Thank goodness I have brilliant friends who have stuff to add to Dagney's Rant...I've been so lazy lately.  Granted, there's been a plethora of material; what with the DNC convention going on, but like one of my pals wrote recently, "I'm tired of this..." in a couple of words, "election season". 

This is a submission from another pal, who really and truly should have her own blog, because she is so prolific and succinct in her written word:

Hillary Clinton – The Sophist

So much of what Hillary Clinton had to say in her speech at the Democrat National Convention on Tuesday was complete sophistry, from start to finish. Even the way she said "I'm a proud mother" had ice-crystal intonations: Was she mocking all of the attention paid to Michelle Obama the evening before? That was my immediate reaction. Well, it is true that Chelsea Clinton never engendered the kind of awwws and ahhhhs that the two little Obama girls have received, but please Hillary keep the claws in.

We found out last night that Hillary wants to take back the country that (the Democrats) love. Gosh, that's news to me. I didn't think the Democrats loved this country. Oh, they must mean that they love the land mass because they certainly don't love the mechanics that brought this country to the pinnacle of success and prosperity: Hard work, ingenuity, personal freedom, personal responsibility, capitalism … those pesky constants. And then she had the chutzpa to say that she didn't want "to see another Republican in the White House squander the promise of our country and the hopes of our people". Squander the promise? I thought that basically the American promise was that each individual had the freedom to use their own talents to become the best they could be without excessive government intervention and without enslavement from others. And, just how has the Republican Party prevented this, except maybe by trying too hard to be like the Democrat Party? Hopes of our people? As a proud American, my only hope is that God gives me many more days to live in the greatest country on the face of the planet.
And, we really should get one thing straight … George W. Bush has not been conservative enough for many of us, and not liberal enough for others, but on the whole of it, he has been a good President. He is respectful, he is energetic, and he is committed to keeping America safe in a dangerous world. Few of us know the behind the scenes operations of our government or of any other governments for that matter. But I would submit that ours is still the greatest nation in the world. We are still the ones who look for justice in every corner, who seek freedom around the world, even as half of our country (yes, I'm speaking of you Hillary and your Democrat Party) seems to want to limit our own freedoms.

As usual she brought out a series of "human tragedies"… the single mom with two autistic kids, without health care, with cancer; the young man who asked Hillary to "take care of him and his Marine buddies" (?); the boy whose mom worked for minimum wage and didn't know what to do? Guess what Hillary, life is tough for all of us, we all have our stories and there sure isn't much you can do to make them change. By the way, it isn't the role of government to make life worry free or risk free or pain free. The proper role of government is to protect its people from outside aggression and inside insurrection (anyone thinking of Saddam Hussein or Bill Ayers right now)? Your Party has done more to damage our war efforts in the past 60 years, to damage our credibility around the world, to damage our internal safety with your rabid rantings of hate for this country's policies and your defense of the indefensible actions of abortion, of infanticide, of government welfare, of political correctness.

Yet, you stood before us yesterday and pounded your chest with pride for your party's failed policies, you spoke glowingly of your husband's presidency even though he brought shame to this country because of his lying before a Federal Court under oath, he brought shame to this country for unspeakable acts performed in our Oval Office. During his administration we had the Marines killed in Somalia, the U.S.S. Cole bombing, the bomb blast in Saudi Arabia that took 19 American lives, the U.S. Embassy bombing in Africa, and the first attack on the World Trade Center to name a few highlights of his time in office.

While President, your husband converted U.S. long term debt into short term debt thereby masking our financial risks and making "his" economy seem so healthy.

He and his surrogate Janet Reno fired all 93 U.S. attorneys, right when D.C. prosecutor Jay Stephens was in the middle of investigating the corrupt Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, who was sure to play a major role in passing Hillary's socialist health-care plan.

The list could go on and on, but I am tired of wading in the Clinton muck once again.
Suffice it to say that your dreamy recollections of a shameful presidency are an implausible representation of the truth in politics. Did I really say that? Is there such a thing?
Janice from Troy

For those of you who are listeners of Dr. Bill's radio show, you will recognize her wisdom & precise verbiage, simply from the "Janice from Troy" signature. 

Janice, we really need to talk about setting up a blog site of your own.  You are a talented writer, and like me, you need and outlet.  You will always be welcome here, but I'd love to see you have your own soap box. 

Janice has an inside look at the damage that liberalism has done to Detroit, with pictures and insight.  Michigan is the ONLY state in the US whose population gained "poor" stats, and lost jobs stats.  Rush Limbaugh called it the liberal petry dish, much as New Orleans was an experiment in liberalism that failed...witness Katrina response from the liberal leadership.  When one lives in liberal-land, one either becomes a victim, or a realist who sees the truth.  I'm happy Janice has a strong hand on the truth.