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I was listening to Dinesh D’Souza responding to someone when he broke down that the left’s main binding force is economics. Their belief always comes down to money. They love the stuff. They believe if you spread it around you will solve problems. On the surface this seems plausible. With things money is a magical panacea. You lose a car. Money can get you a new car. You need to build a bridge. Money will get that bridge built. Unfortunately people are not cars or bridges. With people it takes more than money. In fact with certain people money can be like leprosy. Leprosy as I understand it causes such problems because it takes the pain away that keeps us out of trouble. People injure themselves without knowing… Continue reading →

I am not Catholic. I am not Christian. I am not a lady, and I am not dressed in white. I am a free person who identifies fully with the people held in bondage by Barack Obama’s communist friends. Obama made nice with the horrific Castro regime, when he should have challenged it for the sake of people such as these brave souls pictured here. But these people making themselves free, even for a limited time, are not who Obama identifies with. He remains an unreconstructed progressive, more in favor of dictating to people than freeing them. http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/06/26/violent-weekend-in-cuba-30-ladies-in-white-arrested-for-trying-to-go-to-church/ From 2009, when Iranians died in the streets with America’s name on their lips, to the closing days of the Usurper horror, when the Castro dictatorial regime was rescued over… Continue reading →

It’s that time of the week again, when we connect for another town hall meeting in the Village of the Darned. If the software tells you that you’re the only caller, don’t you believe it! Press on with the access code and you’ll probably find us in there! US: 515-604-9908 Access Code: [see chat in “BDB Chat” tab above] International Local Dial-in Numbers Albania +355 4 454 1702 Argentina +54 351 569-7183 Australia +61 2 8077 0505

My older brother has arrived for a visit. He is my senior by seven years and is well into his retirement on two pensions and a lot of friends. We are a contrast to many.  He never left home, just ending a two decades stint of caregiving and running the household for my mother and then our sister, who just passed a few months ago. He is respected in his community, the go to guy for car and household repair, active in the church and other community organizations. I left home at 17 and never really came back except for visits. I married , he did not. I travelled the world, survived some serious near misses , did the corporate thing, met the celebrities of our time ,… Continue reading →

I write a weekly book review for the Daily News of Galveston County. It is not the biggest newspaper in Texas, but it is the oldest. I have been doing this for over a decade. In 2006 two books came out at separate times about the Texas Navy. Although you may never have heard of the Texas Navy, it was important both to the survival of Texas as a republic, and as a result to the history of the United States. I reviewed both. I am reprinting the first one this week, and will do the other next week. Nonfiction work full of unbelievable stories By Mark Lardas The Daily News Published April 30, 2006 You may have never heard of the Texas Navy. Maybe you thought it… Continue reading →

I found this a reasonable analogy – Title: Draining the Swamp is Messy By Michael Master Our home is in a community of 2,000 homes located on the intercostal in North Carolina. Everything lives here. Alligators. Water moccasins. Rattle snakes. Sea hawks. Egrets. Giant blue heron. Mosquitoes… blood sucking mosquitoes. We’ve watched from our back porch as dolphins chased sail boats and motor boats up the intercostal and watched the moon rise over the ocean to cast its glow over the intercostal. When the community decided to drain the swamp in the center of the community, it was a big deal. Draining the swamp was messy. The swamp was about 10 football fields, about 6 feet deep, with lots of creatures living in it. It was a dangerous… Continue reading →

It’s that time of the week again, when we connect for another townhall meeting in the Village of the Darned. If the software tells you that you’re the only caller, don’t you believe it!  Press on with the access code and you’ll probably find us in there! US: 515-604-9908 Access Code: [see chat in “BDB Chat” tab above] International Local Dial-in Numbers Albania +355 4 454 1702 Argentina +54 351 569-7183 Australia +61 2 8077 0505 Austria +43 1 2650524 Belgium +32 3 294 11 50 Brazil +55 11 3042-5274 Bulgaria +359 2 495 1701 Cambodia +855 96 696 7824 Chile +56 2 3210 9930 Colombia +57 6 7334210 Costa Rica +506 4090 1321 Croatia +385 1 8000 111 Cyprus +357 77 788680 Czech +420 225 852 073 Denmark +45… Continue reading →