Something To Think About Archive

The Senate has finally done something right with the Armed Services Committee’s bipartisan approval of an increase in defense spending. With the U.S. meeting aggression by Russia, Iran and China on three fronts: Ukraine, the Mid-East and Tawain, it is imperative that we replenish our stocks of armaments as well as rebuild our naval and air capabilities to meet these threats to global stability.

Herbert Hoover was prescient when he said: “Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.”

Jimmy Carter believed that “You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.”

The nice thing about egotists is that they don’t talk about other people.

According to publisher Malcolm Forbes, “You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them.”

We were disappointed to hear the personal attacks on Mayor Pro Tem Suzanne Cruz at a recent Sonora City Council meeting and appreciate Mayor Ann Segerstrom’s response and rational argument on Ms. Cruz’s appointment based upon her qualifications rather than her reported personal positions on social issues. While we’ve grown accustomed to name-calling on the national political stage, it’s unfortunate to see us descend to that locally.

Several years ago we toured the Sachsenhausen Nazi concentration camp outside of Berlin. Perhaps if all those expressing outrage against Jews for Israel’s defense of itself after the unprovoked attack by Hamas on its unarmed citizens had an opportunity to see and learn how ugly and murderous antisemitism can be, they would stop and reflect on their calls for the elimination of the Jewish State with their antisemitic chants of “From the River to the Sea” calling for the destruction of Israel. We note that these are the very same Woke people who demand recognition and equal treatment of all peoples. Unless you’re Jewish. Shameful.

Author Gore Vidal defined a “Narcissist” as “… someone better looking than you are.”

According to Coach John Wooden, “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

“Don’t be humble;” advised Golda Meir “You’re not that great.”

Harry Truman defined a “Statesman” as “… a politician who has been dead ten to fifteen years.”

Historian Arnold Toynbee once noted that “…civilizations fall when their leaders can no longer command the respect of the masses.”

Even former Democrat Governor and Attorney General of New York Andrew Cuomo has said publicly that the hush money case should have never been brought against Trump. According to Cuomo, “…if his name was not Donald Trump, and if he wasn’t running for president—I’m telling you that case would have never been brought.” Cuomo goes on to note “…that’s what is offensive to people. And it should be. Because if there’s anything left, it’s belief in the justice system.” Or was left we would add.

As Canadian author L.M. Montgomery said “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

Author Alan Cohen says to “Focus on what you are moving toward rather than what you are leaving behind.”

An economic “depression” has been defined as “…a period when people do without the things their parents never had.”

Winston Churchill claimed that “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

We can’t help but be reminded by the current attempts by the White House and Biden Family to project the President as hale and hearty and fully capable of governing, as long as it’s between 10am and 4pm, as akin to the efforts by FDR’s staff to do the same with him; denying the true state of his health carrying him through his failure to contain the Soviet Union at Yalta post-World War II and right up until his death, notably while still in office.

While we are firm believer in the Constitution including the Second Amendment, we have to agree with the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 8 to 1 decision upholding a federal law that forbids domestic abusers from possessing guns. Gun ownership and legal carry is a right that should also be exercised as a deserved and earned privilege.

“Life is a great big canvas,” noted actor Danny Kaye “and you should throw all the paint on it you can.”