The Obit
To Democrats: Condolences on the loss your brother. To Republicans: A huge and resounding *** whew *** as we finally become free from the restraints of our common sibling who has over-stayed his usefulness…Big Brother.
Chuck Klein
Shame on you AFNN
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Best For Who?
The Great Depression and WWII found us rallying behind FDR’s 3,728 executive orders. By 1945, militarily and economically, we were the strongest of all nations. Our smugness generated an 80-year liberal mindset that fostered the belief: What’s Best for Other Nations is Best of Us. Five factors followed:
Tax Time
Given the turmoil (over and above normal) in the Internal Revenue Service, Chuck Klein has some advice that may help taxpayers protect themselves.
Famous Quotes
If you’ve studied history or lived it, you should be able to add the last name and put context into these lines:
“From my cold dead hands….” Heston
“Et tu Brute.” William
Update on U.S. Postal Service Lawsuit
The ten-year battle continues with the US Postal service over their unilateral, arbitrary and capricious refusal to allow my mailbox to be at my property line.
Liberal Thinking
Suppose a commercial airline needs to hire 12 pilots; 10 are qualified and hired; two who are not as qualified are hired to appease DEI goals. Who do you want flying the plane you’re on?
Our Federal Court
The U.S. Supreme Court hears appeals from the Circuit Courts. There is no requirement that the Supreme Court must hear all or any cases. The reality of this selectivity is due to an overload of cases and sometimes for political reasons.
Far-Sighted or Delusional
The story is of Don Quixote, a delusional character, who thought of himself as a knight in shining armor. There were no giants, only windmills and the rival knights
Disturbing Trends
We’ve witnessed the weaponization of the law by the persecution of Trump and with the refusal to prosecute rioters in cities (post George Floyd).
Our Second Amendment
The Second Amendment to the Constitution serves a number of functions to preserve liberty, not all of them obvious.
The “Reasonableness” Factor
Discretionary wording is found throughout the Constitution and its Amendments.
Article I: “Each house MAY determine the rules….”
Article IV: “New states MAY be admitted by the Congress….”
Ukraine Reality
It’s not only about peace, saving lives or mineral rights; it’s more about the quid pro quo conceived by Trump’s Art of the Deal – winning by advantageously creating confusion and turmoil for the opposition.
Options For Gaza And Gazans
Nobody wants the Gazans fomenting strife in their countries. What needs to be done?
Truths And Questions
Answers to questions can bring about Truth…which in turn can often bring about new questions and another search for Answers
Country Folk
The January snow/ice storm kept us snowbound for seven days. My farm tractor couldn’t move the 4” of snow on top of the 2” of ice that was over the 6” of the first snow on our ¾ mile driveway.
Questions and answers I asked the artificial intelligence program, MS CoPilot
For those interested in Artificial Intelligence, here is one of our best writers’ experiences.
See Change?
The greatest sea change in America occurred from 1944 and 1964 – the birth years of the baby-boomers.
WHEWWW!!
I was inside my farmhouse – miles from anywhere – yet at the moment of Donald Trump’s swearing in, I heard an unmistakable “WHEWWW!!”
There’s More to MAGA than just a moniker
Republicans might be deplorable or trash, but they’re smart enough to understand Trump’s MAGA approaches – his methods of conducting political, domestic and military matters by utilizing intimidation, outlandish claims and threats. Targets of these real or pseudo bluffs will not be in an advantageous bargaining position. Those who chastise this unorthodox, bullying, goal-oriented practice …