‘An awful lot of praying in America………..’

The world seems to have stop rotating in testament to the drama and fine work of the miner’s rescue in Chile. Good news is the best antidote to the doom and gloom in the papers as of late.

The mood here is calm with a strong undercurrent of anxiety over our political and economic future. There is also an awful lot of praying going on. Michelle Obama is asking people to pray for her husband. Glenn Beck asks people to pray for his good health. Our churches are praying for the miners.

We have just been informed by our Dear Leader’s economic minions that social security payments will again, for the second year in a row, remain unaltered. There is no inflation in America and therefore our inflation indexed SS system need not be increased. I am OK with the lack of an increase thank you very much, but I despise the lies about inflation. Our cost of living is rising and, I believe, our government lacks the funds to meet the additional payments.

I note with interest that gobs of your quangos are about to get the axe. This looks like a sane move which immediately alerts me to look for the hidden agenda. Or is it just a case of saving money and eliminating dens in which public figures can hide from accountability? So far I would opine; keep up the good work David.

Concern is mounting over the anticipated mid-term election results and the prospect of a resurgence of Republicanism. Such resurgence would not be a bad thing, but I seriously doubt the capacity of the anticipated newly elected to make any difference at all. If elected as a majority in either the House or Senate, they will simply stymie action be it good or bad action until they have sufficient power to successfully enact their own legislation. At that point, the Democrats, as a minority, will do their level best to stymie Republic legislation.

I enjoyed a recent interview with former Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Conner, on the subject of Court impartiality. She made two good points. One was that the system of appointing Justices flaws the Court as it implies that successful nominees are to some extent politically indebted to the President and to the President’s party. Secondly, she continued, the election of Federal Circuit Judges is flawed because of the need for campaigns and campaign contributions. The latter tend to come from wealthy corporations that may well be before a Federal court in some criminal capacity or another. O’Conner was the champion of the liberal persuasion, but nevertheless maintained as fair and balanced an interpretation of the law as anyone else on the Court did.

Our friends in North Korea are enacting the stuff from which bestselling novels are created. Number three son is now the heir apparent and is being groomed by the loyal and dedicated military to rule as they dictate. Number one son, when not chasing women or gambling abroad, claims foul, but nobody listens to him because he is a playboy. North Korea’s worst enemy is North Korea