Eagle Owl In Flight At 1000 Frames A Second Attacks The Camera

Blast From The Past: Could Our President Be A Robbing Hood?

You notice how your sense of optimism may slip away when you least expect it....a slight irritation on the freeway may lead to noticing the dust on your dash and thoughts that you've been thinking of replacing your car, but money's a little tight right now and you won't mind, for the time being that your lifestyle seems to be sliding down a ravine! Cheer up! You're in good company! Everyone in The Western Civilization is going through the same thing. There seems to be an effort to systematically deconstruct our economy, the greatest in history and the kingpin throughout the free world! Hold on to your hats; We're in for a rough ride, but there could be a Robbing Hood (click the hyperlink to see my parody) robbing from the rich and giving (wink, wink, nod, nod) to the poor. Oh, and by the way, I keep flashing back to the various futures presented in "Back To The Future".
I wrote this parody in 2009 and decided to see how it was holding up after all this time. I know, I know it lacks polish, but I hope you'll forgive that aspect and just enjoy it. It was my first and I wanted the bar to be low enough so I could improve on the next one.

Golden Geese Are Hard To Come By

I’m far from the OWS element. Context is elemental in analyzing issues.

I know it’s in your face daily out there in NY. America has traditionally been the place where a person takes a stand and takes control of his/her emotions and future, so the beginning of protests can be exciting. Eventually they degenerate down into buying sleeping bags or equivalents because all organizations need structure and they don’t recognize the beauty of the Constitution, because it was written by “old timers”. The weirdest thing about the protest movements through the years is that the members are unaware of the romanticism associated with swaying back and forth; "We will overcome..." in their solidarity. That feeling of being a part of something bigger than one's self is intoxicating and what I call romanticism. It may be tough on the streets, but they feel they're fighting for a cause; so much more interesting than those mediocre lives where they're merely trying to stay ahead of their bills. Chaos serves the OWS crowd (Ann Coulter’s mob?) and I’m convinced it’s a perfect smokescreen for Obama looting the Golden Goose. Obama’s intelligence must be shallow since Golden Geese are hard to come by and if the USA engine of prosperity is decimated, how will Michelle be able to keep eating lobster? The homeless aren’t worried about the end of the world, because a leveler would serve them. That takes care of the bills, too

Governor Christie Tells It Like It Is

It's refreshing to see someone in Government that makes the tough choices.

Military Reunions with Man's Best Friend: Dogs Welcoming Home Their Owners from Deployment

QR (Quintana Roo) Cooks!

Dan Empfield competed in the first Ironman in Hawaii in 1981, but was disappointed in the choicez available to triathletes at the time. Improving wetsuit designs became a passion and initiated a creative torrent as his suits appeared more and more on winning athletes. His company, named after his favorite place on the planet, Quintana Roo, Mexico, was born in 1987! Shortly after his wetsuit designs appeared with increasing regularity on regular tri winners, he plunged into building up bikes, culminating in the fantastic carbon frame sets seen here.

Explosive debate between Fox Business' Charles Payne and Union Leader: "I took my opportunity"

We hear the "Occupy Wall Street" voices wanting decent healthcare, decent schools and a decent chance at success:  Are we entitled to all the levels of services we expect?    We pay taxes and expect to have a safety net, but just how much of a cushion should citizenship offer? Unfortunately, salespeople within our Government who claim to represent US are determining the parameters and contexts of these issues and framing all this in a central planning way that is under heated debate.  There's nothing at all wrong with the debate, except when Congressional processes are bypassed.
Free market competition has motivated thousands of Americans made brilliant by their motivations and abilities, individually and/or collectively, to follow their dreams and create marvelous products.  American exceptionalism has improved life worldwide.  We have all benefited from an upward spiral driven by free markets with limited regulations.
There's been a simmering between the issues of the left and right, unfortunately made relatively concrete by professional protesters financed secretively.  Mob controlling experts avoid real issues prefering slogans and talking points, as their aim is chaos leading only to argumentative situations set up for a designated leader to "save the day".
Crowds can be destructive and lose focus.  At present, hopefully the seemingly diametrically opposed views within our country are being debated near Wall Street in Manhattan.  There are too many differing viewpoints within the "Occupy Wall Street" crowd to say with certainty that there is monolithic thought.
It's my feeling that history should be increased as part of the context for the debate.  If only the collectivists would be openly honest with their failed track record through history.  Even Ayn Rand's fictional "Atlas Shrugged" as a springboard for debate might help focus for progress.  Universities were once forums for open debate.  Optimism makes me sure that peoples' differences are being fleshed out with a minimum of people just pushing their points until devolved bickering ensues.  Am I a dreamer or what?  I'm sure there's a lot of hooky being played, but  there is an opportunity to make progress and Geraldo is there!