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A Hillary Love Fest

October 14th, 2015 6:08 pm
"The other party in America is not the enemy, they are the opposition. In our democracy we are lucky to have an opposition, in order to have honest debate. It's creative. It's healthy. There is no oppposition party in China because there are no elections in China, or in other non-democratic authoritarian societies." James Webb, former Secretary of the Navy and 2016 Presidential Candidate
 
October 14, 2015
 
By: Linda Case Gibbons
 
 
          "Wait a minut...

A Trumpet for the Silent Majority

October 7th, 2015 6:07 pm
"I love Twitter. It's like the New York Times without the lawsuits." Donald Trump
 
October 7, 2015
 
By: Linda Case Gibbons
 
 
          How do you explain the phenomenon that is Donald Trump? It's a question all his critics are asking.
 
          And the answer is simple. We like him. We really like him.
 
          His detractors are curious about his continuing popularity, but mostly they're angry at him for being so successful at t...

Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful

September 30th, 2015 6:06 pm
"The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build." Margaret Thatcher
 
September 30, 2015
 
By: Linda Case Gibbons
 
 
          Americans like gutsy.
 
          They liked it when JFK slapped an embargo on Cuba after he put two and two together and came up with "Communists are threatening to destroy the U.S."
 
          They liked it when Prime Minister Cameron waded in and corrected President Obama about the seriousness of Islamic ...

Don't Cry for Us, Argentina

September 23rd, 2015 6:05 pm
"In Buenos Aires, mothers say to me, 'My son is 34 and he's not getting married. I don't know what to do.' So I tell them, 'Don't iron his shirts anymore." Pope Francis
 
September 23, 2015
 
By: Linda Case Gibbons
 
 
          He kisses babies, but not for votes.
 
          He goes to prison, but not because he was convicted of any crime.
 
          He gives Hope to the Hopeless and Love to the Unloveable.
 
          ...

Silencing His Lambs

September 16th, 2015 6:05 pm
"The term 'Pandora's Box' means to perform an action that may seem small or innocent, but that turns out to have severely detrimental and far-reaching consequences." Wikipedia
 
September 16, 2015
 
By: Linda Case Gibbons
 
 
          What ever happened to "No shirt, no shoes, no service?"
 
          It's gone.
 
          What ever happened to religious freedom?
 
          It's gone.
 
          Today the First Ame...

Starry, Starry Night

September 9th, 2015 6:04 pm

"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves." William Shakespeare

 
September 9, 2015
 
By: Linda Case Gibbons
 
 
          Who will be the next president of the United States? Maybe the answer is written in the stars.
 
          How else can you explain an American Republican Debate being touted as an event so important that it will be watched worldwide?
 
          It's gotta' be Astrology.
 
         ...

There are Elephants in America's Room

September 2nd, 2015 6:03 pm

"There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat." Lillian Hellman

 

September 2, 2015

 

By: Linda Case Gibbons

 

          Mitt is horrified. Hillary's insulted. And Jeb is wringing his hands.

          It's The Donald. He's in hot water, again.

          He did the unthinkable, again. He mentioned the elephants in the room, the ones ...

The Tortoise and The Hair

August 26th, 2015 6:02 pm

"Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." James Bryant Conant, Chemist and President of Harvard University

 

August 26, 2015

 

By: Linda Case Gibbons

 

          It was a depressing day in Turtleville. Well, not so bad as in Left-Wing-Hillaryville, but nearly as bad.

          The Tortoise wasn't doing so well in the polls, and it was easy to see why. All you had to do was look at him and you knew he was, well, a...

It's Enough to Make a Grown Man Cry

August 19th, 2015 6:02 pm

"We can fire you." "You can. But you can't tell me what to do." "Jesse Stone," by Robert B. Parker

 

August 19, 2015

 

By: Linda Case Gibbons

 

          We had to beg him to wear an American flag lapel pin.

          We had to beg him to say "Islamic terrorists."

          In fact we had to beg him to talk at all.

          And when he finally did talk, we had to beg him to stop. With nothing good to say about the country which he was elec...

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee

August 12th, 2015 6:01 pm

"So many times it happens too fast. You trade your passion for glory. Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past. You must fight just to keep them alive." Eye of the Tiger, Survivor

 

August 12, 2015

 

By: Linda Case Gibbons

 

          It all depends on who you are.

          If you're Hillary, you get a pass no matter what you do, because you're Hillary.

          If you're Barack Obama, Congress and the Supreme Court don't even try to reel you in.

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