Okay, so we know that President Obama has given himself a “good, solid B+” on his first year in the presidency. He also said he gives better gifts than he gets. “I have given some good gifts — you get some nice stuff — here’s the general rule: I give nicer stuff than I get.” Let’s put aside the fact that the “general rule” did not apply to the UK’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown (who received a a collection of... Read more
Whom to trust? The public is angry at big finance on Wall Street, whose greed and recklessness helped to cause the panic that tore holes through retirement accounts. It is angrier at a big spending, big regulating government that started the mess with its warping of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (It is as if we asked a heroin dealer to help wean an addict off his habit.) The public was angry with Bush, and is becoming even angrier, more... Read more
Let us now, bow our heads and reflect on the spirit of the season. I offer, *THE BAGPIPER’s TALE; a Personal Testimony* As a bagpiper, I’m often called upon to play at weddings, military events, and funerals. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a grave side service for a homeless man. The man had no family or friends, so the service was set at the county pauper’s cemetery in the Kentucky back woods. I was... Read more
A few weeks ago we talked about Lovely Clara and her Depression cooking. I wanted to tell you about a book that might almost be called a “companion” to Clara, and her recipes and wonderful stories: in Bread on the Table, author Renetta Burlage has set down a historical record of what ordinary life was like for one Midwestern family during the Great Depression. If that sounds like grim reading, it is anything but. The story of Lottie Porter “and... Read more
H/T As Camille Paglia said – Palin is a natural. Which is one reason why -for some- she must be destroyed. A politician who has the ability to laugh at himself, and to convey a sense of being completely comfortable in his own skin, is a politician who brings with him the intangible, unmeasurable gift of touching people where they live, in their gut. And that makes people feel safe, and reassured. As we saw in the last election, marketing... Read more
Source The Christmas season is domestic; and for that reason most people now prepare for it by struggling in tramcars, standing in queues, rushing away in trains, crowding despairingly into teashops, and wondering when or whether they will ever get home. I do not know whether some of them disappear forever in the toy department or simply lie down and die in the tea-rooms; but by the look of them, it is quite likely. Just before the great festival of... Read more
Dear Congress: After watching the absurd kabuki theater going on in Washington, where Harry Reid spends half his time crowing, “we’ve got the votes!” and the other half bullying people to get the votes, and Nancy Pelosi walks around like a smiling set of brass knuckles, offering anything, hourly, to anyone who will help her pass their healthcare plan “by Christmas,” I have a message for all of you in both houses of the US Congress: GO HOME. Drop what... Read more
Perfection! Oh, encore! Crossposted at Blogs Lucianne Loves Read more
I wrote yesterday that I was going to try to stay away from politics (I failed) because my inner Eeyore was kicking and that would be no good for anyone. He’s still kicking today. In a bad way. In a way that even my morning offices and the mass could not help. It’s not just politics, it’s me personally. I think I need to take a mental health break from political blogging, for a little while, in order to keep... Read more
Just a quick note to say THANK YOU to all of you who have purchased Mystic Monk Coffee through this site, or have used the Amazon link in the sidebar to do some of your shopping. Since just about every dime I make goes toward paying for Buster’s schooling you really have no idea how much you help. Bless you. Read more
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