Economic issues-taxes, freedom to do business, unemployment
There has been a great deal of commentary regarding Mrs. Clinton's recently-released book, in which she tried the "poor me" defense. So far, she hasn't been able to pull the proverbial wool over the eyes of most potential purchasers (I heard that the publisher printed over one million hard copies, and fewer than 15% have …
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Most of us are. But this ongoing scandal is a preview of what health care will be like under ObamaCare. The VA health care system is, simply, Single Payer, right now. Veterans are pretty much required to get all their health care through the VA system. What does this lead to? Rationing of services, reflected …
This article just appeared in my back-end WordPress area. The article describes "communities" of blogger/writers, and is very informative. But we can now announce that the very BEST Conservative blog site, Ricochet.com, is now on WordPress! It has taken a while for the powers-that-be at Ricochet to get the bugs worked out of the new site, …
Continue reading Speaking of Blogging Communities…..Look Who’s on WordPress!
The State of Washington was one of the Blue states that built their own ObamaCare Exchange, and wholeheartedly expanded their Medicaid program (with the admittedly temporary increase in Federal funding). I recently read an article in my local Everett Herald newspaper, about a survey the legislature is contemplating, of state doctors about …
Continue reading Let’s Do the Washington State Medicaid Math
It's sometimes fun to read the Spam comments that show up in your Spam folder. Lately, most of the junk in that folder seems to have mostly Chinese lettering. If you really read the messages, some of the spammers use totally unrelated words to make gibberish sentences. This is to attract search engines, but don't …
This made me laugh today: Microsoft buys Nokia handset business I live in the Land of Microsoft, which I roundly despise. The above article at 24/7 Wall Street asks an interesting question. Now that Microsoft has bought Nokia's handset business, what are they going to do with a money-losing hardware concern? My thoughts: Now …
I celebrated my 65th birthday last week. A bunch of assumptions sometimes are made about that particular milestone. In the fairly recent past, many people were forced to retire once they reached 65. Many big companies had mandatory retirement ages for their workers. Even now, successful CEOs leave their jobs when they turn 65. …
Continue reading Thoughts on my 65th Birthday, and Risk-Taking
They are one of the biggest Liberal press organizations, who constantly beat the drum for union organizing of most work places. Yes, until the SEIU attempted to organize their office! Here is an excellent article on the situation from the Washington Free Beacon.
How low can you go? In two separate incidents this week, institutions of higher learning and technology, BOTH of whom purport to support the values of Inclusiveness, and Tolerance, and Free Speech and expression; brought shame and ridicule upon themselves. It never ceases to amaze me how Liberal institutions can engage in despicable behavior, treating …
Continue reading Shame, Shame, Shame from Institutions this week
In The News Today: The Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, Patrick Cannon, ARRESTED, then RESIGNS. California State Senator Leland Yee, ARRESTED on various fraud charges. US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, under FBI INVESTIGATION for giving campaign money to his granddaughter. Rhode Island House speaker Gordon Fox, UNDER INVESTIGATION BY FBI, IRS, US Attorney's office. …
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