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Years ago, I recall reading about a survey in which Americans believed businesses made on average profits of 36 percent, an estimate supported by years of similar polls by Opinion Research when estimates ranged from 28 to 37 percent.
A recent review of more than 7,000 companies revealed that the average profit margin for all companies was 7.9 percent, and just one industry had a profit margin as high as 36 percent – tobacco at 43.3 percent.… read more
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On October 5, 2021, my wife and I celebrated our 65th wedding anniversary.
Perusing our album of black and white wedding photographs was a vivid reminder of how times have changed since 1956. I would suppose that wedding photos today are taken on an iPhone.
The American flag hung in every classroom, where the pledge of allegiance was repeated each day, and prayers were not out of the question. … read more
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I know, like me you’re probably tired of reading about statues of past leaders being torn down, or in many cases, simply removed. So, why am I writing about it again?
Earlier this month, a story about the removal of another statue of Robert E. Lee landed in my stack of stuff, potential future material for this blog. … read more
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Since my critical commentaries on George W. Bush, and his attack on those on the right, I again feel compelled to encourage you to stand up and fight for the America we love.
In my August 8, 2021 post, “It’s Time to Get Motivated; Stop the Deterioration of Our Nation,” I quoted Ben Domenech of The Federalist, who declared “It is (time) to organize against the deterioration of everything that made our American communities great.… read more
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“Unlike the policy of the last few years (the Trump era), we will be able to rally the rest of the world behind us on key foreign policy and national security issues.” – Jake Sullivan, November 2020
Along with the criticism of President Biden’s botched withdrawal of Afghanistan, comes questions of the advice provided him by Secretary of State Blinken, National Security advisor Sullivan and Generals Austin and Milley.… read more
NOTE: In my last blog, I wrote of President Biden’s botching of the Afghan withdrawal, relating it to his decades of foreign policy failures. Since we are now getting 24/7 reporting on the situation in Afghanistan, I have decided to comment on another topic high on his agenda … equity.
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On President Biden’s first day in office, among that stack of executive orders on his desk was his policy outlining a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.… read more
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“I think he (Biden) has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,” – former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
That was hardly what candidate Joe Biden wanted to hear from someone as distinguished as Gates going into his campaign. But as a longtime member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including a stint as its chair, and his eight-years as vice president under Barack Obama, his role was seen as insignificant.… read more
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WHAT DID YOU EXPECT when a reporter asked President Biden about New York Governor Cuomo’s resignation?
“He’s done a hell of a job … on everything from access to voting to infrastructure to a whole range of things. That’s why it’s so sad,” he responded.
Notice how he skirted the two key charges against Cuomo … sexual harassment and his failure to properly address the Covid-19 pandemic, despite touting his leadership effort in a book. … read more
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PET ROCK OWNERS BEWARE – If you are a known owner of a collectible pet rock purchased on a whim in the 1970s, there soon may be someone knocking on your door to confiscate it.
It occurred to me as I read the story of the University of Wisconsin paying $50,000 to have a 70-ton rock, that had become known as Chamberlin Rock, removed from the campus.… read more
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If you think former President Trump is the forgotten man, you’re not paying attention.
Of course, it helps that Kramerontheright makes his home in Arizona, where he’s still very much on the minds of voters, Democrats and Republicans.
Unless you are a subscriber to Fox Nation, and watched his speech to Turning Point’s streaming of his 109-minuite speech to some 5,000 enthusiastic young voters in Phoenix last Saturday, you might think he was down in Florida playing golf.… read more