Monthly Archives: May 2014

Those Twenty-Somethin’ Colonels

Posted on May 31, 2014 by

By: Susan Bea Good Our President gave a speech last Wednesday, at the commencement ceremony for the United States’ Military Academy at West Point. This one was full of the usual self-focused ramblings and artificially familiar “shout outs”…at one point … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Be Nice or Go Away!

Posted on May 29, 2014 by

By: Susan Bea Good The finale of this season’s American Idol featured the band Paramore, whose lead singer sported a crop top with the command to “Be nice or go away!” I’ve noticed an increase in that sentiment being directed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Character Comparisons

Posted on May 24, 2014 by

By: Susan Bea Good “Out of the Depths” is a compelling book about a veteran of WW2. 89 year old retired Marine, Edgar Harrell, survived the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the South Pacific. 900 men immediately died in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Executing the Retarded

Posted on May 13, 2014 by

By: Susan Bea Good Tonight MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is railing against George W. Bush’s decisions, years ago as Texas governor, to permit the executions of capital criminals with low IQs, at the time described as “retarded.” Maddow feigns righteous indignation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Do You Know?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by

By: Susan Bea Good Accusations are rarely received well. But questions, even hard ones, usually raise a response, because people naturally like to have their say. Recently South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy, turned the tables on the Press when he … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

First Borns Out of Order

Posted on May 12, 2014 by

  By: Susan Bea Good I am the “first born” in my family. After years of birthday cards expressing my “special” status, I thought I understood the significance of the position. Only after the birth of my own, did I realize … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Whose Shame?

Posted on May 9, 2014 by

By: Susan Bea Good Dem. Representative Louise Slaughter, from New York, closed her House floor remarks yesterday with a question, directed at Republicans, just before the vote authorizing a Select Committee to investigate Benghazi. Ms. Slaughter suggested that Republicans are … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment