Uncommon Common Sense

The State of the Union address this week, was interesting to say the least. The illustrious President Obama successfully alienated the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, bankers, Wall Street, big corporations, "rich" people, and anyone who doesn't agree with him completely and do as they are told; that was just for starters. Unfortunately, there simply are not enough hours in my day to translate and correct all the lies, half-truths, misdirection and rhetoric launched at the enemies of the state by the Chastiser-in-Chief. Therefore, I will only do so to my favorites. It's Not My Fault! (The Whiner-in-Chief) I for one, am a little more than tired of the blame-Bush-for-everything. These are just a few examples of the whining: "At the beginning of the last decade, the year 2000, America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the ne xt decade. M ...

The tremor you felt last night at around 10:36 Eastern time wasn't an aftershock from any number of recent earthquakes. It was me, jumping up and down in my family room for joy. But more importantly, it was politicians everywhere falling out of their chairs. The world of the political incumbent, from any political party, was rocked last night as the unthinkable came to pass. If you have been watching the political landscape recently, you know that Scott Brown won the special election for the vacant Senate seat in Massachusetts. He ran with an "R" behind his name, but seems to hold no deep allegiance to the Republican Party. A huge part of his campaign was his up-front and vocal opposition to the Health Care reform before the legislature. He also professes to be largely independent and ready to serve the citizens rather than his own purposes. I will wait for him to fulfill those promises and watch carefully, reserving judgment until the deeds match the words. But the win w...