Midwest Chick's Place

(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • To Carry or Not to Carry, That is the Question…..

    One of the blogs that I read on a fairly regular basis, Hecate’s Crossroad, had a story about a former Green Beret and his wife in Loudoun, VA who were attacked in their peaceful upper middle class neighborhood. The husband is dead and the wife is in critical condition. He had a carry permit but… Continue reading

  • Truly, this has WTF written all over it….

    Okay, just minding my own business, surfing the ‘net, checking my email. And I come across this article on AOL. If the souvenir shop helicopters for Gordon Brown’s children wasn’t classless enough, the Obamas gifted the Queen of England with a personalized IPOD. This is after Obama’s limo had to be moved because they were… Continue reading

  • Going to hell in a handbasket

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I think maybe I’ve gone into information overload. Firstly there have been more foreign policy SNAFUs, this time in Mexico. C’mon, I’m definitely not Catholic, but I even knew the provenance of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It’s the little things that count when we’re talking foreign policy. Just… Continue reading

  • Our Medical Sytem

    I had to go in for a procedure today. Just a little thing that could have as easily been done in the doctor’s office if they’d had the right scope. Something that struck me as I entered the belly of the beast is the way the system is set up. I felt like I was… Continue reading

  • Shell games or Don't look at the man behind the curtain

    I think that all of this AIG brouhaha is a shell game to keep the American public’s eye on the small things while bigger things are going on. I think that the bill the House passed to “take back” the AIG bonuses is the first step in a larger agenda. Fortunately, I’m not the only… Continue reading

  • Is he smoking crack??? More "Smart" diplomacy

    I just read about the President reaching out to Iran saying we can restore relations if they’d tone down their rhetoric. Rhetoric like wanting to destroy Israel. Actions like funding and sending troops into Iraq to continue the war there. Gosh, the way he’s going, we might not have to worry about the economy. All… Continue reading

  • R-E-S-P-E-C-T——–N-O-T

    I, like a lot of folks, stayed up and watched the President of the United States on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. Now maybe I’m old fashioned, but I really think that it’s beneath the office of the President to go on a late night talk show. Candidates, sure. But if the… Continue reading

  • Total Lack of Personal Responsibility–"The Devil Made Me Do It

    The article linked here has a woman who stole $73,000 from the church at which she worked as an administrative assistant. She says that the Devil played a large part in her forging over 80 checks. I’m thinking not-so-much. Continue reading

  • Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Government or Pot, Meet Kettle

    I’ve had a couple of WTF?!? moments this morning, mainly caused by the behavior of our elected officials. We have Barney Frank of “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are having no problems” fame, Chris “Countrywide Mortage” Dodd, Charlie “Multiple Rent Controlled Residences” Rangel, and Tim “Everyone but Me has to Pay Taxes” Geithner. It would… Continue reading

  • More "Smart" Diplomacy

    Well, it’s not enough that the Administration has shown themselves to be utter morons in front of the Russians, that they’ve insulted the United States’ closest allies, and that they’ve abandoned any sense of honor by offering to let Poland and the Czech Republic swing in the wind. Having made our foreign relations in Europe… Continue reading