Entries by Jane Terry

Mainstream media, Class warfare distraction….

Mainstream media is threatening our country’s future | Fox News. Will write more about this when I have time.  Just capturing the thought right now.  But do keep in mind this is a speech, so the written word is clumsy.  Be gentle, go for the intent as spoken, not as written. 😉 I do believe […]

High School Graduates

from Newport Patch this morning: More than 60 percent of all students entering the California State University system are not ready for college-level English and math, according to recently released (Early Assessment) test results. Of the 40,000 first-time college freshmen that enter into the CSU system each year, 25,000 need to take remedial classes. Makes […]

10 Men at a Bar

Subject: 10 men at a bar  (source unknown) Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth […]

Rebuttal to Eichenwald

Preface: The entire piece below was developed at a friend’s request. On FaceBook, she forwarded a blog, calling it thoughtful, intelligent, and thorough, while I found it unthoughtful, inflammatory, and one-sided. She asked me to elaborate…..I offered up a dialogue (call me, I said) because typing it up seemed so tedious (and it was), but she […]

Paul Ryan

Now that Paul Ryan is nominated, the Obama-controlled press, still seduced by the President’s lofty promises, will do their best to topple him. Here is an example: Boston Globe reporting that he takes advantage of funding that he decried. Why wouldn’t he take advantage of funding made available by the President?  It would be a […]