A Matter of Definition

 We all know the English language is  complicated. Too many words  have different meanings. Put the words together into a string called a phrase and it really gets complicated. Here is an example of a phrase used in recent  news to demonstrate what what I mean; “Enhanced Interrogation Technique.”

A Matter of Definition

Why Notre Dame Caved

University presidents try to provide the best education they can for their students. However, I am in a quandary about what experience   Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, is tryng to provide by asking  President of the United States, Barack Obama to speak at this year’s commencement. 

 President Obama is clearly pro-abortion, an idea contrary to Catholic teaching. Perhaps President Jenkin’s is trying to offer his students an opportunity to hear someone who is clearly in favor of abortion argue in favor of murdering new life. Or, perhaps he wants his student body to hear an agent who is anti-religion. Perhaps he is trying to give his students the radical liberal perspective of Barack Obama, after having indoctrinated  them in the principles of conservatism. What ever the reason, it is not rational. I believe Father Jenkins should be fired for inviting Obama to speak. I believe the alumni should hold back donations to hurt the school in the pocket book. However, I believe Obama should speak. He was asked, and he committed to the engagement.

On the other hand, perhaps the reverend Father Jenkins knows something the rest of us do not, such as Obama is…(cartoon.)The Second Coming at Notre Dame

Dumb Ass Squirrel Gets Smart

Squirrel on BungeeThe squirrel living in my yard finally got smart. I posted a piece back in March called “Dumb Ass Squirrel #!!&+*^(#?” I described my frustration about getting the squirrel to take a corn cob from a hanging bungee cord. He never did, until I changed things drastically. In the beginning, I hung the cob a few feet away from my bird feeders.  The squirrel was smart enough to get the easy food, and ignored the corn. It wasn’t until I stopped feeding the birds that the squirrel even found the corn.

 

I finally spotted him stretched out along the wire extending from the branch to the cob. He was hanging by his toenails. He finally got smart, I thought, The next day, I was going to lay in wait and video him in action.  Much to my surprise, the following day the corn and  the cable were gone. Disappeared! I searched the yard, but could not find it. Most likely a smart ass racoon stole it.

Last week, I was cleaning in the the woods behind the garden, and there it was, the cable with the empty corn cob. I reattached it to the tree. This time, though, I tied the cable to the tree with a cable tie. I do not want to meet the creature that takes it next.

The squirrel found the fresh cob within  four hours, and now empties one cob a day.  A single animal will make multiple trips to the cob until he is sated. Most likely, I will be pulling baby corn plants from my lawn all summer long.

Plan Ahead (cartoon)

POTUS has a big decision to make. Appointments to the Supreme Court don’t come often. He is lucky enough to have the pleasure. My advice to him is to PLAN AHEAD. I believe he should follow his heart and make the next appointment a big one. I also believe he should continue to follow his radical roots, and prepare the U.S.A. for Sharia Law….(cartoon)

Plan Ahead for the Supreme Court

Overkill?

Why does the press continue to report hateful opinions and remarks about conservatives and their views? The election is over, the liberals won. Why don’t they move forward? What are they afraid of?

Dragon Killer