Jim Yardley

Jim Yardley is a retired financial controller for manufacturing firms, a Vietnam veteran and an independent voter. Jim blogs at jimyardley.wordpress.com

Most Recent Articles by Jim Yardley:

Do Laws Only Apply to Conservatives? January 11, 2017
What excuse do the Democrats have to claim that Donald Trump and Republicans are the ones in this country who are fascists? Don’t these people ever look in a mirror?
Dealing with the United Nations December 28, 2016
And not a single shot would need to be fired nor wouldn't even be any need to be rude
How Could the Polls be So Far Off? November 11, 2016
The citizens of this country lied to the pollsters
A Stunning Achievement May 8, 2016
He may have finally created an environment where Democrats and Republicans will join forces to take back the authority that was given to them
What Did He Just Say? December 3, 2015
I find it very troubling to think that Obama might be replaced by someone just like him
Tell Me That You Love Me December 1, 2015
Boycott of polling would undermine any claim that the poll is a "representative sampling" of opinion. Insecurity in a candidate is a healthy thing for a democracy
Freedom of Speech Doesn’t Mean “Free” Speech November 29, 2015
Freedom of Speech, Free Speech, Constitution
A Non-Partisan Question for All the Candidates November 24, 2015
As Commander-in-Chief, do you believe that you can send young men and young women, who are in our military, to their deaths?
I Am a Terrorist November 22, 2015
Of course the greatest terrorist fear that they have from all of us is that we just might vote Republican
The Real Source of ISIS Recruiting Strength November 20, 2015
After each successful attack that is not responded to forcefully, that reaction reinforces the view of the West that it is the weak horse
The Best is Yet to Come … of course it is November 11, 2015
Missouri University: They should have been treated as a child would have been treated
Oops!  I Made a Mistake October 19, 2015
Progressives obviously they think they are incapable of making a mistake, any mistake.
Why Do People Hate or Denigrate Columbus? October 12, 2015
It’s not because he was the “first”, but because his voyage has proven to be the most significant and historically altering
Refugees: Their Sense of Both Superiority and Entitlement October 10, 2015
Terror that is the basis for a Muslim sense of superiority. A Muslim sense of entitlement.
Inconceivable! September 10, 2015
How many different ways can politicians misuse the words immigrant, emigrant, migrant, immigration, and migration when the five words mean completely different things?
The First Place to Cut Spending…Easily August 23, 2015
After four years of a responsible administration simply not replacing those federal workers who either retire, die, quit or get fired should reduce total nonmilitary headcount in the federal government by about 20%
How Do You Eat an Elephant? August 19, 2015
“Trick” question, “How do you eat an elephant?” And the answer to that question is always the same, “One bite at a time.”
Will We See the Downfall of Both Parties? August 18, 2015
Given how odd the leaders in polling for both parties appear, this is not a daydream or fantasy
What Should Really be Blamed? July 13, 2015
A nearly nonexistent education
When Does Decency Triumph? July 9, 2015
The extension of the most recent Supreme Court case regarding gay marriage when applied to nudist couples clearly shows there is unrestrained freedom of stupidity
A Circular Firing Squad Isn’t Just a Joke July 2, 2015
When you have sixteen GOP candidates for the presidency all they do is suck oxygen out of the air and money out of donor’s wallets that will be wasted
Speaking Whose Truth? June 16, 2015
Kind of makes you wonder why the phrase “Speaking Truth to Power” exists anywhere beyond a college class in poetic nonsense, doesn’t it?
Random Thoughts June 11, 2015
Democrats/Progressives and Islamic terrorists share a burning, fanatical desire to exercise absolute power over everyone in the world
Is this Your Country? May 28, 2015
When a candidate says “This is my country” or “America is my country” -- which meaning do you think is running through his, or more likely, her mind?
Protecting Thought or Paychecks? May 22, 2015
Teachers: Democrats will fight tooth-and-nail to protect the intellectual concept of academic freedom as a crutch for permanent employment --which results in a permanent stream of donations to the Democrat Party
Have You Demanded a “Right to Kill” Recently? April 25, 2015
Between terrorism and verbalized threats, I think Mr. Bandow's justifications need a little more work before people actually listen to him, or assign any value to his opinions
Answering Debbie Wasserman-Shultz’s Challenge April 20, 2015
The United States needs to respond to Iran with something beyond promising them that we will do everything they ask without demur.
When did the word “Negotiate” become the New Synonym for “Surrender”? April 13, 2015
Who could accept the idea that our President, as the smartest guy ever elected to anything, might make such an idiotic decision and risk the very existence of his own nation to the whims of irrational religious zealots?
What Exactly Does the U.N. Accomplish? April 12, 2015
United Nations has no reason to continue existing at all
Coming to America April 8, 2015
“Freedom is never free”, but this concept seems to have passed many, if not most, illegals right by