When the famous Life Cereal commercial first aired in 1972, I was eight years old. I distinctly remember asking my mother why those older boys in the commercial decided that it was a good idea to ask their little brother Mikey to try the cereal in the bowl in front of them. “I’m not going to try it” they say to each other while pushing the bowl back and forth. Then they have a stroke of genius – “Let’s ask…
When the famous Life Cereal commercial first aired in 1972, I was eight years old. I distinctly remember asking my mother why those older boys in the commercial decided that it was a good idea to ask their little brother Mikey to try the cereal in the bowl in front of them. “I’m not going to try it” they say to each other while pushing the bowl back and forth. Then they have a stroke of genius – “Let’s ask…
I am an American. I live on the East Coast of the United States. I am lucky. This is the greatest country on earth. Not because of what we’ve accomplished, but rather because of what we stand for. To the rest of the world, we are an experimental sociosystem to gauge whether true freedom is possible on our planet. When we fail, the world fails. But when we succeed…whoa. Whether or not you agree with our choice for president, the…
Congratulations America – we got it right. Thank you.
Tomorrow we will vote for a lot of things. Chief among them, the direction of this country for (at least) the near future. While many of us are busy with matters of consequence that consume our thoughts – like paying bills, buying groceries, keeping a job, raising children, managing health care and planning for retirement (or perhaps just planning on how to pay next month’s mortgage) – please take a moment to think about what you’re about to do. Say…
People use guns to kill animals and other people. That’s it. When our forefathers granted us the right to bear arms, do you think they meant that we should be able to go into a pawn shop in any city in America and buy a semi-automatic weapon? Think about the idea of “bearing arms” for a second–don’t you think that this really means we have the right to defend ourselves? Of course it does–that’s absolutely American. We don’t take shit from anyone. No, we don’t turn…
