What will you remember on Memorial Day?

by John West | 12:28 pm, May 24, 2009

I am a veteran.  Or at least I was a Reservist.  I was an Airborne Infantryman before President Clinton took the combat arms units out of the Reserves.  I will not try to compare my service to that of a WWII vet or even a current vet from Iraq or Afghanistan.  Those people have actually [...]

Time is on my side?

by John West | 8:29 am, May 21, 2009

I don’t know who said it but its true. If you give time to everyone who asks for it, you will have no time left for yourself. There are so many people that only want a minute or five minutes or even if you just have thirty seconds to talk to them that if you [...]

Why is there a resemblance between parole and congressional hearings.

by John West | 10:52 pm, February 20, 2009

The sister of Sharon Tate, one of Charles Manson’s victims, shows up at every one of Manson’s parole hearings.  She does so to remind the parole board of exactly the cost to her family of Manson’s crime in the hope that Manson will never be released. 
Likewise, there are activists that have to show up [...]

The dastardly landlord is BS!

by John West | 9:41 pm, February 20, 2009

OK everyone, especially all of you populist liberals out there, Robin Hood stole from the tax collector and gave to the poor.  He did NOT steal from the rich and give to the poor.  A recent version of this is a TV commercial in which a damsel (I use this term very loosely) in distress [...]

George Washington, redcoat?

by John West | 8:40 am, February 5, 2009

Recent National Guard commercials have scenes from the Revolutionary War been re-enacted.  The problem with showing this is that the Revolutionary War was fought by militia groups, not the National Guard.  The National Guard is state sponsored, state trained, and answerable to the state.  Militia groups are none of the above.  Just remember, George Washington [...]

Government employee unions? No way!

by John West | 2:48 pm, February 4, 2009

I was in a government building today and saw a sign posted that raised my ire.  It was a recruiting poster for a government employees union.  The first thing on the poster was the main reason they state for government employees to join their union.  The reason, “The THREAT:  Under way is a powerful and rapidly moving effort aimed [...]

Run like an human.

by John West | 8:41 am, February 4, 2009

I am getting back into running.  One thing that has always bothered me about runners is sometimes they are runners and sometimes they are just joggers that call themselves runners.  Joggers can’t seem to stride out past where their knees straighten out.  I know this is nit picking but those people are not runners, they [...]

Stop being politicians and try to be leaders.

by John West | 10:42 pm, November 12, 2008

I hope I’m not just being naïve here, but when are we going to see an election for President where once the final blows are dealt and a winner is declared that the entire nation pulls together behind the winner?  Has that ever been the case?  I seem to remember a founding father saying something [...]

Colorado’s Amendment 49- Vote YES!

by John West | 8:14 pm, October 26, 2008

Do you enjoy having Uncle Sam dip his filthy hand into your pocket every paycheck to extract Federal Income Taxes, State Income Taxes, FICA, and Social Security??  What if instead of the Government dipping in for their pound of flesh it was a union boss?  At least the Government has been voted the power to [...]

Amendment 54: Clean Government Colorado

by John West | 7:43 pm, October 26, 2008

Well, well, well.  I was wondering what it was about Colorado’s Amendment 54that had the union bosses so worried.  Well, I found out this week.  My understanding of the Amendment was that it would bar businesses that were awarded no-bid contracts from giving money to the politicians that made the decisions about the no-bid contract.  [...]

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