Category Archives: Politics

These are opinion pieces on how political rules and regulations, applied by the political leadership, be it local, state, or national, steal your dreams and your self-respect. So what gives these con-artist the right to steal the American dream?

Answers: Part 1 Conservatism

Posted on March 10, 2013 by GP McClure

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. — Ronald Reagan I’m going to do a multi-part blog in that the answer for each part may be too long to be resolved in one … Continue reading →

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Stealing from the Poor

Posted on January 15, 2013 by GP McClure

People who make excuses cause all of the world’s woes, or make them worse. — Bill Purdin The following text is from the “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace D. Wattle. Written over a hundred years ago this little … Continue reading →

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Avoidance

Posted on January 3, 2013 by GP McClure

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. — Theodore Roosevelt I noticed our beloved Congress has avoided the fiscal cliff, or so the mendacious main stream media would have you believe. … Continue reading →

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Transitions

Posted on December 27, 2012 by GP McClure

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. — Martin Luther King, Jr. This is my … Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving Wish

Posted on November 19, 2012 by GP McClure

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. –Thomas Jefferson What does Thanksgiving mean to you? Is it just a reason to have turkey? You … Continue reading →

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Living in Loserville

Posted on November 9, 2012 by GP McClure

I felt despair. Though it seems to me now there’s two kinds of it: the sort that causes a person to surrender and then the sort I had which made me take risks and make plans. — Erica Eisdorfer It … Continue reading →

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Being Rich

Posted on October 22, 2012 by GP McClure

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. — Oscar Wilde  There is a concept in today’s America, even the world, that being … Continue reading →

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At the Mercy of…

Posted on September 23, 2012 by GP McClure

Do for yourself or do without – Gaylord Perry Do you feel like you are being manipulated, controlled, and told what to believe and what not to believe? Join the club. So, what is the truth? What is the lie? … Continue reading →

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Feel the Heat

Posted on August 19, 2012 by GP McClure

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license. — George Chapman The summer is hot. … Continue reading →

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Simple Questions

Posted on July 28, 2012 by GP McClure

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand … Continue reading →

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