Maybe I am taking those who are calling for “more guns” too seriously; maybe its just a Straw Man tactic to caution the rest of us from going too far the other way. Yet I keep hearing from many people that “arming more citizens is the answer to stop these violent crimes.” A lot of people believe…
Author: gary1164
I'm an advertising executive and former actor/producer
The Grief That Does Not Speak Whispers…
This is just too much to comprehend. 27 people dead. 20 of them children. 6 were teachers who gave their lives defending those children. The sad reality is that this is by no means the only tragedy of this magnitude in recent memory. Virginia Tech saw the most loss of life from a single shooter…
Just Like the Ones I Used to Know…
Last week I wrapped up a successful run of “White Christmas” at the Cedar Falls Community Playhouse. We entertained over twenty five hundred people who seemed quite delighted with the romantic optimism of the Irving Berlin score and the Broadway adaptation of the 1954 Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney classic. I, too, was caught up in the…
Kiddie Pools and Jack Daniels
I don’t believe in pre-destination or that a higher authority, moment to moment, guides us in any particular direction. I believe the universe is a physically logical, mathematically consistent, domain populated by infinitely capricious events. As human beings, trying to navigate this existence with meaning, so as to be less fearful of all that can happen…
The Pot Calls the Kettle Black
Lately, as we’ve been talking about entitlement programs and the taxes they create, some people have been bringing up Corporate Welfare. It’s a term that I’ve tossed around as one of the great inequities of the welfare argument, but admittedly I used it mostly as a liberal talking point more than anything else. Certainly the…
Another Fine Mess!
“Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into!” said Oliver Hardy to Stan Laurel every time Stan had, indeed, gotten them into another fine mess. That’s also what Republicans are saying to Democrats and what Democrats and saying to Republicans with regard to the latest high concept blockbuster: The Fiscal Cliff. If this were a…
Now what?
The political arguments on Facebook have pretty much ground to a halt. There are a few jabs here and there regarding basic philosophical differences between sides, but the daily attacks on what politicians have said, not said, done, or have not done, have pretty much fallen by the wayside. I’m going to be really honest…I…
Child’s Play
Remember the game show “Concentration”? There was a numbered grid and when a contestant picked a number, it would flip to reveal a piece of a prize. The contestant would now try to remember where they previously saw a matching piece, and if they did, they would call out that number. If it was, indeed,…
Give a Man a Fish
I travel a lot and often overhear conversations in airports and restaurants regarding politics. The arguments that are anti-Obama and anti-left, are usually the same. “Liberals want to spend, spend, spend” and “America is broke because of Obama” along with “My hard work is paying for lazy people.” The consensus from the right (that I hear…
I’ve Got Blisters On My Fingers!
My eyes are a little bloodshot this morning. I stayed up late and partied with a lot of Democrats. It wasn’t a celebration from the start, but by 11pm the shots started coming out. When Iowa was announced “blue” I broke down and cried (that’s the real reason for my bloodshot eyes!). So many worked…