“As I expected when I first heard about the Arab Spring, only simpletons can ever be overjoyed at the notion of a tyrant being overthrown in that part of the world. King Farouk was bad, Gamal Nasser was worse. The Shah of Iran was bad, the Ayatollah Khomeini was worse. Hosni Mubarak was bad, the [...]
Archive for November 15th, 2011
15 Nov
Trading Bad For Bad!
Posted by rikkitick in Politics. Tagged: America, Constitution, Freedom, Obama, Politics, reflection, truth. Leave a Comment
15 Nov
Return on Investment is Not Government’s Goal
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“When you invest your own money, your biggest concern is that you’ll lose the investment. To relieve you of that, you research a company before lending it your money or buying its stock. You make your decision on the likelihood and the amount of money you will earn from the investment, and whether or not [...]
15 Nov
Thous Shalt Not….
Posted by rikkitick in Politics, Reflections. Tagged: America, capitalism, Christianity, Conservative, Constitution, economy, Freedom, God, government, Obama, Politics, religion, socialism. Leave a Comment
“Economic envy may cloak itself in rhetoric about ‘inequality’ or ‘egalitarianism’ or ‘redistribution of wealth,’ but its oldest name is covetousness. That is the sin enjoined by the last of the Ten Commandments: ‘Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his [...]
15 Nov
Affirmative Action Gone Wild
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The Washington Post August 18, 2011 Obama: The Affirmative Action President by Matt Patterson (columnist – Washington Post, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner) Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of [...]
15 Nov
Belated Parental Advice
Posted by rikkitick in Uncategorized. Tagged: America, capitalism, Conservative, Constitution, family, Freedom, government, Obama, patriotism, Politics, Quotes, socialism. Leave a Comment
Marybeth Hicks Columnist The Washington Times Call it an occupational hazard, but I can’t look at the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters without thinking, “Who parented these people?” As a culture columnist, I’ve commented on the social and political ramifications of the “movement” – now known as “OWS” – whose fairyland agenda can be summarized [...]
