Government continues to use “War on Terror” to take away your rights

Posted by Dan Holmes on Dec 29, 2011 in Essays, Politics | 0 comments

You may have missed it, but another big chunk of your liberty has just been taken away from you.

A new law gives the federal government and the executive branch far-reaching powers that strip you of rights that were guaranteed to citizens in the U.S. Constitution.

President Obama signed it into law on Friday afternoon before the Christmas Weekend. A clever maneuver to ensure it went missed by most of us. A nice little holiday gift from Uncle Sam.

HO HO HO!

The law is called the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), one of those nifty little titles that sounds so patriotic and necessary, but really steals your rights from you.

A double shot of life

Posted by Dan Holmes on Dec 28, 2011 in Essays | 0 comments

I can’t help myself, I like to watch people. And I have a message for them – I see you and I’m taking note. Does that make me creepy? So be it. Andrew Carnegie, the multi-gazillionaire steel maker, once said, “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch [...]

What Black Friday says about America

Posted by Dan Holmes on Nov 25, 2011 in Essays | 0 comments

It’s legal to camp outside of a Wal-Mart to get the best deal. It’s illegal to camp in a public park to promote discussion about democracy. It’s legal for thousands of crazed shoppers to swarm a Best Buy to grab the latest electronic gadget at 40% off. It’s illegal to be a “mob” on a [...]

Predators lurk in Alcoholics Anonymous

Posted by Dan Holmes on Apr 10, 2011 in Essays | 0 comments

Christopher needed a drink. He was broke and he’d burned all his bridges, but he knew where to turn, though he could hardly stomach what he’d have to do to pay for his fix. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number. He mumbled his plea and hung up. He waited for the [...]

What I’ve learned about the presidents

Posted by Dan Holmes on Mar 17, 2011 in Essays, Politics | 0 comments

When I was a kid I read a lot of books about Presidents. I know why I spent so many hours reading about Presidents: it was because I thought I was brushing up against greatness. I now know that being President does not make someone great.  Greatness, in fact is rarely determined by the jobs we hold. Character, [...]

Houston, we have a visitor

Posted by Dan Holmes on Mar 10, 2011 in Essays | 0 comments

When you come to Texas it can be easy to forget that you’re walking on a mass grave, but you are. Since scads of dinosaurs had the foresight to meet their doom right here where Texas would someday be, generations of oilmen have become filthy rich sucking the hydrocarbon byproduct of their mass extinction from [...]