Your Mission for Independence Day

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Your Mission for Independence Day

The mission I ask you to complete this Independence Day weekend is the same one I’ve suggested for the last few years. Take a few minutes to re-read at least the Declaration of ...<< MORE >>

If great minds think alike, then Dylan Ratigan of MSNBC and I have great minds.

I caught just a few minutes of his program about health care reform today and he was definitely singing my tune.

His depiction of "Fast Eddie" is exactly one of the points ...<< MORE >>

Just a heads up. I have some significant personal events going on this weekend and later next week.

I'll post my Weekly Ezine on Friday morning and others as I can, but expect fewer postings for the next week or so.

Your patience is appreciated.

Larry ...<< MORE >>

Thomas Sowell's column published recently in the Omaha World Herald (and elsewhere, I'm sure) begins like this.

"A Gallup poll last week showed that far more Americans describe themselves as “conservatives” than as “liberals.” Yet Republicans have been clobbered by the Democrats in both the 2008 elections and the ...<< MORE >>

At baseball games, when the bat cracks hitting the ball, people stand up to get a clearer view of where the ball is going.

Within the last two weeks, the world stood up to get a clearer view of whether the Iranian people might be able to provide the ...<< MORE >>

Looks like I'm not the only one noting how the Republican Party has used its supposed religious purity to be a distinguishing factor to cause religious voters to vote for the Party and its candidates.

I hope the country is starting to wake up. Religious beliefs are something religions ...<< MORE >>

You sure hit the nail on the head this week. As a former strong Republican, your comments echo my sentiments exactly. I doubt we're alone.

You may remember I blogged about being a truly undecided voter who ultimately chose Obama...the first Democrat I've ever punched for a Presidential ...<< MORE >>

1. Commentary on Latter Half of June 2009 Events
2. Spectrum and Strategy—Fighting for the Strategic Center

1. Commentary on Latter Half of June 2009 Events

First I want to comment on the recent deaths of several celebrities. Second I want to remark on the most recent revelations ...<< MORE >>

In my book, I help people understand the difference between having other people's values imposed on you vs. allowing other people to live their own values without interference with something called the Monkey Head theory. Once you understand ...<< MORE >>

Successful revolutions have three phases. First, a strategically located single or limited segment of society begins vocally to express resentment, asserting itself in the streets of a major city, usually the capital. This segment is joined by other segments in the city and by segments elsewhere as the demonstration spreads to other cities and becomes more assertive, disruptive and potentially violent. As resistance to the regime spreads, the regime deploys its military and security forces. These forces, drawn from resisting social segments and isolated from the rest of society, turn on the regime, and stop following the regime’s orders. This is what happened to the Shah of Iran in 1979; it is also what happened in Russia in 1917 or in Romania in 1989. Revolutions fail when << MORE >>

Newsweek highlights the conflict between the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and various military chaplainacy groups.

There are a number of issues here. I'll highlight one. One of our keys to victory over victory over rogue groups in predominately Muslim countries is winning the hearts and minds of the general ...<< MORE >>

1. A Simple Idea for Health Care
2. Why the Flat Tax Idea Is Flat

1. A Simple Idea for Health Care

Let me toss out a simple idea on health care and get your comments.

My thought is we get so involved in discussions of public ...<< MORE >>

WKVE in Knoxville suffered a lightening strike and getting back on the air has proven much more difficult than anticipated.

Accordingly, we have rescheduled two of our previously announced guests to appear on Car Concerns. www.carconcerns.com

We will have on Theresa Amato on Jun 23, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT ...<< MORE >>

I saw Jeremy Scahill about two weeks ago on Bill Moyers' Journal and intended to point it out at the time. In fact, I'll try to add the link and include it here.

Scahill is upset about how Obama is continuing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I appreciate ...<< MORE >>

How beneficial for us should Iran's current leadership be replaced by the Iranians themselves.

Somewhere I read recently in an article other than the ones I'm about to link to the removal of George Bush by us removed a useful foil in the Iranian election.

We have already ...<< MORE >>

BEST IDEA I HAVE HEARD IN LONG, LONG TIME!!! "All Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms<< MORE >>

Everybody? Really?

The Freaks Are Freaking

Given recent politically motivated shootings around the country, I had thought about writing on this topic myself, but Paul Krugman makes many of the same points I would have made. I’m therefore going to make some supplementary remarks and refer you to ...<< MORE >>

Car Concerns will not be broadcasting today. The radio station was apparently hit by lightening and is off the air. It hopes to be back up tomorrow morning. We'll re-schedule our guest Judah Freed for a later show. ...<< MORE >>

Here is a list of some of the scheduled guests I'll be interviewing on Car Concerns in the upcoming weeks.

These interviews all take place on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. EDT. If you can't listen live, then archives are available at www.CarConcerns.com.


Thursday, June 11, Guest Judah ...<< MORE >>

A Note to my Blog Subscribers and Other Regular Readers--

Doubtless you have noted my postings here have been less frequent. The reason for this is not lack of interest but rather lack of time. The lack of time is due to three reasons you deserve to know about. ...<< MORE >>