This month’s top ten discussion topics
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Hastings Florida
Hastings Florida The National crisis in Microcosm If you have read the New American Constitution, then you know about the dissolution of the city charter in the former town of Seneca Nebraska. If not, please read that post. The small town of Hastings Florida in St....
Parliament of Whores
Parliament of Whores P.J. O’Rourke 1992 “God is a Republican and Santa Claus is a Democrat.” “Democrats are the party of government activism, the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, taller and get the chickweed out of your lawn. Republicans are...
The New American Constitution
The New American Constitution There was a segment on National Public Radio (NPR) (4/15/2017) about a place in Nebraska that used to be named Seneca. It used to be a town until the people of Seneca voted on a resolution to dissolve the city charter. The measure passed...
180 since 1880
We’ve come 180 since 1880 Democrats becoming Republicans and vice versa The case for rejecting both the Democrat and Republican parties has never been stronger, and historically speaking identifying with either of the two main parties has never made a whole lot of...
Libertarian Values
Governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts Libertarian candidate for Vice President In a previous page on the For Whom to Vote posting, I suggested that we should all “Do the right thing.” and find a candidate for whom to vote instead of voting against someone. My basic...
For whom to vote in November
For Whom to Vote This posting is designed to help you decide for whom to vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Plot spoiler: You should vote for whomever most completely agrees with you on the major issues that face us today. Voting for either Donald Trump or...
Pilot, Daily Dale, and Lord Byron’s Newfoundland Dog
Pilot 3/10/2018 See a Pie….Eat a Lot. He only wore his collar when he went for a walk. At the beach, I put him on a long rope. He had no fear of water, and he loved to swim through the deep tide pools. Three weeks ago Pilot passed. He had turned ten last September....
Unstoppable by Ralph Nader
Unstoppable I picked up Unstoppable by Ralph Nader for $5.00. It was on the “Last Chance” rack outside of Books-A-Million. In the book, Ralph Nader gives examples of times when political factions have overcome their normally antagonistic natures to form an...
Unlearning
Unlearning Many educators have the wrong idea about teaching. They mistakenly believe that teaching is hard because, so they think, students are reluctant to learn. Nothing could be further from the truth. Learning is easy and comes naturally like breathing, but...
Civil unrest and the Police
The Chairman of the Black Police Officer's Association expressed the solution to the problem very well this morning on NPR. To paraphrase: Comply and then Complain, not the other way around. The police are trained to get control of any confrontational situation, and...