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Deb V’s Archives
The
Difference Between Profit and Greed – 01/30/10
Since the education
system in this country obviously isn’t doing its job, we “alternate educators”
must step in every now and then and clarify basic definitions.
Thirty-seven
Years Of Arrogance and Audacity – 01/23/10
For thirty-seven years now we have lived with the effects of the Supreme Court decision known as Roe v Wade.
Reasons
and Feelings About Haiti – 01/20/10
Anyone who professes to be a caring human soul cannot watch the pictures and stories of devastation coming out of Haiti since the January 12th earthquake and not “feel” something profound.
Let’s
Reform Healthcare – 01/16/10
The only healthcare
reform that will make our system better is less – not more government intervention.
Connecting
the . . . – 01/08/10
It just keeps
getting better all the time! Or as my
kids like to say, “The Hits Just Keep On Comin’!”
Behind
Closed Doors – 01/07/10
As our nutcase lawmakers, (what a joke) labor behind closed doors to hash out what they plan to dish out to the American public via the so-called “healthcare reform legislation” it should be evident to anyone with at least a pea-sized brain that these folks do not work for us!
Battle
Cry Gitmo – 01/05/10
A REAL Rant
Is
It War? – 01/04/10
You decide! Is it a War On Terror or a War On Tyranny
that we are fighting?
The
Creature That Stirred – 12/26/09
It is often said that the Christmas Season is
among the most perilous times for those challenged souls facing any kind of adversity. Suicide rates supposedly go up and fragile
psyches are stretched to their limits as they succumb to the “poor me”
syndrome.
Government Economics and History 101 – 12/16/09
Unless you are just crawling out of your hibernation cave, or you
still haven’t come down from your hoepy-changy high brought on by the election
of Mr. Fundamental Transformation, you have probably heard of the Cloward-Piven
Strategy. Please tell me most of you
reading this already know what that is.
Science and Aging
– 12/08/09
There is one
unmistakable advantage to growing older.
You have collected more first-hand data on which to base hypotheses than
the younger generation has managed to accumulate.
Coverage of the War
– 12/05/09
We waited in great
anticipation to hear the president’s final decision on the upcoming new “surge”
in Afghanistan. Coverage of the
decision was, as usual, completely overdone.
His announcement was just another photo-op.
Warming by the Fire
– 11/26/09
Happy Thanksgiving!
Fallacies Of Modern
America – 11/21/09
For all citizens who
can read, I ask you to digest this text with your eyes wide open. I also ask that you share it with the
shameful growing numbers of people who cannot read.
Health In Crisis
– 11/01/09
I invite you to
answer my indictment.
Why It Hurts –
10/13/09
I read a story last
week that hurts. It should hurt every
American who reads it. Military
chaplains are “speaking out” in Afghanistan “because the troops can’t”
according to the story.
Awakening? –
10/06/09
I’ve wanted to do
this piece for some time now. About a year
ago my son introduced me to a musical group that I had never heard of. Now, since he was barely eighteen at the
time, you’re probably saying, “Wow! Big
deal that a teenager would have musical tastes that his much older mom wouldn’t
necessarily share or even know about.”
Well, folks, you don’t know this particular teenager.
Keeping a Close
Check – 09/28/09
As our government
bureaucracy has grown, so has the professional field of lobbying. If ever there was a more useless calling for
an individual to pursue, I can’t figure what it would be.
The Race War – 09/17/09
Okay, I know I’m supposed to base all my opinions on everything
that happens around me, in my country, to my country, or effecting my
children’s future on the single issue of race, but I dare take my leave of that
folly and proclaim that bad things happen because of bad character – not race!
A Question Of Decorum –
09/12/09
Excuse this meager
poetic attempt to respond to Congressman Joe Wilson, D-SC, and his moment of
emotional outburst this week during Obama’s address to Congress.
The
Deficient American – 09/04/09
Suppose we take a
page from the Science
Czar's
book and extend its instructive qualities to the process of describing an
American.
Why
the Birther Story Is Important – 08/30/09
What if I told you that the fate of America rests on the
outcome of the controversy over Obama’s eligibility? Read more
Listening
to the Other Side – 08/22/09
What makes America work?
Story Time – 08/22/09
New Feature with an invitation to write one yourself!
This one is “Stranger Than Fiction, Like Driving In a Fog.”
Double
AHCA Of 2009 – 08/11/09
You can’t make this stuff up!
The
Culture Of Royalty – 08/10/09
The workings of an individualist mind.
Exploring
Commercialism – 08/09/09
The quality product equals choices!
Three
Types Of Racists – 08/03/09
Let’s play cards!
Obama Has Yet To Have To Prove
He’s a Citizen – 07/23/09
Why is that?
Medical Crisis In America –
07/22/09
It’s a hot button issue!
Fixing This Limited Government
– 07/13/09
This is what it
would take.
No Wonder About Palin –
07/12/09
Or Understanding
gravity.
Divided – Or Just Trapped In
Ignorance? – 07/05/09
Thinking cap time.
Three
Icons In One Week – 06/27/09
How do you like the media’s handling?
What’s
To Love? – 06/20/09
Exploring the only natural enemy of hate.
The
Office Of the Presidency – 06/09/09
The office is in trouble . . .
The
Real Health Care Crisis In America – 06/08/09
There is NO health “care”
Where’s
the Birth Certificate? – 06/01/09
It is a very simple question!
The
Truth Not Told – 05/31/09
There are none so blind . . .
Poem to commemorate Memorial Day 2009
Don’t miss this page!
Understanding
the “New Vets” – 05/15/09
They deserve no less!
Understanding
the U.S. Military Veteran - 05/09/09
It’s about time we all make the effort!
Exploring the Pirate
Industry.
How difficult can it
be?
I have a bone to
pick. If the shoe fits . . .
Who are they really?
Have you ever
thought about it?
It’s the Principle Of the Thing
Some advice and a
question – what do you really own?
Tax Day blues getting you
down? Only if you are productive!
Just stirring the
pot of insensitivity to mock suffering.
It’s given way to
drama, of course!
And a lot of both is
out there!
Personal insight of
Illinois politics.
The Ministry Of Truth –
12/23/08
As promised, the follow-up
article. Read it if you dare.
Outnumbered – 12/23/08
Well,
are we?
From the Bottom Up
– 11/26/08
Great economies are not grown from the bottom
up, but abusive governments certainly are.
The Ministry Of
Plenty – 11/26/08
Leaning left means
leaning toward government dependency, social irresponsibility, cultural
amnesia, and a general promotion of behavior modification over principled
education. That’s what it means - and
none of those things defend individual freedom and prosperity. (See my free offer contained in this
article.)
Outmoded Principles
Or Fundamental Americanism – 10/28/08
As mainstream
America watches helplessly while government representatives push to Nationalize
more and more of the economy and financial institutions, we see the Godless
religions of liberalism and socialism/communism taking over the last vestiges
of the most successful and free government the world has ever known. I would have chosen not to see it in my
lifetime.
Proof –
10/27/08
Just as I have no
patience for people who argue against the wisdom of believing in the existence
of a Creator, I have no patience for those who allow depression to overrule
their own happiness. In short, proof
exists to support my views of all who would fall into either of these two
traps.
Dr Franklin – 09/29/08
An honest look at the worst human addiction.
Value Of the Individual –
09/28/08
Women, minorities, listen up!
A Spoonful Of Sugar – 09/10/08
An endorsement you can believe in.
Private Sector and Job Creation
– 09/10/08
Just the facts, ma’am!
Understanding the Mindset –
08/26/08
This MUST be understood once and for all!
The Meal – 08/26/08
Let’s try putting it this way…
The Declaration – 07/05/08
Celebrating our independence.
Atrocities Of Morality – Six Years
Later – 07/05/08
Old news is still new news.
Rambo – 06/07/08
In My Unsolicited Opinion
Who Cares? – 06/06/08
Time travel anyone?
Three Strikes – 06/05/08
Peanuts and crackerjacks anyone?
Through the Lens Of Happy Endings –
05/10/08
My salute to Charlton Heston
Talking and Listening –
05/10/08
For Fun and Profit
Picking and Choosing –
05/09/08
Our Moral Dilemma
Separating Church and State –
04/05/08
Deficit of Decency and Devine Guidance
“Racing” For Power – 04/05/08
The real story and the speech
A History Lesson – 03/15/08
Of Birds and Schemes and Peaceful Dreams
Ode To Spirit – 03/15/08
Remembering what America is all about
Defining Hope – Maybe It’s Change
– 02/24/08
Who’s defining the rhetoric?
Up For Grabs – 02/24/08
The largest slice of the power pie.
A Funny Thing Happened . . .On the Way To the Throne – 02/08/08
Ranting from a unique point of view.
Shock Proof – 01/19/08
Read it and weep!
The Science Of Campaigns –
01/19/08
Would the electorate vote for this?
Can I Get Change For My Two Cents?
– 12/28/07
The best conservative candidate since Reagan!
Medicating For Immediate Effect
– 12/24/07
Losing our minds and losing sight of the goals.
The Cheap Seats – 12/24/07
Watching the race they want us to see.
On the Moral Issues – 11/15/07
A clear view of what should be driving the presidential race.
I Want Insurance For Children
– 11/15/07
Everybody else should too!
Professional Parenting Articles –
Archived
from the home page.
A Positive Thought – 06/15/07
If we don’t
like what we see, we must continue to let them know it.
Destruction Of Republican Party
– 06/04/07
Rush Limbaugh has stated that the results of passage of the current bill being haggled out in Congress would be the destruction of the Republican Party.
What’s New? – 05/26/07
(Certainly
NOT the Illegal Immigration Issue!)
As
the “new” proposed legislation to once and for all “handle” the illegal
immigration problem floods the airwaves, cyberspace, and all those dead trees
called newspapers, I’m reminded of that old definition of insanity – “doing the
same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” One thing is for sure, then – Washington is
full of folks suffering from insanity!
Electing vs. Selecting –
05/11/07
An exercise in responsibility!
Portrait Of A Traitor –
04/28/07
With change to spare?
Morality By Proxy – 04/19/07
Lest we continue to give a pass to evil by placing blame where it
doesn’t belong.
Imus Comment – 04/19/07
Slip of the tongue, or slip of the culture?
Rights, Lefts and Truths –
04/06/07
Have a heapin’ helping of truth that shines through recent events. Pelosi fans, read it and weep!
Liberal Audacity vs. Conservative
Virtue – 03/17/07
The perils of an uneven playing
field are obvious.
A Celebration Of
Easter - 2007
A Special Easter Message
Reality vs. Fantasy – 02/28/07
We could call this one, Truth and Lies, but the Oscars are over and the
awards have been given for Fantasy, so can we get on with Reality now?
What Might Be the Motive? –
02/10/07
My comments on the miscarriage of justice in the Border Patrol Agents
story – it stinks to the high heavens!
The Real State of the Union –
02/02/07
My analysis may be a little late, but I’ll guarantee it’s original!
In Search Of Peace – 01/20/07
Americans who claim to be “war weary” could use a lesson in
unselfishness – and reality.
If You Were There – 01/12/07
A change in Iraq, more troops, new strategy?
Same old strategy from the enemy though. Try my scenario.
Policy and Theorists –
01/05/07
It’s a new year with new problems – but the old ones haven’t gone
away. Policy and Theorists deals with
analyzing a couple of them.
The Nativity Story – 12/19/06
I’ve read some pretty negative reviews on this one – not unlike the
negative attitudes expressed world-wide in the name of religion. My advice: read this, then do yourself a favor
and buy a movie ticket this season!
The ISG Report – 12/07/06
Getting from pessimism to victory should be important – but what did we
expect?
Tip-Toeing Through the Controversy
– 12/06/06
Keith Ellison and canceling out the oath.
Do we grin and bear it?
A Dark Rant On Gridlock –
12/04/06
Am I the only one who sees more than a little insincerity in the
warning of gridlock?
Negotiating For What? –
11/28/06
Wheeling and dealing with America’s heritage treasury will result in
disaster. And what we get for it will
be anything but the peace that so many are calling for.
Thanksgiving 2006 – 11/22/06
On this most religious holiday, let us give thanks. God Bless You one and all!
What Is A Majority Anyway? –
11/15/06
Another dive into the polluted waters of party power politics.
America’s New Direction –
11/11/06
With the mid-term elections of 2006 now over, the winners have declared
their intentions to lead America in a “new direction.” It’s a “new” old direction, and we’ve been
there before.
The Homestretch – 11/04/06
Another Ridiculous October
Surprise – 10/25/06
The Essence Of Politics –
10/22/06
Threat Assessment – 10/13/06
Getting It Right – 10/13/06
Is the Party Over? – 10/05/06
The Right Stuff – 09/28/06
Representing American Policy
Get A Grip On Reality and Religion
– 09/21/06
Bully For the Bully Pulpit –
09/16/06
By George, By God, Go for It!
September 11, 2001 – 09/11/06
So You Want To Be An Isolationist?
–09/09/06
Glenn Ford and the Old Hollywood
– 09/09/06
Senate Power – Competition 2006
– 09/01/06
House Power – Competition 2006
– 09/01/06
Recently published article in the new link
American Thinker – Stone
Cold Leftist
Immediate Gratification –
08/27/06
Void Of Critical Thinking
Clipped Wings – 08/18/06
Study Of Globalists – 08/12/06
& the Media War – 08/01/06
Sean Hannity, Deliver Us From
Evil – A Book Review – 08/01/06
Hillary In 2008? – 07/26/06
Half Way Down The Slippery Slope
– 07/20/06
World War III? – 07/17/06
Democracy By Default - 07/13/06
Fireworks and Candy Make Me IL
Ann Coulter’s “Godless” – A
Book Review
Ask The Soldier – A Poem
Damn the Torpedoes – “Eye Of
the Tiger”
What’s Driving the Gas Price
Issue?
A View From the Past –
Currently Legitimate
Happy Tax Day – “The Way It Is”
The Brainwashing Of A Doomed
Society
Illegal Aliens – The Serious Problem
One More Attempt At Defining
Abortion
Understanding the Liberal
Philosophy
Of Gods & Courts & Life -
Never posted article I wrote about the Terry Schiavo case in 2005
Special
Pre-Election Prediction – 10/31/04
God,
Guns and Motherhood – 10/22/04
Home On the Range – Deborah Venable’s tribute to Ronald Reagan –
06/11/04
Offensive
Attitudes – 06/05/04
Hear
No Evil, See No Evil – Just Say It! – 06/05/04
The
Perfect Leader – Looking both directions. – 12/19/03
The
Christmas Gift – From Deb V - 12/19/03
The
Beat Goes On – Part II of the previous rant – 11/17/03
God,
the Law and Chief Justice Roy Moore – Part I - 08/16/03
Tax Me More, Or Tax Me Not – How many petals are left? – 08/05/03
Have
You Forgotten? – Well, Have You? – 07/20/03
That
Was The Week That Was – 06/22/03
Consistency
Please! – Staged politics plus inconsistency equals one-party! – 06/08/03
Identification
& Party Politics – Expanding On Individualism vs. Collectivism –
05/25/03
Individualism
vs. Collectivism – I call ‘em as I see ‘em! - 05/18/03
One
Big Happy Country – Including Slavery: Setting the Record Straight by Steve
Quick – 05/04/03
Applying
Logic To Politics – 04/27/03
Embracing
Diversity – A dangerous plank in the Democrats’ platform – 04/19/03
What
Do We Tell Them? – The world is watching.
Into
Harm’s Way – From the heart! – 03/06/03
The
Concept Of Individual Rights – A
lesson that needs to be learned. – 02/21/03
Significant
Emotional Event – Focus, focus, focus! – 02/14/03
The
Case For War – 2/09/03
Columbia
– 2/01/03
The
State Of America – What Americans needed to hear – 1/29/03
The
Powers That Be – 1/18/03
Cracking
the Chocolate Covered Nut –
God
Given Rights – What does freedom mean?- 12/30/02
Words
Mean Things – Can you say “Freedom”?- 12/13/02
Economics
and the Puppeteers – The Season Is Now
In
Thanksgiving – For who we are and where we are!
The
Cost Of Ignorance – Please take the time for this one, folks!
Remember
Veterans’ Day – My Salute!
The
Reason Governments Fail – Who makes the decisions?
Getting
Out The Vote – Inspiration 2002 – Special Page Archive
The
Race Card Is Hereby Dealt – A Rant and Rave
The
Shadows Of Babylon – A Review
The
Case Against Socialism and Public Education –
All
Those Names – A Visit To The “Moving
Wall”
The
Insecurity Of Social Security –
They
Finally Got It Right! – A Review of “We Were
Soldiers”
Reparations
– The March Is On! –
Newsflash!
It’s The Morality, Stupid! –
Not
Really A Rant – Update To All
Playing
God – Oops! There’s THAT Word
Again!
Lip
Service – Does Not Answer The Abuse
Of & To Military Service
Insight
From The Flagpole – I Am A Symbol – Happy Birthday, America!
Under
God – Is this the line in the sand?
New
World Order Depends On World Disorder –
The
Basics Of Anti-Terrorism –
The
Second Amendment Revisited –
Defining
Our Obvious Enemies –
Letter
From Santa – Deborah Venable – 12/15/02
Zero Sum Economics – Predates this
site – originally published elsewhere 03/12/02