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True Grit

As an ardent John Wayne fan, this film was agonizing to watch. I can see how Jeff Bridges got a lot of Hollywood praise for his interpretation of the title role because he did his […]

Tech

Technology Has Caught Up With the Boeing Dreamliner

The blood suckers on Wall Street are freaking out about a rash of problems with Boeing’s new Dreamliner aircraft. There was a fire in a Japan Airlines Dreamliner yesterday, attributed to wiring in a lithium […]

The New Years Eve Fiscal Cliff Bill Only Reduced the Deficit by $4 Billion

You’ve read all the propaganda in the mainstream media about how the “fiscal cliff” resolution bill will solve all our budget problems. The rich are finally “paying their fair share.” Turns out the bill only […]

Democrat Road Warrior to be Treasury Secretary

The business cable news is abuzz with commentary of Timothy Geitner’s replacement as Treasury Secretary. Obama has nominated Jack Lew, currently White House Chief of Staff. Here we are in the middle of a tepid […]

Washington Pols as Guppies in a Fishbowl

In just the last couple of days one of the fish in my downstairs aquarium of community fish has that condition where they lose equilibrium. He drifts around like a limp bit of orange flotsam […]

60,000 Blacks Lie to Get Government Checks

Back in 1999, the Agriculture Department paid $1 billion in settlements to minorities for discrimination in farm loans, alleging the average loan to minorities was $28,000 versus $98,000 for white farmers. It was called the […]

Evangelicals Support Amnesty for Illegals

The Christian Science Monitor reports a growing trend among evangelicals to support immigration reform. Since evangelicals are a significant block of the GOP they could assert considerable influence in Washington, especially given Obama’s determination to […]