"UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, GIVING 'AID AND COMFORT' TO A WAR TIME ENEMY CAN LEAD TO A CHARGE OF TREASON." Walter Cronkite The quote from Walter Cronkite, for those too young to remember, takes on a whole new meaning today. For the uninitiated, Walter Cronkite was probably the last...
"HISTORY IS A CYCILIC POEM WRITTEN BY TIME UPON THE MEMORIES OF MAN." Percy Bysshe Shelly On January 29 Kansas became a state 162 years ago. A turbulent bloody time when the nation was in the throes of slavery and Kansas was right in the middle of...
"THERE CAN BE NO KEENER REVELATION OF A SOCIETY'S SOUL THAN THE WAY IN WHICH IT TREATS ITS CHILDREN." Nelson Mandela Our nation was born of the way that the Monarchy was treating its children (Subjects). The political leaders that had assumed the leadership of the church and put...
"THE RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE IS A RELATIVELY EASY GESTURE FOR US TO MAKE." George Crumb I have been forced to sit back and do a lot of quiet contemplation. Don't we all need to have some quiet time now and then? When you have any quiet moments do you...
"IGNORANCE OF THE LAW EXCUSES NO MAN FROM PRACTICING IT." Addison Mizner Now please park your blue or red sign and act like an impartial juror for a minute. The headlines now are about Joe leaving classified files in his Think Tank at Penn State and in his...
"IN POLITICS STUPIDITY IS NOT A HANDICAP." Napoleon Bonaparte Let's just start this with one fact, the government and the attendant practitioners of it, can do nothing to solve problems or make anyone happy. This is because anything that is really important for the individual has to...
"AND KNOW THAT I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS; YES TO THE END OF TIME." Jesus Christ Amid all the hustle and bustle of Christmas the world looks away at the reason that we celebrate. Politicians can scheme, elitists make plans for your future, manipulation of money occupies...
"WHEN I COUNT STARTED COUNTING MY BLESSINGS, MY WHOLE LIFE TURNED AROUND." I think that some think all I do is complain, well I do my share. I usually have an answer to what I am irritated at so I am not gripping. What I do is...
"MAIL YOUR PACKAGES EARLY SO THE POST OFFICE CAN LOSE THEM IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS." Johnny Carson OK, so you don't want to go to a store to buy Christmas gifts. Then how about buying some good books or music? You cannot go wrong with either. Kansas has...
"CHRISTMAS IS DOING A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA FOR SOMEONE." Charles M. Schulz If you have waited this long to shop for Christmas let me give you some advice. We celebrate Christmas because of the birth of Jesus Christ and giving should be both thoughtful and beneficial for...