"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves." William Shakespeare
"There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat." Lillian Hellman
September 2, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Mitt is horrified. Hillary's insulted. And Jeb is wringing his hands.
It's The Donald. He's in hot water, again.
He did the unthinkable, again. He mentioned the elephants in the room, the ones ...
"Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." James Bryant Conant, Chemist and President of Harvard University
August 26, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
It was a depressing day in Turtleville. Well, not so bad as in Left-Wing-Hillaryville, but nearly as bad.
The Tortoise wasn't doing so well in the polls, and it was easy to see why. All you had to do was look at him and you knew he was, well, a...
"We can fire you." "You can. But you can't tell me what to do." "Jesse Stone," by Robert B. Parker
August 19, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
We had to beg him to wear an American flag lapel pin.
We had to beg him to say "Islamic terrorists."
In fact we had to beg him to talk at all.
And when he finally did talk, we had to beg him to stop. With nothing good to say about the country which he was elec...
"So many times it happens too fast. You trade your passion for glory. Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past. You must fight just to keep them alive." Eye of the Tiger, Survivor
August 12, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
It all depends on who you are.
If you're Hillary, you get a pass no matter what you do, because you're Hillary.
If you're Barack Obama, Congress and the Supreme Court don't even try to reel you in.
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