By Jim Willis on Aug 6, 2009 in Government & Politics, Society & Culture | 1 Comment
I have not written anything on this blog for some time for a reason. That reason? I’m searching. I feel as though my passion for things political has somehow overshadowed my passion for Jesus Christ. My political philosophy, which I have in no way abandoned, causes me to post things on this blog that of [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 29, 2008 in Government & Politics, Sen Barack Obama, Society & Culture | 0 Comments
As I have often done in the past, I point you to yet another excellent article from American Thinker, this one titled: Making the World Safe for Marxism, written by Randall Hoven. He makes the observation that nowadays if you call a duck a duck (if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 8, 2008 in Elections, Government & Politics, Society & Culture | 1 Comment
So what really happened last Tuesday? Why did just more than half of the country decide to elect a hard-left socialist as it’s president, a gaffe-prone comedian as vice president, and a dysfunctional Congress filled with nut jobs and borderline Communists? In short, because of selfishness. My neighbors voted for Obama and the Democrats because [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 29, 2008 in City Council, Government & Politics, Society & Culture | 16 Comments
A Binghamton City Councilman (Sean Massey, pictured right), from the district I moved from when I left Binghamton, is proposing legislation that would re-label abnormal as normal inside the city limits. The headline in today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin says this: City councilman proposed panel on human rights: Commission would fight discrimination. Sounds so wholesome and [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 25, 2008 in Elections, Government & Politics, Society & Culture | 0 Comments
My McCain-Palin sign is gone. Did the wind take it? Or was it taken by an Obama socialist? You decide.
Tuesday around these parts it was massively windy. I kept looking out my office window, which overlooks my front yard, to keep an eye on my McCain-Palin sign. It’s one of those plastic deals, kind of [...]
By Jim Willis on Aug 1, 2008 in Society & Culture | 2 Comments
From today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin:
Broome County Peace Action will host its annual breakfast remembrance of the two atomic bombings of Japan in 1945 at 8 a.m. Aug. 9 at the First Congregational Church on the corner of Front and Main streets.
The guest speaker will be Frida Berrigan, senior arms and security program associate with the [...]
By Jim Willis on Jul 31, 2008 in Government & Politics, Society & Culture | 0 Comments
The slow (but picking up speed) erosion of our freedoms continues in Broome County and New York State. It started some years ago with laws that “save lives” like forcing people to wear seat belts, forcing parents to put their children in “approved” car seats, and forcing motorcyclists to wear helmets. None of these practices [...]