Dark Betrayal

Once upon a time by the shores of Itchygoomy in the land of the Tweeterwill another harrowing story is about to begin. But unlike the fairytales of our childhood comes a more sinister tale that makes the Brothers Grimm's tales very tame indeed. "No not the buttons" cried the...

The Flame Of Desire

An emotion so primal where the flames of desire have once again risen keep reoccurring in the recesses of my mind. Like ghosts of long lost loves which have come back is a haunting reminder of the past. The one that past away all too soon and the one that got away those many...

The Vindication Of Andrew Jackson

In all of the history of the United States the only President to eliminate the national debt was Andrew Jackson. No other President since has been able to reign in government spending the way that Andrew Jackson did. Lincoln and Kennedy tried but both were assassinated...

Inside Out

If there was any indication of where the United States is headed 2012 was by far the most auspicious omen for our future. From Hurricane Sandy, to mass shootings, to tornadoes and wild fires that tormented half the nation have literally transformed the landscape of America....

Is There Justice Anymore?

Of all the four founding ideals and principals that exemplified what the United States has stood for whether it is Liberty, Education, Morality, and Justice it was the way the judicial system was established that enabled the United States to become a Republic. Unfortunately,...

Our World Almost Gone

"My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through earth's loveliness." Michelangelo. Of course one of the greatest painters in all of history was keenly aware of the earth's bountiful beauty. It is in nature where so many through-out the ages have sought refuge...

Another Senseless Tragedy

Could it be that the history of the United States is now rooted in the violence and the carnage of lives needlessly lost? This recent terrorist act on innocent lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School perpetrated by a lone deranged individual has once again put the Second...

Working Poor

We have all heard stories of how underpaid millions of workers are in every city across the United States. An abomination to say the least when corporate profits are at all time highs along with CEO's salaries. With the United States shifting from a predominate manufacturing...

The Hidden Talent Within

From those hallowed lecture halls of so long ago I have always remembered those words Professor Franklin spoke "Every human being is born with a God given gift. A talent, yours to find it and yours to use it for the betterment of yourself and for the betterment of others."...

Retirement: Where The Living Is Not Easy

Ah, yes! The joys of retirement living especially in Florida. Where now one is free to while away the hours much like our most illustrious benevolent legislatures where anything meaningful passes never happens. I continue to pass the days as the Scarecrow once put it,...

The Last Faberge's: Facing Armageddon

Present Day: January 24th Somewhere of the coast of Sir LankaAboard the USS Montana a nuclear attack submarine Captain Herbert Reynolds one of the navy's most decorated submarine commanders just ordered the Montana to go to periscope depth. Crusing at 23 knots the Montana was...

Big Brother

When George Orwell wrote 1984 little did he realize that 50 years latter the fiction at the time around when 1984 was first published wasn't to far off from the reality of today. This novel discusses the devastating effects of an authoritarian society, where thought crime is...

The Last Faberge's: Clandestine Rendezvous

Present Day: January 23 Tampa, Florida At the stroke of midnite while watching the recent news from Saudi Arabia Jim Baxter was jolted out of his chair by a loud knock at the front door. For Jim Baxter, a world renowned expert in Middle Eastern History was startled to say the...

When Will We Ever Learn?

I have started to realize that as we get closer to yet another year in which we are all getting older I ponder how much wiser we all have become. From what I have read, heard on the air, or saw through-out my travels I have doubts as to the legitimacy of our society becoming...

Water & Electricity: Infrastructure Imperative

Water, Water everywhere none to drink and none to spare. Sounds anonymous doesn't it. Just think of all the things we take for granted today, like turning on a light, making a phone call, turning up the heat when it gets cold, using the Internet or even flushing the toilet....
 

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