According to Yahoo Finance, the number of Americans living in poverty is approaching levels not seen in 40 years. The latest Census numbers won’t be released until the fall, but economists surveyed by the AP project that the poverty rate will climb from 2010’s 15.1% and reach a level as high as 15.7%. This will […]
Achieving The “American Dream” Is A Fantasy For Many – How Do You Measure Up?
July 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
A recent study by The Pew Charitable Trust concluded that the current generation has little to look forward to in achieving the “American Dream”. In fact, fewer that one-third of Americans can expect to exceed the level of wealth and income achieved by their parents. This depressing study, entitled “Pursuing the American Dream” probably only […]
Gadhafi Dead – Now Libyans Can Get On With The Business Of Killing Each Other
October 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
One by one, nearly every country in the Middle East has seen violent uprising by citizens eager to overthrow the existing government. Many Americans, driven perhaps by nostalgic thoughts about America’s own birth from violent revolution, have concluded that something beneficent was happening in the Libyan uprising. Gadhafi is dead and Libyans are celebrating, but […]
Disturbing Video Of Chinese Child Run Over – Neither Driver Nor Passers-By Cared
October 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Life is cheap in China and this video proves it. A two year old Chinese girl standing at the side of a street was callously run over by two separate vehicles and then ignored by 18 people who walked or drove by the severely injured child. Finally, a woman who collects trash for a living […]
Obama Obsession With “Millionaires and Billionaires” Continues
September 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
As the U.S. economy continues its slow but steady march into economic depression, the Obama obsession with taxing millionaires and billionaires continues. Consider, Obama Tax Plan Would Ask More of Millonaires. President Obama on Monday will call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million a year to ensure that […]
Obama’s Wierd Philosophy On Business Is Killing Job Growth
August 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
It’s a routine event to be excoriated by your enemies – you laugh it off and consider the source. When harsh criticism comes from your friends, however, it should be a wake up call to reassess positions. Barrick Obama’s wake up call came when Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts recently let loose some very […]
Michelle Obama’s Impersonation of Marie Antoinette Should Be Applauded
August 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
The President’s wife has been taking a severe beating in the press after taking a luxurious vacation to Costa del Sol. The New York Daily News demonized Mrs. Obama, portraying her as a “modern-day Marie Antoinette”, spending extravagantly as the US sinks into an economic abyss. Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all […]
Government Contemplates Requiring Restaurants to Deny Service To Obese Patrons
November 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
Do The Obese Have The “Right” To Become More Obese? In an attempt to help those who cannot help themselves from becoming obese, the government has implemented new legislative fiats requiring restaurants to post the calorie count of each item on their menus. Unfortunately, the heavy hand of government dictate is producing counter productive results. […]
The Mind Of A Liberal – No Fair Play Allowed
June 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
“No Individual Should Face Workplace Discrimination Based on Race” Part of the appeal of American culture has always been the sense of fair play and equal opportunity offered by our political and economic system. What has attracted so many immigrants to our shores for hundreds of years was the notion that, given a level playing […]
Why Losers Prefer Socialism
May 18, 2009 1 Comment
A recent poll of Americans under 30 revealed that one third expressed a preference for socialism. The educational and income characteristics of those polled was not detailed so like every poll, the results can be interpreted differently. I suspect, however, that those polled construed the meaning of socialism to be “sharing the wealth, regardless of […]