Random Thoughts

One of my favorite sources of opinion on political matters is a man named Thomas Sowell. He is a professor and research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is one of those rare people that can combine good, old fashioned knowledge and truth (chiefly about, but not limited to economics) with humor and common sense.

 Every now and then he publishes a column called Random Thoughts, in which he poses short, penetrating little questions or statements of wonder that leave you shaking your head in agreement. I wonder if he does this at times when the pressure of cultural decay and/or government oppression and stupidity just gets to be too much. In those times, one might have so much to say that it becomes difficult to settle on any one topic. Kind of like when you are so tired that you can’t sleep. Know what I mean?

 I feel like that today. So much frustration and anger that I don’t know where to start. But, how could I feel this way? Didn’t I just wake up as a brand new co-owner of GM? I mean, that’s cool huh? When do I get my “company car”? And it certainly won’t end there. Any day now I could also be part owner in a health care, energy, or some brand of “too big to fail” manufacturing company! Wow! And to think I have spent the better part of 30 years thinking I had to WORK to get something like this, when all along the government could have just given it to me (I mean us…sorry).

 Oh well. I thought I would try this “random thoughts” thing today. Sometimes you just gotta vent (while you still can). Let me know what you think.

 1. When will a majority of us get enough of being told that there are some statements that only women, blacks, Hispanics, homosexuals (kick me if you ever catch me using the word “gay”) or other oppressed minorities can say in public? Wrong is wrong and racist is racist…right?

 2. Why is it that when a politician makes a statement that we all understand, it will soon be followed up with a clarification? (Sowell asked this question just today; I thought it was good).

 3. If, as Ronald Reagan said, “a recession is when your neighbor loses his job and a depression is when you lose yours”, then what is it called when the government takes your company and your job away?

 4. If Mom can find all my old Hot Wheels cars, will I be able to use the tires as spares for my new GM car?

 5. Will the auto rental companies go out of business soon after the new GM cars hit the market? I mean, if I can fold my new car to pocket size and then get it through airport security, why would I need to rent another car ever again? Oh, and will the new “SUV” reduce to briefcase size?

 6. Check out www.website townhall.com. I read the columnists there – particularly Mike Adams, Walter WIlliams, Jonah Goldberg, Victor Davis Hanson and the aforementioned Mr. Sowell. So much to learn there.

 7. Also check out patriotpost.com. Sign up for their emails three times a week. Don’t think, just do it. You will not regret it.

 8. Am I the only one who is afraid that Great Britain will disappear under an avalanche of political correctness and Islamic terror before I get to see it?

 9. Tonya and I watched a show last night about some rich Brits looking for a holiday home in Italy. They settled on a 4 bedroom,1200 sqft home in the mountains that dated to the 13th century. Nice. Not fair.

 10. If you find yourself doubting the word of a “lifelong conservative”, try reading or listening to a reformed leftist radical like David Horowitz. He is a reformed leftist son of Communist parents. Who better to describe the goals and motivations of the leftist loons than a man who used to be one?

 11. And lastly, I just have to ask…..how can one’s “feelings”, life experience or race have ANY bearing on what the law says? Hmmmmmmm?

 I think I feel better, but I know this was fun. Live free or live somewhere else please. Till next time.

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