J.D. Longstreet

American Paranoia Sets In—Big Time!

Have you noticed your friends speaking a bit lower and standing a bit closer as they speak to each other recently? Have you observed, or thought you observed, whispered exchanges between people you know to be friends or even fellow employees? And have you noticed these exchanges in what is sometimes referred to as neutral locations -- i.e. -- not the work place or the home?

Conflict Between The Christian Church And The State America Needs The Church Militant!

I am personally aware of a minister who will not marry a couple if either of them have been divorced. His religious denomination is one of the largest protestant denominations in America.

Global Warming Makes People Mean!

"Shifts in climate are strongly linked to increases in violence around the world, a study suggests.

The Never Ending War

I used to feel comfortable saying that Democrats did not understand military power, or the application of military power. Now, as Republicans are showing the same weakness, I am no longer comfortable with that adage.

Gov. To Intercept, Read, And Store American’s Smoke Signals?

This scribe warned for years that the US Government was intent upon reigning supreme over the Internet.

For or Against the Constitution?

Before we Americans put forth a new slate of candidates for upcoming elections -- and I refer to ALL elections from the city council to the county commissioners, to the state legislature, to the US House and Senate, and finally, to the office of the President of the United States -- we must come up with a new, er, qualification, ah, litmus test, if you will.

Uncle Ho and the Founding Fathers

“…we discussed the fact that Ho Chi Minh was actually inspired by the U.S. Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and the words of Thomas Jefferson.” – President Obama talking to reporters alongside Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.

Malaise is here—Misery Index On The Way

You DO realize this is President Jimmy Carter's third term -- don't you? Yeah. I KNOW that's not funny. There hasn't been much fun for a long time now.

A National Shouting Match On Racism

As a Southerner, I am used to -- well, allow me to rephrase that: as far as it is possible, I am used to being called a racist, a bigot, a redneck, and several other epithets that I refuse to print here. That is not to say that I am comfortable with them, I am not. Nevertheless, again, as a southerner, hardly a day goes by that such disparaging words are not used, in reference to yours truly, singularly, as an individual, or collectively, as a member of the politically conservative right, or regionally, as a Southerner.

The Detroit Detox

Of course, Obama will do everything humanly possible to bail out Detroit -- in one fashion, or another. There can be no question about it. After all, Detroit IS spelled: U-N-I-O-N.

Obama And The Manure Spreader

"For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government's mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January. The result: an unleashing of thousands of hours per week of government-funded radio and TV programs for domestic U.S. consumption in a reform initially criticized as a green light for U.S. domestic propaganda efforts. So what just happened?" (ForeignPolicy.com)

The Compact Between Americans

It is said the USA has more of it’s citizens incarcerated, imprisoned, than any other nation on earth. I heard this some time ago on TV. I wondered what reaction the person making the statement hoped to elicit from me, and others, who heard it.

The Scourge Of Obamacare

As each day goes by and we see Obamacare unraveling, I become even more convinced that Obamacare was designed, from the very beginning, to fail!

What Ails The Entertainment Industry Today?

I love good books and I love good movies. Heck, I thoroughly enjoy a good story, an excellent yarn, spun and presented in such a way as to entertain and, yes, from time to time, enlighten me on a subject I am particularly interested in.

A Responsibility To Lead

This what you get with a bunch of amateur Progressive/Socialists in the White House. I am referring to Egypt, Syria, Libya, and, well, you name an area of the world, outside the western sphere of influence, and you can quickly see what happens when the US either withdraws, as in "leading from behind," or interferes by taking sides, especially when the side the US takes is the side against the people of a particular country.

What IS Truth?

There seem to be two events based on the Zimmerman trial unfolding simultaneously. One: The judicial system's trial of George Zimmerman -- and two: The media's public lynching of George Zimmerman.

Conservatives Forward!

Sometime ago, a friend asked me what I thought President Ronald Reagan would think of Obama.

Obama’s New Crisis:  Global Warming

Ever since Obama's swearing in the US has lurched from one crisis to another, ever off kilter, never quite getting a grasp of the real situation, rushed toward an Obama sponsored answer to a problem that we are not quite sure actually IS a problem to begin with.

God Bless America

Yes, Virginia, America WAS once FREE.

Obama’s “Ban the Bomb Bluster”

One thing about the Hippie generation, they are relentless. Even after the air headed-ness of their ideas has been exposed for decades they continue to press on, and on, and on, ad infinitum.