Uncommon Common Sense

President Obama held a White House press conference on July 11, 2011. A reporter told him that polls showed that 69% of Americans opposed raising the debt ceiling and asked his response. Obama said,"Let me distinguish between professional politicans and the public at large. You know the public is not paying close attention to the ins and outs...We're paid to worry about it." Let me translate, for the stupid people (you and me): "The common people, the lesser people, you know, are worried about the kinds of things they can understand, like grubbing for food and digging ditches. We, Professional Politicians, are the only ones that can really understand this. The American people are too stupid to comprehend this stuff and so I will dismiss that poll completely because it doesn't fit with my agenda." The unflagging arrogance, in spite of the debacle that is his presidency, is utterly breathtaking. Among Barack's mulitudes of foolish statements, this one rank...

By now Osama Bin Ladin has figured out that there are no virgins. (If there are, they all weigh 600 lbs., have never shaved and have terrible B.O.) I suspect that he has discovered that the promises made in the brand of Islam he professed were, shall we say, "misleading." He has discovered once and for all that you cannot commit murder in the name of religion, or any other name, and escape the penalty for it. Life is not always just, but God is. For a brief moment, he understood that as he figured out he could not hide from the U.S. military forever. Perhaps the Islamists, the extreme violent part of the Muslim world, will realize that we are serious, that we will not be cowed and that we will not sink to that level. Perhaps not. But this is a great day for America and for the military. God is indeed good and the U.S. military is a close second. God's justice is eternal and inescapable, but thank goodness we have the U.S. military to speed up the process sometimes. Thank ...

Those of you who know me, know that I'm a HUGE BYU fan. (Not relative to my size, we'll save that discussion for another day, but relative to how much I love my alma mater.) This week was an emotional roller coaster for BYU basketball fans everywhere. Brandon Davies, a starting sophomore forward on the team, reported to the school an Honor Code violation. BYU, consistent as always, dismissed him from the team for the remainder of the season. The timing could not have been worse. With two regular season games left, carrying their highest national ranking ever, the chance to win the Conference title outright and get their potentially highest seed in the NCAA tournament ever, losing a starting player is a sucker punch to the gut. The team found out on Tuesday and got annihilated at home the following night by New Mexico. Obviously, that game was not so much about basketball X's and O's, but the emotion of losing a teammate and all the accompanying ramifications. This loss ...

The unholy alliance between the teacher's unions and the Democrat Party has finally been exposed in broad daylight for all the world to see. This fetid swamp has been simmering and stewing for years. Now that the majority of state governments have reached the budgetary breaking point, the moment of truth has arrived and the stench is too great to ignore... In many states, you cannot be hired as a public school teacher unless you join the union. As a member of the union, you are then forced to pay union dues about which you have no say in the expenditure or purposes for the money. The union negotiates your contract for you as a group of teachers, rather than a contract that would meet your individual needs or skills. This may have some benefits but also has some obvious drawbacks. One of the big drawbacks is that if you're conservative, you can be sure that you will have no say about the uses of your union dues. You see, the leadership of the teacher's unions and the Democra...