARRIAGE; THE HYPHENATED TITLE IS A DEAD GIVEAWAY FOR A FEMINIST, A LIBERAL, OR BOTH. WOMEN WHO 'ROCK THE CRADLE' AND ONE WHO DOESN'T, OPRAH WINFREY, SHAPE PUBLIC OPINION AND DICTATE CULTURAL TASTES, BUT RARELY SHARE POWER. A WOMAN WHO CHOOSES TO BE REFERRED TO AS MS. EVEN THOUGH MARRIED AND WHO HAS NOT TAKEN HER HUSBAND'S NAME, SENDS OUT A LOUD SIGNAL OF DANGEROUS INDEPENDENCE.

WOULD THAT ONE EMANCIPATED REPRESENTATIVE WERE FRAIL - SENATOR HELLARY(NO TYPO ERROR) RODHAM CLINTON. SHE LIES AND PANDERS TO HER CHOSEN AUDIENCES WITH FACILENESS. HER LATEST EXAMPLE WAS AT A GATHERING OF THE SOJOURNERS' COVENANT WHERE SHE CLAIMED THAT SHE LEARNED IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT VALUES WHEN SHE ATTENDED SUNDAY SCHOOL AS A CHILD. WHILE THERE, SHE BABY-SAT FOR CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS. HER FETCHING, HEARTFELT TALE IS UNBECOMING. IT IS AS TRANSPARENT AS THE AIR THAT SHE TESTS WITH HER FINGER TO DETERMINE WHAT POLITICAL POSITION SHE WILL TAKE AND WHAT SPEECH SHE WILL DELIVER.

WOMEN PUT MEN IN JAIL WHEN THEY ALLEGE RAPES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABUSE AND IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES. THEIR LAZINESS (NOT FRAILTY) FORCES MEN, BY DEFAULT, TO PERFORM AN UNFAIR AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WORK BOTH IN THE HOUSE AND THE WORKPLACE. THEIRS IS THE POWER OF THE COURTS, THE GLORY OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD AND THE SHAME OF CHILD ABANDONMENT AS THEY DRIVE OFF TO WORK FOR ‘THE MONEY.' THE SPHERE OF EMOTIONALITY INTO WHICH THEY WERE CAST AFTER LEAVING EDEN USUALLY SPELLS TROUBLE FOR STRONG, SILENT MEN. WOMEN ARE FRAIL ONLY IN SO MUCH AS THEY LACK THE INNER STRENGTH TO REJECT FASHIONABLE FLIP-FLOPS, REVEALING CLOTHES AND EGOTISTICAL SELF-INDULGENCES.

SHAKESPEARE ALSO CREATED ROLES IN SOME OF HIS PLAYS FOR INDEPENDENT WOMEN, BUT HE WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THEIR COUNTERPARTS TODAY.

SECOND RULE

WHAT ABOUT A SECOND SAW: "A SOUNDBITE SYMBOLIZES AN UNDIGESTED THOUGHT." WHO COULD BETTER EXEMPLIFY THIS THAN THE ULTRA-LIBERAL DEMOCRAT SENATOR JOHN KERRY WHEN HE PREACHED THAT, "A DESECRATED FLAG CAN BE REPLACED, BUT DESECRATED RIGHTS ARE LOST FOREVER." A CERTAIN AFFIRMATION SEEMS APPROPRIATE AFTER THIS COMPOUND SENTENCE GREETS THE EARS, BUT ACTUALLY, THERE'S NO LOGIC OR CONTENT TO IT, JUST A HIDDEN AGENDA. SENATOR KERRY WAS A SOLDIER WHO WOULD HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM BURNING A FLAG IN HIS HEYDAY DURING THE 60'S VIET NAM ERA (REMEMBER HE CLAIMED TO HAVE 'THROWN AWAY' HIS MEDALS). HE VERBALLY FLAUNTED HIS ANTI-AMERICANISM AND GOT AWAY WITH IT. BOTH HIS MILITARY OATH TO HIS COUNTRY AND HIS OBLIGATION TO ASCERTAIN FACTS BEFORE LEVELING ACCUSATIONS WERE NOT SACRED TO HIM THEN, SO IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THE FLAG WOULD PLAY SECOND FIDDLE TO THE RIGHT TO DESECRATE IT NOW. INFUSED WITH HIS WARPED WORLD VIEW, SENATOR KERRY REFUSES TO WAVE THE FLAG THAT HAS BEEN HELD SACRED TO AMERICANS SINCE ITS INCEPTION AS AN ACCEPTED SYMBOL OF PATRIOTIC DEVOTION TO COUNTRY. INSTEAD HE PLAYS TO A FALSE CONCEPT OF RIGHTS BY AN APPEALING SOUNDBITE, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.

THE LOGICAL QUESTION TO RAISE, OF COURSE, IS WHAT RIGHTS ARE DESECRATED BY FORBIDDING THE BURNING OF THE FLAG? AND HOW IS A RIGHT GONE FOREVER? THE RIGHT TO BURN A FLAG, THE RIGHT TO PROTEST A WAR AND THE RIGHT TO CRITICIZE A PRESIDENT, ALL IMPLIED IN JOHN KERRY'S REMARK, FALL UNDER THE RUBRIC OF THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. ONLY DEATH CAN END ONE'S RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH, NOT THE ACT OF DESECRATION. DENYING THE RIGHT TO FLAG BURNING IS NOT DESECRATING THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH; RATHER IT IS AN ADMONITION AGAINST THE RIGHT TO DELIBERATELY DESECRATE THE FLAG.

WE ALL KNOW THE PROTESTING FLAG-BURNER IS TESTING THE BOUNDS OF TREASON UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT ANY CONCERNED PATRIOTIC COMMONER CAN EXERCISE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH BY SHOUTING,"TRAITOR, STOP HIM." BETTER YET, MAKE A CITIZEN'S ARREST.
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FIRST RULE

WHO WRIT THE FIRST RULE -
DON'T FOOL WITH MOTHER NATURE,
FICKLE ABOUT HER CLIMATE,
WARM AND/OR COOL OVER TIME
LIKE WARS ABOUT IDEAS.
HER EARTH USED, WATER ABUSED,
FIRES FUELED, AIR FANNING LIFE,
THERE'S NO DISPUTE THAT RULES
WERE MEANT TO BE BROKEN,
THAT VANITY WARMS THE PLANET,
THAT STUPIDITY IS AS OLD AS ICE,
THAT EDEN WAS A ONE-TIME PLACE.

THE ROAD TO HELL

IS THE ROAD TO HELL REALLY PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS? OR IS IT AS PAUL JOHNSON THE HISTORIAN SAYS, "PAVED WITH SELF-APOTHEOSIS."

IS IT TO FAIL IN A GREAT ENDEAVOR OR TO PURSUE SUCCESS FILLED WITH HUBRIS, THAT IS, SELF-DEIFICATION? THE FORMER, IT SEEMS TO ME, DOES NOT IMPLY A USURPATION OF THE POWER OF GOD. RATHER IT ADMITS TO THE WEAKNESS OF HUMAN NATURE. TODAY'S PRESSING QUESTION, HOWEVER, RELATES TO THE SELF-APOTHEOSIS OF TWO "HELLISH" ENEMIES OF AMERICA -THE MUSLIM TERRORISTS AND THE LEFTIST PRESS?

KEEP IN MIND THEIR COMMON DENOMINATORS. THE FIRST IS THE WORTHY CAUSE. FOR THE JIHADISTS, IT IS TO FULFILL THE WILL OF ALLAH, RID THE WORLD OF US INFIDELS. FOR THE LIBERAL PRESS, IT IS TO BRING DOWN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND BY EXTENSION THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE SECOND IS THE ASSUMPTION HELD BY BOTH ENTITIES, THAT THEY ARE FULFILLING THE ROLE OF GOD BY WEARING A ROYAL CROWN, DEVOUTLY SOUGHT AND PROUDLY DISPLAYED.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE ENEMIES WITHIN AND WITHOUT? AS THE 5TH COLUMN, THE NEW YORK TIMES LEAKS CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO BENEFIT AMERICA'S ENEMY. THEY SEE IT NOT AS A STRIPE OF TREASON, BUT AS A BADGE OF PATRIOTIC HONOR. THE JIHADIST ENEMY IS PROUD AS PUNCH (MEANT BOTH WAYS) OF THEIR JUSTIFIABLE ACTS OF TORTURE AND MURDER.

BRAVEHART, THE SCOT’S CHIEFTAIN, KNEW THE PUNISHMENT FOR TREASON. THE IMAGE OF A MUSLIM ON THE LEFT, HANGING, BEFORE BEING DRAWN AND QUARTERED, AND A JOURNALIST ON THE RIGHT HANGING, BEFORE BEING DRAWN AND QUARTERED WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG WAVING ON A TALL POLE IN BETWEEN, WOULD INVARIABLY BE BEAMED AROUND THE GLOBE. THE COMPELLING STORY'S HEADLINE, "GOLGOTHA REVISITED."

CRISIS

THOMAS PAINE FIRST WROTE ABOUT AMERICAN CRISES, BUT CRISES ARE NOT IN SHORT SUPPLY TODAY.

FIRST I READ IN A LOCAL LETTER TO THE EDITOR THAT OUR PRESIDENT THINKS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (AND THE WRITER) ARE 'STUPID' "BECAUSE 2500 TROOPS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN IRAQ, 18,000 HAVE BEEN WOUNDED, GASOLINE IS ALMOST THREE DOLLARS A GALLON, HIS APPROVAL RATING IS 39 PERCENT, 46 MILLION ARE UNINSURED, 11 MILLION ARE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND NO HOMOSEXUALS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF FLAG-BURNING IN THE LAST 5 YEARS.’ HOW DO THESE 'FACTS' PROVE THAT MR. I.Q. PUBLIC WHO SIGNED THIS NOTE IS SMART?. HIS IS A CRISIS THAT AMERICANS SUFFER FROM A DIS-ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN CRITICAL THINKING.

A SECOND CRISIS IN AMERICA IS SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME. CHILDREN MASQUERADING AS PARENTS SHAKE BABIES, MAIMING OR KILLING THEM BECAUSE THEY LACK CONTROL OF THEIR FRUSTRATION OR ANGER. A LOCAL 4 YEAR OLD GIRL IS A 'PERMANENT 1-MONTH OLD' THANKS TO THE OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR OF AN UNMARRIED FATHER TOWARD HIS 10 WEEK OLD INFANT. BUT THIS FACT IS NOT CRIMINAL OR HORRID ENOUGH; THE FATHER DID NOT GO TO JAIL UNTIL AFTER HIS SECOND CHILD WAS BORN. YES, HE SERVED ONLY 2 YEARS, BUT TO ADD MADNESS TO INSANITY, HE NOW HAS CUSTODY OF THE SECOND CHILD, A BOY, WITH THE MOTHER .OF BOTH CHILDREN. WE THE CITIZENS PAY FOR THESE CRISES BECAUSE MEDICAID COVERS $15,000 A MONTH IN MEDICAL BILLS ALONE FOR THIS UNFORTUNATE VICTIM. I PRESUME THE FOSTER PARENTS PROFILED RECEIVE SOME HELP FINANCIALLY.

THEN THERE'S THE PURE GUSH PIECE ABOUT THE STONEWALL COLUMBUS' PRIDE (GAY) HOLIDAY. THE ARTICLE DID NOT READ LIKE A CRISIS; CHEERY 'RAINBOWS WERE EVERYWHERE,' THOUSANDS CAME OUT TO HAVE FUN AND SIGNS SUCH AS "2 MOMS. 2DADS. TOO COOL." TOLD ALL. THE CRISIS - IF ALTERNATIVE FAMILY VALUES PREVAIL - LIES SOMEWHERE BENEATH THIS HAPPY SURFACE.

THE ULTIMATE, ANTI-AMERICAN CRISIS, HOWEVER, REPEATS A THOMAS PAINE COMPLAINT ABOUT TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. MINIMUM MARKUPS ARE REQUIRED ON THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE TO DISCOURAGE 'OVER-CONSUMPTION' AND 'ENSURE AN ORDERLY MARKET.' ALONG WITH STATE AND LOCAL TAXES THIS NEW INITIATIVE WILL DOUBLE THE PRICE OF A BOTTLE OF VINO. HEREIN LIES THE WORST RUB. 'BIG BROTHER' PHILANTHROPY AND A DISTORTED INTERPRETATION OF A FREE MARKET TAX CONSUMPTION WITHOUT MY APPROVAL AND VIRTUALLY ELIMINATE MY FREE WILL WHEN IT COMES TO MY 'PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.'

MR. I.Q. PUBLIC FIXATED ON PRESIDENT BUSH AS THE DEVIL INCARNATE. HE PROBABLY FEELS THAT HIS BOGEY MEN IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EVIL OF SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME. TO COUNTERACT HIS NEGATIVITY, I SUGGEST A POSITIVE SOLUTION TO THE TRAGEDY OF SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME. THE RAINBOW COALITION COULD COME TO THE RESCUE. GAYS AND LESBIANS ARE PORTRAYED WITH DESIRABLE QUALITIES SUCH AS THEIR NON-VIOLENCE, SENSITIVITY, WARMTH, INTELLIGENCE, GENEROSITY - AND PLAYFULNESS. LET'S MANDATE THAT THEY BE MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE LIST OF FOSTER PARENTS OR SURROGATE CARE-GIVERS. THEY WOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROPER CARE AND FEEDING OF CHILDREN THAN THE 'LOW-LIFES' NOW ENGAGED IN PRODUCING THEM.

IF THE GOVERNMENT CAN MANDATE 'STUPID' WINE REGULATIONS, IF CITIZENS CAN WRITE 'STUPID' ACCUSATORY LETTERS, IF 'STUPID' IS NOT A DETERRENT FOR PROCREATION. IT'S TIME TO THINK SMART.

SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS

A LARGE PIECE OF MY DNA IS PROGRAMMED FOR DEPRESSION, BUT I SUSPECT THAT DISGUST IS SOMEHOW A RESIDENT PARASITE. PLEASE, FATHER, MY RESIDENT, LOCAL, STAND-IN POPE, EXPLAIN HOW OR WHY I SHOULD FERVENTLY PRAY FOR THE EXTANT SOUL OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO MARRIES TWO FAMOUS STARS, NICOLE KIDMAN AND KEITH URBAN (IN AUSTRALIA)? THE PRIEST WAS QUOTED, "I THINK THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE..." A GOOD CHANCE? WHAT CAN HE MEAN? WHAT AM I TO TAKE AWAY FROM SUCH BLASPHEMY?

HERE'S WHY MY DISGUST KICKS IN. IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS (MEANT BOTH WAYS) WHEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH CAN MARRY SINNERS, CAN MARRY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED AND DIVORCED WITH CHILDREN, THROUGHOUT FAME AND FORTUNE AND THE "PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS," WHICH BY DEFINITION IS A PURSUIT, NOT AN END IN ITSELF.

HOW AS A CATHOLIC CAN I PRAY FERVENTLY ENOUGH IN A SPIRIT OF FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE FOR MY FELLOW MEN AND WOMEN, REDEEMED BY THE SON OF GOD AND WATCHED OVER BY THE BLESSED TRINITY, TO WIPE AWAY MY DISGUST? IT'S BOTH DEPRESSING AND DISGUSTING TO FUNCTION COGNITIVELY WHEN EXPOSED TO A REALITY THAT BLASTS COMPREHENSION.

LORDY, IT'S DIFFICULT TO HOLD ONTO A GOD, SO "INCOMPREHENSIBLE ARE HIS WAYS."

SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY

YOU DEFINE RESPONSIBILITY AS 'SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY'. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT MUCH LESS INTERNALIZE IT? WHAT LIFESTYLE OPTIONS AWAIT WAGE EARNERS WHETHER ON A LOW, MEDIUM OR HIGH INCOME?

HUNT FOR BARGAINS SO THAT ONE CAN SURVIVE AND SPEND EVERY CENT BUT NO MORE.

DON'T HUNT FOR BARGAINS BUT SPEND EVERY CENT AND NO MORE.
DON'T HUNT FOR BARGAINS BUT SPEND EVERY CENT AND MORE IF CREDIT IS AVAILABLE.

HUNT FOR BARGAINS SO AS TO ADDITIONALLY SPLURGE ON LUXURIES AND EXPENSIVE GOODS AND SERVICES, BUT SPEND EVERY CENT AND NO MORE.

HUNT FOR BARGAINS AND SPLURGE ON LUXURIES AND EXPENSIVE GOODS AND SERVICES AND MORE IF CREDIT IS AVAILABLE, BUT SPEND EVERY CENT.
SPLURGE ON WHATEVER ONE LIKES AND WANTS, AND SPEND EVERY CENT AND MORE BASED ON CREDIT.

SPLURGE ON OVER-THE-TOP LUXURY GOODS AND SERVICES IF CREDIT IS AVAILABLE OR ON THE ANTICIPATION OF THE MEANS OF PAYMENT LATER, BUT SPEND EVERY CENT.

THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IN THE ABOVE OPTIONS (HAVE I FORGOT ANY?)IS SPENDING EVERY CENT. SAVINGS, OF COURSE, AND POSSIBLY INVESTING, WOULD REQUIRE THAT SOME SPENDING BE CURTAILED. IF INCOME WERE BUDGETED TO INCLUDE SAVINGS FOR A RAINY DAY, COMMON SENSE WOULD DICTATE THAT BARGAINS WOULD NEED TO BE HUNTED DOWN, LUXURIES WOULD SOMETIMES HAVE TO BE FORGONE AND LONG-TERM DEBTS WOULD BE LIMITED TO THOSE THAT COULD BE JUSTIFIED, SUCH AS A HOME MORTGAGE. CASH WOULD BE THE CURRENCY OF CHOICE BECAUSE IN ORDER TO PUT ASIDE REGULAR SAVINGS, ONE COULD NOT LIVE BEYOND ONE'S MEANS.

SINCE THE DAWN OF SOCIAL SECURITY, HOWEVER, AMERICANS HAVE JUSTIFIED A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SAVING THROUGH SACRIFICE. WHY? AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWLS FROM PAYCHECKS ARE PUT ASIDE FOR RETIREMENT. A PENSION FUND FROM SOME EMPLOYERS IS HELD IN ABEYANCE. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO A 401K ARE AVAILABLE.
A REALITY CHECK SHOWS THAT 4 OUT OF 10 AMERICANS HAVE NO EMERGENCY NEST EGG THAT CAN BE CRACKED OPEN BEFORE RETIREMENT, NO SAVINGS FOR A RAINY DAY.

ANOTHER DAY

WHENEVER I WANT IT OVER,
DROWNED IN MY OWN TEARS
OF REGRET AND DISENCHANTMENT
OF MISTAKES MADE OVER TIME,

I READ A TALE OF WAR
BECKONING FROM A SHELF.
I CRY ANEW WITH SORROW
AS USELESS AS MYSELF,

SADDENED BY THE SLAUGHTERS,
THE MAD WASTE OF LIVES,
AS YET I LIVE! WHEREFORE?
TO FORGIVE WITH HOPELESS LOVE.

DE-NOT RE-THE JUVENILES

SO-NAMED REJUVENILES REJECT THE DEFINITION OF GROWN-UP. THEY PUT MORE VALUE IN WHAT THEY WERE BORN WITH THAN WHAT IS TAUGHT. THEY PURSUE THE INSTINCTUAL LIFE. ONE REJUVENILE DISCIPLE ADMITTED, " I BELIEVE IN PLAY, MAKE-BELIEVE, LEARNING AND NAPS." WHOA! I SMELL A LIBERAL HERE BY THE STENCH OF CONTRADICTION. BABIES WHO NEVER GROW UP TO BE ADULTS PERPETUATE THEIR YOUTHS, BUT THEY DO SO AT THE EXPENSE OF LEARNING, NOT AS A MANIFESTATION OF IT. REJUVENILES IMITATE THEIR LESSERS RATHER THAN BETTERS - AN UNENVIABLE GOAL! THOUGH THEY LIVE BETTER THAN THEIR PARENTS, THEY TYPICALLY LIVE BEYOND THEIR MEANS. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ONLY LIBERALS, BUT ALSO CONSERVATIVES ARE GUILTY OF THIS ORIGINAL SIN OF CONSUMPTION. INNATE SELF-INTEREST HAS MORPHED INTO SELFISHNESS. IT IS NOT A GOOD TREND IN AMERICA.

THE PERCENT OF INCOME SPENT ON FOOD, APPAREL AND ENTERTAINMENT HAS DECLINED OVER THE LAST CENTURY, WHILE THE AMOUNT ALLOTTED TO HOUSING AND VEHICLES HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. A COMMON PHENOMENA IS THE EXTRAVAGANCE OF MULTIPLE CARS AND HOMES THAT TYPICALLY ARE 'MORE' CAR OR 'MORE' HOUSE THAN ONE NEEDS. THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT MATURITY REFLECTING COMMON SENSE MIGHT BE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, BUT THE PACHYDERM CONTINUES TO BE IGNORED. SYMBOLICALLY, DUMBO IS RE-INCARNATED IN HOMES AND CARS OF GREAT SIZE, REQUIRING LARGE DEBT. AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT SPORTING LARGE EARS, A LONG TRUNK AND SHARP TUSKS APTLY REFLECTS IMMATURE AMERICANS, CONSPICUOUSLY FLAUNTING OVERSIZED APPENDAGES OF THEIR SPOILED, LIFESTYLES.

TO REJUVENILES AND AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN AFFORD TO FLAUNT IT, I SAY, YOU HAVE ABANDONED RESPONSIBILITY, SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY, THE INSTINCT TO GROW IN KNOWLEDGE AND - YES - ADULTHOOD.

ALLAH THE TERRIBLE

VENGEANCE, PLEASE, FOR SINNERS,
WHO UNREPENTANT BE,
REPLACING WRONG FOR RIGHT,
CHEERING SOLDIERS DEATHS.

YE LIVELY LUCIFERS,
HOSTS OF DEATH AND FEAR,
WE CURSE YOU WITH RESOLVE,
DISSOLVED IN BITTER TEARS.

DIVIDED WE FALL

54, '68, '72, '06 ..."HIKE," WHEN THE BATTLE BALL IS SNAPPED AND A PASS IS THROWN INTO THE AIR, WE CAN'T PREDICT WHERE IT WILL FALL. SOME PAST PLAYS IN WARTIME HAVE NOT TAUGHT US LESSONS FOR TODAY OR FOR OUR FUTURE. AT DIEN BIEN PHU IN '54, THE FRENCH CAPITULATED AND AMERICA CHOSE TO PASS ON ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNIST INSURGENCY. BUT THIS RELUCTANCE TO ACT SET US UP FOR A FUTURE COMBAT. IN '68 AND '72, AMERICA WON BATTLES IN VIET NAM, BUT CHOSE TO PASS AGAIN, LOSE THE WAR AND SUBSEQUENTLY BOW OUT. IN '06, AMERICA IS WINNING ANOTHER WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS, BUT A MINORITY OF HOME-GROWN PROTESTERS CHOOSE TO CUT AND RUN. IF ANY LESSON IS LIBERALLY SPREAD OUT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF HISTORY IT IS THAT A UNITED FRONT AGAINST THE ENEMY ALWAYS TRIUMPHS EVEN IF THE BATTLE IS FOUGHT TO THE LAST MAN LIKE AT THE ALAMO OR MASADA. THE ANCIENT GREEKS KNEW THAT VIRTU, STRENGTH, MANLINESS, FROM ROOT VIR FOR MAN, MUST BE MAINTAINED AT ALL COSTS. THE FRENCH UNDERESTIMATED THEIR ENEMY IN VIET NAM; WE UNDERESTIMATED OURS THERE TOO. DO WE UNDERESTIMATE HIM EVEN NOW IN IRAQ AND AROUND THE WORLD? IF SO, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND, UNITED, BECAUSE LOSING 'VIRTU' IS, AS SHAKESPEARE APTLY PUT IT, "THE UNKINDLIEST CUT OF ALL."

DIVIDED WE STAND

CITIZENS AND/OR VOTERS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE DIVIDED; CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS GO ABOUT 'IT' IN THEIR OPPOSING CORNERS AND NO COMMON SENSE WILL CHANGE EITHER SIDE’S WORLD VIEW. UNFORTUNATELY, MY LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, USUALLY AIR THE LIBERAL VIEWS. IN SUNDAY'S LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, A WRITER DESCRIBES ANN COULTER AS A "SCREECHY, WIDE-EYED REPRESENTATIVE" OF THE FAR-RIGHT. ANOTHER LETTER CHARACTERIZES DEMOCRAT SENATOR HARRY REID'S "PEDDLING INFLUENCE" AS A "MINOR TRANSGRESSION," BUT REPUBLICAN RANDY CUNNINGHAM'S ACTIONS AS "FLAGRANT CORRUPTION." A CAMPAIGNING POLITICIAN SAYS THAT "PROGRESSIVES CAN STEM ECONOMIC WOES" BY INCREASED TAXES AND SPENDING. FIVE YOUNG MEN ARE SLAIN ON THE STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS WITH SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, BUT NO REPORTER OR COMMENTATOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS CRIMINALITY WHICH CANNOT BY EXCUSED BY BLACK VICTIMHOOD OR POVERTY. I LEARN THAT ONE YEAR AFTER KATRINA, BLACKS ARE STILL COMPLAINING ABOUT LIVING "IN A RENTAL WITH ONE BATHROOM AND THREE WOMEN," NOT KNOWING "WHERE WE ARE GOING TO LIVE." NEW ORLEANS' UNIVERSITY STUDENTS EAT GOURMET LUNCHES AT POSH HOTELS AT THE TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE. A LAW PROFESSOR AND ADVOCATE OF GAY RIGHTS PRAISES THE MARCHERS IN AN UPCOMING GAY PARADE AS "SO BRAVE." THE COLUMNIST DUTIFULLY NOTES THAT THE STONEWALL PARADE HAS GROWN FROM 800 TO 100,.000 PARTICIPANTS OVER ITS 25 YEAR HISTORY. TO TOP OFF THE PRIDE HOLIDAY 2006, THE PRESIDENT OF OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WILL PRESIDE AS GRAND MARSHAL.

THE PAPER ELIMINATES ANY NEED FOR ME TO ASK WHO MAKES THIS LIBERAL STUFF UP? ITS FOUND FOR ITS CAPTIVE READERS, LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE AND SERVED AS MOUNDS OF CRAP ON PULPY PLATES. I MUST SEARCH HARD AND LOW TO FIND A CITIZEN (IN A BRIEF CONTRIBUTION), PRAISING "U.S. INTELLIGENCE EFFORTS AND THE IRAQI POLICE" IN THE WAR ON TERROR. A CONSERVATIVE IN THE THROES OF CRITICAL THINKING IS A DIAMOND IN THE RUFF.

MANLY DAY

"MOTHERS DON'T LET YOU BABIES GROW UP TO BE BOYS," TO PARAPHRASE WILLIE NELSON, WHOSE MANLINESS I CANNOT CRITIQUE WITH EITHER CONFIDENCE OR FACTS. BUT I HAVE OBSERVED MANY MALE WHIMPS AND CAN GENERALIZE FROM THE PARTICULARS. I CAN CERTIFY THAT A MINIMUM OF 20% OF FATHERS DON'T DESERVE TO CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY MUCH LESS STAND ERECT IN THE MASCULINE RANKS.

FOLLOWING THE 80/20 RULE IN THE GAME OF LIFE, 20% OF FATHERS ARE USELESS. THIS PERCENTAGE IS PROBABLY MUCH HIGHER, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT AND TO PUNCTUATE MY POSITION, THIS NUMBER WILL SUFFICE TO REPRESENT THE 'ABSENT MINORITY' OF HUSBANDS AND DADS WHO HAVE NO CONCEPT OF RESPONSIBILITY, COMMITMENT, SACRIFICE, PATIENCE OR MENTAL AND MORAL STRENGTH. STATUS FOR THEM, LIKE 80% OF WOMEN, "IS ALL ABOUT THEMSELVES" AND OFTEN, BY EXTENSION, THEIR FEELINGS.

"USELESS" MEN HAVE NOT BEEN RAISED UP PRIMARILY BECAUSE WEAK WOMEN HAVE SPOILED THEIR BOYS INTO PERPETUITY. I CITE AN EXAMPLE OF PARENTAL DEFICIENCY THAT HAS HIT HOME WITH ME. ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A FATHER AND A MOTHER AND TWO INFANT MALES. RECENTLY I SPIED THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL BOY (ABOUT 12) AND HIS BARELY LEGAL BROTHER (ABOUT 19 AND UNEMPLOYED) STANDING IN THE DRIVEWAY NEAR THEIR HOUSE AS THEIR MOTHER PUSHED A LAWNMOWER ACROSS THE GRASS. MOTHER'S BEHAVIOR PATTERN, USUALLY A LAZY ONE, WAS BETRAYED BY HER RARE PHYSICAL EXERTION OF MOWING, BUT LAZINESS ALSO BECAME HER SONS. THEIR PASSIVITY REVEALED THAT 'IT' WAS NOT THEIR GRASS, 'IT' WAS NOT THEIR JOB. 'IT' HAS NEVER BEEN THEIR BEHAVIOR TO CARRY GROCERIES, PERFORM CHORES (OTHER THAN BOUNCE A BASKETBALL FOR 15 MINUTES AT A STRETCH), WALK, LIFT, SWEEP, CARRY OR SWEAT ON A MISSION OR TO CONTRIBUTE ONE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL OUNCE OF LABOR TO THEIR FAMILY'S SITUATION OR THE WORLD AT LARGE. I CAN ATTEST TO THIS VOID, HAVING WITNESSED THE 'FAMILY' FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS. AS CHILDREN, THE BROTHERS NEVER VENTURED OUTDOORS EXCEPT TO ENTER A CAR. NOW THAT THE OLDER SON DRIVES A TRUCK, HE ONLY ENTERS AND EXITS THE SHINY MACHINE TO TRAVEL ELSEWHERE. MOTHER BIRTHED TWO BOYS, BUT MOTHER, HONING IGNORANCE OF PARENTAL OBLIGATIONS TO PERFECTION, NEGLECTED TO RAISE MEN. HOW APPEALING IS SIMPLE RANDOM DECIMATION WITHIN THE RANKS OF THESE UNMANLY MILLSTONES IN OUR SOCIETY! UNFORTUNATELY THE BOYS HIDE IN OUR MIDST AND THE UNKNOWN PERCENTAGE OF MANLY MEN SACRIFICED TO THE CAUSE WOULD BE SORELY MISSED.

KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID

GREAT, SIMPLE LANGUAGE AS BEFITS "PAPA" HEMINGWAY NEVER CROSSES THE LIPS OR PRINT OF ACADEMICS AND 'OFFICIALS.' TWO SAMPLES SUFFICE.

..." ADVANCE-PLACEMENT CLASSES IN THE NAME OF EQUAL ACCESS AND OSMOTIC COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT IS NEITHER KIND NOR EFFICACIOUS." IN SIMPLE ENGLISH, ... PUT THE DULLER STUDENTS IN WITH THE SMARTER ONES AND HOPE SOME 'BRAINS' RUB OFF IS STUPID.

...INSPECT THE EFFLUENTS DISCHARGED FROM AERATION SYSTEMS ON A ROTATING INSPECTION BASIS." IN SIMPLE ENGLISH,... INSPECT THE WASTE WATER FROM CERTAIN BUSINESSES.

KEEPING WITH THE THEME OF SIMPLICITY BEFITTING EMILY DICKINSON IN A POETIC MOOD...

A PAIN
A PAIN BECOMES A PERSON -
EXACTS A PRIVATE TOLL -
AS DEAR AS USELESS TEARS -
THAT ACIDIFY A SOUL.

TRULY BELIEVABLE

PUT THIS IN YOUR DREAM PIPE AND SMOKE IT - FROM 1969 UNTIL 2004 THE POVERTY RATE IN THE UNITED STATES HAS REMAINED STEADY AT ABOUT 12%. BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LIKE STARS, HAVE FLASHED IN THE DISTANCE, NEVER SOLVING ANY PROBLEM OF POVERTY HERE ON EARTH. WHY HAS NOT THE CONCLUSION BEEN REACHED - SELF-EVIDENT THROUGH HISTORY - THAT THE "GREAT UNWASHED" WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US? AND THEY ARE NECESSARY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION.

FROM 1969 UNTIL 2004, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES 7 TIMES THE POVERTY LINE HAVE RISEN FROM 4% TO 18%. WOW! AGAIN, AN OBVIOUS CONCLUSION CAN BE REACHED THAT CONTRARY TO THE "DOOM AND GLOOM" NAYSAYERS, THE WATER IS RISING AND THE BOATS ALONG WITH IT!

YET THE LIBERAL DELUSIONISTS, THE LEFT-WING OBSTRUCTIONISTS, THE MINORITY WITH THE LOUDEST MOUTHINGS THAT ATTEMPT TO DICTATE TO THE ACQUIESCENT MAJORITY, STILL SPOUT THE SAME PARTY LINE. ONE EXAMPLE IS A WOMAN, LEFTOVER FROM THE JOHNSON ERA’S WAR ON POVERTY, WHO IS QUOTED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'S ARTICLE OF THURS. JUNE 15TH. HER WORDS, WITH AN UNDERTONE OF REGRET WERE, "NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND WHAT WE STARTED."

THANK GOD THE CONSERVATIVE 'ENEMY' WAS ABLE TO WIN A FEW BATTLES AND ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM 1969 TO 2004. LET THE STUDIES BE DISMISSED.

TRULY UNBELIEVABLE

INFORMATION FROM A JUNE 14TH WALL STREET JOURNAL COLUMN HAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED ME. I MUST PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS IN MY STOCK OF CLICHES, BECAUSE I...I...I...CAN'T STOP LAUGHING AND RAGING AT THE SAME TIME. NO WAY, NO WAY I SAY. BUT YES, YES, I JUST READ THE WHOLE THING. UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE?

JUST WHEN I THINK IT CAN'T GET ANY WORSE THE NONSENSE FACTOR GETS BETTER AND BETTER. IF YOU GIVE IT AWAY THEY WILL COME. SO IF YOU NEED TO LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL WITH A HEARTY LAUGH, JOIN ME HERE ABOUT A SUBJECT SO DEAR TO MY HEART - FOOD.

ACTUALLY IT’S THE AFFORDABILITY OF FOOD IN THIS LAND OF PLENTY WHICH IRONICALLY IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE IN THE MIDST OF AN OBESITY EPIDEMIC! WHAT STRAIGHT-FACED REPORTER COULD RECORD SUCH A FRAUD, RE- TELLING IT SYMPATHETICALLY AS A BELIEVER IN THE TALES OF THE HUNGRY? WELL, ROGER THUROW DID. HE SHOWS THAT IN SPITE OF 12 BILLION DOLLARS SPENT ANNUALLY BY THE GOVERNMENT ON FOOD NUTRITION PROGRAMS, CHILDREN ARE STILL HUNGRY. HE EXPOSES THE , "WEIGHT OF AMERICA'S HUNGER PARADOX." WITH A REPORT ON HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE "FOOD INSECURE." GIVE ME A BREAK!

YET, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR CHILDREN CAN GET FREE BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AFTER SCHOOL SNACK AND DINNER. DURING THE SUMMER THEY PARTAKE OF DAILY LUNCHTIME FEEDING STATIONS. NOW ON WEEKENDS, BACKPACKS, OFTEN PROVIDED BY FOOD BANKS, ARE STUFFED WITH 7 TO 10 LBS. OF FOOD - THAT'S ONLY $.20 PER POUND - AND CARRIED HOME BY NEEDY STUDENTS. THEY CONTAIN READY-TO-EAT SNACKS AND MEALS. OF COURSE THEY ARE CHILD FRIENDLY, BUT THEY ARE ALSO LADEN WITH SUGAR, SALT AND FAT. THEY TEACH NOTHING ABOUT NUTRITION AND EVERYTHING ABOUT A HANDOUT.

I READ THESE STATEMENTS:
A WOMAN CAN SEE "PANIC" IN CHILDREN LEAVING SCHOOL ON FRIDAY SO THEY "EAT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN." SHE THEN CLAIMS THAT AT MONDAY BREAKFAST THEY "EAT THE FOOD ON THE TRAYS OF THE FIVE KIDS NEXT TO THEM."'

A NURSE SEES CHILDREN "DIZZY AND WITH STOMACHACHES FROM HUNGER."

A WOMAN SAYS HER AUDIENCE WAS "REDUCED TO TEARS" BY THE NEED.

"WITHOUT THIS FOOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO."

CHILDREN WEAK FROM HUNGER MUST BE CALMED DOWN WITH CLASSICAL MUSIC WHILE BACKPACKS ARE DISTRIBUTED.

"HUNGER IS A HIDDEN ISSUE WHERE UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW."

A HUNGRY CHILD "USED TO RUN INTO SCHOOL" BECAUSE HE WAS "SO HUNGRY"

16% OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS HAVE "DIFFICULTY PROVIDING ENOUGH FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS."

13.5 HOUSEHOLDS AND 38.2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE "LIMITED ACCESS TO FOOD BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES."

HA! I AM EXPECTED TO BELIEVE THIS REPORTER'S SAD, SOB STORIES ABOUT STRUGGLING FAMILIES OF SADSACKS WITH EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH AND FOOD ISSUES. YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE THIS HUNGER STUFF UP? OR CAN YOU? SINCE THE WAR ON POVERTY WAS LAUNCHED BY LYNDON JOHNSON IN 1964, SPENDING HAS CONTINUALLY INCREASED, BUT THE POVERTY PROBLEM HAS NOT ABATED.

IT IS TIME TO TEACH PRIORITIES TO PARENTS WHO HAVEN'T A CLUE AS TO WHAT THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION IS. PERSONALLY, I KNOW 2 SITUATIONS IN WHICH CHILDREN HAVE NEVER BEEN FED ON A REGULAR BASIS, NOT BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LIFESTYLE CHOICES OF THE SO-CALLED YOUNG ADULTS. HOW SAD. HOW MUCH THE LITTLE TYKES WILL MISS ABOUT GOOD FOOD, GOOD HABITS AND GOOD CHOICES. EVEN WHEN FUNDS ARE LIMITED, CHOICES ARE NOT.

CHILDREN WHO "MUST FEND FOR THEMSELVES AT MEALTIMES," OR LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF UNPREDICTABILITY, ARE THE LOSERS, LOST BECAUSE THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH THEIR CARE ARE LOST.

KERNELS OF TRUTH ABOUT PRIORITIZING CAN BE GLEANED FROM STATEMENTS MADE BY PARENTS IN THIS ARTICLE, WHO MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN "GROCERIES AND THE WATER BILL, "WHO ADMIT TO SHOPPING AT THE "MEAT LOCKER ONCE A MONTH," WHO ADMIT THEIR KIDS "HATE BEANS" AND "DON'T GET TUNA," (WHICH IS A MERE $.50 A CAN) AND WHO WORK BUT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH "MONEY AT HOME FOR FOOD." THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS OF DAY BY DAY RATIONALIZATIONS.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, WE NEED A DEPRESSION, A RECESSION, A REPRESSION, A CONFESSION, ANY ONE CRISIS WHICH WOULD SERVE TO JUMPSTART AN EXAMINATION OF PRIORITIES AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN HOUSEHOLDS TODAY.

IF YOU FEED THEM THEY WILL COME. I WONDER WHERE HAVE ALL THE OBESE HAVE GONE?

NEED FOR CRITICAL THINKING

THE INTERIM-PRESIDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, YES HARVARD, BELIEVES THAT THE PRIMARY GOAL OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS CRITICAL THINKING. WHO COULD DISAGREE? UNFORTUNATELY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SINCE THE 1960' HAVE MADE A PROCRUSTEAN BARGAIN WITH STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS, TO CUT OFF THE ESSENTIAL LIMBS OF CRITICAL THINKING AS UNNECESSARY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM FIT THE LIBERAL MOLD.

RATHER THAN STRIVE FOR HARD WORK, DATA AND SERIOUS THOUGHT, STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO COTTON TO EASY, POLITICALLY CORRECT COURSES. RATHER THAN MAKE HARD MORAL CHOICES ABOUT BEHAVIOR AND INTELLECTUAL PERFORMANCE, STUDENTS HAVE OPTED FOR THE CUSHY, RISKY, PARTY CIRCUIT.

NO LEVEL OF CRITICAL THINKING, MUCH LESS COMMON SENSE THINKING, HAVE HIGHER HALLS OF LEARNING TURNED OUT. INCREASING NUMBERS OF PRESIDENTS, JUDGES, POLITICIANS, LAWYERS, CEO'S AND MOVERS AND SHAKERS HAVE MATRICULATED AND GRADUATED OVER THE DECADES, BUT WHAT HAS TIME WROUGHT?

LAWYERS AND JUDGES NOW CLAIM THAT LETHAL INJECTION FOR MURDERERS MAY CONSTITUTE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. A MAYOR MISTAKENLY BELIEVES THAT IF THE ECONOMY IS GOOD, CRIME GOES DOWN EVEN THOUGH STATISTICS SHOW THAT CRIME HAS HAD ITS BIGGEST INCREASE SINCE 1991. A MAYOR THINKS NOTHING OF BRAGGING THAT TAXPAYERS "INVESTED 4 BILLION IN CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF CITY SCHOOLS" WITHOUT ADMITTING THAT THIS MONEY CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE POCKETS OF UNSUSPECTING TAXPAYERS. RESEARCH FACILITIES DECREE THAT BOTH HUNGER AND OBESITY OCCUR IN AMERICA AT RECORD LEVELS. AL GORE THINKS GLOBAL WORMING HAS REACHED CRITICAL MASS IRREGARDLESS OF CRITICAL STUDIES ACKNOWLEDGING CLIMATE CHANGES OVER THE MILLENNIA. RELIGIOUS CAUSES LIKE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, POVERTY REDUCTION AND INCREASED TAXES FOR EDUCATION AND WELFARE DEFY COMMON SENSE, A DERIVITIVE OF CRITICAL THINKING.

THESE FEW EXAMPLES SHOW THAT LIBERAL THINKERS THINK WITH A DELUSIONAL WORLD VIEW TOTALLY DOMINATED BY THEIR AGENDAS. SINCE THE 60'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION, CRITICAL THOUGHT (AND HARD, OBJECTIVE DATA AND ANALYSIS) HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TABLE OF PRIORITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THE TABLE IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND PRIMARY GRADES GETS EMPTIER AND EMPTIER TOO.

A PRESCIENT AUTHOR WROTE A BOOK APTLY TITLED, "SLOUCHING TOWARD GOMORRHA". WE ALL GET THE IMPLIED PICTURE AND MESSAGE THAT LOOSE, UNDISCIPLINED THINKING AND MORALITY ARE NOT WORTH A DIPLOMA.

A MODEST PARODY OF CHICKEN LITTLE

THE KING OF THE FORESTS OF NATIONS, OSO ANONYMOUS, LIVES IN A HIS PALACE CALLED THE UNITED NOTHING. HE IS A RULER IN NAME ONLY, INEFFECTIVE AFTER HE PONTIFICATES.

CHICKEN LITTLE IS WALKING IN ONE OF THE KING'S FORESTS CALLED USA. SHE'S AN EFFEMINATE CHICK, ESPOUSING POLITICALLY CORRECT VIEWS THAT EMASCULATE MOST MANLY MEN. SHE'S ALSO A GULLIBLE, LIBERAL NEOPHYTE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE NEXT NUTTY FEAR THAT MIGHT BEFALL HER SUCH AS GLOBAL WARMING, OBESITY, ROYAL SPYING OR BEING LIED TO. HER IRRATIONAL FEARS THEN BECOME CRISES WHICH IN TURN CAUSE A PANIC WHICH IN TURN CAN ONLY BE AMELIORATED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S HELP THROUGH HIGHER TAXES.

KERPLUNK... CHICKEN LITTLE IS HIT ON THE HEAD BY AN ACORN BUT SHE THINKS THE SKY IS FALLING. "WARNING! WARNING! I MUST TELL THE KING," SHE SHOUTS AS SHE WADDLES AS FAST AS SHE CAN IN THE DIRECTION OF HIS PALACE. WHY DOESN'T CHICKEN LITTLE REMEMBER THAT THE KING NEVER DOES ANYTHING ABOUT REAL OR IMAGINED EMERGENCIES?

SHE MEETS HENNY PENNY DIGGING FOR WORMS. "THE SKY IS FALLING," SHE WARNS. HENNY IS NOT A HEN-PECKED PUSHOVER BUT A SUPREMELY SMART JUDGE WHOSE MISSION IS TO LEGISLATE HER AGENDA REGARDLESS OF POPULAR SENTIMENT. HER JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT HER LIBERALISM WORMS ITS WAY INTO THE LAWS OF THE LAND AND EATS AWAY AT CONSERVATIVE VALUES. WHY IS CLEVER HENNY PENNY GULLIBLE ENOUGH TO BELIEVE CHICKEN LITTLE THAT THE SKY IS FALLING? BOTH BIRDS HEAD FOR THE KING'S PALACE AS FAST AS THEY CAN.

THEY MEET COCKY LOCKY, A ROOSTER HUNTING BERRIES. "THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING," A DOUBLE WARNING. COCKY IS ACCUSTOMED TO CROWING ABOUT NEWS, TRUE OR FALSE BECAUSE HE'S A MEMBER OF THE LIBERAL MEDIA. ONLY RIPE BERRIES WILL DO FOR HIM BECAUSE UNLESS HIS BIASES ARE SUGAR-COATED, THEY WILL NOT BE SWALLOWED BY THE COMMON CITIZENS, WHY DOES HE ALSO FALL FOR CHICKEN LITTLE'S FALSE PROPAGANDA? ALL SIX DRUMSTICKS HEAD FOR THE PALACE AS FAST AS THEY CAN.

THEY MEET GOOSEY POOSEY SEARCHING FOR SEEDS. " THE SKY IS FALLING, FALLING, FALLING,." HE OR SHE HEARS. QUESTIONABLY MALE OR FEMALE AND PROBABLY GAY, GOOSEY POOSEY, NEVERTHELESS IS A IS A 5TH COLUMNIST. AFTER THEY ARE PLANTED, HIS OR HER LITTLE LIBERAL NUGGETS OF FALSEHOOD AND MISDIRECTION ERUPT AS INSURRECTON AND TREASON AGAINST THE POWERS THAT BE. HE OR SHE WOULD LIKE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO GOOSE THE RULER IN USA. SHOULDN'T GOOSEY REALIZE THAT THREE BIRDS ARE PLAYING LOOSE WITH THE FACTS.? THE FOUR FOWL TRAVEL AS FAST AS THEY CAN TO THE KING.

IN THEIR HASTE, THEY HAVE NOT APPRECIATED THEIR ENVIRONS BECAUSE AS LIBERALS THEY ONLY SEE CONSPIRATORIAL TREES WHICH OBSCURE THE SKY, CLEAR BLUE AS TRUTH AND LEAVE THEM SHADED IN PESSIMISM AND PARANOIA.

THEY MEET FOXY WOXY AND SEE RED. THOUGH HIT WITH A VOLLEY OF "THE SKY IS FALLINGS," FOXY WOXY SPEAKS POLITELY TO THE QUARTET SO AS NOT TO FRIGHTEN THEM. HE KNOWS THEY KNOW HIM AS THE BIG, BAD, RED BEAST, GEORGE W. BUSH, LEADER OF THEIR USA. HIS CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND POLICIES THREATEN TO DEVOUR LIBERAL FOWL AFTER WHICH HE WOULD BURP WITH SATISFACTION. "FOLLOW ME," FOXY SAYS PRETENDING TO KNOW A SHORTCUT TO THE PALACE, BUT PLANNING TO LEAD THE FOUR TO HIS DEN AND GOBBLE THEM UP. WHY ARE THE BIRD BRAINS FOOLED AGAIN? TRUE TO THE ESSENCE OF A FAIRY TALE THE FOWL FOLLOW HIM EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THEIR LEADER LIED TO THEM BEFORE.

JUST AS CHICKEN, HENNY, COCKY AND GOOSEY ARE ABOUT TO ENTER FOXY WOXY'S HOLE, THAT DEN OF INIQUITY CALLED THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE HELLISH DEEDS OCCUR, ...
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THE KING ARRIVES IN THE FOREST WITH HIS HUNTING DOGS. HIS THREE GROWLING, HOWLING AND FULL-THROATED, DEVOTED, LIBERAL LAP DOGS WERE BRED AND RAISED - DIPLOMATICALLY - IN SPECIAL PENS CALLED WASHINGTON, BLUETOWN AND HOLLYWOOD. AL GORE, AL FRANKEN AND MICHAEL MOORE DRIVE FOXY WOXY AWAY, NEVER TO COME BACK, WITH THEIR CRIES OF "LIAR, LIAR, LIAR."
THE KING KINDLY PRESENTS CHICKEN LITTLE WITH AN UMBRELLA TO CARRY INTO THE USA FOREST IN THE FUTURE TO PROTECT HER FROM THE ACORNS, THOSE IMAGINARY EVILS THAT MIGHT BEFALL HER SPECIAL, ILLUMINATED LETTERS ARE PRINTED ON THE OVER-ARCHING CANOPY OF FALSE SECURITY THAT CHICKEN LITTLE HOLDS ABOVE HER HEAD. THEY SPELL D.E.L.U.S.I.O.N.

IS THERE A HAPPY ENDING WHEN THE FOXY CONSERVATIVE LEADER IS DRIVEN AWAY AND CHICKEN LIVERED LIBERALS ARE LEFT TO LIVE HAPPILY AFTER?

REFLECTIONS ON SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPER

CONTRAST THE UNWARRANTED GRATUITIES TO -
A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT OF A DISTRICT IN WHICH STUDENTS COMMIT RAPE IN THE AUDITORIUM AND FORNICATE IN THE STUDY HALLS IS PAID OVER $175,000 IN SALARY INCLUDING A CAR ALLOWANCE AND AN EXPENSE ACCOUNT PLUS A $300,000 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, 25 VACATION DAYS, 12 PAID HOLIDAYS AND 3 PAID PERSONAL DAYS, PLUS HER DISTRICT PAYS FOR HER STATE RETIREMENT ACCOUNT WORTH APPROXIMATELY $16,000 A YEAR.

WITH THE UNDERRATED, RESPONSIBILITY OF -
A COLLEGE EDUCATED C.E.O. OF A BUSINESS DEPENDENT UPON RETAIL CUSTOMERS WHO TAKES A MINIMUM SALARY DEPENDANT UPON MAINTAINING SOLVENCY AND ELIMINATING DEBT IN THE BUSINESS, WITH NO CAR ALLOWANCE (AND ALLOWED ONLY A USED VEHICLE), NO EXPENSE ACCOUNT, NO LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, NO HOLIDAYS OTHER THAN CHRISTMAS, EASTER AND NEW YEARS DAY REGARDLESS OF ILLNESS OR DEPRESSION, AND WHO MUST PERSONALLY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER FUTURE RETIREMENT.
CONTRAST THE UPLIFTING QUALITY OF -
THE "RECREATIONAL GRIEF" EXPRESSED BY THOUSANDS OF FANS SIGNING A LIFE-SIZE GET WELL CARD FOR BARBARO (A RACE HORSE) AND HIS JOCKEY

WITH DISGUSTING LOWNESS OF -
THE "INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE BEHAVIOR" OF A YOUNG INNER CITY BLACK MAN WHO AFTER KILLING HIS FATHER VIOLENTLY, CUTS OFF HIS DAD'S ARMS.

CONTRAST THE FEW BLACK MARKS ON OUR SOCIETY -
THE 30 DEMONSTRATORS, MEMBERS OF KU KLUX KLAN AND OTHER WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS VERBALLY ATTACKING MINORITIES AT THE ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD

WITH THE MANY PATRIOTIC CITIZENS -
THE 30 COUNTER-DEMONSTRATORS, 200 OFFICERS ON HAND TO ENSURE THE PEACE AND THE 3600 MEN SILENTLY GIVING TESTIMONY FROM THEIR GRAVES TO THE FIGHT FOR A NATION ONE DAY DURING THE CIVIL WAR IN 1862.

MY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER HOLDS A TREASURE TROVE OF EXAMPLES OF STUPID, SILLY, SERIOUS AND SICK REPORTS, STORIES AND STATEMENTS FROM THE MEDIA, POLITICIANS AND REGULAR AND IRREGULAR CITIZENS. MOST EXAMPLES DO NOT LEND THEMSELVES TO COMPARISONS BECAUSE LIFE AROUND THE WORLD IS A STUDY IN CONTRASTS - MANY SAD, TOO FEW THAT SOAR WITH INSPIRATION.

A DIALECTIC II

I QUOTE FROM AL QAEDA IN IRAQ AFTER THE 'MARTYRDOM' (OUR KILLING) OF AL-ZARQAWI. "THE DEATH OF OUR LEADERS IS LIFE FOR US. IT WILL ONLY INCREASE OUR PERSISTENCE IN CONTINUING HOLY WAR SO THAT THE WORD OF GOD WILL BE SUPREME." DOES THIS FORTHRIGHT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE PROVE THEIR INTEGRITY? SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY IS THE PERFECT FORMULA FOR INTEGRITY AND THE DICTIONARY DEFINES IT AS HONESTY, UPRIGHTNESS OF CHARACTER, OR AN UNIMPAIRED STATE. A DISCUSSION OF THIS QUESTION, AROUND THE FLAT WORLD TODAY COULD ONLY FIND FAULT WITH AL QAEDA'S CHARACTER IN THE THIRD DICTIONARY DEFINITION. AL QAEDA IS OPEN, HONEST AND CONSISTENT IN ITS MESSAGE, BUT ITS CONCEPT OF RIGHT AND WRONG IS FLAWED; ITS GOD IS IMPAIRED WHEN HE APPROVES OF MASS MURDER.

WHY HAVE THE RIGHTEOUS MUSLIMS OF THE WORLD AND THE COMPLACENT TARGETS OF AL QAEDA'S KILLINGS AROUND THE GLOBE NOT TAKEN THE TERRORISTS AT THEIR WORDS AND RISEN TO THE TASK OF A COUNTER CRUSADE?

AL-ZARQAWI'S DEATH MAY BE A MORAL VICTORY FOR AMERICA'S CRUSADE AGAINST THE ENEMY, BUT IT IS ALSO A MORAL VICTORY FOR THE ENEMY AGAINST US, THE INFIDEL, BY INSTILLING NEW LIFE INTO THEIR EARTHLY MISSION.

IT'S TIME FOR FIGHTERS, OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES, TO SUMMON UP THEIR COURAGE AND INTEGRITY AND FIGHT THOSE WHO EMBRACE A PERVERTED TRUTH.

A DIALECTIC

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY - THE PERFECT FORMULA FOR INTEGRITY. RIGHT? READING WHAT COLUMNISTS AND REPORTERS WRITE OFTEN BLOWS THIS ADAGE RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER, BECAUSE WORDS CAN BE USED TO DELIBERATELY OBSCURE THE MEANINGS BEHIND THEM. WRITING ABOUT HOW WE SHOW GOD'S LOVE IN THE WORLD, A WOMAN COLUMNIST SUGGESTED THAT WE "GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO HOW OUR LIFESTYLES IMPACT CREATION." (WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?) "ENERGY CONSERVATION AS WELL AS PURCHASING AND EATING HABITS" (LIKE WHAT?) "BECOME MATTERS OF FAITH, NOT POLITICS." (RELIGIOUS FAITH OR JUST BELIEF?) "RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS, ... ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BORDER, IS A WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GIFT OF DIVINE LOVE." (SUPPORT WHAT'S WRONG?) THESE GENERALIZED STATEMENTS, WITHOUT SPECIFIC DETAILS, ARE NOT MATTERS OF FAITH, RATHER THEY ARE PURE, LIBERAL, LEFT-WING IDEOLOGY PRETENDING TO BE MORAL CHOICES FOR THE GREATER GLORY AND HONOR OF GOD. HER WORDS ARE FOGGED WINDOWS TO HER PROGRESSIVE SOUL.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE FROM A LONDON REPORTER REGARDS ABORTION. AGAIN STRAIGHT TALK IS REPLACED BY CLOUDED (EUPHEMISTIC) LANGUAGE AS THE QUESTION IS ASKED WHETHER A WOMAN'S "RIGHT TO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL INTEGRITY INCLUDES HER RIGHT TO TERMINATE HER PREGNANCY." INTEGRITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LIBERAL POLITICS (WHEN ONE DOES NOT SAY WHAT ONE MEANS) AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH MURDER. BUT THOSE WHO CHOOSE OBFUSCATION OVER CLARITY NEVER ADMIT THAT WHETHER A FETUS IS HUMAN OR A CHILD IS A FETUS, IT IS IRRELEVANT BECAUSE THEY WILL KILL IT ANYWAY IF THEY CHOOSE.

MILLIONS OF ABORTIONS ARE THE FACTS WRITTEN IN BLOOD EVEN THOUGH MILLIONS OF WOMEN HAVE DIMMED THEM BY THE SMOKE SCREEN OF LANGUAGE. FAITH, POLITICS, INTEGRITY - THREE WORDS WITH MANY HIDDEN MEANINGS.

WHOSE MURDER

THREE CHEERS! HIP, HIP, HURRAY! THE BIG, BAD TERRORIST WOLF IS DEAD. OR MURDERED? BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL A.M. RADIO HOST/PERSONALITY THAT I SHOULD STAY TO TUNED TO HEAR THE NEWS ABOUT THE MURDER OF ZARQAWI! SUCH AN INCORRECT CHOICE OF A WORD, SPOKEN OUT OF IGNORANCE OR DISINTEREST DOES NOT PRESENT AS MUCH OF A THREAT AS THE MANIPULATION OF NEWS BY THE NATIONAL MEDIA.

WHAT’S RELEVANT TO MY ANNOUNCER IS THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE IN A WORLD WHICH INCLUDES CORNHOLE TOURNAMENTS, THE STATE FAIR, STEAK HOUSES, TACOS, DIABETES RUNS, MOTORCYCLE RALLIES, LOCAL BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL TEAMS, THE PETTY POLITICS OF PERSONALITIES, SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, CHURCH BROADCASTS ON SUNDAY, MOON FESTIVALS, BREATHLESS AND IMPOSSIBLE RETAIL COMMERCIALS, FLORIDA VACATIONS, COUNTRY MUSIC, DRUG BUSTS AND DAYTIME SOAP OPERA LIVING. NO WONDER HE HAS NO TIME TO REFLECT UPON A TERRORIST AND MASS MURDERER, FINALLY FINGERED BY AN INFORMANT IN A WAR TO PRESERVE THE SOUL OF AMERICA. NO WONDER HE TOOK NO TIME OUT TO REALIZE THAT HE ACCUSED AMERICAN SOLDIERS OF MURDERING THE MURDERER.

GIVEN A CHOICE, HOWEVER, I WOULD HAVE NO HESITATION ABOUT WHICH MAN WITH A MACHETE I WOULD CHOOSE (OR NOT) TO SHARE A ROOM. MY LOCAL YOKEL, OF COURSE, BECAUSE INFORMED OF HIS EGREGIOUS ERROR IN WORD CHOICE, HE WOULD APOLOGIZE AS A GOOD CITIZEN. ZARQAWI, ON THE OTHER HAND....

LORD ACTON AGAIN

LORD ACTON WHISPERED TO ME - AGAIN - AS I LISTENED TO A BLACK, FEMINIST ACADEMIC AND WRITER LECTURE ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF HER 'AUTHORITY.' "POWER TENDS TO CORRUPT; ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY," LORD ACTON OBSERVED. THE POWER OF THIS PROFESSOR'S LIBERALISM MIRED HER IN THE POLITICS OF VICTIMHOOD AND THE RELIGION OF GODLESSNESS. HER POLITICS WAS FRAMED AND NARRATED FROM A WORLD VIEW OF WHITE RACISM AND PLAYED INTO WHITE GUILT. HER RELIGION BLINKERED HER SELF-CONTRADICTIONS AND ITS DOGMA WAS SELF-SATISFACTION. TWO QUOTATIONS FROM HER WILL SUFFICE. THIS WOMAN DECRIED THE "TREASON THE STATUS QUO." SAY WHAT? WITH SUCH INCENDIARY, SENSELESS, PHRASING, WHO WOULDN'T GIVE THIS SPEAKER A STANDING OVATION TELLING HER TO 'YOU GO GIRL?' SHE ALSO IMPRESSED HER AUDIENCE WITH THE FACT SHE SPONSORED A DISCUSSION GROUP CALLED A "WISDOM CIRCLE." SAY WHAT AGAIN? THIS BLACK PROFESSOR’S LITERARY POWER, AUTHORITY, WAS ON PARADE, THOUGH I SAW HER JUST AS A BABBLER IN THE WOODS. WOULD LORD ACTION - WHITE, MALE, DEAD OVER A CENTURY- HAVE ALLOWED HIS ABSOLUTE POWER TO BE RE-DEFINED AS 'COMPLETE, AUTHORITATIVE NONSENSE?' WELL, THIS BLACK WOMAN DID!

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D-DAY, DEVICE DAY, DISORDER DAY OR DAY OF THE DEVIL. IT'S A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE. D-DAY CONNOTES HONOR. IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DAY CONNOTES TERROR. INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER DAY CONNOTES DISGRACE. THE DAY OF THE DEVIL MAY BE THE TAMEST YET. PSYCHIATRISTS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH CLAIM THAT THEIR NEWLY MINTED I.E.D., INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER. AFFECTS 7% OF THE POPULATION, MORE THAN BI-POLAR DISORDERS, AND SCHIZOPHRENIA. UP TO NOW, WE HAVE CALLED IT ROAD RAGE. WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHEREIN LIES THIS DISORDER - THE PSYCHIATRISTS, WHOSE, I SWEAR, BRAINS AND BEHAVIOR ARE TYPICALLY DISORDERED. SEROTONIN AND ANTI-DEPRESSANTS SUPPOSEDLY HELP TO CONTROL THIS NEW AFFLICTION. BUT, AS USUAL, THEY JUST PROVIDE AN EXCUSE FOR THE DRUG 'PROFESSIONALS' TO GARNER MORE PROFITS AND VICTIMS TO SELF-MEDICATE. I.E.D., INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER, IS A PSEUDONYM FOR PROLONGED ADOLESCENCE. WHERE ELSE WOULD UNDISCIPLINED BEHAVIOR PREVAIL AND IMMATURITY REIGN? LACK OF PARENTAL GUIDANCE AND SELF-CONTROL ALLOWED THIS 'DISORDER' TO PERSIST AND NOW, THE LIBERAL MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT, EMBRACING NEW AND SOON TO BE ABUSED SUFFERERS, CAN BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF POLITICIANS, THE MEDIA, ACTIVISTS AND LAWYERS WHO SYSTEMATICALLY AND UNCONSCIONABLY CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE SELF-CONTROL, SELF-RELIANCE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM CONDUCT IN AMERICA. AMEN.

SELF-REGULATION

RAMPANT REGULATION IMPLIES AN ABSENCE OF SELF-REGULATION. DUH!

ONE MUST SHOW AN I.D. TO BUY THE COLD REMEDY SUDAFED. IN MANY COMMUNITIES NO 'FOR SALE' SIGNS ARE ALLOWED ON PARKED CARS. A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR WEAPONS IN SCHOOLS RESULTS IN STUDENT ARRESTS FOR FINGERNAIL CLIPPERS. SMOKING IS BANNED IN PUBLIC SPACES, SOMETIMES EVEN OUTSIDE. CHILD CAR SEATS MUST FACE BACKWARDS. DRIVERS TALKING ON CELL PHONES SOMETIMES FACE CHARGES. UNHEALTHY SODA AND SOFT DRINKS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM SCHOOLS. FOOD ITEMS ARE SAFETY SEALED. FOOD LABELS MUST DISPLAY NUTRITIONAL DATA. WARNINGS MUST BE PROMINENT ON DRUGS. SAFETY HELMETS, EVEN FOR CYCLISTS ARE REQUIRED. A FEDERAL DOCUMENT DEFINING (REGULATING) THE WORD 'ORGANIC' RUNS 532 PAGES! A PROPOSAL EXISTS TO DICTATE RESTAURANT MENUS. A PROPOSAL EXISTS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF GALLONS OF GASOLINE CONSUMED PER PERSON. A PROPOSAL EXISTS TO LIMIT URBAN SPRAWL. A PROPOSAL EXISTS TO ... REGULATE THOUGHT, PRAYER? PERHAPS.

DO REGULATIONS RUN AMOK REGULATE FREE WILL OUT OF EXISTENCE? CAN'T THE DO-GOODERS WHO PUSH SUCH SUPPRESSION SELF-REGULATE THEMSELVES OR DO THEY SIMPLY WISH TO REGULATE THEIR LESSERS?

LIBERTARIAN LOVE

AT AGE 47, I POSSESSED NEITHER A HOME AIR CONDITIONER NOR WAS I PRIVILEGED WITH ONE'S COOLING POWER AT WORK. A BIVOUAC OUTDOORS ON STEAMY, SUMMER NIGHTS SUFFICED FOR A NEEDED, DAILY REFRESHMENT. BUT AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, WHILE RESIDING IN THE COUNTRY NEAR "POSSUM HOLLER" ROAD, A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED COMMISSION HAS 'HELPED' THE POOR WITH LIMITED INCOMES BY PROVIDING ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD, "MUTUAL SELF-HELP HOUSING" AND HOME APPLIANCES. THIS SUMMER'S CRISIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. IT DID NOT ORIGINATE THIS YEAR; IT JUST EXTENDS THE LINE FOR HANDOUTS FROM HELP WITH HOME HEATING BILLS IN THE WINTER TO ASSISTANCE IN THE SUMMER. HOUSEHOLDS WITH A 'DOCUMENTED MEDICAL CONDITION", LIKE OBESITY, WHICH ARE 'INCOME ELIGIBLE', ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER AND ASSISTANCE WITH ELECTRIC BILL PAYMENTS TO RUN THE APPLIANCE.

THIS INTRUSION OF GOVERNMENT INTO ‘POOR’ PEOPLE’S LIVES, DEFIES COMMON SENSE WHICH SO APPEALINGLY CHARACTERIZES THE LIBERTARIAN PHILOSOPHY FOR SOCIETY. IT HOLDS THAT GOVERNMENT'S ONLY FUNCTION SHOULD BE TO PROTECT THE "LIVES, RIGHTS AND PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS." HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO THE 'SUMMER CRISIS?' WITHOUT INNUMERABLE WELFARE CAUSES SUCH AS THE SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM FOR NEEDY CHILDREN AND DISABLED ADULTS, H.E.A.P.(HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM), S.S.I (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INSURANCE), O.W.F. ( OHIO WORK FARE), FOOD STAMPS, MEDICAID, F.E.M.A. (FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION), TELEPHONE LIFELINE DISCOUNT AND C.A.C.(COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION), SUPPORTED BY MY TAX DOLLARS - AND THE BILLIONS OF OTHER HEALTHY, EMPLOYED CITIZENS' DOLLARS - I COULD HAVE CUT MY SWATH THROUGH LIFE - UNTIL NOW - WITH A LOT MORE CASH IN MY POCKET AND GREATER PEACE OF MIND TO TUCK ME INTO BED AT NIGHT.

WHAT IS THE IMPLIED CRISES IN THE SUMMER CRISIS PROGRAM? LACK OF AIR CONDITIONING? THE INABILITY TO BUDGET OR SAVE? AN ADMISSION BY GOVERNMENT THAT THE CITIZENS OF TH WEALTHIEST NATION ON EARTH CANNOT AFFORD A $50.00 AIR CONDITIONER OR KEEP IT RUNNING WITHOUT RUNNING OUT OF MONEY? THE TRUE CRISIS, MEANING TIME OF DANGER, I SUBMIT, IS THE CONTINUING AND EXPANDING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT USE TAX DOLLARS FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS WHICH IN EFFECT ENCOURAGES AND PERPETUATES AN ATTITUDE OF VICTIMHOOD AND DEPENDENCY.

ANOTHER BELIEF OF A LIBERTARIAN IS THAT "ONLY ACTIONS THAT INFRINGE ON THE RIGHTS OF OR DAMAGE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS CAN PROPERLY BE CALLED CRIMES." WHEN OUR OVER-ACTIVE GOVERNMENT INFRINGES UPON AN INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO BE SELF-RELIANT, PERHAPS IT IS A CRIME. OR IS IT A SIN?

SOCIETY SOFTENS DAY BY DAY, YEAR BY YEAR. WE HEADING FOR A 'HEAP' OF TROUBLE IN THE FUTURE DOWN THE POSSUM HOLLER ROAD.

DEAR ELIZABETH DOLE

I REQUEST A REFUND FROM THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE OF THE $50.00 I RECENTLY DONATED IN GOOD FAITH - CHECK CASHED ON MY MAY BANK STATEMENT. I HAVE LEARNED THAT YOUR HUSBAND SENATOR DOLE AND SENATOR MCGOVERN ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR A FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH THE DESIRED GOAL OF 29 MILLION (UNNECESSARY) MEALS. IF THIS IS WHAT ANY PORTION OF MY REPUBLICAN TAX DOLLARS IS OR WILL BE USED FOR, COUNT ME OUT, AND COUNT MY VOTE NUMEROUS TIMES, IF CHEATING IS ALLOWED.

WHO ARE WE KIDDING? PARENTLESS PARENTING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A CHILD NOT BEING FED BEFORE HE OR SHE LEAVES FOR SCHOOL. IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO "DOLE" OUT FREEBIES TO THE UNDESERVING. NOW LET'S NOT INTERJECT THE ARGUMENT THAT "WE ARE HELPING THE CHILDREN" REGARDLESS OF THE NEGLECT OF THE POOR PARENT OR PARENTS. AFFORDABILITY IS A NON-ISSUE. MY HUSBAND CAN BREAKFAST FOR A WEEK ON A $.99 BOX OF CORN FLAKES; I ON A $.79 BAG OF PUFFED RICE. IF SCHOOLS ABOLISHED EXTRANEOUS FOOD AND DRINK CONCESSIONS ON THEIR GROUNDS, RESTRICTED FOOD AND DRINK TO THE CAFETERIA AREA AND REQURED ALL LUNCHES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE PARENTS WITH ONLY MILK AND JUICE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE DURING THESE MESS PERIODS, I SUSPECT THAT OBESITY RATES WOULD FALL AS TEST SCORES ROSE.

YES, I'M OLD. YOU'RE OLD TOO, ELIZABETH, BUT WHAT'S NEW IS NOT NECESSARILY BETTER. A NEW TREND SEEMS TO BE UN-CONTROLLED GOVERNMENT SPENDING BY REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE. HANDOUTS - AND I AM REMINDED OF KATRINA 'VICTIMS' - SIMPLY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL HANDS OUT. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY AND RIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF A LIBERTARIAN LOVER OF SELF-RELIANCE.

A NO BRAINER

"FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY; TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS," MAY BE THE FORMULA FOR COMMUNISM ACCORDING TO KARL MARX, BUT IT IS A NOBRAINER EXPLANATION FOR ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RENDERS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES UNNECESSARY. APTITUDE TESTS HAVE PROVED THAT THE WAY 4 MONTH OLD CHILDREN PROCESS INFORMATION VIRTUALLY DOES NOT CHANGE THROUGHOUT LIFE. INCLINATIONS AND I.Q. ARE GENETICALLY AND SEXUALLY BASED, DISPLAYING THE CONTRARINESS OF MATH VS. LANGUAGE SKILLS, LEFT VS. RIGHT-SIDED BRAIN ACTIVITY. EVEN LARRY SUMMERS KNEW THAT, BUT HE WAS FORCED OUT OF HIS POSITION AS PRESIDENT OF HARVARD FOR PUTTING THE OBVIOUS INTO WORDS - MEN AND WOMEN THINK AND ACT DIFFERENTLY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE 'MASCULINE' POLE OF THE BRAIN IS ATTRACTED TO LOGIC, ABSTRACTION, MATH, SCIENCE, ACCOUNTING AND MUSIC. THE 'FEMININE' LOBE OF THE MIND GRAVITATES TO LANGUAGE, ENGLISH, HISTORY, ART, PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILANTHROPY.

HOW SHOULD SCHOOLS TRY TO UNLOCK EVERY CHILD'S INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL? YES, HOW? EDUCATION IS PER SE SELF-EDUCATION, UNFORCED BUT REINFORCED BY HARD WORK. IT IS ALSO SELF-SATISFACTION, A CATERING TO PROPENSITIES WHICH RENDER LEARNING EASIER AND A CERTAIN DISCIPLINE MORE APPEALING. EACH CHILD DRAWS FROM HIS INNATE ABILITIES TO CATER TO HIS OR HER NEEDS. UNLIKE COMMUNISM, HEREDITY ALLOWS FOR NO LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. FOR THIS FACT, FATE BE PRAISED! THE FUNCTION OF SCHOOLS, I BELIEVE, IS TO THROW AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE AT THE FAN (THE STUDENT) SO THAT INDIVIDUAL INCLINATIONS CAN DECIDE WHAT TO ACCEPT OR REBUFF OF THE BLOWBACK.

BALLOON RELEASE

COULD ANY THERAPY BE MORE POLITICALLY CORRECT THAN A BALLOON RELEASE FOR A MURDERED CHILD? OR TWO LOST YOUTH? RECENTLY, A CEREMONY WAS HELD AT A LOCAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL TO REMEMBER SAD FEELINGS WITHOUT FACING TWO FACTS. CHILDREN CAN'T COMPREHEND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH NEEDLESS DEATHS, NOR CAN THEY FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE CAUSED UNAVOIDABLE TRAGEDIES. AS A SOLDIER OBSERVED, "WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE." YET THE FEW, THE PROUD AND THE BRAVE ARE BECOMING A DYING BREED.

MY SPACE IN THE UNIVERSE IS FILLED WITH THE WANDERINGS OF ANOTHER LOST CHILD. HIS BALLOON IS FILLED WITH HOT AIR. MY SEND-UP BALLOON WOULD BE A PURE CATHARSIS FOR FRUSTRATION WITH MY THIRTY SOMETHING AND IMPRINTED, APPROPRIATELY, "HE DOESN'T LISTEN." AS A PARENT I CAN TESTIFY TO THE IMPERFECTIONS IN MY HUMANITY AND THE UNPREDICTABILITY INHERENT IN CHILD RAISING.

THE DEAFNESS OF A LOST SOUL TURNS HIS VALUES UPSIDE DOWN. HUBRIS REPLACES HUMILITY. THE SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS QUOTIENT TRUMPS EVEN A LIMITED I.Q. MATERIALISM OBFUSCATES SPIRITUALITY. SELF-SATISFACTION SUBSTITUTES FOR SACRIFICE. FLOUNDERING ABOUT IN AN OCEAN OF PRIORITIES, MY SON HABITUALLY SURFACES WITH HIS DESIRES FLOATING ON THE TOP.

WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? THE QUESTION IS MINE ALONE, BECAUSE BUSY SON ALWAYS KNOWS WHAT TO DO AND "WHAT I AM DOING." FATHER (AND MOTHER) DON'T KNOW BEST. LIKE A BALLOON ALOFT AND CONTINUOUSLY RISING, SOLUTIONS ELUDE ME. THEY APPARENTLY ALSO OFTEN ELUDE OTHER PARENTS AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. I SAY, LET'S RELEASE BALLOONS FOR THE BRAVE IN THIS LAND OF THE FREE WHO GUARANTEE FREEDOM OF ACTION WHICH ALLOWS MEN (AND WOMEN) TO CHOOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS OR TO CHOOSE THE EASY ROAD.