From the back of Eddy Creek and Tranquilla 2 --- Happy 4th of July. Let us remember the importance of this day and the many who have fought and died for our freedom. In this day and time, let's not allow those who would rewrite our history forget that all of us who have defended our country do so - so they may have their freedom of speech.
The following was shared with me by my friend Lynn in St. Louis. An interesting essay from Mr. Hollrah entitled "The General and the Community Organizer".
Simper Fi and May God Bless America,
Dr. D.
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Friday, July 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Let's Get Back to Business Congress!
From Tranquilla II on The Back of Eddy Creek on Lake Barkley ---
Congressman Joe Wilson apologized personally to President Barrack Obama through a telephone call for having referred to the POTUS as a “liar” during his speech the other evening.
Good for Wilson and good for the President for taking the call and accepting the apology. After all we don’t live in England where such rambunctious behavior is actually tolerated and even encouraged. Although I for one wish we did have this system to hold all the pols accountable daily.
Then the Democrats yesterday decide to not only rebuke Wilson but they also lay out specific restrictions on language that can’t be used on the floor of the House including the infamous restriction that you can’t refer to any “sexual misconduct” on part of the President nor can you call him a “hypocrite” or “intellectually dishonest”. Too bad, President Bill Clinton didn’t have such provisions when he was office. I find it odd though that the party that says it is “for the people” want to legislate against the First Amendment. Don’t you?
It’s time Congress to get over it on both sides. The behavior was inappropriate on Wilson’s part. He apologized. POTUS accepted.
What the Dems don’t understand is their rebuke will only harden the situation more and Wilson will actually benefit in the long run. This you can take to the bank.
Dr. Darryl
Thursday, September 10, 2009
S.C. Joe Wilson Spoke the Truth; Shame on Him for His Apology
From Tranquilla II on The Back of Eddy Creek on Lake Barkley --- Congressman Joe Wilson caved in and "apologized" for shouting out that President Barrack Hussein Obama "you lie" Wednesday night when PeBO says that illegal aliens will not be covered on the government health care option.
Ed Whitfield R-KY says it was inappropriate for a fellow Republican to shout "You lie" at President Obama during his health care speech to Congress.
Whitfield said Thursday that Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst was out of character because the South Carolina lawmaker is usually "low-key."
Wilson's outburst came after Obama said in his speech Wednesday night that extending health care to all Americans who seek it would not mean insuring illegal immigrants. Wilson offered a swift apology afterward.
Whitfield told Kentucky reporters in a conference call Thursday that health care legislation in the House (House Bill 3200) does not require proof of citizenship for coverage. Seems to me that would cover illegal aliens, or as Senator Specter D-PA would like to say "undocumented" residents.
Wait a minute: Wilson says Obama lies. Yet Whitfield admits that House Bill 3200 does not require proof of citizenship for coverage. Seems to me Wilson was correct in his assessment and that Whitfield agrees but is too much of a "statesman" to admit he agrees.
Maybe Wilson's outburst was not appropriate on the floor of Congress, however, I never heard any of the Dems that called President George W. Bush names ever offer up any apology for anything they called him. Should we expect a double-standard these days? It seems we should.
One other point. Some of you may have missed this. PeBO last night says there are only 30 million uninsured people these days. Yet on July 22, 2009 he clearly stated there were 47 million. So, we must be making some progress Mr. President? In actuality there is closer to maybe 15 million people uninsured. Why not focus your time and attention Mr. President on fixing the system for these truly uninsured folks and leave the rest of us alone?
Integrity is built on behavior Mr. President.
PeBO took longer to decide on a dog than he did on laying out reform for health care. Some would say PeBO "lied" even about that simple act because he said he was going to "rescue one" from the pound but chose a purebred instead.
When you don't "walk your talk" you don't build integrity, trust or credibility.
When 53% (Rasmussen poll today) of the American people don't trust you Mr. President and your "plan" to fix health care it is time to start all over.
Frankly, Congress when you have ratings in the "teens" you can probably figure out that we don't trust you either.
Republicans and Democrats are both guilty - it is time to vote them all out and start all over! In 2010 the American voters will speak - and the "real lion" will roar!
For all of you who wish to debate this issue I recommend you read the bill - you can see it here: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text
Dr. Darryl
Ed Whitfield R-KY says it was inappropriate for a fellow Republican to shout "You lie" at President Obama during his health care speech to Congress.
Whitfield said Thursday that Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst was out of character because the South Carolina lawmaker is usually "low-key."
Wilson's outburst came after Obama said in his speech Wednesday night that extending health care to all Americans who seek it would not mean insuring illegal immigrants. Wilson offered a swift apology afterward.
Whitfield told Kentucky reporters in a conference call Thursday that health care legislation in the House (House Bill 3200) does not require proof of citizenship for coverage. Seems to me that would cover illegal aliens, or as Senator Specter D-PA would like to say "undocumented" residents.
Wait a minute: Wilson says Obama lies. Yet Whitfield admits that House Bill 3200 does not require proof of citizenship for coverage. Seems to me Wilson was correct in his assessment and that Whitfield agrees but is too much of a "statesman" to admit he agrees.
Maybe Wilson's outburst was not appropriate on the floor of Congress, however, I never heard any of the Dems that called President George W. Bush names ever offer up any apology for anything they called him. Should we expect a double-standard these days? It seems we should.
One other point. Some of you may have missed this. PeBO last night says there are only 30 million uninsured people these days. Yet on July 22, 2009 he clearly stated there were 47 million. So, we must be making some progress Mr. President? In actuality there is closer to maybe 15 million people uninsured. Why not focus your time and attention Mr. President on fixing the system for these truly uninsured folks and leave the rest of us alone?
Integrity is built on behavior Mr. President.
PeBO took longer to decide on a dog than he did on laying out reform for health care. Some would say PeBO "lied" even about that simple act because he said he was going to "rescue one" from the pound but chose a purebred instead.
When you don't "walk your talk" you don't build integrity, trust or credibility.
When 53% (Rasmussen poll today) of the American people don't trust you Mr. President and your "plan" to fix health care it is time to start all over.
Frankly, Congress when you have ratings in the "teens" you can probably figure out that we don't trust you either.
Republicans and Democrats are both guilty - it is time to vote them all out and start all over! In 2010 the American voters will speak - and the "real lion" will roar!
For all of you who wish to debate this issue I recommend you read the bill - you can see it here: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text
Dr. Darryl
Sunday, August 30, 2009
My Friend's Remembrances of Ted Kennedy
From Tranquilla II on The Back of Eddy Creek on Lake Barkley --- Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy (D-MA) was finally laid to rest this weekend. He joins his brothers John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy both of whom I had some fondness for actually. The good Senator Ted I were never quite able to warm up to one another and I suspect there are others who had an equally difficult time. I actually met the Senator at an event I was honored to be at on September 11, 2002 at the Kennedy Center. He looked as many of us do as if he had lived a hard life. He was polite and gracious.
Despite his perseverance to do good for the "common man," I just found it incredibly difficult to believe he could truly relate to the "common man" but then many did relate to him especially his union followers and those who wanted the legacy and myth of the Kennedys' to live forever.
Senator Kennedy had a difficult life. He lost brothers and a sister and his first wife lost at least two children due to miscarriages. I know how difficult it is to lose those you love early in life and those you want to love that were never meant to be.
He was I am sure hounded by his Father to continue the myth and legacy of the family at all costs through his public service. I quite suspect it would not have been a life even as privileged as it was that most of us could have probably dealt with for long.
I have hoped for a long time that the Senator would lay to rest all the speculations about what really happened to Mary Jo Kopechne that fateful night at Martha's Vineyard. I at least hope that he made peace with his God, her family and himself over all this.
Just as many of us were saddened by the death of the great Conservative President Ronald Reagan this was a weekend of mourning for those who revered the great Liberal/Progressive Senator Ted Kennedy.
My friend and colleague, who also at one time was a student of mine as well when I taught at St. Mary's High School in Paducah, reminded me today of the need to stop and reflect on those whom we might hold in less than honorable esteem because of our politics.
I appreciate her comments and her remembrances. She did a fine job of articulating that which I could not bring myself to do adequately. Her comments and thoughts come from one who is definitely not a liberal or a fan of the Senator rather they are thoughtfully delivered comments from one human being about another; from one who can see the need for compassion and I am not at all surprised that I agree with her. I thank her for doing that which I could not do nearly as well.
So from my friend Lynn Beckman in St. Louis ...
I don't consider myself a liberal (far from it!), and I disagreed with many of Ted Kennedy's aims in the Senate. But I have to admire a man who steadfastly, doggedly pursues achievement of what he firmly believes to be good and fair, on behalf of those less fortunate.... a man who perseveres in the strength of his conviction in what he believes to be fundamental human rights. This is not to heap accolades upon him in death.
What he said in his eulogy for his brother Bobby, also applies to him: "... need not be idealized in death beyond what he was in life."
Later in life, Kennedy made a public speech in which he acknowledged his faults, flaws, and personal failings, and accepted personal responsibility for them. (It has been remarked that perhaps his remarriage had something to do with that turn-around).
It appears that from that point forward, he did better in his life.... perhaps particularly his private life... the part that occurs when TV cameras are absent. Good news rarely makes the press, especially the main stream media.
There are privileges and burdens of carrying the legacy of a famous name and living a life of public service; an example of the latter is that the world was instantly informed of his every mistake and misstep.
The world was also immediately aware of the crushing personal tragedies that filled his life, beyond what most of us would ever suffer or could begin to comprehend, the most recent loss occurring just a few weeks ago, with the death of his sister, Eunice; even in these most intimate occasions of personal pain and grief, privacy was a luxury he could not buy.
I am glad I do not have to attempt to live my life under such an unflinching microscope.
I watched as much of the TV coverage of his services as possible, and learned things that I didn't know about the man. I was touched by the heartfelt remembrances of him as a loving father and grandfather. I noted the stories and photos of him attending the funerals of as many fallen servicemen from Massachusetts as he could.
I heard about him keeping a weekly standing appointment with children attending school in a rough neighborhood, to read to and with them.
In the end, God alone will judge Ted Kennedy on the events of what, by any measure, can only be called a remarkable life. - Lynn Beckman
Despite his perseverance to do good for the "common man," I just found it incredibly difficult to believe he could truly relate to the "common man" but then many did relate to him especially his union followers and those who wanted the legacy and myth of the Kennedys' to live forever.
Senator Kennedy had a difficult life. He lost brothers and a sister and his first wife lost at least two children due to miscarriages. I know how difficult it is to lose those you love early in life and those you want to love that were never meant to be.
He was I am sure hounded by his Father to continue the myth and legacy of the family at all costs through his public service. I quite suspect it would not have been a life even as privileged as it was that most of us could have probably dealt with for long.
I have hoped for a long time that the Senator would lay to rest all the speculations about what really happened to Mary Jo Kopechne that fateful night at Martha's Vineyard. I at least hope that he made peace with his God, her family and himself over all this.
Just as many of us were saddened by the death of the great Conservative President Ronald Reagan this was a weekend of mourning for those who revered the great Liberal/Progressive Senator Ted Kennedy.
My friend and colleague, who also at one time was a student of mine as well when I taught at St. Mary's High School in Paducah, reminded me today of the need to stop and reflect on those whom we might hold in less than honorable esteem because of our politics.
I appreciate her comments and her remembrances. She did a fine job of articulating that which I could not bring myself to do adequately. Her comments and thoughts come from one who is definitely not a liberal or a fan of the Senator rather they are thoughtfully delivered comments from one human being about another; from one who can see the need for compassion and I am not at all surprised that I agree with her. I thank her for doing that which I could not do nearly as well.
So from my friend Lynn Beckman in St. Louis ...
I don't consider myself a liberal (far from it!), and I disagreed with many of Ted Kennedy's aims in the Senate. But I have to admire a man who steadfastly, doggedly pursues achievement of what he firmly believes to be good and fair, on behalf of those less fortunate.... a man who perseveres in the strength of his conviction in what he believes to be fundamental human rights. This is not to heap accolades upon him in death.
What he said in his eulogy for his brother Bobby, also applies to him: "... need not be idealized in death beyond what he was in life."
Later in life, Kennedy made a public speech in which he acknowledged his faults, flaws, and personal failings, and accepted personal responsibility for them. (It has been remarked that perhaps his remarriage had something to do with that turn-around).
It appears that from that point forward, he did better in his life.... perhaps particularly his private life... the part that occurs when TV cameras are absent. Good news rarely makes the press, especially the main stream media.
There are privileges and burdens of carrying the legacy of a famous name and living a life of public service; an example of the latter is that the world was instantly informed of his every mistake and misstep.
The world was also immediately aware of the crushing personal tragedies that filled his life, beyond what most of us would ever suffer or could begin to comprehend, the most recent loss occurring just a few weeks ago, with the death of his sister, Eunice; even in these most intimate occasions of personal pain and grief, privacy was a luxury he could not buy.
I am glad I do not have to attempt to live my life under such an unflinching microscope.
I watched as much of the TV coverage of his services as possible, and learned things that I didn't know about the man. I was touched by the heartfelt remembrances of him as a loving father and grandfather. I noted the stories and photos of him attending the funerals of as many fallen servicemen from Massachusetts as he could.
I heard about him keeping a weekly standing appointment with children attending school in a rough neighborhood, to read to and with them.
In the end, God alone will judge Ted Kennedy on the events of what, by any measure, can only be called a remarkable life. - Lynn Beckman
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Should We All Just Go 'John Gault'?
"Everyone has the right to make his own decision(s), but none has the right to force his decision on others." --- Ayn Rand ('The Virtue of Selfishness', Chapter 12) {WMail Issue #10}
Today, at age 58 approaching 59, that means that I have worked close to half a century. For 46 years of my life I have worked and paid taxes. I have tried to grow an estate, maximize my wealth and talent, continue my education and give back in a meaningful way to society not just through my taxes but also through my charity.
I am now being told by the POTUS and current Congress that I will be penalized through higher taxes that will be redistributed to those in need of health care, midnight basketball, new bridges and transit systems to nowhere, more money for the public school system and the endless array of publicly funded programs that have no accountability whatsoever.
As I lay awake listening to the night sounds of the storm I came to understand what Dr. Sigmund Freud meant by the two most important things in a man's life is "love and work."
Both of these have at times in my life alluded me in fulfillment. Man I believe is always searching for unconditional love and meaningful work.
I came away from this contemplation thinking that maybe it is time to simply go "John Gault" and let the looters on both sides of the political spectrum in Congress loot somewhere other than my pocketbook.
What do I mean?
"Who is John Gault?"
John Gault was the fictional character in Ayn Rand's classic novel Atlas Shrugged.
After many years of not reading this book yet being encouraged to do so by many friends on the conservative and libertarian side of the political fence I did so the past two months. The book is more than 500 pages yet once you get into it if you have any sense of outrage at what is going on now in our once free and capitalistic country you will become even more outraged.
What Rand wrote about in 1958 is today's world where the government has nationalized and socialized business and industry.
In the book the government has turned the country into a socialist welfare state because its "leaders" believe all wealth should be redistributed.
John Gault led the strike in this novel to shut down the "engines of the world" and invited those who were or would be the producers to join him in Gault's Gulch where they would produce only enough to sustain themselves and work for no other man's benefit.
Recently on Pajamas TV (www.pjtv.com), Dr. Helen Smith, a Knoxville, Tenn. psychologist, noted that many people are considering how to become present day "John Gaults" in other words if the administration is going to penalize us as producers for earning more by taking more in the form of taxes then how can we "John Gault" it by earning less and enjoying life more?
Seems pretty simple to me POTUS and Congress, you want to tax anyone earning above $250,000 or is it $150,000 VP Biden?
Whatever level you choose you can bet that from that point forward those of us whom you count on to produce your taxes may just decide to earn less and less, maybe even reduce our production to the level that we can also sign up for your redistribution and giveaway programs.
Yes, it has been 46-years that I have diligently worked, saved and at times maybe even sacrificed some of my life spirit to be a good, patriotic tax paying citizen. Oh, I will still pay the tax man until I die in some form or fashion, because there are even hidden taxes now that we all must pay to get along, but should I work for the other man's needs and at his whims when he is not willing to work for himself and pay his own share?
I recommend you listen to this interview with Dr. Smith at:
then decide for yourself your own future.
I look forward to meeting you Mr. Gault!
Love, peace and grace, Dr. D
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
America is NOT a Democracy - It Never Was!
From Tybee Island, Ga. --- It always bothers me when I hear people refer to our form of government as a democracy. It is simply not so and was never intended by our founding fathers. Freedom comes from the Republic form of government - The Rule of Law. Government must be limited for us to have our freedoms and our liberty. Enjoy this very instructional video:
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
MSNBC Republicans: Steven Crowder & AlfonZo Rachel Join Forces for an Everyday MSM Promo
From Tybee Island, Ga. --- I could not have said or performed it better. Even though I am moving more toward a Libertarian viewpoint daily I can still appreciate the humor. Dr. Darryl
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Geez Stop It Already! BHO and Michelle Deserve To Be Left Alone
From Tranquilla II on the Back of Eddy Creek on Lake Barkley --- Okay, enough is enough! The POTUS and his wife should be able to go off and enjoy a date night without any politician commenting one way or another. Stop it --- all of you hatemongers and politicians. You have better things to be doing than commenting on the private date lives of the POTUS and the First Lady. Enough already!
"President Barack Obama made good on a campaign promise to his most important supporter Saturday night — his wife, Michelle. The president and first lady jetted to a date in New York late Saturday afternoon, aides and media in tow."
"President Barack Obama made good on a campaign promise to his most important supporter Saturday night — his wife, Michelle. The president and first lady jetted to a date in New York late Saturday afternoon, aides and media in tow."
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