Posts by Valerie

One of the reasons (I think) we’ll have a democrat in the oval office next January is because the Republican party keeps trying to force their values down America’s throat. There is proposed legislation that will ban the sale of nudie magazines on military bases. These are grown men purchasing these magazines. It’s Playboy and…

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903) That’s exactly what the US has created by it’s massive entitlement programs. I’m all for taking care of people who are truly sick or have REAL health problems that prevent them from…

Watching the news tonight really depressed me. I don’t actually know the people in the houses that got destroyed, but I know people who live in that area. I just can imagine having everything one owned destroyed in just a few minutes. Imagine if your house was flattened but your neighbor’s house untouched… How could…

Perhaps I’m a glutton for punishment. I’m on the notification email list for Grants.gov and I get angry at about half of what I see listed. Why is the US Department of Labor spending nearly¬† a MILLION DOLLARS on improving labor law compliance in the agricultural sector in Guatemala. WTF? Why are we spending ANY…