Reading time – 121 upsetting seconds . . . WARNING: People are being murdered, but you might not care. Have a look at this and you’ll understand. Then come back here for an eye-opener. —————————————– I’m a curious guy, so when a horrific event unfolds, one of my first reactions is to wonder what’s behind… [read more]
Somebody Please Tell Me
Reading time – 69 seconds . . . We were told by President Bush that we should invade Iraq because Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and because he was in cahoots with al Qaeda in the 9/11 attack. Besides, Saddam was a bad guy. Okay, at least he got the bad guy thing… [read more]
Roseburg, OR and Manipulation
Reading time – 65 seconds . . . President Obama went to Roseburg, OR to express condolences to the families, friends and their fellow citizens for their losses due to the murderous campus rampage of a killer at their community college. He went to meet privately with families of victims and the surviving victims to… [read more]
Vice
Reading time – 67 seconds . . . Happy Columbus Day, as we celebrate some guy who found an island over 500 years ago and we have no clue about the reason we remember and celebrate, a reason which has been lost for over 100 years. It’s just another day off work for some. So,… [read more]
Silent Majority
Reading time – 58 seconds . . . Donald Trump has resurrected the term “silent majority” and I must take issue with both a directly stated and an implied message. To my recollection, the term “silent majority” was coined by Richard Nixon in the late 1960s as code for “real, patriotic Americans,” in contrast to… [read more]
Just So You Know All of What It Means
Reading time – 96 seconds . . . You know about mass shootings, of course, but a review is useful, so have a look at the partial list below. DATE LOCATION PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED Oct 1, 2015 Roseburg, OR … [read more]
It’s Obvious
Reading time – 76 seconds . . . Long time reader DL offered in a private email that he sees me as an iconoclast and that I help people to realize the obvious. That’s a compliment, right? iconoclast – a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions. – Apple Dictionary, v2.2 I’m not confident that… [read more]
Imagine
Reading time – 2 minutes 31 seconds . . . It was 1961 when President Kennedy proposed – challenged us, really – to send a man to the moon and bring him safely back to Earth by the end of the decade. It was a daring choice. At the time we didn’t have propulsion technology… [read more]
The Question
Reading time – 72 seconds . . . Pope Francis is visiting the United States this week and there is a question that begs an answer. Here are the facts. By the time his visit is complete he will have been received at the White House and will have visited the homeless. He will have… [read more]
Coming Together for Survival
Reading time – 41 seconds . . . A while back we had some assurance that there wouldn’t be a nuclear war with the Soviets. It was called “mutually assured destruction” – acronym MAD – and, not surprisingly, the Soviets wanted to continue to live as much as we did. That calculus for the… [read more]
