"YOU CAN'T LEARN IN SCHOOL WHAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO DO NEXT YEAR." Henry Ford I have many school teacher friends that understand when I criticize what education has become. There are many who just knee jerk and will not stop and consider what is said. We...
"HOPE FILLS THE HOLES OF MY FRUSTRATION IN MY HEART." Emanuel Cleaver Do you ever feel that you have been beating your head against a wall? Try the feeling of beating your head against a wall for decades! That is what I am feeling now. I started writing...
"WAR IS, OF COURSE, A FORM OF MADNESS. IT'S HARDLY A CIVILIZED PURSUIT. IT'S AMAZING HOW WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME INVENTING DEVICES TO KILL EACH OTHER AND SO LITTLE TIME WORKING ON HOW TO ACHIEVE PEACE." Walter Cronkite I am sure that a lone voice from Kansas will...
"THE FARTHER YOU CAN LOOK BACK, THE FARTHER FORWARD YOU CAN SEE." Winston Churchill What have I and all historians have been telling you for decades? FOR THOSE WHO FORGET HISTORY THEY ARE CONDEMNED TO RELIVE IT! Why is war still with us? The Bible relates that there...
"I DIDN'T ATTEND THE FUNERAL, BUT I SENT A NICE LETTER SAYING I APPROVED." Mark Twain It seems like the last year has dragged on for a decade in most respects. Just over one year ago I was able to drive, go to meetings, or just go have...
"I DON'T MAKE JOKES. I JUST WATCH THE GOVERNMENT AND REPORT THE FACTS." Will Rogers Why is it that our traffic departments look over at Europe and decide that we should do things like they do. I have to point out that we fought a revolution to get...
"PEOPLE CAN CRITICIZE ME ALL DAY LONG. IT JUST WASHES OFF ME. YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE TALKING TO A WALL." Noel Clarke Do you all know any Grammar Nazi's? Just try writing and see how many are out there. Many times it is someone you know and like...
"WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OURSELVES ALONE DIES WITH US; WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OTHERS AND THE WORLD REMAINS AND IS IMMORTAL." Albert Pike As I sit here I have a tear in my eye. I am listening to my friend Jim Farrell doing his radio show FULL...
"IF 'PRO' IS THE OPPOSITE OF 'CON' WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF 'PROGRESS'? Paul Harvey I have been writing for years about the mismanagement of our forests and our public lands. Each year we set new records for the amount of acres burned and the increased severity...
"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHERE THE LAW STOPS AND WHERE JUSTICE BEGINS." Arthur Baer Kansas where the wild west is alive and well. I am not talking about rodeos or cowboys, I am talking about low down, varmints, skunks, and low down trashy humanity. Yes I am...