I’m sure everyone’s aware of our larger cities across America selling the naming rights for pubic buildings built with taxpayers funds to private corporations…… I, personally, think this is criminal and should be viewed as a “conflict of interest” in that it is nothing more than an unfair business advantage and not only gives the […]

1st ” The larger the lie, the more people will believe it” Adolph Hitler 2nd “Those who do not remember the past, are condemned to repeat it” Anonymous Soldier who helped liberate the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Both are extremely relevant today, don’t ya think? My Personal favorite. “Anything you’re doing right now, that is not […]

Here are some quotes from an article out of Friday’s The Oklahoman about how the poor oil industry is just barely surviving with all the devastating weather and oil shortages……. “DALLAS – Exxon Mobil Corp. rewrote the corporate record books Thursday as the oil company’s third-quarter earnings soared to almost $10 billion, and it became […]

Who would you like to see in the oval office next time? Why?

The Guess Who had a hit in 1970 with “Share the Land.” But the song was banned across the South because politicians thought it was promoting communism…… As the band explained, the song was about heaven……. Wouldn’t those red-baiting politicians have served the country better by investigating the subversive lyrics in “Louie, Louie”?…….. Oh! That’s […]

Here’s a couple of quotes from the political arena on fools that are funny and true at the same time…….. “The young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool”……… –Harold Macmillian, politician……. Newspaper columnist Molly Ivins reported […]

Iraq’s parliament has given in to UN and US pressure to modify voting rules in a forthcoming referendum on the constitution. Originally the assembly decided that the two-thirds majority needed in three provinces to defeat the landmark charter would be counted from all registered voters rather than actual voters. Now the parliament has passed a […]

I was watching a program on PBS about events that shaped the sixties. People in the streets, the war, etc. We have a similar war now but very few people in the streets even considering the latest protest in D.C. Where is everyone? Will it take more years of war to piss people off? Does […]

Did you see the senators on national TV giving their take on what should be done in order to help pay for the storm damage caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Not Lovely Rita as in Sgt. Pepper’s)?…….. The two that really stuck out in my mind was the one (I don’t remember the individual […]

Ignorance, which procreates fear, is the most lucrative commodity ever. So fear must rule the world. Without fear, the Church, the arms industry, the government, the police and that sort of thing appear to be less of a necessity. Money is also a product that dances with fear, take it away and suddenly you are […]

In the ’50’s and ’60’s, we were the same as quaranteed to have automobiles/transporation that didn’t require the use of polluting, foul, toxic gasoline no later than the 1990’s and ,whew, by the 21st century, we would have anti-grav flying cars with all the bells and whistles…… Well, it is the 21st century and, I […]

That’s what you get if you have any kind of vested interest in the oil and gas industry these days…… Anyone from the oil company CEO to the neighborhood convenience store owner are making immediate excessive profits off Katrina and the oil industry in general….. These are called “Windfall profits” because the original production costs […]

What’s the smartest form of government? Thomas Jefferson was smart enough to know that in a democracy we get to choose the people who will then screw up our lives….. But, in a monarchy the people who will screw up our lives are chosen by divine right, which proves that God has no better luck […]

In the old Soviet Union, it was illegal to play the game of Monopoly…….. Scrabble was legal, but all triple-word bonus scores probably had to be distributed equally among the collective players for the greater glory of the game masses………

What does the telephone company and the Spanish-American War have in common?…… The Spanish-American War ended 107 year ago…… Alexander’s company was then just emerging….. So-o-o, where’s the connection? (Pun intended)…… Our fabulous government…… In order to pay for the Spanish-American War, our government levied an excise tax on telephone usage as it was then […]