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I remember visiting the Truman Library in Independence Missouri.  There they have a replica of the Oval Office, as kept by President Truman.  On the desk, he had a placard.  "The buck stops here".  Of course Truman was famous for that statement, people all know what that means. It means that "I am responsible".  It means that "I am accountable".  Of course the President should be the one to be blamed at the end of the day, when the government fails.  President Truman took a brave step to authorize the use of atomic weapons to end WWII. Say what you will about Truman, he was decisive and took responsibility for the actions of the federal government while President. Today, Secretary, and Presidential Candidate, Clinton passed the buck.  A question about security requests was brushed aside by saying that no Secretary of State ever dealt with security.  So what does this say about her leadership style? This was her friend, she said. To remember...

The two leading candidates for the Democrat nomination for President, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Secretary Clinton, both mentioned their admiration for the socialist policies of Denmark, and how they have lots of FREE! .  People often cite the Scandinavian countries when praising socialism.  So, the question becomes, how does Denmark work?  Here is a little information. Denmark has a 60% individual tax rate, and a 25% corporate tax rate.  Two things are obvious, the corporate rate is 10% BELOW the highest corporate rate in the United States, and the individual rate is WAY higher than any rate in the United States.  Of course, that fits with Senator Sander's plan to have a truly confiscatory tax rate on the rich.  After all, how else can you afford FREE! ?  There is one problem with that, and I doubt that Senator Sanders will be honest about that problem.   IT ISN'T JUST THE SUPER RICH THAT PAY THAT TAX IN DENMARK!  Well, they do, but so do a...

Slavery is an abomination.  Can I just get that out of the way?  It was something that troubled Thomas Jefferson to no end.  It WAS a stain on this nation.  Why do I say was?  Because the blood of over a half million dead washed the stain away, or I should say that it washed away the stain of institutionalized slavery.  The truth is that while slavery does exist in the world, particularly in Middle Eastern, African, and Southern Asian Countries, it exists here as well.  It is true that human trafficking is going on in this country, and so that slavery exists in the undercurrent, I am talking about a different kind of slavery.  The slavery of FREE! I will be honest,  I was at a meeting last night, and missed the DNC debate.  I suspect that we heard that the rich are too rich, and the poor are too poor, and free stuff.  So where does "the slavery of FREE " come in?  Simple.  One last comment on the debate.  Who has be...

Much about a tweet last week by Rupert Murdoch, just watched Wolf Blitzer try to corner Dr. Carson about the tweet.  This is what it said: Ben and Candy Carson terrific.  What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide?  And much else. Of course, when Wolf read the tweet, he, as is typical of liberals who are probably closet racists, (I know, repeating myself) inserted a comma, to make a segment that he thought would be worth watching.  He put the comma in between President and who.  Of course, now we have the Kingpin of the FOX empire saying that President Obama is not a real black.  I applaud Dr. Carson for not going down that path, insisting that Rupert Murdoch is not a racist.  I would applaud louder if Dr. Carson would have said; "Why did you separate the sentence Wolf? Are you so desperate for ratings that you have to prove that FOX is full of KKKers?  Are you a racist Wolf?" I can only guess that Dr. Car...

I have been thinking of just dropping the blog.  No one listens in this world, no one cares.  I know that I write for myself, but I feel that our world is turning into the world detailed in "Atlas Shrugged" .  A country where those that produce are having heavier and heavier burdens put on them, and the looters and moochers (politicians, crony capitalists=looters, entitlement kings and queens = moochers) are taking over, or may have irreversible already done so.  I will still write, of course,  it is my only outlet.  Atlas has truly become non-fiction. I did want to write tonight, not to rail on any faction, not to be partisan, (at least I will try) and try a civic's lesson for a change.  All of this SHOULD be common knowledge to anyone who thinks to pull a lever, blip a screen, or color in a block, or simply put, a voter.  I wonder if it is. In the Declaration of Independence , a letter written to the British King, George III, the King i...

Try this irony on for size. Hillary Clinton is calling the various committees in Congress investigating her email and the Bengazi debacle political witch hunts.  She dismisses them, with no small help from the likely Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, R-CA.  I would say that the irony comes in when you think about her past.  In her early law career, she served as a counsel on the committee in Congress investigating President Nixon, and the missing tapes.  I guess she should be asked if she thought those were witch hunts (they were)  and what the difference is between the White House tapes of President Nixon, and the email servers being wiped by the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Lots of discussion about the state of welfare in this country.  It is shocking in this country with this fantastic recovery, that there are still kids going hungry every night.  Here is a nice statistic.  Between Federal, State, and Local needs based assistance in the Unit...

Just a short post, mainly because I am on a spiritual high after my missionary reunion tonight.  No vitriol, no rant, just a few questions. With the shooting in Oregon, we have a new cry for new gun laws.  No surprise, of course, and right on cue, here come the politicians.  Too loud.  To shrill. No facts.  I saw a post the other day which points out that guns are the only THING that is evil.  A drunk driver kills, we don't blame the car.  People are assaulted by muggers and rapists at knife point, or by other physical force, we don't blame the weapon.   If someone eats too much, do we blame the food, or utensil?  No.   When we use bad grammar, or misspell words, do we blame the pencil?  No. But guns kill, not people?  Really.  Really?  I have a gun locked in its case.  As far as I know it hasn't gone on a rampage.  I don't think it has even tried to get out, but guns kill?  Not people? Here is the ...