Eisenhower’s Final Warning: Why He Suspected A Military Coup Against Kennedy
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The Salty Citizen: Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right
And here I am, stuck in the middle with you – my fellow salty citizens.
Good news, everybody – Still no kings here in America.
Just a whole lot of clowns… and an alarming number of jokers.
One big, beautiful, tent where BOTH the left and right gather their best freaks and frauds to dazzle and distract us to death.
Protests in the public streets.
Procrastination in the elected seats. I’m looking at you, Congress.
Humph. Just bloody brilliant! Continue reading
Homeschool Legal Defense Helps Parents go on Offense in Connecticut
Far from being ignored anymore, the home-schooling movement is coming under Big Brother-like scrutiny that goes way beyond filing annual paperwork to a social worker’s knock on the door.
Ralph Rodriguez, an attorney at Home School Legal Defense, told “Washington Watch” he was being interviewed on the program just hours after helping homeschooling families in Connecticut fight a bill that would allow the Department of Children and Families, or DCF, to investigate families for child abuse.
The homeschooling bill, House Bill 5468, which passed out of the Education Committee 26-20 this week, represents “the most significant shift in homeschool policy in the country,” the HSLDA attorney insisted.
That’s because homeschooling families, who are already disliked and mistrusted by critics, would be an immediate target of DCF because the bill mandates the public school district must contact DCF if a student withdraws from public school for homeschooling. Continue reading
Boston Moves The Education Goalposts Then Celebrates Cheating The Students
Participation awards aren’t even good for five-year-old little leaguers, so participation diplomas for high school or college graduates can only be described as disastrous.
Get your children OUT of the System – NOW
I have written several columns in the past about the declining education systems in certain blue cities across the country. In some instances, the test scores were so poor that it was nearly unbelievable. The solutions to these issues are not complicated, but identifying the problems and finding enough people willing to address them is another challenge altogether.
Teachers can no longer give failing grades
To facilitate effective learning, students should be taught rather than indoctrinated. Clear expectations must be established, along with consequences for when those expectations are not met. Currently, the educational system – from kindergarten through college – features teachers and administrators who often act more like social busybodies and micromanagers of others’ affairs than on teaching subjects that will genuinely benefit students in real life. Continue reading
Hickman: What if This is ALL Part of the Plan?
You don’t have to look very hard these days to see widespread criticism of the conflict in Iran.
Obviously, there are the usual suspects like the New York Times and Washington Post who have called it “folly” and “rotten”. But plenty of voices on the right have joined in the criticism as well.
Tucker Carlson calls it “absolutely disgusting and evil”. Thomas Massie says it is “not America First”. Joe Rogan says it’s “insane”. Joe Kent, formerly the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned his post because Iran was not “an imminent threat” and there was no “clear path to a swift victory”. Continue reading
McCullough: Saving America Comes First!
I’m tired.
Not of the fight. Not of the debate. Not even of the opposition.
I’m tired of the excuses.
For weeks now, we’ve been told – again and again – that passing the SAVE America Act is just too difficult. Too complicated. Too procedurally burdensome. Too politically risky.
“It’s an arduous task,” they say.
Good. It should be. Because saving America has never been easy. And the sooner the United States Senate remembers that, the better. Continue reading
Haggith: Expiration Date
A poem for these times of waning sense and fading glory.
I felt inspired to write something totally different today – a poem – though I think it fits the feeling of these times. – David Haggith
The grass leans lightly away from the wind,
as the light grows dim in the once-golden fields,
now gray at the fall of day.
The song of evening bird cries across the plain,
and the earth waits to receive a rain
long in coming. Continue reading
Smith: The Power of Sunrise
The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre argued that human beings are condemned to freedom — that we are always responsible not only for our actions but for how we interpret them. In existential terms, one cannot hide behind ideology or collective narratives. If you believe an act was necessary, even just, then your lack of remorse may reflect a deeply integrated moral framework rather than moral deficiency. The discomfort may stem from external voices insisting that your interior landscape should look different. Continue reading
Smith: I’ll Not Offer the Other Cheek… The Rhythm of American Life Has Shifted
This is a small exercise in ethics and the massive expansion of criminal activity we now find in America, largely due to this corrupt, immoral and far too permissive society we’ve allowed to manifest itself in our midst, giving way to the worst aspects of human nature and leaving destruction and shattered lives in its wake.
Most people are sure to disagree with me, but it’s been a decades long journey for me to arrive at this point. I full well believe that under certain extreme situations, the law is inadequate, ineffectual and totally useless; and, in order to shame the powers-that-be for so gross an inadequacy, it is necessary to act outside of the normal parameters of the law to pursue natural justice – vengeance if you must name it. Continue reading
Snyder: Is The World Ready For A Global Energy Catastrophe And A Global Food Catastrophe At The Same Time?
We have reached an unprecedented moment in human history. If this war with Iran continues for an extended period of time, we will be facing the greatest energy disruption in human history and the greatest food production disruption in human history simultaneously. Many were hoping that Iran would agree to the Trump administration’s proposal for a 30 day ceasefire, but it was obvious that was never going to happen.
The Iranians have completely rejected Trump’s 15 point plan, and they are demanding that the U.S. must agree to permanent Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz before any negotiations even begin. Needless to say, the U.S. will never agree to that, and so the war will rage on.
For now, Iran is determining which vessels are allowed to travel through the Strait of Hormuz… Continue reading
Garrison: Which is Worst? – A RINO or A DINO?
Ah, the majestic creatures of Washington D.C. — where the elephants sprout rhino horns, the donkeys grow dinosaur tails, and the only thing bipartisan is the finger-pointing.
The RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) and DINOs (Democrats In Name Only) are circling the Capitol dome like it’s feeding time at the world’s most expensive zoo. In front of the cameras, the big beasts growl and posture. But on main street, the frustrated voters are losing it: “DARN RINOs!” “DARN DINOs!” Continue reading
Haggith: The STRAIT Jacket
It suits the president well.
Iran flat-out rejected Trump’s “peace plan” today (again) and continued its attacks around the gulf and at Israel where missile interceptors seem to be stretched a little thin now in their ability to shield the public, almost like Israel is running triage to save their use now for the most important sites. Iran clearly wants to stay in the fight at this point to exact as much revenge as it can (and it has said as much several times.)
A move by US President Donald Trump to start indirect talks is illogical and not viable at this stage of the conflict, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday
None of this stopped the president from continuing to say that Iran is eagerly negotiating for peace, and he hopes to have an agreement later this week, to which Iran gave an interesting response: Continue reading
DeWeese: Cesar Chavez – A Saul Alinsky-Trained Thug Gets His Due!
Cesar Chavez
Sometimes it may take many years, but finally the lies are exposed, the halos crash to the ground and vindication is awarded to the truth tellers. Pardon me if I am feeling a bit of satisfaction from some shocking revelations – finally! Let me start with some details of personal events from years ago.
In the 1970s I was a dedicated activist of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) the largest conservative youth activist group in the nation. I became state chairman of the Ohio branch. It was a time of major Leftist activity on college campuses, including antiwar demonstrations and violent riots. It was the beginning of the drive for the radical agenda we face today.
One of the major issues born from that agenda was the claim that immigrant farmworkers were oppressed victims of the capitalist economy that was getting rich as the workers could barely find enough to eat. Out of the oppression a savior emerged. Continue reading
Ross: A Book Report
Introduction
Things may be somewhat different now, but when I was a kid the school system required us to read books; a lot of books. We had the typical text books that taught us subjects such as history, science, and math. Then, once we got past the basics in learning how to read and write, we were given reading assignments, a specific number of chapters from a book assigned by the teacher; which we would then discuss the following day in class. Finally, there were the book reports.
For those of you who have never had to write a book report, the teacher would assign a book to read, then give you a specific amount of time to read it, then write a report on what you had read. Continue reading
Dickens: Patience… A Capacity Lost in Modern America
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” ~ Leo Tolstoy
Patience is the ability to remain calm and composed when faced with delays, provocations, or boring situations without complaining or becoming angry. It encompasses tolerance and endurance, which are often needed to achieve long-term goals or handle difficult people or tasks. It is the noun form of “patient.”
Synonyms: Forbearance – Tolerance – Endurance – Composure – Serenity – Fortitude – Equanimity – Stoicism
Please point to the word in this list that best describes life in modern America.
Take your time… Continue reading
Snyder: Has A Global Catastrophe Been Averted, Or Is This Just A Very Temporary Reprieve?
For the moment, we have avoided a global economic cataclysm. President Trump was threatening to completely destroy Iran’s power grid if the Iranians did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and in response the Iranians were threatening to destroy oil and gas infrastructure all over the Middle East. Once that infrastructure is gone it would have to be replaced, and that would take years. Meanwhile, the entire world would be forced to endure the worst energy crisis in human history and the economic fallout would be intolerable.
The good news is that President Trump has announced that he will not be attacking Iran’s power grid for at least five days. I think that once Iran released the list of oil and gas facilities that would be targeted if their power grid got destroyed, Trump decided to reconsider his plans… Continue reading
Sorry, Fellow Democrats… Americans Can’t Stand Either Political Party
Not a week goes by that I don’t swear at my new political party, the Democratic Party, for being utterly out of touch with not only political reality, but with regular, everyday, working-class Americans. Not a week goes by that I don’t want to just slap my new party upside the head for being so dang out of touch.
I had a conversation last night with a new follower of mine, a Democrat, a progressive Democrat. And the conversation went something like this. “Joe, Joe,” she said. “Man, we’re gonna kick butt this year. We’re going to take back the House. We’re going to take back the Senate. The Democratic Party is back, Joe, don’t you feel it?” Continue reading
Plan of Action for the U.S. ~ 1934
…and you believe that things have changed – do ya?
Apocalypse Rising: We Have Reached A Moment In Human History That Could Change Everything
After this week is over, there may be no turning back. President Trump is literally threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s power grid, and the Iranians cannot do a thing to prevent that from happening. But in response, the Iranians are threatening to destroy oil and gas infrastructure all over the Persian Gulf. The Iranians have already destroyed 17 percent of Qatar’s Ras Laffan natural gas complex, and if they destroy the remaining 83 percent of that facility it will immediately plunge us into the greatest natural gas crisis in human history by a very wide margin. There would be widespread natural gas shortages, fertilizer plants all over the world would be forced to shut down, and hunger would run rampant.
Approximately 20 percent of the world’s entire supply of liquified natural gas comes from Ras Laffan, and it will take 3 to 5 years to rebuild the portions of the complex that have already been destroyed. If the rest of the complex gets destroyed by Iran, it will be a cataclysmic event. When I say that, I am not exaggerating one bit. We really have reached a moment in human history that could change everything.
It all depends on what Donald Trump does next. Continue reading
Smith: Ruin for America’s Enemies… Peace for America!
Everything is happening so rapidly these days, that most folks are completely missing the historic significance of events, as they whizz on past us all. Trump just recently publicly suggested that maybe the U.S. should simply walk away from the Straits of Hormuz, since we don’t really use it that much – that we should let America and Asia fend for themselves for a change. And when one reporter questioned Trump on his rethinking of NATO, Trump quickly responded: “I don’t need Congress for that decision.”
Congress tried to tie the President’s hands in 2023 by creating a sneaky new provision in the NDAA that requires a two-thirds vote in the Senate to withdraw from NATO, but President Trump and his Cabinet members believe those velvet handcuffs are unconstitutional, which leads us to understand that yes, Trump has been rethinking it. Continue reading