Sarge

Different doesn’t mean better

Last week was a loser for me and some friends, acquaintances and colleagues. In a theatrical sense somebody might have titled it: “Week of the Dying Computer”. It seemed like everybody either crashed, bombed or let the holy smoke from the interior workings of these little communications marvels. My personal disaster required the purchase of a whole new unit.

About the Benjamins

Participate (v): Share in something. 2) To have a share in common with others; 3) To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of; 4) To impart, or give, or share of ~ Webster’s On-line Dictionary Responsibility (n); A form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility". ~Wordnet

Deference

Deference: 1. a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; 2. courteous regard for people's feelings; 3. a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others; 4. a yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance. Webster’s On-line Dictionary

Now we must give

Occasionally, I listen to the silence around me. It’s similar to the moment before all hell breaks loose and you’re involved in one of the most frightening moments of your life.

Lift the veil

Political correctness is America’s newest form of intolerance, and it is especially pernicious because it comes disguised as tolerance. It presents itself as fairness, yet attempts to restrict and control people’s language with strict codes and rigid rules. I’m not sure that’s the way to fight discrimination. I’m not sure silencing people or forcing them to alter their speech is the best method for solving problems that go much deeper than speech.--George Carlin

Submit this!

Whenever I feel there’s nothing for me to write about, Joe Biden slaps something on my plate I simply can’t help but enjoy digesting.

Sirocco

Sirocco: any hot, oppressive wind, esp. one blowing toward a center of low barometric (political?) pressure. The last few months have tested the American people’s patience. We’ve endured one of the greatest exhibitions of self-service in the history of politics: The Republican Party Presidential Candidate Debates. Some say, there’s been no greater example of hot air exchange since the development of the heat pump. It’s fitting the latest took place in Las Vegas, a city in the middle of a desert. It’s hot and was once barren until “special interests” took over and developed the area.

Rotten at the top

Okay. Why is it everybody thinks a problem, 30 years in the making, is going to be fixed with an airhead declaring victory and we all go home? Is economics so easily manipulated a person can simply issue a diktat and the rest of us all fall into line like good little lemmings and play follow the leader off of a cliff? Does the White House really believe its own press releases?

Nanny state

Occupy Wall Street is a protest happening as we speak. It seems many people involved are disenchanted with the way Wall Street has functioned over the years. They want to tear down that which brought them to the point they enjoy right now.

To Tour Elba

Obama’s on the stump again. He couldn’t convince a blind, deaf Neanderthal his latest challenge to Congress isn’t campaign rhetoric. The guy now carries the relevance of a callus. What relative good does it do? Is it of benefit because it cushions a body part from the pressures exerted on it; or is it useless skin (cracked and incapable of yielding) and is thus restrictive of forward movement?

Hype; not Hope

Stimulus One. Obamacare. Stimulus Two: American Jobs Act. Programs advertising elemental cures for what ails America. Obama’s failing to deliver. In a contest to only be described as Madison Avenue versus Pennsylvania Avenue, we were led to believe Hope alone would foster Change.

Fast becoming Furious

Political spin: a concept developed to explain the way politicians tiptoe around the truth in order to conceal their willing participation in a disaster. (Defined by me)

Infallibility

Which topics will be debated by the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS)? Will they address Obamacare? Will the inscrutable justices decide on the propriety and exercise of the 10th amendment? Can people be forced (by virtue of the Commerce Clause’s over-reach and control of things commercial) to buy what they don’t want?

Spokes

To say we have a great form of government is an outright understatement. We have three separate, independent hubs supporting our societal bond’s outer ring. Most other countries only lust after it. By our Constitutional mandate, one spoke is meant to support the others while keeping fast its own integrity. Weakened substance and poorly crafted construction are the only things that can menace this system.

The Fed III

On initial observation, the Federal Reserve System is pretty much straightforward, But, any organization can be perceived in one way when it’s really something else. The Fed appears an organization benefiting the people, it’s really self-serving and totally dedicated to one thing--MONEY. And, in NO way can it be assumed it’s your money we’re talking about.

The Fed II

Simply explaining the Federal Reserve System’s operation isn’t easy if you’re not an economist. There’s a specific jargon, that jargon’s definitions and usage illustrates more of the governmental “newspeak” used in Orwell’s classic 1984. I feel the victim of a “thought crime”.

The Fed

Trying to describe how the Federal Reserve System works in 700 words is darned nigh impossible. So, I think (with your permission) I’ll try simplifying it as much as is possible. I’ll take a couple of days to give you an idea of how this might have gotten out of hand. There are great sources from Wikipedia on up for you to do your own research in this matter.

The Road Less Traveled

Metaphorically Robert Frost doesn’t normally step into the battering realm of politics. Accordingly, few people ever try equating him to circumstances devolving in Congress. But, allusions creep quietly into a writer’s mind as his deadline stealthily glides into range to strike like a viper with an attitude.

Doomed to repetition

Barack Obama’s been criticizing the “do-nothing Congress”. An allusion to Truman isn’t a smart move because people can inspect the whole “ox being gored” and find exactly what good this allusion can accomplish. In this case not much good can come from it.

This be a test

This is a test. This is only a test. If this made sense it wouldn't involve politics. This is ONLY a test.