Truth And Common Sense

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/12/the_people_of_ascension_fight.html
There are a few basic principles you can rely on when dealing with humans.
1. Most people are sheep.  You can do pretty much anything you want to them and they’ll take the abuse.
2. That first theories works well until you go too far.  Then the sheep will turn on you and destroy you.
The more sophisticated [...]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/12/29/2010-12-29_help_arrives_too_late_to_save_baby.html
Tragic, but avoidable.  New York isn’t that big.
A blizzard baby delivered inside the lobby of a snowbound Brooklyn building died after an emergency call of a woman in labor brought no help for nine excruciating hours.
The baby’s mother, a 22-year-old college senior, was recovering Tuesday night at Interfaith Medical Center, where her [...]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/12/28/big-apple-digging-out-after-blizzard/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20101228/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_winter_weather_stranded_planes_2
I get up and turn on Drudge to see if we are at war, bankrupt or the NK’s have finally launched one of their missiles at us and Obama is quickly responding by asking the Chinese to tell them to stop.  It is sort of a ritual of mine.  Instead I get another example of [...]

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/12/28/green-fail/
Doug Powers on Michelle’s blog found this little jewel.  The PC driven administration in Queensland bought hybrid Camrys in order to suit their political needs.  The only problem was the cars are too small for police work!
Queensland Police have been left red-faced over its choice of new “green” patrol cars. The service boasts it [...]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.cdc63f449543115516a6ee1f2c569704.4f1&show_article=1
There is a saying that if you don’t know what you are doing you can either remain silent hoping the teacher never calls on you, so to speak, or you can flail around like a non swimmer drowning in the deep end of the pool.  The trouble is that sooner or later somebody is going [...]

http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2010/12/you-must-be-kidding-pbs-glorifies-cuban-health-care-system-video/
Gateway highlights once again the left’s hard work in trying to sell us a bag of crap and telling us it’s warm, freshly baked toll house cookies.  PBS pushes the lie that Cuba’s medical system is top rate.
Gateway links to WSJ for a story of what really goes on in Cuba-
Mary Anastasia O’Grady at The [...]

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/putins-justice-a-nightmare-for-one-american-citizen/
Every once in a while I come across an article that makes more than one point, even if it isn’ trying.  Sometimes the article gives an opportunity to shine the light on the path WE are traveling in order to give warning.  Simply put- it’s coming here.
Russia, under Putin, is slipping quickly back into the [...]

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/12/hugo_chavezs_new_power_grab.html
From American Thinker-
…Since other leftist heads of state are watching with dreamy eyes, it might be a good preventative measure if we all start paying attention to his techniques.
Signaling darker days ahead for that county’s free press, Venezuela fell from 124th to 133rd out of 178 countries in the 2010 version of [...]

When I was told the fable the victim was a fox.  Some say it was a frog, it doesn’t matter.  The key to the story is the moral of the story.  I’ve repeated this story to my kids, to my colleagues and my friends to explain how they handle people who disappoint them over and [...]

Great fun for all.  Merry Christmas to my kids and all of us StarWars fans.