Musings from the treetop
The new owner of the Miss Universe contest is a transgender. The once heralded international beauty contest has now expanded its purview to investigate whether or not men make the best women. ………….. Even when unloaded, pointing a gun at someone and pulling the trigger is foolish at minimum and involuntary homicide at maximum. Sorry Alex, but contrary to your lifelong political position: guns do not kill, people do. ………. Experience and wisdom requires making many mistakes and being convinced to change your mind many times. That is why sending untested people, committed to a given theory, into decision-making positions often works out poorly. Exhibit A: The Biden Cabinet ………. We now know the assassination of JFK was an inside job. Hiding documents after every one of the principles is dead only confirms they played a significant role. And that was 60 years ago. Now, ask yourself, have our intelligence agencies became more or less corrupt since then? The answer to that question should rattle Americans to their core. The words of former newsman Robert Novak have never ringed more true: “Love your country, but never trust your government.” …………. By substituting the word “privilege” in place of the word “achievement,” young people are often made to feel guilty simply because their parents were productive. ……………. Inflation has taught many Americans that if you live beyond your means today, you will have to live below your means tomorrow. …….. Californians know that Democrat-led cities are already moving forward with gas stove bans that will affect millions. Like EVs, this move fosters dependence on a centrally-controlled electrical grid. The process of eliminating individual use of fossil fuel is not unlike the process of herding livestock toward the slaughterhouse. Neither victim understands where they are going. ……………….. The sting of an insult is equal to the truth contained within. …………. On the east coast in general and New Jersey in particular, the mandated proliferation of windmills is killing whales. Killing whales in order to save the planet reminds me of pimping a spending bill (Inflation Reduction Act) to fight inflation. ………….. The worst enemy of a bad idea is a free mind. That is why government relentlessly seeks to regulate and control speech. …………. Rather than curbing the practice of spreading partisan lies, newspapers like The Washington Post argues they are “moving beyond objectivity.” Lets define objective per Merriam Webster: not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased. Moving beyond objectivity? In the pursuit of truth, that can’t happen. One can only move below objectivity, which is the path taken by WaPo. …………..