Undermining Allies
While everyone's attention seems to be focused on the crisis in Egypt, a bombshell revelation about the administration's foreign policy in Europe has largely gone unnoticed.
The British newspaper ...
Cycles
Virtually all aspects of our world are cyclic. Hurricanes, earthquakes, the weather, wars, the economy, a person's mood, obstacles, and challenges all fluctuate with time. The characteristic...
CHEER FOR HORSES
As we horse owners and lovers struggle to find some middle ground in the tragic abandoned horse issue, maybe we need to look “outside the box.”
Most horse owners, horse associations, equine vet...
TAKEN TO THE JUDICIAL WOODSHED It was not a good week for the Obama administration in federal courts. In two high-profile issues, two different federal judges took Team Obama to the judicial woodshed with rulings that upset the...
Getting started is only the beginning
Making any change takes determination as well as effort. Just getting started often feels like the most difficult step. It's easy to keep putting off beginning. Starting tomorrow is always ...
Investment: Understanding the true meaning Investment. Obama used this word 13 times in his State of the Union address last month, when proposing new programs in information technology, clean energy, and science research. In January, 2...
Letters from an Old Scout Each day as we are privy to increasing amounts of new News, on everything from the economic woes here in America, and the scattered and unfocused manner in which our Government seems to be trying t...
THE CORN ATTACK! In the last few years we have watched an increasing attack on corn. The skewed reasoning is: corn syrup is available, reasonably priced, and good for the average person, therefore; it must be...
OBAMA’S PARADOX In my column last week, I dwelled on how desperately President Obama wants a renewable energy bill as part of his legacy—perhaps the defining accomplishment in that legacy (especially conside...
How Did You Get Here? The circumstances you find yourself in today are the result of your thoughts, actions, and intentions. Although you may find yourself in a situation resulting from circumstances beyond your c...
COOKING OIL Overheated cooking oil will start to bubble or froth excessively and/or smoke. The frothing action might cause the oil to overflow the pan and ignite. The fire is intense and could surge up ...
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Fire Chief Elvin Michaud Jr. Vermilion Today.Com
The " REAL" State of the Union In the days that have followed since President Obama's State of the Union Address, we have seen this 70 minutes of oratory being hailed by some ( mostly by the three "former" Major Networks, as pa...