By Jim Willis on Apr 12, 2008 in Environment, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan, Society & Culture | 6 Comments
A departure today from strictly Greater Binghamton news–but not much of a departure. I’d like you to read an excellent article at The American Thinker: The slick trick behind global frauding. The American Thinker is one of the very best political blogs, period. This particular article on so-called “global warming” is outstanding. So why write [...]
By Jim Willis on Apr 7, 2008 in Government & Politics, Society & Culture, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
As predicted, the socialists that want to control every aspect of your life have graduated from “bad things” like cigarettes, to controlling things like…Twinkies? That’s right, now that we’re on the slippery slope of limiting your personal freedoms, we’re moving on from controlling smoking to controlling “junk food.” Read this guest viewpoint which recently ran [...]
By Jim Willis on Mar 23, 2008 in Government & Politics, Society & Culture, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
A fresh example of stupidity from the socialist paradise known as Broome County/Greater Binghamton from today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin. In an article titled Readers tackle property taxes, the very first sentence contains a blazingly brilliant “Why didn’t I think of that?” suggestion from one of my unnamed fellow residents for tackling the problem of the [...]
By Jim Willis on Mar 21, 2008 in Elections, Government & Politics, Society & Culture | 2 Comments
More lefty loony editorials are printed in the Press & Sun-Bulletin than I can keep up with! Here’s one from Friday, March 21st: U.S. needs a labor party. Please read it by clicking the link.
It essentially says big government programs like socialized medicine are not “extreme” and since the Democrat Party is not “man enough” [...]
By Jim Willis on Feb 15, 2008 in Society & Culture | 1 Comment
Every time there’s a tragedy like we saw Thursday in Illinois, where someone goes berserk and kills people and usually then kills himself, I say the same thing to my wife: Drugs. And I’m not talking about illegal drugs. I’m talking about legal, prescription psychiatric drugs. And you know what? I’m right–every single time.
In the [...]
By Jim Willis on Dec 25, 2007 in Society & Culture | 0 Comments
Have you ever wondered how the little song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” got its start? For those of us who are not part of a liturgical church (observing the liturgical calendar), the Twelve Days of Christmas are generally a corny song we sing at family gatherings.
For those in liturgical churches, the Twelve Days of [...]
By Jim Willis on Dec 20, 2007 in Society & Culture | 1 Comment
To all my Democrat friends:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion [...]