This is how I prefer to express myself. This picture was taken in Carnegie Hall, in 2006, when I traveled with the Everett (WA) Symphony. A once-in-a-lifetime experience!
Category: History
All historical references, especially American history
In My Considered (Jewish) Opinion…Something controversial in the title: ISLAM IS EVIL
Islam is simply an evil religion. Witness what occurred in Paris today.(now, yesterday, updated Friday). This in response to cartoons, for heaven's sake! Islam's holy book advocates forced conversion or murder for "apostates" and unbelievers. All over the world, Muslim radicals are murdering innocent civilians, taking hostages in coffee shops, and kidnapping school girls and selling …
Coarsening the Culture
It started with an essay in the (supposedly) high-minded publication for Wall Street Journal subscribers, WSJ Magazine. This comes out every other month in the print edition, and is a slick magazine designed to appeal to high-income readers. It is filled with ads for expensive clothing, watches, and jewelry, and features stories about people and …
Rats! I WANTED them to shut down the government!
During the tense negotiations in DC a while ago, where the D's and R's "negotiated" (scare quotes intended) a spending bill to keep the sainted government running for yet another fiscal year, I was rooting for the R's to simply say NO. I want them to shut down the government, since much of it …
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Photo Challenge-Lost/Gone but Not Forgotten
These are graves at the Mt. Hertzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel. Graves of brave Jewish fighters, fighting for the birth of the State of Israel. They are honored, and most definitely NOT forgotten.
World Turned Upside-down…Headlines after Thanksgiving
Here are some headlines found on Fox News today. Prisoner Bogus Tax Refunds The Next Housing Crisis runup (relaxed mortgage lending standards) Black Friday shooting at Chicago Nordstrom Social Security benefits for illegal immigrants? UN scolds US on record of "torture" and police brutality. Employers have incentive to hire illegal immigrants (over native-born Americans) New …
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Thanksgiving
I subscribe to the RushBabe49 Properly Grateful Theory of Life. Often throughout the year, I stop and think about how fortunate I am to live in this Greatest Nation on God's Green Earth. By the accident of birth, I had upper-middle-class parents, in one of the most beautiful parts of this country (Pacific Northwest). I …
I’m not Catholic, But…
This recent move by Pope Francis concerns me. Since Jorge Bergoglio was elected Pope, much has been written about his leftist leanings. His writings have indicated that he is open to relaxing some Church strictures on marriage (in favor of Communion for divorced or cohabiting people) and homosexuality (playing down the strictures against homosexual behavior). …
Read The Fine Print! World Hello Day?
I received an email from a colleague at work today. It seems that Friday is one of our other employees' birthday, which happens to coincide with "World Hello Day". I had never heard of the November 21 "special day", but I had to read all the way down to the bottom of the email chain …
