Reviving Hillary’s Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy

Why I’m Thankful in 2012
By Doug Patton on Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
The older I get, the more I realize the importance of the little things that are right in front of me to appreciate all year long. So, once again, as we celebrate Thanksgiving, this uniquely American holiday, here is the list of blessings for which I am thankful in 2012. First and foremost, I am thankful to God, who gives me what the Bible calls “a peace that passes all understanding.” This was at the ...
Petraeus’ Testimony Will Make Little Difference
By Doug Patton on Thursday, November 15th, 2012
The fall of retired Army General David Petraeus is a story as old as the Garden of Eden. Sin has consequences. It does not undo a lifetime of service, nor does it negate every good deed ever performed, but it leaves a mark, a scar, like nails driven into a fine table top. The nails can be removed, just as transgressions can be forgiven, but the scars will remain. As anachronistic as it may sound ...
John Galt Calling: Had Enough?
By Doug Patton on Thursday, November 8th, 2012
“They believe in free stuff. We believe in free people.” - U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin. 2012 vice presidential nominee When I heard Congressman Ryan utter those words during his speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa last summer, I thought they would define the 2012 race for the White House. No statement so clearly describes the deep division between the earners and the takers in this country as we stand on the uneasy precipice ...
Meanwhile, Back in Benghazi
By Doug Patton on Thursday, November 1st, 2012
The national media must be breathing a collective sigh of relief at having Hurricane Sandy come along to help them avoid covering Benghazigate, the biggest scandal of the most corrupt presidential administration in the last one hundred years — perhaps in American history. Meanwhile, the new mantra for the surrogates who are still trying to defend this president’s actions is this: “After the attacks of September 11, 2001, we all came together and supported our ...
Reviving Hillary’s Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
By Doug Patton on Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Remember when Bill Clinton was still denying his involvement with Monica Lewinsky, and an indignant Hillary went out to face the cameras on his behalf, imagining that his troubles were due to “a vast right-wing conspiracy”? Well, fast forward fifteen years and she’s at it again, this time on behalf of her boss, Barack Obama, the incredible shrinking man who loves to take credit for everything (have you heard that he got Osama bin Laden?) ...