
(With Apologies to John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney) Day after day, Alone on a hill, The man with the …Read the Rest

(With Apologies to John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney) Day after day, Alone on a hill, The man with the …Read the Rest
The Tea Party extremists seem to think they know all about this country, what makes it tick, and how it …Read the Rest
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? Luke …Read the Rest
Ask anyone who follows politics in this country and they will tell you, if they are honest, that they have …Read the Rest
How’s that austerity thing working out for you? People are losing jobs Retail sales are plunging Our military is being …Read the Rest
The GOP based their economic theory of austerity on the ‘excel error that destroyed the world‘. Once again, Paul Krugman …Read the Rest
The Pink Flamingo can’t figure out why the First Congressional District in South Carolina nominated disgraced former governor, Mark Sanford …Read the Rest
When a political pendulum swings one way, and then the other, things happen. The libertarian, hard, Randian right has basically …Read the Rest
If you are a student of history, as is The Pink Flamingo, then you are familiar with the pendulum swings …Read the Rest
Like the vast majority of Americans, these past few years, The Pink Flamingo has been dealing with a major financial …Read the Rest
Strange how libertarians view freedom. They see it only from their own version of the world. For the libertarian and …Read the Rest
Once upon a time, the GOP was the party of jobs. It was all about creating good, well paying jobs, …Read the Rest
They are bullies. Their numbers are fake, but that really doesn’t matter. The average Republican office holder is so out …Read the Rest
The Pink Flamingo has little use for Charles & David Koch. I don’t like people who use and abuse what …Read the Rest
We are paying at least $0.70 more a gallon at the pump because of speculators like Charles & David Koch. …Read the Rest
They talk about cutting the debt, saving money, and ending really questionable spending practices, but one simply does not even …Read the Rest
Once more, let’s try this, again. Austerity does not work. The Pink Flamingo has repeatedly said this, but let’s try …Read the Rest
Once more into the breech. It doesn’t work. Austerity doesn’t work. It is failing in Europe. “… Italy isn’t unique: …Read the Rest
Let’s face it, there is something rather humorous about GOP staffers on the Hill crying because they are going to …Read the Rest
Please, forgive The Pink Flamingo for getting a little crazed. I know I’m mixing metaphors, so to speak, but there …Read the Rest
Between 2008 and 1011 26 major corporations paid NO FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX. Last year, Facebook made $1 billion in …Read the Rest
What if, instead of screaming about auditing the Fed, we scream about the Feds auditing the Koch Brothers and their …Read the Rest
Yes, it is a silly headline. The Pink Flamingo is using that headline on purpose. I am convinced the GOP, …Read the Rest
“…On both sides of the Atlantic, the austerians seem to be freaking out. And that has to be good news, …Read the Rest
This is just plain cool. It is also a bit weird. Siberia, primarily known as the birthplace of one of …Read the Rest
The Pink Flamingo has never been truly ashamed of my country and people in the country until the past few …Read the Rest
Did you know, if far right loons, who had not been prostituting themselves at the libertarian altar of Ayn Rand, …Read the Rest
Austerity is a total and complete abject failure. Austerity in the UK has left the country in worse shape at …Read the Rest
Far right Koch whores like Paul Ryan are what is wrong with the GOP. It’s that plain and simple. For …Read the Rest
Several European countries are considering the possibility of enacting a financial transaction tax on market trading. The usual mega billion …Read the Rest
SJ Reidhead (aka The Pink Flamingo) is a writer based in New Mexico. The author of two published novels, both westerns: Dust Devil and The Second Mrs. Earp and two published works of non-fictions: TRAVESTY: Frank Waters Earp Agenda Exposed and A Church for Helldorado, Endicott Peabody’s 1882 Tombstone Diary. One of the leading authorities on the life of Wyatt Earp and Tombstone during the Earp years, she is currently writing a series of murder mysteries set in modern day Tombstone. The author is also working on a book about fashion in the Wild West. When complete, there will be over 2100 unpublished antique photographs dating from 1855-1910.
The author’s work has appeared in Wild West, True West, Blogcritics, and The Tombstone Times. Recently the author has had to deal with a father in Stage 4 Alzheimer’s Disease. This is leading to a book dealing with the frustrations of dealing with the frustrations of the disease, finance, legal, health-care, and things no one bothers telling families about it.
SJ Reidhead has been involved in Republican politics since she was ‘a little kid’. During the Reagan years she was a lobbyist working with various non-profit organizations who were attempting to salvage NASA and the American space program after the disastrous Carter years. Unfortunately, because of the libertarian take-over of the GOP, and the rise of the Tea Parties, as the Republican Party becomes more and more extreme and marginalized, it is impossible to remain loyal to the GOP. The Pink Flamingo remains GOP in order to try to bring the party back to what it once was. I fear it is an impossible task.
The Pink Flamingo went on line on October 4, 2005, after the author realized “normal” Republicans were being marginalized as the extreme far right attempts to become the new normal. In November, 2012, The Pink Flamingo, for the first time ever, voted for a Democrat, Barack Obama. Normal will never again apply to the GOP.
THE PINK FLAMINGO STORY
It started out as a joke. During the seven years I worked with the girls of my parish, leading a youth group, one of the things that I stressed were manners. Part of having manners, the way I see it, is to know how to set a proper table, host a party, cater it, and clean up afterward. I was fortunate enough to have a group of very talented girls in my youth group. They learned how to plan for, and execute large church functions, very properly. During one such function I noticed there were several incredibly tacky pink flamingos sitting on the table. Knowing the girls were up to something, I said nothing. A few months later they did the same thing at a function I was hosting at my home. I said nothing. They had a birthday party for me. More pink flamingos appeared – and a joke was born.
Thanks to the girls, all of whom are now grown, I have a collection of pink flamingos. It has become an ongoing joke. When I began working on my political blog, I realized the only possibly title was The Pink Flamingo!