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This morning we examine some things old, versus some things new.  We borrowed the below and it has us feeling a bit blue. You’ve heard the Jeff Foxworthy diatribe about “You know you’re a redneck if….”  Well, enjoy or cry at his similar take on “you might live in a nation (state) that was founded …

Rule # 1.  Follow the Money. Rule # 2.  See rule number 1. A week from today America either defaults on its debt obligations, or it doesn’t.   It won’t.  The worst case is that both parties will agree to kick the can down the road as it has many times before. Whether the Republican-controlled House …

It’s past time to drop ten more at the virtual door.  Plus one.  They’re as random as random gets. Many many years ago Ronald Reagan exclaimed, “The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.”  As the two parties squabble down to the deadline to extend the …

One of our senior writers was sitting poolside last evening with a cigar in one hand and two fingers of Maker’s Mark in a glass in the other.  And, it dawned on him. That’s what they want.  “To be honest, I all but forgot about the 2016 election stink about Trump and his team colluding …

A visionary is someone who can see further down the road or higher in the sky than the next. An example of the road analogy is Tesla.  When you combine an environmentally friendly great ride with soon-to-be driverless-ready capability fostered by a huge helping of cash from your government you’ve got an industry changer. An …

George Washington once confessed, “I cannot tell a lie father, I chopped down the cherry tree.”  Or did he? Multiple checks on Al Gore’s internet this AM seem to universally debunk the claim calling it a myth.  Apparently, someone fibbed telling you as a child about old wooden tooth slave-owning first prez George.  Except they …

It’s a year and a half until the November 2024 Presidential Election.  Yet, one of the two parties has already put the hay in the barn.  The other is searching for a pitchfork. In a carefully choreographed way, the Democrats hitched their wagon to current President Joe Biden.  They want it to be all happy …

Spring is in the air.  It reminds us of spring chickens.  Spring chickens remind us of nuggets.  Ten are waiting for you below.  Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for regulating conservative news.   She opined on Sunday’s MSNBC, “When you look at what Tucker Carlson and some of these other folks on Fox do, it is …

If you put 100 red ants and 100 black ants in a jar they peacefully coexist.  If you shake the jar they fight each other till death. This sounds a lot like America today.  Who is shaking our jar? Power-hungry politicians and click-hungry social media types come to mind.  Together they’ve told us repeatedly why …

How low can you go? Limbo got its start as a traditional dance contest on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. But, here recently, it looks like the contest has moved to the U.S.   And, it looks like the bar is being lowered at an accelerated pace in an uncontested manner. People from many walks of …