Right As Usual

Check out this Big Government post - I promise that it's worth your time. Could there be anything less democratic than this "Czar" thing? It didn't work so well for the Russian people; why should we expect a better outcome?

Intellectual Conservative is a blog I'm getting really quite fond of. I don't always agree with the posts; that's true of many blogs. Non-liberals, like myself, do NOT always walk in lockstep with other non-liberals. The notion that we are all Dittoheads (mindlessly agreeing followers of Rush Limbaugh) is a fallacious one. I've only heard his show one time, when traveling a long distance. DH turned to that station in an effort to find some non-country music. I listened for a few minutes, until he turned to another channel. So, where do I get my "strange" ideas? Well, I don't usually get them from TV. Anyone knowing me knows that I don't watch all that much TV. I don't subscribe to a daily paper anymore; unreliable delivery times have caused me to break a lifelong habit. So, it's fair to say that the Internet is my main source of news. Aha! my critics will say - you must get all your information from gossip and rumor, which the web is...

Since 1975, Cost of Living increases in Social Security checks have insulated seniors from the effects of free-spending government policies. When the government decides to "balance" the budget by printing more money, seniors automatically get a raise in their checks. Not so the average citizen. We have to beg hard of our employers to get a raise, and, when we do, it seldom covers the entire amount that we are now short. So, the average senior has no reason to fear deficits - in fact, many eagerly vote for those who promise them (either directly, or indirectly, by making promises they can't pay without essentially "kiting a check" ). I never liked the balanced budget people - they always seemed to be one-note nuts. But, maybe it's time to re-visit that increasingly rare practice of not writing a check your bank can't cash - that day. Let's make the government follow that practice. To do otherwise is to follow the practice that alcoholics do - whe...

I've been busy with LIFE. We're still semi-nomadic, living 3-5 days a week in motels. We've made an offer on a trailer; we've reserved the site with a deposit. The financing is still in the air. We're maintaining our sense of humor and well-being. We're ramping up the anti-stress vitamins, drinking herbal tea (well, I am - the DH is still a cola addict), and generally trying not to let the uncertainty get to us. I'm still involved with politics (it is, in my case, an unstoppable compulsion), particularly with immigration. The health care issue has taken a front seat, as has cap & trade. But fighting the encroaching throngs of illegal immigrants from overtaking our country remains a perennial - unfortunately. It's even more important to resist the flood of aliens, given that our president, and his party, think our country should welcome them with open - and cash-laden - arms.

It turns out that Obama's people may be using funding (and some of that is government funding) to control the amount of "free speech" that non-profits engage in. So much for democracy.

This is terrific! I've seen lots of good posts this week, but haven't had the time to post about them. I've been working to catch up on grades, lesson planning, and the like. Saturday, my husband and I attended an RV show in Greensboro, NC (about 2 hours away). Surprisingly, the RVs seemed relatively affordable. We were looking in the 20K range. i've decided several things: Money counts - the inexpensive RVs looked like it. We stopped in a few upper-end units, and, boy, they looked like it. Leather instead of inexpensive upholstery fabric, a "home-like" atmosphere, space (it costs to add the slide-out sections), and little touches that say "no expcnse spared). Prices on RVs don't seem to have risen as much as other homes. We found good quality units in the 20K+ range - about 23K-28K seemed to be a major jump in quality. They seem small compared to your regular home, but compared to motels - which I've spent more time than I would like to in...