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I'm not paranoid.  Really, I'm not.  I just get skittish when government "officials" say there is nothing to worry about.  Really?!  If there is one group of people of whom you should be afraid, it is government "officials" who say there is nothing to be afraid of. Don't believe me?  Remember back when Edward Snowden distributed all that information during the Obama Administration?  Shortly after that revelation, POTUS Obama stated that ,  American's shouldn't be too worried about these disclosures because all three branches of government had blessed the programs and activities that were being disclosed. While that was a true statement, what was important to note is that what Obama was actually saying is that every branch of government was in on the fix .  The SCOTUS, the POTUS, and both houses of the federal legislature knew that the U.S. Constitution was being used as toilet paper to collect information on we the people - and the fed...

You ever read the poem by John Donne titled, "No man is an island?"  It goes like this: "No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." This concept of "islands" and "mankind" came to mind whilst I was reading an article about California's further attempt at being a sanctuary state.  Apparently, the California Senate is further cementing the concept of becoming an island unto itself by considering a bill that seeks to limit the ability of local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. See, a while back, the state of California adopted legislation which turned ...

Today's blog is more a commentary on greed than anything else.  In and of itself, greed is good .  Notwithstanding what the left says, greed encourages innovation and development.  Of course, greed also leads to other things - like selfishness (which is pretty much what happens when people get to thinking life is more about them then it is about helping others). Take, for instance, the GMC Gremlin , but it was pretty big).  Thing was, it got good gas mileage for a car in the 70's.  The duduk kasus was that if you were ever involved in a rear-end collision, you were toast . Literally.  About 27 people were killed in similar accidents and, it turns out, Ford factored the liability into its financials by creating a trust fund in anticipation of future litigation . Ford knew the Pinto's gas tank was a defective design but sold them anyway because they figured they'd make more money selling Pintos then they'd lose in litigation .  In the end, it was ...