Category Archives: Political

A Crime of Location

I’m sure everybody has heard the story about Sergeant Tahmooressi.  But in case you haven’t, he was a former Marine who got disoriented while driving at night and accidently entered Mexico with two military style rifles in his vehicle.  In … Continue reading

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What is a Mass Shooting?

I was doing some research on the internet after the Louisiana Theater shooting.  One of the problems in doing the research is the lack of standardized terms.  Most people would call what happened there a “mass shooting”. The FBI doesn’t … Continue reading

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Economics 101

I’ve always been interested in economics.  I wanted to understand how the economy works, what makes it better and what makes it worse.  I tried reading Milton Friedman’s highly recommended book on economics, Capitalism and Freedom.  It was a little … Continue reading

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Don’t Like Your Results?

Politicians live and die by numbers, statistics, polls and data.  So if the results of your programs don’t yield numbers that are favorable and supportive, what do you do?  Simple, you change the way those numbers are calculated or change … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Shootings

This information was extracted from an article by Erich Pratt posted on the Gun Owners of America website:   Gun Owners of America Many people from the President on down have predicted that the lack of strict gun laws will result … Continue reading

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$70,000 Minimum Wage Fails!

Did you read the story in April about Dan Price, the CEO of Gravity Payments, a credit card processing company, who decided to implement a $70,000 a year minimum wage for his company?  Over a period of three years, salaries … Continue reading

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Louisiana Theater Shooting

A man with a history of mental illness opens fire in a crowded Louisiana theater, killing two and wounding nine.  Following the example of their leader, Barack Obama, liberals immediately take to the internet before the facts are known criticizing … Continue reading

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More Laws for the Lawless

A person who is determined to commit murder knows he is breaking the law.  So why would we expect a potential murderer, someone who is planning in detail a mass shooting incident, to obey a law that says: You can’t … Continue reading

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A Modern Fable: Taxing the Rich

The following article, written by Ron Adams, appeared in the February 23, 2002 issue of the Lakeshore News-Salmon Arm, British Columbia.  The link I had to it no longer works and I have been unable to find it via internet … Continue reading

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Have the Equipment? You’re Guilty!

Found this on my Facebook page posted by a good friend.  I attempted to determine who originally wrote this, but was unable to do so. One morning, the husband returns the boat to their lakeside cottage after several hours of … Continue reading

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