The sun rose in Orlando this morning. I’m not sure why; it doesn’t have anything positive to shine down upon. It did make a statement with its color choice, however. I sit on the lanai sipping my morning espresso, the clouds that are in the sky have a red haze to them. I won’t say… Continue reading
Posts Tagged → Barack Obama
Make American Great Again
The slogan is fantastic, in every sense of the word. It generates feelings of nostalgia for the good times that have passed us by. It generates feelings of resentment that those times are now gone. But it also generates feelings of hope that the nostalgia we all dream of will one day return. Or does… Continue reading
Your Interpretation of the Second Amendment is Wrong
Historically, the Second Amendment was never intended to grant an individual right to carry a gun with them wherever they go. I can already sense the blood pressure of many conservatives rising! Justice Scalia called himself a textualist who would interpret the Constitution as it was understood at the time of writing. History shows us… Continue reading
The Court Needs Imbalance
I had intended this week to move on from Justice Scalia and discuss other pressing matters. However, conservative ignorance won’t allow me to do so. I’ve had countless friends, colleagues and strangers tell me I’m an idiot, that I should let the country decide the next Supreme Court Justice. As I touched on last week,… Continue reading
Can Obama Nominate a New Justice?
Many people have ravaged Justice Scalia for his originalist and pure textualist view of the Constitution, myself included. While I can only speak for myself, the reason I did so was not to bring a man down, rather, it was to, in my own small way, attempt to raise the level of debate in this… Continue reading
Comfort Facilitates Complacency
I have a stable job. I have a decent paycheck. I enjoy my colleagues. I enjoy my work. Well, some days. Despite all that, I’m about to jump off the proverbial cliff. I’m not sure I should quote Thought Catalog but I could find no better words: You get nothing from being comfortable. You get nothing from… Continue reading
Perspective
There are times in every person’s life where they look back and think about what could have been. We all take time to ponder the road not taken. This self reflection is a good thing; it allows us to realize that, while what we have might not be perfect, every step in our life has… Continue reading
Taxes are too Damn High!
Actually, they’re not. The Congressional Budget Office recently released a report showing the distribution of income in 2010. It takes a couple of years to compile all the data so more recent tax years are not yet available. The overall trend of tax rates is downward, contrary to what you might be hearing elsewhere. The… Continue reading
State of the Union 2014
President Obama delivers the State of the Union tomorrow night, January 28, at 9p. Will you watch? Or, better yet, will you react? We’re constantly talking about making a difference, being the change not just discussing the change. Here’s your chance. Last week, I received an email from one of the Ruck.us founders, Nathan Daschle,… Continue reading
Speak the Truth
Or… not. John Hawkins writes recently on Right Wing News: 2) You don’t bend over backwards to help the other side: Hey, Chris Christie, when your state is hit by a hurricane near the close of a presidential election, you don’t do everything humanly possible to make Barack Obama look good at the expense of Mitt… Continue reading