Monday, March 25, 2024

First amendement and freedom of the press disappearing

 Based on an interview that Tucker Carlson did with Dave Benner a libertarian from. Minnesota I am less optimistic about our direction than before. He says that freedom of the press is disappearing and uses some statistics to back it up. For example our freedom index score is 71, about that of Gambia and Tonga, Norway is number one with a 91score.


https://youtu.be/-_kLsdmqRzU?si=IxL6hlebn2Wz_6Pa


More to add to this. 


In other words Fox News is not worth our time anymore.

Thursday, February 29, 2024

One party state or monolithic views bad for organizations and Society

 In my humble view a one party state or city government with no dissenting views is bad for society as it doesn’t allow for criticism or improvement of processes. This is probably the biggest problem with contemporary America as well as many other Western countries like Canada United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Australia and France. How can people take their state and federal governments seriously when they suppress all dissenting points of view? 

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Some big ideas for 2024

 There’s a blog that I read called The American Thinker. They have some interesting writers and points of view. I saw a post the other day called Tem big ideas to help Republicans win in 2024. 


A couple of these ideas are very worthwhile. One is Mandate growth requiring that as a matter of law GDP should be hitting a minimum of 4 percent. This is an easy way to measure how well the economy and president and federal government are doing.


Another one is energy independence. To rely on the Arab nations and Venezuela 🇻🇪 for oil when we have oil wells and fracking available is crazy and one of the reason that prices or inflation is so HIGH.


Sunseting commissions that serve no purpose is another favorite of mine.


Let me thank Michael W Burns for this article.



Tuesday, January 9, 2024

McCaskey -Halas family not fit to own a major sports team

After another disappointing Bears season in Chicago it’s time Chicago sports fans faced a very very uncomfortable truth.


The McCaskey-Halas family is not fit or equipped to own a major sports team today . If they do they will never win a championship because they are stuck in their old ways and won’t adapt to the new game and  the importance that the quarterback plays today .


Since Mike Ditka was fired after the 1992 season the Bears have won 10 games in a season six times , four by Lovie Smith. That’s pitiful.



Wednesday, December 20, 2023

America : glass half full or half empty

 On the one hand we have had extreme authoritarian  leftists run our federal government and most of the

State government the last 15 years. The good news is that most of them are incompetent or corrupt.


However without a strong leader of the opposition (GOP and assorted independents or old fasho Ed peoples like me and my parents ) the leftists will remain in power . Let us hope that sanity and wisdom prevail .



Sunday, October 29, 2023

Thoughts on the Condition of the Jewish People

 After the brutal killings and capture , rapes torture etc of over 1400 Jews on October 7th as well as countless rocket 🚀 attacks by Hamas into Israel as well as the open anti Semitism all over the world i have come to the conclusion that it is very obvious that there is no moral compas anymore and such a lack of leadership and weakness by all sorts of people.


Yes the Jewish people have come together to do acts of kindness and to say extra chapters of Tehillim which is good however this is a daunting challenge.

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Two types of media and some alternatives

 There are two types of media or television stations. One are the handful of approved official state television or OST ( official state television). CBS ABC NBC PBS etc. They dutifully report what the government and ruling class want you to know and believe.

The other is REN ( Republican Establishment Television). It is also known as the Fox News Channel. They are now indirectly part of OST and as such can not be trusted anymore .


So what are the alternatives?


Newsmax Websites like Daily Wire and American Greatness and the American Thinker.

 like Amer