The Gun Manufacturers have a motto: “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people” Their point is that it’s not the guns that are the problem. It’s the people. Well, I have to wonder how the American people have allowed themselves to be talked into this kind of rubbish.Just this past week a New York City newspaper …
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What Happened to the American Dream?
What is “The American Dream” anyway? Today people do nothing but complain about its loss. I wonder when it got lost. Was it during the great depression of the thirties? Was it during World War 11? Was it in Vietnam or Korea? Was it during the student riots in the sixties? Or was it during …
Can This Be Love?
Mr. Rudy Giuliani the ex-Mayor of New York City recently criticized President Obama as a President who does not love his country or the people who inhabit it. He launched a tirade against Obama basically attacking him for being weak and indecisive in his presidency. Well, there’s no question that Mr. Giuliani decisively did reduce the crime …
The greater good
It seems that the Koch brothers with their friends and partners have already bought the Congress ,the Senate of the United States, and probably the Supreme Court as well. They are now about to buy the next upcoming 2016 elections. If power and fame is what they want they may succeed but their names will …
The Sky is the Limit
I’ve been writing about the ugly tall buildings since early September 2014. It is only now that the New York Times has begun to look at the skyline of Manhattan and to begin writing about the destruction of the City…… See New York Time Article Here Well it looks as though they have finally caught …
Like it or not, the climate will change.
Climate Change is happening rapidly. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)has announced national limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of carbon emissions in the Untied States. Even though a majority of the Americans in our country today want our government to take forceful steps to combat climate change, Congress does not seem …
Punishing the Pensioner
What kind of people have we become in this country? Every time I open a newspaper or a magazine I read about graft, theft, fraud and greed. Today I found myself enraged when I read that an American soldier, Capt. Elder Saintjuste who had fought in that worthless war in Iraq, after serving three tours …
Finally, A Brilliant Explanation of Obama’s Middle East Policy (Source: Aubrey Bailey, Fleet)
Finally, A Brilliant Explanation of Obama’s Middle East Policy (Source: Aubrey Bailey, Fleet) U.S. Middle East Policy Is Clear As Mud Are you confused by what is going on in the Middle East? Let me explain. We support the Iraqi government in its fight against the Islamic State. We don’t like the Islamic State, but the Islamic …
Knock out the heavy weight
On a recent trip to Costco uptown on 116th Street, I noticed that almost all the children were overweight and most of the adult customers as well. The average weight of the American child has been climbing since the 1980s. Now 1 in 3 kids are obese or overweight. Projecting this observation, in about 10 …