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| June 1, 2004 I love how Memorial Day and the weekend around it has completely lost it's affect on everyone. For some reason or another, people use it to their advantage to try and achieve some sort of goal. Anti-war protesters aren't really concerned with honoring those who died, but rather, they concentrate their efforts on bringing an end to the current over-seas conflict. And politicians use Memorial Day as a photo-op so they can be seen mourning those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, or take a picture with the widow of a fallen vet. Give it up already. Why can't Americans, just for once, honor the occassion for what it was intended for - to remember those who give us the rights and freedoms that we far too often take for granted. Instead of concentrating your efforts on some selfish want, take the opportunity to sit and think - and remember those who aren't here anymore because they selflessly gave their life to defend the ideals and beliefs of this great nation. |
| blar-ney: deceptive nonsense |
| June 11, 2004 This week, our nation mourned the passing of Ronald Regan, and though I try and keep these columns "political-free," I cannot in good faith miss this opportunity to talk about a man who I believe did so much for this country. Despite what others will say about his politics, particularly those who did not agree with him, Ronald Regan remains one of the greatest American figures ever to live. Even as a young child, I can remember images and speeches presented by the President. During these last few days, the media has flooded all forms of media with images and video of the former President, and it seems to me that no President carried the grace and demeanor that Regan did. He brought respect and dignity to an office that lately has been tainted with scandal and corruptness. Just by looking at his face, his expresions showed nothing more than a hard leader with a soft heart. As my grandfather would say, he was a "scholar and a gentlemen," and I believe that all future Presidents who assume the office should look to Regan as a model for behavior and leadership, because in our lifetime, no one did it better. |
| July 4, 2004 The Fourth of July Holiday has always been bittersweet. In one way it is a time for families to come together and celebrate the values and culture that make us all "American." In another way, this is the ONLY time of the year that this phenomenon happens. One day out of the year, the family comes together and sits under a moonlit night watching explosion after explosion sail through the dark skies. The other 364 days we spend bickering and arguing over petty nonsense. We forget our manners, we get road rage, we rant about what a rotten place America can be. I believe that everyone needs to carry the spirit of the fourth with them all year long. It would eliminate a lot of problems, and maybe make our country a littel more desierable during those other 364 days. God Bless America. |
| July 16, 2004 Yesterday the world said goodbye to everyone's favorite homemaker: Martha Stewart. As I fully expected, Martha will be serving time behind bars, not to be released until a few weeks before Christmas (where she'll show us how to make darling wreath from scrap tin and dirty sheets). After she was sentenced, she compared her plight to that of Nelson Mandella. Martha: HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND??? Mr. Mandella was put into a prison for political reasons; you were put in prison because you are a lying cheat. You are greedy, overbearing, and you think that you are better than everyone else in the world. Well hopefully you finally got a wakeup call. You are NO better than anyone else in this world. Today you are a common criminal, and tonight, you will be someone else's bitch. |
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