"Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle, they can't be bothered about where they're going." Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Economist and Harvard Professor
October 19, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
From Moscow and North Korea, to Tiananmen Square and Iran, there are sighs of contentment.
The "presidents," ayatollahs and petty dictators are watching Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign,...
"He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his cost, and fights against the enemy." Socrates
October 12, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
What do you do when bad news is WikiLeaked about you?
If you're Hillary Clinton, you lie.
If you are Barack Obama, or any Tom, Dick or Cheryl in his administration, you lie about your lies, then are granted immunity.
And if you're Anderson Co...
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants." Mary Tyler Moore Show, "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
October 5, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Clowns are in big trouble, and it's breaking Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey's heart.
They run a clown school.
The "Creepy Clown" hysteria that's sweeping the country has thrown clowns into a dither.
'It is troubling because it's a distr...
"Sometimes when you get in a fight with a skunk, you can't tell who started it." Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
September 28, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
It might be true. Donald Trump may not have used all the arrows in his quiver during The Debate, but at least he had some.
Poor Hillary had nothing else to talk about, no record to point to with pride. All she had was The Donald to kick around. And once the Lester Holt/Hi...
"No man can get rich in politics unless he's a crook." President Harry Truman
September 21, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Gunfire. Mayhem. Blood running in the streets.
This time it was Charlotte, N.C., but it didn't matter what city it was, the government's response was the same.
Whether it is civil unrest or Islamic terrorism, don't count on the president, the FBI or the Department of Justice to have your back.
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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley
September 14, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
It's terrible. You take a shiny, new, four-slice toaster home, plug it in and it burns your English muffin to smithereens;
You finally decide to spring for new wheels, and the car turns out to be a dud;
Or you invest big bucks in a smartphone and find the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has an app that mak...
"Why just order a pizza, when you can get a restraining order for the delivery guys, make them come to you, sue them and get all the profit?" Will Advise, Author
September 7, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
In the days before "Political Correctness," people like Obama, the Clintons and John Kerry would have been called crackpots.
The scary part is that they are the highest ranking officials in our government, and they're calling t...
"If I want to knock a news story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle." Hillary Rodham Clinton
August 31, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
They may not have stolen Fizzy Lifting Drinks, but the media, in the Age of Obama, have stolen something more important: The right of the American people to receive all the news that's fit to print.
In the words of the late Willie Wonka, "You lose! Good day, sir!"
Who ...
"If I had known I'd be running for president, I would have been less controversial." Donald Trump, Interview with Ainsley Earhardt, FOX News, August, 2016
August 17, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
When you're in trouble, your friends show up. They don't have to do anything. Just being there is enough.
So let's say you're in Baton Rouge, and you're watching the rising Amite River wash away your worldly possessions.
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