Often, we’re unconsciously aware of a problem well before it rises to conscious recognition. Even then, most people are very tolerant. We recognize the problem as such but are not motivated to do anything about it at first… we allow the problem to grow until it reaches a higher pain threshold… and THEN they do […]
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I have finally resigned to the fact that, with very few exceptions, the news media is biased. Not just a little bit… SOME bent in one direction or another is bound to creep into reporting… I’m talking about a significant and readily apparent perspective being expressed in their presentation of “news”. This is the sad […]
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With the conventions of both major political parties going on, there is a lot of media coverage and talk about what government should and should not be doing for “us”. Like moths to a light, these events have attracted a wide range of groups staging protests.
One of the wonderful RIGHTS we have in the U.S. […]
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Occasionally, you hear people complain about our government suppressing the discussion of some controversial topic. It is doubtful that actually occurs and it seems people like conspiracy ideas. Most often, it is simply the government not releasing certain information for a specified reason, usually national security.
In this age of the internet and world commerce, it’s […]
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It seems some people are just looking for a fight these days. They’ll take statements out of context, distort something that was said, or just hear words without thinking of their true meaning. Here’s a current example:
A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon.
County commissioners were discussing problems with […]
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I had no clue, but there is a black national anthem.
It was sung (unexpectedly) at an annual State of the City address in Denver. The singer, who was supposed to sing the actual National Anthem, apparently kept her intentions private and changed the song at the last moment… she delivered the song “Lift Ev’ry Voice […]
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Why do celebrities have a spiteful habit of threatening to leave the U.S. if THEIR political candidate doesn’t win an election? This happens all too regularly… and, of course, they never follow through. But they certainly want you to listen to THEM because, God knows, they have more intelligence and greater depth of thought about […]
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The level of freedom we enjoy in the U.S.A. was embedded in our collective attitude from our country’s beginning. So long as they didn’t break the law or infringe on the rights of others, individuals were free to do most anything they wanted. Maverick behavior — what some today call “thinking outside the […]
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… or insulted…
… or angered…
… or displeased…
… or irritated…
… DOES NOT EXIST.
Civil behavior calls for the decent treatment of others but, when it comes to words, almost anything goes.
Good manners dictate that acceptable public commentary be mindful of the audience, but not everyone has good manners.
Common decency says it’s better to speak good of others […]
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I sometimes wonder how the trend toward “political correctness” gained so much steam.
The “practice” has existed for many years but has gone through several evolutions. I don’t know this for a fact, but it wasn’t so many years ago when its latest incarnation seemed to take hold. I think it was just a […]
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The challenge in this great republic is to ensure that our representatives (and those in the government bureaucracy who report to them) respect the majority... and for the majority to respect the minority... and for all to respect the law.
