Accomplishment!

Posted on 18/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe

Sorry for the delay in writing new posts. I have been trying to catch up on my “other” projects. My Lions work has suffered through the pre-election days, and now I must put it in gear to give the Lions their due. I find it useful at this time of the year to reflect and prepare [...]

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We May Indeed Be Nuts!

Posted on 12/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe

I am almost over the election. I haven’t blogged because the need to do so dried up when BO won. This week, however, I have to speak my piece on the latest of Uncle Sam’s idiotic moves. Why do we want to bail out GM? This car company has consistently thrown poor quality, and reliability [...]

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Sitting On a Huge Pile Of Coal

Posted on 03/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe

The state of Illinois sits on enough coal to provide one hundred percent of the power needed by the entire country for two hundred and fifty years. Given the right incentives to clean the smoke from coal, we could make a huge dent in reducing our dependency on foreign oil.  Illinois is the state from [...]

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Simple Choice

Posted on 03/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe

We have a very simple choice ahead of us tomorrow. We vote for one of two philosophies. First we have to decide if we want Uncle Sam, or Uncle Obama to take care of us from cradle to grave. If we do, we are admitting we are unable to do so for ourselves. The second choice leaves [...]

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BO Really Believes We Are Stupid

Posted on 02/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe

In the summer before Barack Obama enterred Harvard he spent time visiting his relatives in Kenya. He had to reunite his soul with his black family. During that visit he and his sister Auma went on a safari. BO writes very eloquently about the journey to see wld animals is Kenya’s National Park. His driver, [...]

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