Category Archives: Meddling

Red Lines, Syria and Incompetence


 Well thought out red lines can be drawn, successfully. Ill conceived red lines can easily make a bad situation much worse. An article from Stratfor is republished following my initial comments. My initial comments: Great care needs to be taken … Continue reading

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Let’s Go No More a Rovin with Karl Rove.


The verb “to rove” has a lot to do with Karl Rove and with what he is trying — successfully — to do for to the Republican Party. A short history of Carl Rove is provided here. I won’t repeat … Continue reading

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If we are to Lead, doing so from the Front with Strength, Competence and Conviction is not Optional.


A Stratfor article, From Gadhafi to Benghazi, appears below in its entirety following my comments. It would be great — and so would be our nation — were our leaders to learn from and be guided by it. The United States … Continue reading

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Thank you, Government, for permitting success. Or something.


I was going to re-blog an article written by Mike at Make an Effort.  I agree with what he said there. However, when I got to writing a short comment for the re-blog it quickly got too long.  So, here … Continue reading

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President Obama says that same-sex marriage is way cool.


On May 9th, President Obama came out in favor of same-sex marriage; sort of.  Acknowledging that it’s a matter of fairness that remains up to the states, he was planning to get around to it if and when convenient. There … Continue reading

Posted in Biden, Conservatives, Constitution, Discrimination, Empathy, Ideology, Justice, Limitation on Authority, Meddling, Nonsense, Obama, Opinion, Political Correctness, Politics, Religion, Same-sex marriage, Society, States' Rights, the Basics, United States | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Success is Great!


If at first the jerks try to stop you, try again. Laura Dekker, a then thirteen year old young lady from the Netherlands, had long wanted to sail solo around the world in her twenty-six foot sailboat Guppy.  Although delayed … Continue reading

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What are “Conservatives?”


We have more agreements than disagreements and should make the most of our agreements. The label “Liberal” has been abused to the point that it no longer has the clear and rather inclusive meaning it once had, an open and … Continue reading

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>Presidents Chávez, Obama et al Are Meddling Egregiously with Honduras.


>First published by BlogCritics on 30 June 2009 The United States gave the lawfully deposed President of Honduras full support, after giving meager support to the Iranian protesters. Over the weekend, Honduras was about to have a referendum on whether … Continue reading

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