Something To Think About Archive

While we are firm believer in the Constitution as a governing document, including the Second Amendment, we can’t disagree 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.

18^th century French writer Sebastion Chamfort claimed that “If it were not for the government, we would have nothing to laugh at in France.”

Ambrose Bierce wrote: “Hope is desire and expectation rolled into on.”

It’s been said that “If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.”

According to management guru Peter Drucker: “Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”

Executive Bob Eaton says that “A leader is someone who can take a group of people to a place they don’t think they can go.”

In a recent decision the Supreme Court invalidated the Securities and Exchange Commission system used to seek civil fraud penalties. Claiming that it violated their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial Chief Justice Roberts wrote: “A defendant facing a fraud suit has the right to be tried by a jury of his peers before a neutral adjudicator.” Meanwhile, the Biden administration had warned that such a decision would threaten agencies across the federal government with similar structures including the Federal Trade Commission, the IRS, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Labor Relations Board. And to that, we say “good!” It’s about time these unelected bureaucrats with an agenda were reined in.

Coach K says that “Instead of feeling sorry for yourself and using adversity as an excuse, accept the situation and try to make the most of it.”

Albert Camus wrote: “Integrity has no need of rules.”

According to writer Franklin P. Jones: “Mincing your words makes it easier if you have to eat them later.”

Dr Joyce Brothers said: “Listening, not imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery.”

“Life is tough, so accept the consequences;” says author and sportswriter Jim Dent. “With the good, also comes the bad.”

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.”