Sarge

An unattractive “but”

Rasmussen says Landrieu leads Cassidy by three points. While this is within the normal range of +/- variances expressed as a “margin of error”, liberal elements could latch onto this like a balloon caught in a vortex expecting it to lift Landrieu above the gates Cassidy is erecting to prevent her re-entry to the Senate.

To hallow the day

For those who gave all; not for those wanting it.

Practicality lost

Yesterday I alluded to the chair George Washington sat in for nearly three months of the Federal Convention in 1787. The chair is constructed of mahogany by John Folwell circa 1779. It is of sturdy construction showing the particular utility of its purpose and the time it was constructed in. While ornate in some decorative sense it’s known specifically for the metaphor developed from Madison and Franklin’s appreciation for the symbolism they attached to it.

The Sun Also Rises

"Whilst the last members were signing [the Constitution], Doctor Franklin, looking towards the Presidents chair, at the back of which a rising sun happened to be painted, observed to a few members near him, that painters had found it difficult to distinguish in their art, a rising, from a setting, sun. I have, said he, often and often, in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President, without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting; but now at length, I have the happiness to know, that it is a rising, and not a setting sun. Franklin, Benjamin" (Source: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, debates in the Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1787.James Madison, Journal of the Federal Convention, ed. E. H. Scott, p. 763) My buddy Bill sent me a photo proving indistinguishable from a setting or rising sun and the above quote sprang to mind. I thank you Bill for doing so as sunrise was becoming evident here in Louisiana. Bill lives in Florida as I once did. So, in this sense he gets the fresh breath of God’s light a wee bit sooner than I.

Etiquette doesn’t trump truth

Etiquette: the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group. Truth: noun, 1. the actual state of a matter 2. Conformity with fact or reality; verity 3. Le fact, proposition, principle or the like 4. The state or character of being factual, 5. Actuality or actual existence “Liberte’, Egalite’, Fraternite’”, they screamed as the rebels attacked the Bastille. It was a point of contention never before seen in France. The masses arose in unity and removed the heads of those who’d oppressed them with egregious acts relegating the people to the point not of feudal dominance but abject slavery. The act finally ground to a halt with the loss of some of the greatest minds and scholars to the guillotine.

Minding my own paper

Unfettered dogma is what’s wrong with America today; Mississippi’s Thad Cochran

Of egotists and megalomaniacs

John Boehner may have actually awakened from his scotch and cigarette-induced coma and come up with a good idea. He may sue Obama for his over-reach and more than over-used Executive Orders mandating and violating the system of “checks and balances” American government is noted for internationally.

Beware the Goatherd

Following Louisiana politics is similar to herding snakes from the International Space Station. Any effectiveness is hindered by being removed from the field and the damned snakes don’t listen anyway. Such is the case when party hierarchies start flexing their muscles and tell constituents what they need to think so as to assure the hierarchy gains, or remains, in power. Both political parties are guilty of this.

Taking cruel medicine

Jeff Crouere, the editor and brains behind the Bayou Buzz enterprise, can start a train of thought most normally indicating my pending derailment from sanity. But, I do truly appreciate his ability at expressing a thought. You should check it out. He recently posted an article titled: “Louisiana GOP smoke-filled room is no Tea Party”

Iraq Today!

Living in Louisiana is an adventure. I remember just how powerful a monsoon can be when weather shifts take place in the Deep South. I was forced to shut down computer operations rather than toast a CPU from random power surges. So, I had a little time to consider what needed to be spoken about to capture your imagination and hopefully lead you to see how absurd politicians can be.

Be careful what you ask for

Be careful what you ask for: you might get it. This kernel of homespun wisdom needs to be driven full-force into the forehead of Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, the Prime Minister who worked so exuberantly to have U.S. Forces leave his country. His belief Iraqi forces could shoulder the self-defense responsibilities of his nation were not quite up to snuff. Al-Maliki forgot it’s against Islamic Law for Muslims to wage war against Muslims unless they gain counseling from more militant, fundamentalist Imams saying it’s okay.

Not by their commandment

Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader had his head handed to him by a neophyte “Tea Party Candidate” in last night’s Republican primary.

LT. Botox Blunders Again

Whenever I have a problem finding an idea for a column, I wait for either Obama or the great rectum, John Kerry to say something I can challenge. We understand Obama’s basic incompetence and lack of command presence other than to brand anything he finds remotely critical of his administration is either racist or partisan politics in his mind. Both are Alinskyist tactics to deflect anybody from recognizing the criticism is correct.

The Storm

In this matter as to whether Bowe Bergdahl is a deserter, a traitor or a flower child seeking to spread American goodness and light to Afghan Taliban operatives after field stripping his M-4 and taking moonlit walks into Taliban infested country so he can find a spot to meditate; I must admit the jury is still out for me. I say it’ll all come out after a highly classified investigation is conducted by Obama’s Army. I expect the administration will keep trying to dodge the bullet as to why Obama unilaterally and without Congressional consultation chose to let the moral equivalency of Eisenhower, Patton, Omar Bradley, Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman out of Guantanamo to direct Taliban and Al Qaeda operations across the globe.

It’s not so hard and it’s true as I see it!

I awoke this morning with the same feeling I have every day. I thank my God for the chance to try and get it right one more time. Which is not to say I have a gilded track record for “getting it right” in many prior cases. I mean I’ve had my day and then suffered the penalty of darkness because I got it all wrong. Many times I got it wrong because adults changed the rule in mid-stream and wondered why I just couldn’t get it right.

Loopholes

Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude. (Alexis de Tocqueville) Today, in the world we cobbled together after World War 2, we’re watching the passing of what’s been called “The Greatest Generation”. That generation is composed of people who were the children of pioneers and innovators fully into the development of a maturing nation. These people of this generation inherited a common perspective devoted to understanding and being committed to the hard work that endeavor required.

MY WTF moment

Anybody on the planet not recognizing I despise Beaurat Obama either lives under a rock or is directly related to Howard Dean and assuredly showing the fractured DNA separates him from other Homo sapiens.

It took a long time

“Climate Change”, formerly “Global Warming”, is regularly and seriously debated as being real or imaginary, imminently dangerous and a boondoggle in general. Such is the effect of politics trying to guide science.

The Hedge of Thorns

I was reading my Bible the other day and came across this passage in Proverbs (15:19): “The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns; but the way of the righteous is made plain”.

Culture?

n 1. the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action 2. the total range of activities and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions, which are transmitted and reinforced by members of the group: the Mayan culture 3. a particular civilization at a particular period 4. the artistic and social pursuits, expression, and tastes valued by a society or class, as in the arts,manners, dress, etc 5. the enlightenment or refinement resulting from these pursuits 6. the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour that characterize and inform society as a whole or any social group within it: yob culture 7. the cultivation of plants, esp by scientific methods designed to improve stock or to produce new ones (World English Dictionary -2014) A film critic took Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen to task for helping to create a culture responsible for the Isla Vista shooter’s action. Aside from the absurdity of blaming individuals for the actions of a single mentally and emotionally challenged individual it causes societies lesser intelligentsia to demonize guns again and scream a question I learned long ago has no answer: why?