Will Rogers said, “We have the best Congress money can buy.” Never, in the history of our nation, has that been truer than it is today, in the second decade of the 21st Century. When the top ten lobbying groups in Washington are giving over $400 million, you cannot possibly believe that Congress is not [...]
Archive for the ‘Integrity’ Category
Which are we?
Posted in Congress, Human behavior, Integrity, Opinions on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for honest American
Posted in Accountability, America, Curmudgeon, Human behavior, Integrity, Opinions, President Obama on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Is there such a person as an “Honest American?” Think about it for a minute. Sure, news stories are made up of people who lie, cheat, steal, murder, and do God-only-knows-what-else. But, in general, are our fellow citizens all truly pure of heart? I’m not. When I was in my youth I stole and lied. [...]
Who’s next on the hit list?
Posted in America, Congress, Corruption, Integrity, My Beloved Country, Opinions, Philosophy, Politics, President Obama on December 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Whoever said that politics is an ugly business deserves a medal. It’s ugly because it’s a power game by the mighty to maintain their domination of the weak…I think I read that somewhere but I don’t remember the source. It’s probably the most “no holds barred” game that countries can play. It seems that there [...]
Rules are rules, Mr. Mayor
Posted in Bureaucracy, Honor, Human behavior, Integrity, Opinions, Rules, Stupidity on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As I understand it, rules are made to be obeyed. Silly little things like not being allowed to scream, “FIRE,” in a theatre to prevent people being injured in a stampede might actually sound stupid to a certain type of cretin. If, however, they were given access to the bodies stacked up like cord wood [...]
A glorious attempt at failure
Posted in Accountability, America, Congress, Integrity, My Beloved Country, Opinions, President Obama, Tea Party on November 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What did we expect? Did anyone in his or her right mind expect that this “super committee” of bipartisan senators and representatives…believe that the committee could possibly be successful? It was impossible. Obama knew it. Members of Congress knew it. Economics think tankers weren’t even taking bets or conducting office pools. This super committee was [...]
Overcoming the real problems
Posted in Honor, Integrity, Life, Opinions, People, Personal, Quotations on November 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve read almost any one of these mini-essays, you will realize that I’m a great fan of quotation. Whether they are from ‘anonymous,’ ‘author unknown,’ George Washington, Mark Twain, or Joe Lipchitz around the corner. If I like the quote, it goes into a quotes document. Actually, I have two. One of them is [...]
Those damned “briefings”
Posted in Honor, Human behavior, Integrity, Media, My Beloved Country, Opinions, Personal, President Obama, Volunteerism on November 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Republican candidates for President all have one thing in common…they don’t have a clue regarding the overall job of President of the United States. The very same thing can be said about Barack Obama. All of these folks…Cain, Romney, Perry, Paul, Santorum, Bachmann, etc…don’t understand that should they assume the office, the second thing [...]
In love with college athletics
Posted in Athletics, Honor, Integrity, Opinions, Philosophy, Racism, Stupidity on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a great fan of college athletics. Following the beauty of summer there are few things I look forward to more than Saturday football in the fall. Author and literary critic, Paul Fussell maintains that, “The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class.” Egad, and here I was [...]
Over a button?
Posted in America, Bureaucracy, History, Honor, Integrity, My Beloved Country, Opinions, Politics, Stupidity on October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hooray for Sean May, Trevor Keezor, and everyone like them. They refused to remove buttons that displayed the American flag. In Keezor’s case, the button with the flag also said, “One nation under God.” By so doing, it got them fired. May was fired by Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida. While he maintains [...]
Don’t pee on my leg…
Posted in Bureaucracy, Health care, Integrity, Laziness, Opinions, Patient care, People, Stupidity on October 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“Good evening Mr. & Mrs. Massachusetts and all the boats that are still in the water. Breaking news from your resident curmudgeonly blogger.” The Massachusetts Medical Society and the Massachusetts Board of Public Health don’t give two hoots in hell about patient care. They don’t want to hear anything that might rock the boat concerning [...]
