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VIEW MORE...I could live in flats forever!!! Yes is true, especially if they are a bit of pointed style as these animal print Keds. This style is just perfect for petite ladies and makes the leg longer (or at least this is my impression).Well, for a casual afternoon this is my favorite choice and very comfortable.                             ...

Hanging Up The Stethoscope The Doctor Is OUT!A Commentary by J. D. LongstreetAmerica's unmatched healthcare delivery system is already taking a beating from Obamacare.   As a semi-professional patient, having been hospitalized over eighty times since the mid 1960's, I have had a front row seat from which to observe the disintegration of our healthcare system.  It's bad, dear reader, very bad....

The CRTC released its much-anticipated consumer wireless code this morning. While much of the code remains unchanged from an earlier draft proposal, the headline-grabbing change is that the Commission has effectively brought three-year contracts to an end. The issue of contract length was the top issue raised by consumers, who argued that Canadian wireless contracts were longer than most other...

I told you that weekend was going to be a killer! Sorry for my MIA-ness on Monday but mamma was beat.The good news is the weekend was a success. I had three great new client meetings and finished up a rather large article for St. Louis At Home Magazine that the hubs called 'the term paper'.The bad news is now I've got another list of looming deadlines. You know when you've been working on something for a long time...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs-TyrannySpeaking of INSANITY...A judge on Tuesday accepted James' Holmes plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation of the Colorado theater shooting suspect.Holmes is accused of opening fire in a packed Denver-area movie theater last summer, killing 12 people and injuring 70. He is charged with multiple counts of murder and...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs-TyrannyFor sure the healthcare system in America has been in need of serious overhaul for sometime. One should give the President credit for tackling the system that is both expensive for those who's company does not provide health insurance. Which often results in many being uncovered due to the EXCEEDINGLY HIGH cost for private health insurance. Something I know a bit...

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A Dream, An Idea, A Nation -- In DistressBy: J. D. Longstreet************************THE FLAG CODE Title 36, U.S.C., Chapter 10 As amended by P.L. 344, 94th Congress Approved July 7, 1976§ 176. Respect for flag: No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are...

In this video U-Haul rental rates are compared in a simple supply and demand analysis. The numbers say it is not looking good for Chicago, Northern California or Northern New Jersey. The liberal areas appear to be losing out to the conservative regions in a big way. Help spread this video to young people, it's something even a California educated kid could understand. ...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs- TyrannyIt ain't going anywhere... But the flat tax? An idea whose time should have come a long time ago. However, in the trenches of class warfare, where the evils of capitalism and rational self interest are the twin evils it is understandable why it hasn't. IMNHO anyway.Via: Memeorand...

Obama goes where no president has gone beforeDepravity will be the signature achievement of the Obama Administration, once its history is finally written. Obama’s clarion call to teenagers that fornication is acceptable, even if children are under 15 years of age, should have been a wake-up call to every parent in America. Worse, he gave these children a way out if a pregnancy occurs, over-the-counter birth control....

VIEW MORE...     Most of you told me many times that "yellow" is my color! Well yes, I love yellow very much :)Here today is one example of how much I like to embrace this bright color in a retro inspired outfit.I hope you like it and I want to thank you all for your wonderful comments and remarks. I hear you and I appreciate it a lot!                   ...

Yes, America IS Lost A Commentary by J. D. LongstreetYes, I fear that rare gem, Columbia,  is gone. Sunk beneath the waves of soft communism she has drowned in her own ignorance and apathy. As I speak with more and more conservatives -- and a few liberals -- it is becoming clear that a growing number of Americans now believe that America is irretrievably lost.  The American optimist has finally been mugged...

SOMETHING TO PONDER: George CarlinGeorge Carlin's wife died early in 2008 and George followed her, dying in July 2008. It is ironic George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent and so very appropriate. An observation by George Carlin:The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more,...

    Hurricane Season Begins ... NOW               A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet                            **************Saturday, June 1st, marks the official beginning of the 2013 Hurricane Season. ...

From Monkey in the MiddleFrom Bob (With Thanks)"Pistol Packing MAMA MIA!"And if LOOKS could kill, she wouldn't need a gun ... or a knife, or a sword, or a grenade, or a harpoon, or a flame thrower, or some poison, or an atomic bomb, or even Cloverleaf Food, ...If Eleanor Roosevelt can have a gun, shouldn't we all be able to have a gun?BTW:  Even then official pictures looked terribl...

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VIEW MORE...Hot days are officially installed in the city and I'm not complaining at all! Sandals, easy tops and lots of prints to celebrate the Summer first days...                                                                         ...