Some letters of note …
Posted under General on October 26th, 2008 by Bruce Morlan
Our own Kathy Dodds has a letter to the editor, “Obama has too many shortcomings to lead U.S.” and it has stirred up some spirited debate. With such an important choice to be made on Nov. 4, for a president who will be the most powerful person in the free world, I’m very concerned with [...]
Is this the end of the world as we know it?
Posted under General on October 5th, 2008 by Bruce Morlan
The Scottish historian Alexander Tyler framed the end of democracies in the starkest of terms … A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates [...]
Sabotage (x2) … the Bailout is more of a cop-out (opinion piece)
Posted under General on October 3rd, 2008 by Bruce Morlan
The Bailout has become a buy-out as Congress has attempted to dress up this pig with enough “sweeteners” (their term) to make it palatable (read, PROFITABLE) to enough special interests to make it irresistable. This is the worst sort of vote-buying pandering and it is only so visible because it is (for once) tied to [...]