IT IS A GIVEN THAT IN EACH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, California’s electoral votes are tallied on the “D” side of the ledger. Despite this, California could still be the state that turns a potential Democrat victory into a Republican win. Most of the state’s voters might disagree but that would, of course, be better than the […]
Dennis Lund: 6 suggestions for the GOP majority
“All glory is fleeting.” — General George S. Patton IN THE MOVIE “PATTON,” THE GENERAL RELATES A STORY: “For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. . . . A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear […]
Notes from 30,000 Feet: Good day sunshine, Grubercrats and Nancy’s war on a woman
IF YOU ARE DRIVING INTERSTATE 15 TO LAS VEGAS, just before you enter Nevada, if you look north, you will see two massive structures in the distance. Those structures are part of the Ivanpah Solar Power Plant, which at design capacity of 392 MW is capable of providing energy for 140,000 homes. The plant, owned […]
Dennis Lund: What price to achieve a progressive utopia?
“Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.” — Alexis de Tocqueville WE ARE FAST APPROACHING THE POINT WHERE we may be forced to make the choice described by de Tocqueville: Capitulate to the ever-increasing demands of “progressives,” thus resigning ourselves to tyranny under the guise […]
Dennis Lund: If you can’t beat them, indict them
“The road to power is paved with hypocrisy, and casualties.” — Francis ‘Frank’ Underwood THE CHARACTER OF FRANK UNDERWOOD, played magnificently by Kevin Spacey in “House of Cards,” represents the kind of politician you love to hate. He is a strange combination of ruthlessness and charm — amorality mixed with a façade of likeability. Churchill […]
Dennis Lund: The Political Derangement Syndrome test
“Bush Derangement Syndrome: The acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency — nay — the very existence of George W. Bush.” — Charles Krauthammer, 2005 FROM THE URBAN DICTIONARY, the symptoms of Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) include: 1. Believing that Bush caused Hurricane Katrina. 2. Believing that […]
Dennis Lund: Is the National Health Service subsidizing child abuse?
“There is no evidence to suggest that children are better off with or without a father,’ — Laura Witjens, chief executive, National Gamete Donation Trust, UK THOSE WONDERFUL BRITS ARE SAID TO BE leading the world in high-quality, affordable health care for women. As for the kids, well, perhaps not so much. It was recently […]
Dennis Lund: On a fast train, going nowhere
Well, you’ve been on a fast train and it’s going off the rails And you can’t come back, can’t come back together again And you start breaking down in the pouring rain Well, you’ve been on a fast train — Van Morrison YEARS AGO, IT MAY HAVE BEEN DURING the first Clinton presidential run, I […]
Notes and Random Thoughts from 30,000 Feet: Big Brother, Big Cheese and more
“You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.” — Thomas Sowell IN HIS 1996 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, Bill Clinton declared that the “era of Big Government is over.” First let’s recognize that ’96 was an election year, and with his base secure Clinton […]
Dennis Lund: A closer look at Hillary’s ‘achievements’
“When I learned that I passed (the bar exam) in Arkansas but failed in D.C., I thought that maybe my test scores were telling me something.” — From “Living History,” by Hillary Clinton IN SPITE OF HER OCCASIONAL DENIALS, it is abundantly evident that Hillary Clinton will be running for the presidency in 2016. Yet […]