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    Paging Dr. Paul !!

    It's a pretty safe bet there won't be a repeat of this incident. Intervention time. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/rand-pauls-son-arrested-report-says-85819.html What? This kid is drunk at 10:49am? It's a very short flight from Lexington to Charlotte. As a non-drinker I don't...
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    Al Gore sells his TV channel to Al-Jazeera.

    Former US Vice-President Al Gore has sold Current TV to Al- Jazeera. Comments? Al Gore's S.F.-based Current TV sold to Al-Jazeera - San Jose Mercury News
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    Charles Durning, actor and WW2 veteran has died.

    This guy must have lived an amazing life. I have seen Charles Durning in movies and on television since my childhood. I had no idea he was a decorated veteran of WW2. As mentioned before, this generation is almost all gone. How many well known entertainers who served in WW2 still remain...
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    Becoming deathly ill in France.

    Visit France in good health. Report recommends France legalize 'accelerated deaths' - FRANCE 24 And Belgium: http://www.france24.com/en/20121218-belgium-looks-euthanasia-minors-alzheimers-sufferers Our European friends give a lot of thought to these matters.
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    Turn every school into a fortress.

    In the wake of mass murder at a Connecticut elementary school, there will be tremendous pressure to change gun laws in the United States. But change will come in many other forms. Many will conclude our schoolchildren are too vulnerable to attack while at school. Parents and schoolboards...
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    Charles Barkley talking sense about gun ownership and crime.

    video: Video: Bob Costas, Charles Barkley, John McEnroe debate gun control | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports
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    Fast-tracked trials and executions.

    Timothy McVeigh: 6 years from time of crime to execution. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM): captured in 2003. Recognized as mastermind behind 9/11 attacks resulting in nearly 3000 deaths. Still at Gitmo.
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    Homeless... nope

    Shoeless NYC man isn't homeless after all
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    AIDS in the city: US urban black women at particular risk.

    30 years on, the disease continues to destroy American lives. HIV Rates in Black Urban Women 5 Times Higher Than Previously Thought - ABC News
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    Captain John Smith "He who shall not work, shall not eat."

    400 years ago, in the early settlement of Jamestown, Virginia Capt John Smith declared those who refused to work would not eat. Would any American politician take such a clear stand today?
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    Obama administration determined to stop Petraeus testimony on Benghazi attack.

    David Petraeus has resigned his position as Director of the CIA just days before he was scheduled to testify before Congress. Petraeus was to testify concerning his knowledge about the terrorist attack in Benghazi which resulted in our US ambassador and 3 other Americans being killed. At the...
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    Two Americas. Living in the political twilight zone.

    Here in Kentucky, Obama carried just 4 of 120 counties. In the entire Commonwealth, Obama won only one county( Jefferson) by a margin greater than 1%. Can any other state claim such widespread repudiation of Obama's reign of economic terror? If we remember that Obama won 8 of 120 Kentucky...
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    US student loan debt tops $1 Trillion dollars.

    America's well-educated chickens are coming home to roost. U.S. Student-Loan Debt Swells - Businessweek
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    EO's doomsday preppers... what is the best advice?

    There seems to be a general consensus that end times are near. Based on what is read here on EO, disasterous economic collapse is coming which would result in a rapid breakdown in law and order. "Stocking up on ammo" seems to be the most popular advice. Surely, no one here on EO intends...
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    War games or military build-up?

    The Persian Gulf is attracting lots of watercraft. Armada of British naval power massing in the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike - Telegraph
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    God gets snubbed by DNC

    The DNC in its infinite wisdom decided no reference to God would appear in the party platform this year. Another break from time-honored tradition.
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    DNC video says " Government is the only thing we all belong to."

    No one belongs to the government. Not yet, anyway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gLa9Te8Blw
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    NJ Governor Chris Christie.... good news/bad news

    Bad news first, looks like Christie will be delivering the keynote address at the GOP nominating convention next month. Good news, if true that Christie gives keynote address, then he will not be the VP nominee.
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    When and where did political correctness begin?

    Growing up in the 1960's and 70's, people were allowed and expected to speak plainly on important issues of the day. Speaking one's mind today comes with a heavy price for many. Liberals have nearly completed a coup in the struggle for acceptable speech in American society. On one level...
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    Will the Boy Scouts be Obama's next target for destruction?

    Liberals are howling with fury today after the Boy Scouts of America "emphatically reaffirmed" its earlier decision to ban homosexuals from participation in their organization. After review, Boy Scouts reaffirm ban on gays | Fox News It will be interesting to see how Obama addresses this...
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