Spending ourselves rich?! |
It is a popular misconception that our current economic woes began just some months ago when the housing market finally started to crumble. The fact of the matter is that this is just the latest...
Posted by Ron on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:06:00 PST |
Dealing Democracy? |
Wow, am I ever ready for election season to be finished. There's just over a week left, and the candidates have not only laid their cash on the table, but they've taken off their gloves, rolled ...
Posted by Ron on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:45:00 PST |
Doing the math |
For some time now, the Bush administration has been admonishing the public to not be "armchair quarterbacks" in the Iraq war. The administration constantly says we have to "stay the course" and ...
Posted by Ron on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:33:00 PST |
Illegal to know the truth?! |
For years now, and especially more during the runup to the elections, we hear President Bush constantly telling us how much safer we are now than we used to be, and we see him using Congress to progre...
Posted by Ron on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:37:00 PST |
Moderation?! |
I almost ran my car off the road yesterday, which would have been especially disappointing since I just spent $650 on new tires. What could have made me come so close to losing control...
Posted by Ron on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:08:00 PST |
Citizenship, Power, and Democracy |
Prologue
Two important days for our country occurred this past week: September 11, 2006, and Primary Day in our election process, so the urgency and meaning of this brief message became par...
Posted by Ron on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:24:00 PST |
History, Religion, and our President |
Many years ago, waves of European immigrants left their homelands to come to what became the United States. Although they came for many reasons, one of the most important was that they longed to...
Posted by Ron on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:07:00 PST |
Friends |
I admit that I'm a bit puzzled about something: what in the hell is up with all the slutty bimbos and thoroughly average bands on MySpace always sending me friend requests?&n...
Posted by Ron on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:31:00 PST |
Please let that poor girl rest already! |
I went to the gym yesterday morning. It had been four days since I had a chance to work out, and I was starting to feel like my blood was becoming sluggish.
I relish my gym time.&nbs...
Posted by Ron on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:42:00 PST |
Truth in Advertising |
I have this great coffeemaker - it's stylish, fast, makes good coffee... it even disperses the hot water over all the grounds so that you don't open it up and find that it only extracted that beautifu...
Posted by Ron on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:00:00 PST |
