News & Viewpoints –

You know, we hear a lot about how various Islamic factions have declared war on America.  You know, Al-Qaeda… ISIL… Muslim Brotherhood, etc… They fly their flag in victory over lands upon which we spilled American blood in an effort to free their citizens from their...

Still in keeping with my motto, “everybody has a right to my opinion”, this column reviews those candidates vying for “non-partisan” positions. I attempt to fairly evaluate them on the basis of their perceived logical and intelligent stances and/or actions, because,...

Okay all you political junkies, it is election season again.  And time for I, your beloved chairman, to voice my opinion on the partisan races.  Because, as we all know, I believe everybody has a right to my opinion. Firstly, I am delighted to project that our...

Liar Liar Pants on Fire “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the...

Wow!  Election season is upon us!  Again! Of course, this is referred to as an “off year” wherein there are no national or state-wide contests.  However, there arelocal elections which, in my opinion, are sometimes more important than those that take place at the...

from Chairman Dick Pilling… I don’t know about you, but all this talk about Obama’s health care plan is making me sick. Let’s get this straight… the whole plan is based on providing health care to an additional 30 million or so recipients which, on the face of it,...

Woefully ignorant?  Or Willfully ignorant? President Obama, the CEO of the USA, the most powerful man in the most powerful nation in the world, would have us believe that he is simply unaware of some pretty important events in recent history.  He is just “out of the...

I’m a recovering engineer.  I’m in a 12-step program, I meet regularly with my fellow afflictees, and I seek counsel frequently.  However, despite my most strenuous efforts, these steps are having only limited effect on my disorder and I see very little improvement....

The Arrogance of Ignorance April 2013 I once knew a drunk who claimed that the only drinking problem that he had was when he couldn’t get another drink. This is not unlike our esteemed “Spender in Chief” who appears to believe that the only spending problem that we...

Ok, so are we in charge of the government or is the government in charge of us? “We the People” would like to think that our elected representatives do “we the people’s” work in a manner that “we the people” have so directed.  But so much of our government is merely...