Posts

Showing posts from October, 2025

Is It Really Rightwing?

While performing research and refinement for another post, this author noted that most media outlets, leftists, and their institutions refer to Fascism and Nazi ideology as Rightwing. But is this true?  Well, one could simply look at the source and know it is not true, given the history of inaccuracy.  This author believes that Naziism was Leftwing. A subdivision of Socialism. And that revisionist historians, mostly from the past 5 years or so, have tried to redefine it as being Rightwing. But, let's test that hypothesis. To do so, we must first define terms. These terms gathered from a Google search.  Fascism But let's dig deeper. First off, the tenets of Fascism: Dictatorial leader Centralized Autocracy (usually in the dictator) Militarism (usually to enforce the edicts of the dictator) Forcible suppression of opposition. Belief in a natural social hierarchy National (or racial) interests are more important than the individual. Control of the society and economy. To be...

Accomplishments or No?

Image
A Charlie Kirk short shows Charlie debating a liberal college student. The student had no reply for Charlie's question: "name one accomplishment of Kamala Harris as Vice President of the country." So, this author put that question to ChatGPT out of curiosity.  "Please give me Kamala Harris' three greatest accomplishments as VP." The reply from AI: "1. Advocacy for Reproductive Rights In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Vice President Harris became a prominent advocate for reproductive rights. She met with lawmakers from at least 18 states to discuss the issue The Week. In March 2024, she made history by visiting a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota, marking the first time a sitting vice president or president had done so. 2. Leadership in Addressing Migration Vice President Harris led the U.S. Strategy to Address the Root Causes of Migration, focusing on economic development in Central America to reduce illegal i...

Perhaps This One

Image
This post is for my friend, Lefty . Over the years, Lefty has been one of the Top 3 sources of inspiration for me. The others being my late father, and you, the readers.  To understand this post, you must know that Lefty dislikes the song Sweet Caroline . Although I do not detest it, it is certainly overplayed, to say the least. Also, Lefty and I come from a generation where you don't have to like all the same things to be friends. It's ok to not always agree 100%.  The other day, I got to thinking. I was listening to the song Red Red Wine by UB40.  First thought was this: if you were born when that song was released, UB40 now!  Dad-joke out of the way, I recalled that the song was not written by UB40. A quick Google search showed it was written by Neil Diamond. The same Neil Diamond that wrote Sweet Caroline. And, if I am being fair, I do not care for Neil Diamond's version of Red Red Wine . This was inspiration!  Perhaps there is a version of Sweet Caroline ...

Cost of Living

My friend, Lefty, has an excellent article out on Cost of Living . You should read it. He moved to his current residence in 1999. I moved into my current residence in 2002. Of note, we live in the same neighborhood. This will be important here.  I remember well when we bought the house. Our household income was about $55k, and the house price was $133k. That means it was a 242% House to income ratio.  At the time, we had been living in an apartment, the rent for which was $769 per month. Rent was 16.8% of our income.  Also, at the time, the median household income in Tennessee was $37K. So we were at 148% of the median.  Today, the median household income in Tennessee is $67K. So, if someone were at 148% of that, it would be an income of $99k. Six figures is not what it used to be.  Currently, houses in our neighborhood are selling for $450K on average. Of course, when I write "on average," it literally means it is an average - sum them all up, then divide by nu...

The Full Sentence

Image
"Nobody wants to work anymore" is ALWAYS an incomplete sentence.  The rest of the sentence is ALWAYS: - "for our absurdly low wages." AND / OR - "in our ridiculously toxic work environment."  What say you?