Well, duh!

Texas State Representative Senfronia Thompson doesn't like the resolution endorsed by Governor Perry that would serve notice on the federal government that all powers not ennumerated to the federal government reside with the states. The feds need the reminder -- our government has grown far too big and is subverting the Constitution with all the politically correct handouts and policies coming out of Washington.

Ms. Thompson said she opposed the resolution because it challenged the federal authority to regulate guns and taxes and fund children's health and unemployment insurance. Well, duh! That's the whole point. The Federal government has no such authority. The Second Amendment is our regulation on firearms, and it says we can have 'em. And in 1776, we declared our independence over taxation without representation. We're essentially in the same position now. Our Congress members are by and large corrupt, and their main concern is redistributing wealth, not funding legitimate government. And I guarantee you won't find any mention of health or unemployment insurance in the Constitution!

Senfronia Thompson and her ilk are the very reason we needed this resolution!

"Technicality shoots down states' rights bill." The Dallas Morning News; May 20, 2009; p. 6A.

It's a crisis if you do, it's a crisis if you don't.

I have become amused by the media creation of crises. Have you noticed that whichever way it goes, we're doomed?

For example, how long have the environmentalists been warning us about filling up our landfills? We'll have no earth left, they say, if we don't quit generating so much garbage. It's a crisis! But in recent months, the economy has been bad (another crisis), so people evidently have not been consuming as much. Landfills across the nation are laying off workers, cutting hours, and hiking fees. It's a crisis!

Same thing with the oil industry. Oil prices hit record highs a few months ago. It's a crisis! People will starve! But when they started coming down, guess what? The oil companies are hurting. Another crisis!

I say we all just take a deep breath and quit making everything into a crisis! We'll all be happier and worry less. But then again, will that create a crisis for the psychiatrists?

"Less trash, less cash for city." The Dallas Morning News; May 20, 2009; p. 1B.

Second Essie

It's time for an Essie Award -- the award given on the basis of pure stupidity. Today's Essie goes to Zhang Jiao of Anhui Province in China. Zhang and his 5-year-old son were visiting the zoo in Beijing. The little boy dropped his toy into the panda enclosure. Zhang jumped into the enclosure to retrieve the toy. Gu Gu, a 240 pound panda, didn't like the intrusion into his space. He mauled the man's legs and refused to let go until zookeepers pried his jaws open with tools.

Congratulations, Zhang Jiao!

"Panda mauls man who jumped into area." The Dallas Morning News; January 9, 2009; p. 13A.

I don't like being squeezed!

Obama says agreement on an energy bill and a promise by interest groups to squeeze trillions of dollars in savings from the health care system show that change has come to Washington. Oh, Boy! You want to know who's getting squeezed?

It's the man who wants to buy a new car that's going to cost him $1,300 more because of the energy bill mandates. It's the homeowner who will pay approximately $1,200 more a year in electricity bills because of the energy bill mandates. It's the employer who will have to pay for national health insurance for his employees. It's the worker who has health insurance from his employer that he will now have to pay tax on. It's the insurance policy owner who will have to pay tax on the benefits he receives from his plan. And on and on and on. VOTE REPUBLICAN and tell Obama to keep the change!

"Obama touts energy, health bills." The Dallas Morning News; May 17, 2009; p. 9A.

Who would have thought?

Did you know that sexual responsibility through abstinence and monogamy is irresponsible and dangerous? That's what France, Germany, the United Nations' AIDS-fighting agency, and the British medical journal The Lancet said about Pope Benedict's statement that condoms weren't the answer to Africa's AIDS epidemic, but that a moral lifestyle as described above was.

We are truly living in the days when good is called evil and evil is called good.

"Vatican says critics trying to silence pope." The Dallas Morning News; April 18, 2009; p. 15A.

It's all about the money.

Our history books and educational system push Martin Luther King, Jr. as the great messiah. Too bad his family didn't take after him. They've charged the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation $800,000 to use his image and words in the National Mall memorial they plan for him. I really don't care what a private foundation chooses to do with its money. The sentence that caught my attention in this report was this one: "The memorial . . . is being paid for almost entirely with private money. . ."

What does "almost entirely" mean? Personally, I find it offensive that any of my tax money is going toward a memorial to a known adulterer and plagiarist. I find it even more offensive that his greedy kids have their hands in the till.

"King family charges foundation $800K." The Dallas Morning News; April 18, 2009; p. 7A.

I missed it!

I missed the secession announcement! According to a State Department list, countries Secretary of State Clinton has visited include France, Germany, Japan, China, and Texas. Does this mean I don't have to send the IRS a check anymore?

"Texas: To U.S., a foreign concept." The Dallas Morning News; April 18, 2009; p. 6A.