…not the point. I’m waiting to see if the founder of Costco, or his present company management, comes clean. This is a perfect opportunity for him to state the obvious, given his openly pro-Obama views. His integrity demands it, as well as the concerns of probably half his customers, now inclined to take their business elsewhere. Of course, I’m not holding my breath. If Costco’s leadership came clean, they’d have to admit that running your business… Continue reading →

…ice once held by the likes of Jefferson, Washington and Lincoln actually becomes. Put simply, the presidency will not matter as the United States comes to matter less and less as the inspiration for liberty and prosperity it once was. These Gallup polls suggest that for many black people, there was an invalid sense of “hope and change” when Obama got elected in 2008. Hence the initial emotional “stimulus.” However, as time went by it became clear… Continue reading →

…t the window waiting for machetes to come through. [Source: huffingtonpost.com 6/26/15, breitbart.com 6/26/15] Jefferies’ point? It’s ludicrous to think you’ll always be prepared for an intruder, a burglar or a home invader. Therefore, the implication goes, you don’t need a gun. You could not possibly use one, anyway. Of course, there are plenty of people who have alleviated the use of force via intelligent ownership of a weapon. Why would anyone… Continue reading →

…my can find a way to sustain debts and deficits too high for economists or computers to calculate, or tax rates so high that the economy will grind to a complete halt, Medicare (like Social Security) cannot go on forever. Debate should be open to how best, or in what way, start privatizing Medicare and all of health care in America. Until or unless we get to that point, no discussion of the subject makes any moral or economic sense. Even flailing… Continue reading →

…the program cost taxpayers $132 billion the previous year — more than the combined annual budgets of the Departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Commerce, Labor, Justice, and the Interior. But the cost has risen even more since then and is estimated to reach $144 billion this year — up from an inflation-adjusted $56 billion as recently as 2000, according to a report from the Cato Institute. A major reason for the surge in disability claims… Continue reading →

According to CNN.com and FoxNews.com, congressional lawmakers urged the Obama administration to crank up the offensive against the Islamic State after another video surfaced purporting to show the graphic execution of an American journalist. Two weeks after American James Foley was beheaded by his Islamic State captors, the reports say, a video emerged Tuesday afternoon claiming to show freelance journalist Steven Sotloff being executed in the sa… Continue reading →

…at rates that were higher than the national average.” [Sources: Breitbart.com, Time.com, Annie E. Casey Foundation] I’m confused. I’m repeatedly told that things like government health insurance, minimum wage law increases, increases in food stamps, higher taxes for people who make more than $250,000 a year, and increased spending on public education and community colleges make life better for everyone, particularly for African-American, American… Continue reading →