Tag: Statue of Liberty
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Lady Liberty: The Need for Her Reassignment
LET HER TORCH NOW SHINE FOR THE PURSUIT OF HONESTY by Thomas Pastore, ©2016 (Sep. 11, 2016) — In the century of 300 bc, there was an eccentric cynic and philosopher known as Diogenes. It is said that during the day he would walk the sunlit streets with a lit lantern. When asked why his lantern…
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Contested Convention: The Statue of Liberty Play
CODY ROBERT JUDY UNVEILS PLAY FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION REQUIRING JUSTICE by Cody Robert Judy, Presidential Candidate, ©2016 (Mar. 9, 2016) — In the last two episodes of season six of The West Wing, the Democratic Party fought through a brokered convention, with dark horse candidate Matthew Santos (Jimmy Smits) prevailing.] In House of Cards Season…
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Complaining of Symptoms; Ignoring the Cause pb
“FEEL-GOD EMOTIONALISM” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Sep. 30, 2015) — Arguably, the most prevalent form of mental illness in this country is cognitive disconnect. People get totally lost when it comes to being able to rationally address cause and effect. Of course, mental acuity, when saturated with liberal doses of emotionalism and group-think becomes feeble…
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“Unaffiliated” Candidate for Connecticut’s 52nd District House Race Goes Where Major Party Candidates Will Not pb
NON-PARTISAN VOTERS COULD WIN ELECTION FOR GRASSROOTS CONSTITUTION STATE CANDIDATE by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 11, 2014) — Of three candidates competing for the 52nd District seat in the Connecticut House of Representatives (pp. 6-7), the lower chamber of the Connecticut General Assembly, only one was willing to speak with The Post & Email about the…
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“Dead Broke” and the Vatican Slush Fund
LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE (FEDERAL RESERVE) BANK by OPOVV, ©2014 (Jun. 26, 2014) — ACT I The curtain rises on a typical Chicago Westside neighborhood bar. Blue and white collars are equally divided, about 30 in all, with a few bikers and college kids. It’s a Friday afternoon and everyone is in good spirits.…
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The Trial pb
EVERY VOTE SHOULD COUNT by OPOVV, ©2014 (Mar. 31, 2014) — ACT I The curtain rises on a chaotic scene of a 1870’s Mississippi river boat about to embark. Stage right is the boat; gangplank toward center stage; center stage has bales of cotton and luggage lined up as it is carted aboard; stage left…
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The Sanctuary is Now Closed
HAS AMERICA’S LIGHT BEEN EXTINGUISHED? by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet, ©2012, Presidential Candidate (Apr. 12, 2012) — My ancestors welcomed the first Pilgrims to our shores, maybe with a hardy “How!” but then again, maybe with an arrow aimed for the heart. I don’t know, I wasn’t there, and the stories that have traveled through time…
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American Workers’ Jobs are Vulnerable?
MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DRAIN AMERICA’S RESOURCES by Brittanicus (Oct. 30, 2011) — There is a vast difference between the ‘OCCUPIER’ demonstrators exhibiting their adversity to American society and capitalism and the growing roots of the TEA PARTY. How the leftists newspapers and extremist activists can equate the multitudes of ordinary Americans…
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What Price “Liberty?”
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DEFINES HIS PLATFORM by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet (Oct. 27, 2011) — “If I can see farther than others, it’s because I stand on the shoulder of giants,” written by Sir Isaac Newton in 1676. I don’t mean to be presumptuous, but I’m going to count myself standing on the shoulders of Socrates,…
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A We the People’s Protest Whose Time Has Come
MARCH 13, 2011: NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION by Sher Zieve, ©2011 (Feb. 25, 2011) — Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with and interviewing Lynn Vogel–the owner of the website 20Turns.com. Lynn has a unique outlook on protests and–for those who work for a living and can’t make it to out-of-town rallies–has a recommendation…