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I’m sure that most ‘Grok readers join me in lamenting the sudden demise of the Pamela Andersen/ Kid Rock marriage. The New York Post provides an intersting tidbit of the cause: Pam’s recent cameo appearance in the Borat movie. "Ron Meyer held a screening of ‘Borat’ at his house for a bunch of people, including Pam …
Nope, not Him (I’d be listening if it was). No, this is from another person from on High – he’s back pontificating again. Yup, that same guy that has given us the Oil For Food scandal ($20+ Billion for Sadaam instead of for Iraq’s poor), the sex scandals by the UN troops, the mishandling of …
Huh- what’s this? The UN has just unanimously approved another year of Bush’s "illegal occupation"?! But… it can’t be, can it? I thought we were standing alone as we "go it alone"? What gives? The AP reports: The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the mandate of the 160,000-member multinational force in Iraq. …
UN approves another year of the “illegal occupation.” Read More »
The headline from The Telegraph (UK) sums it all up: More women have abortions as it loses stigma And why not? First came "casual sex". Then the occasional "casual baby" without the "old fashioned" marriage, and, as heralded by pop culture’s Murphy Brown, sans full-time father/ "man about the house"- excepting the usually short-lived "stray-cat" …
Maybe Democratic presidential wannabee John Edwards should stick to suing doctors into bankruptcy and leave the anti- Wal Mart (free-market) shtick to those better suited… . DCE at Weekend Pundit has the lowdown. Click here.
Bad news for former Clinton-era national poet-laureate Maya Angelou. The AP reports: FOND DU LAC — Some Fond du Lac parents have asked school officials to remove former U.S. poet laureate Maya Angelou’s autobiography from the high school curriculum. . Students at Fond du Lac High School read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" …
The caged bird sings because it’s better than reading crap disguised as “literature”. Read More »
There has been much talk about the looming crisis in the public employee retirement systems nationwide. Well- maybe saying that there is "much" talk is an overstatement- there has been precious little on the part of the governments involved. Most of what we hear on the subject is coming from lone "voices in the wilderness" …
Is NH’s Public Employee Retirement System at the Brink of Failure? Read More »
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life. — Teddy Roosevelt I know that he is right – I think that we are seeing, for the second time in …
Thanksgiving. A time for family and friends, a time to be reflective for what has happened over the past year and to be thankful to God for providing. Especially the little things. And sometimes the big things too! More on this later, but this story, coming at this time of year, shows that not all …
So often we hear from our Liberal elite leaders (politicos, academics, pundits) that we should be more like Europe, that we should be more "sophisticated and nuanced". After all, they have it better over there with universal healthcare, better schooling, a better way of life, right? Leaving aside the fact that they have an undemocratic …
