Published Brownsville Herald - November 26, 2006
As many of you know, who follow my attempts at bringing a little “Common Sense” into a perspective of how our representatives manage our community and its resources; I am an “info junky” and read – listen – and watch, a lot of news from a variety of media.
I am particularly interested in what opinions are expressed in all the media especially the opinion columns of the local papers. Those opinions are extraordinarily representative of how the community perceives the public trust is being managed.
Just a few days ago, on November 16 in the Brownsville Herald “Your Voices”, a very short letter to the editor, that ended with “Like President Reagan used to say, “There you go again” Caught my attention.
The item, only 43 words in length, really said it “loud and strong.” A Mr. Simon Soto described his perceptions, that the Port of Brownsville leaders were continuing with the “status quo”. He expects that they will do what is good for their personal well being and that of their supporters with little or no regard for the views of the public that went to the polls. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 27th November 2006
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Published Brownsville Herald, November 12, 2006
A friend, who I consider to be a real patriot, sent me the following first paragraph to a political editorial: “In January a slate of career politicians who stand against the rights of the individual, against fiscal responsibility and against any semblance of limited and responsible government will be ushered into positions of power within the federal, state and local governments.”
That political editorial was drafted well in advance of an election which took place over a decade ago. He had no doubt that it would be accurate regardless of the date of publication - so long as it ran in an even numbered year; and it would be accurate regardless of who gained or lost power in the general election. In the national elections “the folks” disappointed in the lack of success and the appearance of stagnancy with the Iraq conflict, either stayed home or voted for change. The folks also came out in a number of states and supported issues such as a marriage being “one man and one woman” and a few others described as “conservative” in nature. Mostly, I think voters were disappointed with the appearance of corruption and moral decay in their representatives; not necessarily factual, just the appearance. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 12th November 2006
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Occupying much of the news and the talk shows in the last few days has been a poor choice of words on the part of former Democrat candidate for President John Kerry. Reported as a joke gone bad or a peek at Mr. Kerry’s real sentiments, many in his own party are distancing themselves from him and assertions abound that would have one believe his political future may be over.
ABC news reported the incident as: Two days ago, Kerry stirred controversy when he told a group of California students those individuals who don’t study hard and do their homework would likely ‘get stuck in Iraq.’
Even after a considerable examination of the entire transcript and what was described as the statement as it was intended it still paints himself as belonging to a ruling class and believes that he is smarter and superior to the rest of us. Even the most superficial examination of available media shows any number of references to earlier misstatements and actions that lead to a similar conclusion. Though I am biased, in that I am a combat veteran of six years in Vietnam and I remember clearly the statements he made to the North Vietnamese during the peace negotiations and his testimony before Congress, I don’t think he really meant to say the specific words that are reverberating across the nation. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 7th November 2006
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