Five Hundred Words

I have to confess to feeling great contempt of Congress. My fantasy is to see the captains of industry who actually create wealth in this country give Congress a dope-slap of this sort to the twits and brigands in our legislature.

I had a disappointing discussion a few weeks back with a colleague. My friend is a smart young man, earnest and sincere, but all too representative of today’s brand of thinking when it comes to issues of liberty and public policy.

The topic was smoke-free bars in the City of St. Louis. I hate smoking, for the record. I think smokers have a nasty history of being thoughtless in the pursuit of their habit. I am surprised at how offensive I find the smell. Long gone, the stink of cigarettes linger in public spaces where smokers … Continue Reading

Definately worth listening to…

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today denounced an Executive Order signed by President Obama that repeals Executive Order 13202, that prohibited federal agencies and recipients of federal funding from requiring contractors to sign union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) as a condition of performing work on federal and federally funded construction projects.

It will be interesting to learn how this particular little gift to the American people will play out.  If I recall correctly, most givernment project typically require a “prevailing wage” be paid.  If in a given region your typical concrete guy makes $28.00 … Continue Reading

I attended the Promise Keepers “Stand In The Gap” (or as I like to call it, the Million Mostly White Men March) back in the mid-nineties. Even though we were “Christianists” and voted overwhelmingly Republican, I distinctly recall spending a solid hour along with tens of thousands of other men PICKING UP THE &^%$#*&% TRASH.

Unlike hippies, we spend less time talking about how we love the environment and more time actually doing something about it.

This gave me reason to hope. AOL polls tend to skew pretty liberal. I think the teenage girl-shrieking, panties on the stage nonsense we see from the mainstream media isn’t quite making it to even the liberal-leaning web surfers. See screenshot below (Click to enlarge).