Sunday Matinee: Pure Catharsis

Obama is Betting That Public School Education Will Make His Unpayable Deficit Go Away

According to Obama healthcare is broken because we spend more for it than any other nation in the world.  But education is broken because we are only spending investing more on it than any other nation in the world.

• Obama claims we need this new massive spending  because the dropout rate had tripled over the last 30 years.
• Our 8th grade math scores have fallen to ninth place.
• And to set the goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world  by 2020.

But according the good people at Fact Check .org

• The high school dropout rate has fallen by 1/3 in the last 30 years–not increased.
• Our 8th grade math scores have risen to 9th from a low of 28th place in 1995 not dropped.
• And although it’s true we aren’t  number one  in bachelor’s degrees, we are number 2 behind Norway, and only a percentage point at that.

Finally, a president so committed to education he won’t let  single fact get in the way.

The Obama Administration Seems To Be Dropping Plans To Make Soldiers Pay For The Wounds They Received In Combat… At Least We Know Their Hearts Were Not In The Right Place

Above Obama’s Pay Grade–Not Above You Being Forced To Pay For It

Taking The Politics Out Of Science

Sunday Matinee: The Religion of Peace Continued

The Obama Administration is Good at Paying Taxes, Appointing People to Key Positions, Diplomatic Arts, and Translating Single English Words Into Russian.

Diplomacy Is Back Part 2: England Still Not Islamic Enough For Obama To Respect

I want to feel more outrage over Obama’s snubbing of England, but considering how keen the Brits were on getting Obama elected (according to one poll 81 to 19 percent),  my more vengeful side  wants to say, “Enjoy your DVD’s Muhammad.” I’m sorry, it’s  Jack.  Muhammad is still only the second most popular boy’s name in England.

Sunday Matinee: Obama Promises to Make Energy Prices Skyrocket.

Paul Harvey Was Such a Good Pitchman He Made Me Wish I Had Macular Degeneration–So I Could Cure It With Ocular Nutrition From Hi-Health!

Death of a Great Salesman

One more for Paul– I was a fan  since first grade. I hated going to school but there was one consolation and that was Paul’s morning news broadcast on the car radio.  Even as a kid, I was drawn to that dry, Dragnet delivery of his with that twist of inflection –the  comment — that made additional words superfluous.

There was something quintessentially American about the man.  Economical in word, forthright in speech, positive in outlook, and devoted to God and family.

Goodbye, Paul.

Sunday Matinee: Theater of the Mind. Paul Harvey, Director

Comic impressionists could never quite get Paul Harvey down well enough to make the impression funny. Lots have  nailed Walter Cronkite, I’ve heard a number of good Tom Brokaws and Dan Rathers, but whenever I heard an impressionist attempt Paul Harvey, I get the same reaction I get whenever I hear Bugs Bunny being done by someone other than Mel Blanc. Or Kermit  by someone other than Jim Henson.  I think, “that ain’t it.”