COMMON SENSE IS NOT SOMETHING LAWMAKERS CAN LEGISLATE, SO THEY WRITE LAWS THAT PENALIZE PEOPLE WHEN THEY FAIL TO USE GOOD JUDGEMENT.

CELLPHONES, A MODERN DAY MUST -HAVE PROVIDE CONVENNIENCE AND ARE AN IRRITANT. USERS USE THEIR PHONES IN PUBLIC PLACES CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR OTHERS AND JUGGLE THEIR DRIVING BETWEEN CONVERSATION AND DRIVING CAUSING A HAZARD ON THE HIGHWAY.  

THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES THERE WERE 3,092 FATALITIES CONNECTECTED WITH DISTRANCED DRIVERS IN 2010.  THAT COVERS PNONE USE, AND OTHER DISTRACTIONS.

LEGISLATION COULD BE AVOIDED IF COMMON SENSE TELLS US TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE ROAD WHEN DIRVING.  BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL

NOW THAT WE HAVE WITNESED ONCE AGAIN THE PRIMARIES AT THEIR WORST, THERE'S GOTTA BE A BETTER AND CHEAPER WAY TO PICK A CANDIDATE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S REJECTION OF THE PERMIT FOR THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE FROM CANADA TO TEXAS CERTAINLY WON'TBE THE LAST WORD ON THE PROJECT, AND EVEN DEMOCARATS ARE SUPPORTING THE PIPELINE'S EVENTUAL APPROVAL.

IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH LAST WEEK, OBAMA OFFERED A MANIFRESTO FOR THE 2012 CAMPAIGN AND TO ARTICULATE POLICY CHOICES TO CONGRESS THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE ECONOMY.  ONE WOULD THINK JOBS WOULD BE A PART OF THAT.

THE PIPELINE IS IN THE COUNTRY'S BEST INTEREST- AND IT DOES NOT MATTER WHICH PARTY OR WHO GETS THE CREDIT.

A FRIENDLY CONFRONTATION THE OTHER DAY AT THE PHOENIX AIRPORT IS ANOTHER EPISODE IN THE ONGOING BATTLE BETWEEN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THE ADMINISTRATION.  GOV JAN BREWER HAS ASKED THE PRESIDENT SEVERAL TIMES TO GO WITH HER TO THE BATTLE ZONE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA, THE SITE OF MURDERS, UNLIMITED DRUG SHIPMENTS AND MANY SIGHTINGS OF ILLEGALS CROSSING THE BORDER.

PERHAPS THE PRESIDENT IS AFRAID TO GO INTO THE TOMBSTONE TERRITORY THAT IT HAS BECOME. PERHAPS ITS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO KEEP AWAY FROM ANY APPEARANCE OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF HIS BLANKET AMNESTY POLICY NOW APPARENT.

GOVERNOR BREWER FORCED THE ISSUE WHEN THE STATE OF ARIZONA TOOK ACTION TO UPHOLD THE LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION WITH THE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP THE STATE TO CONTROL ILLEGALS AND THE HUGE EXPENDITURE IT IS COSTING THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE.  SINCE THEN FEDERAL COURTS HAVE ACTED TO CURTAIL THE POWER OF THE STATE AND EVEN CURTAILED THE POWER OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST POPULAR SHERIFF.  

APPARENTLY THE HISPANIC VOTE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN UPHOLDING THE LAW TO THIS PRESIDENT.  

WHEN THE CONSTITUTION BE IMPORTANT AGAIN???

ARE YOU READY READY FOR THE BIG DAY?  TAX DAY!  THE TAY WHEN WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE GOVERNMENT.  THOSE ENVELOPES ARE ARRIVING IN THE MAI THAT TELL US THERE IS TAX INFORMATION INSIDE.  WE STORE THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE AND ON AN APPOINTED DAY, WE TAKE THEM TO A TAX PREPARER OR SIT DOWN AND STRUGGLE OVER THE PAPER WORK THAT WILL GIVE UNCLE SAM HIS DUE.  

DO YOU GIVE CHEERFULLY, OR BEGRUDGINGLY?   

Watching Gabby Gifford resign fromCongress Wednesday was a heart-wrenching moment.  What she has gone through and still must go through is certainly indictative of the stamina she has.  
Regardless of party, most of us hope she will be able to make a return, and continue the work of serving the state of Arizona.   

THE CURRENT WAR ON TERRORISM HAS CHANGED THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN COMBAT. WOMEN HAVE BEEN GOING ON COMBAT MISSIONS WITH INFANTRY UNITS TO HE HELP DEAL WITTH THE FEMALE POPULATIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.  OVER 700 WOMEN HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.

UNDER COMBAT LAW IT IS ILLEGAL FOR WOMEN TO BE IN SUCH UNITS.  CONGRESS IS CONSIDERING CHANGING THAT TO OFFICIALLY ALLOW WOMWEN TO ACTIVELY SERVE IN COMBAT UNITS. SHOULD WSOMEN THEN ALSO BE ELEGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT AND HAVE TO REGISTER?

HERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN BE HAPPY A BOUT TODAY--TELEVISION IS RETURNING TO THE USA.  NOT PROGRAMS, BUT ACTUAL TV SETS WILL BEGIN TO BE MANUFACTURED IN OUR COUNTRY.  

NOT SINCE THE LAST ZENITH ROLLED OFF THE LINE, COULD WE SAY WE COULD BUILD TV SETS.  NOW ELEMENT ELECTRONICS HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BEGIN MAKING FLAT SCREEN TV'S IN A FACTORY NEAR DETROIT MICHIGAN IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

MIKE O'SAUGHNESSY, A MIDWESTERNER, SAYS HIS COMPANY,  HAS BEEN PLANNING A MOVE BACK TO THE STATES FOR QUITE SOME TIME.  HE SAYS PRICES OF THE ELEMENT TV'S MANUFACTURED HERE WILL BE SIMILIAR TO THOSE MANUFACTURED OVERSESAS,

ONE VERY LARGE DIFFERENCE-=-THE ELEMENT COMPANY, BASED IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, WON'T BE SENDING THEIR PROFITS TO FOREIGN LANDS TO REWARD FOREIGN COMPANIES, AND

THE JOBS WILL BE HERE, AS WILL THE PROFITS AND THE TAX BASE.

BUY AMERICAN, ITS YOUR COUNTRY, SUPPORT IT.

GM IS THE CHAMP!! NAMED THURSDAY AS THE LARGEST AUTO MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD.  AMERICA MAY BE CCOMING ALIVE AGAIN.  LETS HEAR IT FOR THE AMERICAWORKER!!

SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO OF MIRACOPA COUNTY IS UNDERA ATTACK BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR DOING HIS DUTY.  THE SHERIFF IS  A CONSERVATIVE LAWMAKER WHO IS RELENTLES IN HIS PURSUIT  OF LAW ENFORCEMEN WHILE THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, APPARENTLY SEEK TO STOP HIM TO ADVANCE THEIR OWN POLITICAL ADVANATGE.  ALL THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA AGREES WITH THE SHERIFF.  MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL VOTES ARE AT STAKE.  ITS CHICAGO POLITICS IN THE DESERT.  

JUST FINISHED A RELATIVELY NEW BOOK CALLED"'IN THE GARDEN OF THE BEAST" BY Erick Larson.  If you have forgotten your history of the Hitler takeover of GERMANY, THIS WILL BRING IT TO MIND .   ITS A TRUE STORY, IN THAT THE EVENTS ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE AND USED DIARIES AND MEMOS FROM THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AND HIS WIFE AT THE TIME, TO VERIFY THOSE EVENTS. 

IT ENABLES US TO ENVISION HITLER'S DEADLY TAKOVER AS HE SHOVES ASIDE PRISIDENT HINDENBURG, KILLING THOSE WHO GOT IN HIS WAY, AND LULLING THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY INTO THINKING THE NATION WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNITED AND STRONG.  YOUTH WERE ORGNIZED, HITLER'S RIGHT HAND MAN,GOERING AND HITLER HIMSELF DID NOT HESITATE TO KILL THOSE WHO RESISTED .  

THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR IS PUT IN A BAD POSITION, TRYING TO PUT  A PLEASANT LIGHT ON THE TREATMENT OF JEWS, THE UNIFORMED SS IN THE STREET, MISTREATMENT OF CIVILIANS AND THE BUILDUP OF HITLER AS THE LEADER. ALL THE WHILE DEPLORING IN HIS MIND WHAT IS HAPPENING.   

THE BOOK IS SET IN THE 1930'S AND ENDS WITH GERMANY GOING TO WAR IN 1939.

ITS A GOOD REFRESHER OF HISTORY.   

FOUR MARINES GOT CAUGHT IN A PICTURE, URINATING ON SOME DEAD BODIES.  WHERE IS OUR "DON'T ASK DON'T TELL" POLICY WHEN WE NEED IT?

WHEN PVT TILLMAN WAS KILLED BY FRIENDLY FIRE, EVEN HIS FAMILY COULD NOT GET THE REAL STORY.