Earlier this year in an effort to reduce expenses and mindless media blather, we got rid of cable television. I knew however that we would want to be able to watch movies or other programming from time to time and went looking for alternatives to cable and found Roku. Sometime I’ll review the Roku and how great it works, but for now I want to talk about an old show from the 1960s. I was inread more…
I read this article about congressional pay raises (+ federal employees and VP Biden), with angry tears in my eyes. Our family has been kicked in the head every time we’ve turned around for the last 30 days and I don’t know what we are going to do. As Congress and the President seem determined to do nothing and shove us off the cliff, our family – along with countless others – will become acceptable, necessaryread more…
I have not been writing as much on my blog as I did during the 2008 Presidential campaign, partly because I now work full-time, partly because I have no candidate that inspires me like Mike Huckabee, and partly because the complexities of the economic issues facing our country are beyond my ability to thoroughly analyze the puzzle from all perspectives. As I was listening to Herman Cain recently discussing his 999 economic plan, there was anread more…
I was just listening to a newscast about Congress reaching a deal to avoid a Federal Government shutdown later this week. They interviewed Rand Paul who asked: We knew this deadline was coming, and yet the leadership does nothing. Why didn’t we have this debate last week or last month? The reporter said: Of course Senator Paul’s assessment is correct, but the fact is this is just how things are done in Washington. And therein liesread more…
A report covering 2007-2009 for US Justice Department conferences, states that they spent $16/muffin and $32/person for cracker jacks, popcorn and candy bars, among other outrageous expenditures. First of all, wasn’t this kind of idiotic spending suppose to go the way of the $600 toilet seats and the $100 hammer? Talk about spending out of control! Second, conferences are probably one of the single largest wastes of money within the government or any organization. Finally, apparentlyread more…
