The Pink Flamingo

RIP Rational Discourse on Guns

February 20, 2018February 19, 2018 CRIME, CULTURE

It’s late Monday night. I’m tired. I’m sick and tired of listening to the left pontificating about guns. I’m sick of it. I’ve had

Evil People

February 19, 2018February 18, 2018 CRIME, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

Guns don’t kill people. Cars don’t kill people. Knives don’t kill people. Bombs don’t kill people. People kill people. There are times when it

Sunday Morning Opera – Vissi d´arte Smackdown

February 18, 2018February 17, 2018 CULTURE, Leontyne Price, Music, Opera, OPERA

My Favorite Version:

When Those in Power….

February 17, 2018February 16, 2018 CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

We live in a world where those in power have no problem destroying those who are innocent. When power is abused, and the abusers

Values Might Be Needed?

February 16, 2018February 15, 2018 CRIME, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

My dos centavos is quite simple. No one under the age of 25, who is on psych meds, should be allowed anywhere near a

A Prayer

February 15, 2018February 14, 2018 FAITH, Faith, Lent

Peace Prayer of Saint Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is

Food Stamps v. Food Distribution

February 14, 2018February 13, 2018 CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

In response: Unfortunately, about 8 years ago I was in a position where I was going to be forced to go to our local

Thy Employees’ Keeper?

February 13, 2018February 12, 2018 Abuse, CRIME, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Domestic Violence, Donald Trump, Elder Abuse, REPUBLICAN

The latest selective anti-Trump outrage on the left is about an individual who was not properly vetted. Apparently, allegedly, he has a problem beating

Dead Commie Walking

February 12, 2018February 11, 2018 CRIME, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE

It’s too bad our collective liberal media is so abjectly ignorant, or they would – perhaps – comprehend the only person in history with

A Racist Rant

February 11, 2018February 9, 2018 Bigotry, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Racism

Have you ever paid attention to the abjectly dorky movies made for the Hallmark Channel? If you have, maybe you’ve noticed how abjectly lily

Sunday Morning Opera: The Greatest Voice Ever Produced in Mississippi

February 11, 2018February 10, 2018 CULTURE, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA

The immortal Leontyne Price turned 91 on Saturday. I’m using it twice. I think this may be the most stunning moment in the history

An Alzheimer’s Reader

February 9, 2018February 8, 2018 Alzheimer's Disease, MAIN PAGE, Medical, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, The Pink Flamingo's Father

I periodically try to rerun the articles I did over the years, dealing with my father and Alzheimer’s. Here is an updated list of

The Irrational War on Sugar

February 8, 2018February 6, 2018 Alzheimer's Disease, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, The Pink Flamingo's Father

First things first, Alzheimer’s Disease is not ‘rampant’. It is not an epidemic, and most people will not contract it. It effects NO MORE

About That Muller Team

February 7, 2018February 6, 2018 CRIME, DEMOCRAT, MAIN PAGE

On Tuesday, when I was running errands, I caught part of Mark Levin’s show. I rarely, if ever, listen to him, but just happened

Sugar Is NOT Toxic!

February 6, 2018February 4, 2018 Alzheimer's Disease, Biology, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Medical, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, Senior Citizens

First published on November 7, 2014. I have a friend with whom I am arguing about sugar. Believe it or not, there are things

Sunday Morning Opera: Belated Happy Birthday to Placi

February 4, 2018February 3, 2018 CULTURE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo

Placido Domingo turned his seventy-seven on January 21. It is a total insult to the great tenor that we are just now getting around

The Memo

February 3, 2018February 2, 2018 CRIME, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL, REPUBLICAN, Republican Party

California Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell is the most dangerous person I’ve had the misfortune to encounter in ages. On Friday evening, he was on

A Gimpy Knee and Opiate Addiction

February 2, 2018February 1, 2018 CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

I am miserable. Rums slept on my left knee about two weeks ago. I’ve been limping ever since then. It takes several weeks to

George W. Bush – Columbia Speech

February 1, 2018January 15, 2018 George W. Bush, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, STS 2

Their mission was almost complete, and we lost them so close to home. The men and women of the Columbia had journeyed more than

Godspeed Columbia

February 1, 2018January 15, 2018 George W. Bush, NASA, NASA History, STS

February 1, 2003 Rick D. Husband William C. McCool Michael P. Anderson Ilan Ramon Kalpana Chawla David M. Brown Laurel Clark High Flight Oh!

Does Abortion Harm Women

January 31, 2018January 30, 2018 CRIME, CULTURE, FAITH, MAIN PAGE

There is a new study about the effects of abortion on women. I don’t like abortion. I think it is, though, a necessary evil.

Girl Power

January 30, 2018January 29, 2018 Art, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE

For nearly a year I’ve been spending way too much time on Twitter with a group of people who have absolutely nothing in common

A Life of Service, Giving Back, Yada Yada Yada

January 29, 2018January 28, 2018 CULTURE, ECONOMY, FAITH, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, Makers, PERSONAL, Takers, Taxes

I think the worst pop culture nightmare of our age is Oprah. I don’t say this lightly and it has nothing to do with

Godspeed Challenger

January 28, 2018January 15, 2018 NASA, NASA History, Ronald Reagan, STS

January 28, 1986 Michael J. Smith Dick Scobee Ronald McNair Ellison Onizuka Christa McAuliffe Gregory Jarvis Judith Resnick

Ronald Reagan’s Challenger Speech

January 28, 2018January 15, 2018 NASA, NASA History, Ronald Reagan

Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today

Godspeed Apollo I

January 27, 2018January 15, 2018 Apollo Program, NASA, NASA History, SPACE 2

January 27, 1967 Virgil I. Grissom, Jr. Edward H. White, II Roger B. Chaffee High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of

The Out of Touchers

January 26, 2018January 25, 2018 CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Donald Trump, ECONOMY, MAIN PAGE, Nancy Pelosi, REPUBLICAN

Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House Minority Leader and former Democratic Party chair and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz have gone on record that the $1000

Becoming Immortal

January 25, 2018January 24, 2018 Atlanta Braves, BASEBALL, History of the Game, MAIN PAGE, MLB Hall of Fame

“…The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like

An Oscar for Ronnie

January 24, 2018January 23, 2018 Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, POLITICAL, Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan was an actor. He was a very good actor. He was an iconic actor, a cowboy, and two-term president of the Screen

Democracy for Dummies

January 23, 2018January 22, 2018 CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, MAIN PAGE

Our country needs some lessons and civics and Government 101. Once again, poor delusional liberals are promoting a Democratic idea to dump the Electoral