Revising Entitlements – Time to Quit Shouting Against a North Wind
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? No. 21 Thomas Paine June 2011 - The politically accepted definition of the word entitlement is another progressive creation. The progressive interpretation of the word entitlement, which liberals love to use freely, (no pun intended) can be stated in many ways but is best summarized as “…being free from not [...]
Why More Able Men are not Chosen President
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? No. 20, Thomas Paine – May 2011- In response to Where Has Common Sense Gone, No.19 “ Where are the Elephants” a very good friend of mine gave me a copy of an article that appeared in “Influential and Controversial Readings in American Politics”. It was extracted from The [...]
Where are the Elephants?
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? No. 19 Thomas Paine – April 2011 – I see the Tent, I have seen the Clowns, ………..but where are the Elephants? I have been watching the Federal Government Circus on television. I have no doubt many other concerned citizens have also been watching. We have been subjected to posturing, [...]
The Governments Dilemma – Is there a Way Out or is it a Catch 22
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE, No. 18, Thomas Paine – March 2011 Economists have a well recognized axiom used to describe one aspect of production activity. It is called the “Law of Diminishing Returns”. The law states “that we will get less and less extra output when we add additional doses of an input while [...]
The Budget Discussions – Rod Serling Would be Proud
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? No. 17 Thomas Paine – March 2011 Where to start a discussion……..the Twilight Zone is the Twilight Zone no matter where you enter it. One might add….Common Sense is in short supply once inside the Twilight Zone. I had a brief flashback to an old Rod Serling Twilight Zone episode [...]
Recognizing Government Hypocrisy
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? No. 16, Thomas Paine – February 2011 I have continued to wonder about the Federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling. The courts have found the moratorium to be illegal. This has been viewed by the present Administration as a setback and accordingly emphasis has shifted to dramatically extend the Permit [...]
Global Warming Revisited
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? No. 15 Thomas Paine – December 2010 C.S. No. 8 referenced the subject of Global Warming being discredited by some obviously falsified information. My level of expertise does not extend to climate change, so, as I pointed out at that time it was not my intent to support or rebuke [...]
Recognizing the Reality of Political Systems
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? No. 14 Thomas Paine – November 2010 Obama has often been referred to as a socialist and sometimes even a communist. He probably is neither, but it is possible he could be something worse! Obama could unwittingly be a fascist. I say this even while believing that Obama is at [...]
Slip Slidin’ Away
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? No. 13 Thomas Paine – November 2010 Paul Simon covered a lot of ground in his highly popular song, but he left out probably the most important thing…..liberty and the freedom from tyranny. I have no idea what his political persuasion was at the time he wrote Slip Slidin’ Away, [...]
Perpetual Motion and Government
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE ? No. 12 Thomas Paine – November 2010 Does perpetual motion exist? Knowledgeable people have told us perpetual motion is a technical impossibility. Anyone making the “outlandish claim” perpetual motion is an impossibility has obviously never watched the political process very closely. While it is true the political process does [...]
