Day: February 22, 2011

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Bigger Countries Coming, for Awhile.

One result of the present upheavals in the Middle East will be larger countries. It’s likely that Libya and Egypt will merge. It’s just as plausible that the smaller countries in the Arabian Peninsula will join together. So will the countries along the Western part of the Mediterranean. As it is, they are too small […]
Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Leftists Running Out of Gas, Wheels Coming Off. Now Maintaining Motion by Momentum.

A few months ago, the Castro government announced that it was going to discharge five hundred thousand of its bureaucrats. It could no longer afford to pay their salaries. Today, the State of Illinois announced severe cuts, if not total eliminations, in its Drug rehabilitation budgets. Yesterday, the State of Michigan ordered the Detroit schools […]
Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

After the Revolution, the Smart Patriots Couldn’t Get the Dumb Ones Straightened Out, so They Just Went Away. Things Got So Bad That They Were Soon Brought Back and Put in Charge. Lots of Time and Money Were Wasted While the Dumb Ones Were Running Things.

There was a confusing period of time after the Revolutionary War ended and before a Congress was convened and Washington elected President. In that time, the smart people, the Robert Morris’s, the Alexander Hamilton’s, and the Thomas Jefferson’s tried, and failed, to get anything done. A lot of second-rate “intellectuals” kept the smarter people from […]