Lighthouse On The Right

  • Discretion The Better Part of Valor
    I originally wrote this back in April, but I held off publishing it hoping maybe the Tea Parties would ignite a spark or maybe just maybe something would come about to wake the American people out of their slumber, but alas it never happened. While I only had this blog a little while, I started out back in 2005 on Hannity's message board, migrated to Little Green Footballs, then started

  • Army Strong
    At the end of the John Wayne movie "The Green Berets", there is a very touching scene where John Wayne stands with a young Vietnamese boy on the flight line as the helicopters come in bringing the Special Forces soldiers in at the completion of their mission. The young boy is waiting for his Peterson, but Peterson won't be coming home. Joh Wayne turns to the young boy and tells him the sacrifice

  • Georgia's Fallen Heroes Return Home
    Recently 3 Georgia National Guardsmen were killed in Afghanistan in a single incident when their HMMV fell victim to an IED. Today they started arriving home for the last time. There are times when my faith in the American people is restored, and it is at times such as this. Too often we get so involved in the political story of the day or latest celebrity news that it seems some of the

  • Government Giveth and The Government Taketh Away Health Care
    The rule of unintended consequences is in full swing in England when it comes to health care. It is important to remain aware that this recent economic crisis is not limited to just the United States, but is a world wide problem. England, just like your local government does when the budget gets tight, has to make cuts. It seems that just like in Atlanta, where the first cuts came in law

  • You Have The Right To Remain Silent
    So how do you say that in Pashtu, Irdu, or Farsi? According to a report over on the Weekly Standard, FBI agents in Afghanistan are now having to read the Miranda warning to terrorists/combatants/man made disasters makers.For, the Obama Justice Department has quietly ordered FBI agents to read Miranda rights to high value detainees captured and held at U.S. detention facilities in Afghanistan,

  • Did Fox Show Host Cost Her Parents Their GM Dealership?
    Gretchen Carlson is a co host of Fox and Friends, the morning show on Fox News, and her parents have owned a GM dealership for 90 years. That changed recently. Her parents lost their dealership even though they were profitable, but in what seems to be a clear case of political interference another dealership that was slated to be closed was allowed to remain open after the owner went to his

  • It's Good To Be The Queen
    The continuing arrogance of our First Family continues to gall me. We have been regaled with one story after another of how the Obamas' appear to be oblivious to the financial crisis we are facing not only here at home, but on a global scale.Whether it is stories of spending tax payer money for an ill fated photo op flyover of New York City or jetting out to Hollywood on the taxpayers dime to

  • Thanks For The Memories, Ms Couey
    I ran across this obituary in our local paper this morning and it brought back a host of childhood memories. For those who don't have quite as much age on them, let me start by saying at one time roller skating rinks were like the Facebook of the 70's and earlier.I spent many a Wednesday night at my local roller rink. In fact I was a regular visitor to 2 of the skating rinks mentioned in the

  • Remember Those Somalis Who Went Missing In Minnesota?
    CNN is tying themselves into knots trying to put a pretty face on a story of a Somali immigrant from Minnesota, who bitten by the jihad bug, got himself blowed up in Somalia. CNN's headline is Somali teen from Minnesota reportedly killed in homelandThis guy was believed to be part of a group of Somalis who recently mysteriously disappeared from the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis/St. Paul

  • NCR's Move To Georgia Cost Us $96 Million
    I was settling down and reading my papers, online of course, and I find this story in our Atlanta Journal Constitution about how our state managed to lure NCR from Ohio. The deal includes $96 million in incentives but the biggest one comes in an incentive they gave the company that to me seems counter intuitive.The company will still be required to take out state taxes on it's employees, but will