Liberty Lost

Lady Liberty shall soon be crushed to death by the enormous weight of government and no amount of patriotic blood, sweat and tears shall revive her.

Common Sense Patriot

"The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government."
— Thomas Paine

Global Warming And Soap

I'm worrying myself sick about Global Warming and then I read this..."Antibacterial soap is destroying our resistance to dirt and disease so that one day soon we'll all be wiped out by the common cold."

The Success Of Failing

Michael Jordan missed more than 9000 shots in his career. He lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times he was trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. He failed over and over and over again in his life. And that is why he succeeded.

When God Created Mothers

When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."
And God said, "Have you read the specs on this order?" She has to be completely washable, but not plastic. Have 180 moveable parts...all replaceable. Run on black coffee and leftovers. Have a lap that disappears when she stands up. A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a disappointed love affair. And six pairs of hands."
The angel shook her head slowly and said. "Six pairs of hands.... no way."
It's not the hands that are causing me problems," God remarked, "it's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have."
That's on the standard model?" asked the angel. God nodded.
One pair that sees through closed doors when she asks, 'What are you kids doing in there?' when she already knows. Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn't but what she has to know, and of course the ones here in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and say. 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word."
God," said the angel touching his sleeve gently, "Get some rest tomorrow...."
I can't," said God, "I'm so close to creating something so close to myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick...can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger...and can get a nine year old to stand under a shower."
The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly. "It's too soft," she sighed.
But tough!" said God excitedly. "You can imagine what this mother can do or endure."
Can it think?"
Not only can it think, but it can reason and compromise," said the Creator.
Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek.
There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told You that You were trying to put too much into this model."
It's not a leak," said the Lord, "It's a tear."
What's it for?"
It's for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride."
You are a genius, " said the angel.
Somberly, God said, "I didn't put it there."

— Erma Bombeck (When God Created Mothers)

Can Kicking Consequences

The politicians in Washington have kicked the can down the road too long.  The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a long period of extreme consequences.

History

I met a guy once who wrote about history and he got it exactly right every time.  He owned a time machine.