I Love Shel Silverstein

"My beard grows down to my toes,
I never wears no clothes,
I wraps my hair
Around my bare
And down the road I goes. 

The Voices Of Rome

Do you remember the Roman Empire?  Well, I don't mean personally, but you have heard of it, right?.  Those were the guys that ruled almost the entire world and then the whole thing collapsed, went away, disappeared, kaput.  Well, when the empire started going down, there was this politician by the name of Marcus Tullius Cirero.  He tried to warn his fellow Romans of the impending doom, but they wouldn't listen.  Here's an excerpt from one of his speeches to the Roman Senate back, oh about 55 BC.

 “The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome becomes bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance”. 

Why do I keep getting these feelings of deja vu all over again?


Inspired by Lieutenant Colonel Allen B. West (US Army, Retired)

Never Underestimate

I've been hearing a lot of cocky comments from conservative pundits about Mitt Romney leading Obama in the polls in several states.  I even saw an article a short while ago making a big deal of the fact that Obama was under 50% in California even though he was still up on Romney by 16 points.


C'mon guys and gals.  Try to keep your heads on straight and remember these two things.  It's only June and...

 

Global Warming Debate

The global warming debate is nothing more than intellectual ping pong and the game is being played with these.

Once Upon A Time

I'd kinda like to be a frog again.  This is a picture of me once upon a time.  Then one day my wife kissed me, turned me into a handsome prince (see profile), and handed me a Honey-Do list.

Inspired by Rebecca Thibodeau

Brainless

Do you ever get the feeling that Joe Biden's brain wishes it were homeless?

Eyetolja

Just yesterday I posted this quote by Napoleon Bonaparte..."Let China sleep.  For when he wakes, he will move mountains."  I commented that "China is awake and if America doesn't wake up soon, we're going to get buried by the mountains being moved".


Then I read today that the population of U.S. millionaire households fell last year to 5,134,000 from 5,263,000.  Not such a big deal, except for those 129,000 not-so-rich-now families.  The kicker is, while the U.S lost nearly 130,000 millionaires, the rest of the world gained 175,000.  And the increase was predominantly Asia-Pacific, i.e. China.  Singapore, given as an example, has the highest "millionaire density".  More than 17 percent of Singapore's households are millionaires.


See, see, see...Eyetolja.

    

And The Hits Just Keep On Coming

To all of you who follow this site regularly (I've yet to figure out why), and to those of you who may be dropping by for the first time... 

Location...Location...Location

It's probably just me but, the venue seems a little weird considering the dialogue.  Sorta like having a nudist convention at the North Pole...

Inspired by "The Cable" and Josh Rogin

Awake And Asleep

"Let China sleep.  For when he wakes, he will move mountains".
- Napoleon Bonaparte


Guess what folks?  HE'S AWAKE.  And if America doesn't wake up soon, we're going to get buried by the mountains being moved.