I understand that there are certain unalienable rights granted to mankind by their Creator, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, and that a Government instituted by men derives its power to secure these rights for those governed with their consent.
Fine, but does a government secure “rights” for those it doesn’t [...]
I do believe I said I was taking a week off…
Housekeeping: The Airport Report has been updated with Cincinnati’s airport, located in Kentucky. I believe that’s 34.
I neglected to mention that on the last trip to Houston I rented a Dodge Magnum. This Magnum only had the V6, not the Hemi engine. I [...]
Wrapping up a two-week stay at the Omni Westside in Houston, TX, I get next week “off”. Normally $120 a night, I got a corporate rate of $47, a rate that only appears once in a while.
Bizarre corporate email lands in my company inbox:
An Army journalist blogs about his coming home on evil Northwest Airlines. While his experience boarding the plane and during the flight wasn’t positive, I can say the Northwest flight of another soldier’s was better.
I and two co-workers went to last night’s basketball game at the Toyota Center, where the Rockets lost to the Pacers, 87-74. The game was decided with about three minutes left in the fourth quarter, when the Pacers built a 15-point lead from a tie at the previous break.
I pity the soul who preys on the religious public made panicky by attacks on the “free exercise” clause of the First Amendment.
David Hogberg of The American Spectator exposes some hypocrisy by the AARP; while they are more than willing to let AARP seniors invest their Social Security checks in the stock market, they are buying ads that discourage the President from changing the system to allow us 30-year-olds to invest our future earnings. Thanks.
Ida May Fuller [...]
