Vociferous Rhapsody

I understand that in America, we have devolved into primarily a two-party political system. To be a successful politician, you are most likely either a Republican, or a Democrat. Lately, it seems that our Congress has been completely unable to do what we sent them there to do. In order to run a country under… Continue reading Party-Line Voting

I like to think that I’m about as far from the tea-party side of the Republican party that I can be, those people are just extreme. However, this article caught my eye today about a mom who was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of her 10-year-old child because she made him walk 4.5 miles… Continue reading Pardon me, my teaparty is showing….

Yesterday I wrote about my daughters upcoming wedding, and how I thought that we had failed to teach our kids to act responsibly and live within their means when it comes to such things as marriages or proms or even buying cars. As excessive as we Americans have become, we really don’t hold a candle… Continue reading When it comes to getting married….

I don’t think we do a very good job at teaching our kids how to deal with reality. We teach them that they are good people, deserving of the best, and that there is nothing they can’t do if they try hard enough. But, somewhere in there I think we forgot to throw in a… Continue reading Dreams vs. Reality

I just took a look at the New York Times 100 notable books of 2011. I haven’t read a single one of them.  I’m actually a bit surprised, while not as voracious a reader as I used to be, taking a look at my Kindle, I do see that I have read more in the… Continue reading I must be finnicky

Sproing!!!! Isn’t that the cartoon sound made when something amazing happens? Here in Colorado, Spring is making its traditional one foot forward, two feet back appearance. Yes, we did have an unusually mild winter, with hardly any snow, but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t get cold, or that spring is not going to continue… Continue reading Sproing!!!!

If you’ve read much of anything I’ve written here, or if you know me in person, you might have figured out that I have a low tolerance for people who bring things on themselves and then try to blame something or someone else. There is a news article out today about a 30-year-old mother of eight… Continue reading You Just Can’t Fix Stupid

Dear Senator and Congressman: According to reliable news reports, 47% of you are worth at least a million dollars. The average Senator is worth nearly 2.5 million dollars, 110 House Republicans and 73 House Democrats report their net worth as over 1 million dollars. How can you be wealthier than 99% of the rest of… Continue reading An Open Letter to the Congress

Before Ryan Seacrest, there was Dick Clark. When I was a kid through the 1960’s, you could hardly turn on a television, or listen to the radio without seeing or hearing Dick Clark, or being influenced by decisions he made. From hosting American Bandstand, to the game show Pyramid, to his annual New Years Eve… Continue reading So Long, Dick

For a few years now, a lot of young people have been clamoring to either eliminate Social Security, or vastly modify it. More recently, many of the right-wing Tea Party branch of the Republican party have also been in favor of vastly reduced social welfare plans such as Social Security and the state-run SSI programs. Social… Continue reading Be Careful What You ask for ….

Wikipedia says that one definition of Narcissism can mean egotism, vanity, conceit or simple selfishness. While I don’t like to admit that I often use Wikipedia, lets face it, where the youth of today are concerned, the synonym for narcissism that best fits is simply selfishness. Yeah, yeah – I know that young people need… Continue reading Narcissistic Youth