Blogcritics Author: Realist

The Joy Toy That Thrills - And Kills

Realist — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 02:24:29 EST

There is nothing like having the power to kill in one's hands to make one feel like a man.
The recent comments for my last post by my good friend Cannonshop got me to thinking about a topic which has bothered me for many years: Why is it that gun advocates seem to become so rabid when anyone even hints about widening the subatomic gap between them and their weapons? I think I have just received the answer to my question, courtesy of The...

The Changeling Hate

Realist — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:57:13 EST

It's as if there is this internal need for some to always have someone or something to hate.
Now that the election is over, we can vent humorously about Bush rushing out of the White House to escape having to do the nation's worst job any longer. The nation has been under a great deal of pressure, and with conditions like national unemployment and poor retail sales making that pressure grow, any relief is desirable.Relief can come in...

Which Government Services Are You Willing To Give Up?

Realist — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 02:03:48 EST

Cut taxes! Reveal your secret wish list of items that you are sure can be deleted from the federal budget!
Despite the friendly "advice" I got from Lisa Solod Warren in my last post regarding my pronouncement that neither McCain nor Obama were going to be getting my vote -- to wit, "Fine. Don't vote, Realist" -- I and my entire family went early to vote (I wrote in Ron Paul as I could not support any of the 13 announced...

The Obamercial McCain't Move Me

Realist — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:15:25 EDT

Considering the problems facing this nation, mediocre isn't going to cut the mustard - much less the deficit.
Before I get into the heart of this post, I want to reiterate that I do not support either major party candidate for the presidency. In fact, after researching all of the announced candidates, not a one of them passed my muster. Ergo, I have no partisan angle to offer in what I'm about to say.It's been an interesting week watching the media...

The Atonement of Sins

Realist — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:19:24 EDT

Our traditions speak to a loftier universal existence, and it should be our life's goal to advance toward its realization.
Not so long ago, in a country not so very far away, The People lived. The People were known far and wide for two unique characteristics: a preference for diplomacy to settle disputes with their neighbors (despite a demonstrated reputation for being fearsome warriors) and being extremely generous (despite possessing great material wealth).But as...

The View From George W. Hoover's Ville

Realist — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:30:11 EDT

There is only one way "easy" out of this dilemma, and that is to radically inflate the dollar.
I have been watching the Rescue of the Rich with great interest since the House and Senate abrogated their responsibility to the American people last week. The initial hit to the economic future of Main Street was the $700 billion of "YOUR MONEY", but it didn't stop there.Barely had the wheels on the Wealth Welfare Wagon stopped...

Dear Imprudence

Realist — Wed, 1 Oct 2008 03:28:34 EDT

What's a little more pain for me as long as you get what you have coming to you?
Dear Wall StreetI hear you had it rough on Monday. Are you feeling used and abused yet? Good! Welcome to my world!Every time I come to see you about floating a loan, even if it's just to fill my gas tank, you want enough information from me to make the National Security Agency very jealous! After all - they have to gather my information without...

The World Whirls The Ailing Streets

Realist — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:18:04 EDT

It looks like Wall Street's Gordon Gekko wins after all. But in his winning, we all lose.
This isn't going to be one of my best posts, for I have been quite ill for most of the last two weeks.One of the things I have been saying consistently is that the United States would eventually reach a point at which the rest of the world will say "Enough!" I suspect that with the Wall Street Bailout that day has come.At the UN...

Suffering Suffrage!

Realist — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:54:18 EDT

Nude Palin Pix? What will the spirits of the Suffragettes think?
In 1920, after a long battle dating to before the Civil War, American women won the right to vote. Women have become an important part of the electorate, with a majority of women choosing the winner in the majority of recent US presidential elections.Despite assertions that women care about the "SHE" issues - social security, health care,...

Oh, Say! They CAN See!

Realist — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:08:16 EDT

Gov. Mark Warner provided the element promised by Obama but not yet delivered -- vision.
Hillary Clinton's speech may well have been the one everyone was waiting for, but it wasn't the one everyone should have heard.For once, the Democratic Party had a spokesperson who actually lived what he promoted, and thus knew something about the topic of his advocacy. Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner gave an excellent speech last night,...