Monthly Archives: January 2013

The Big “O”!

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Chip Murray

It will be 36 years this July since I first met Richard Orlandi, Sr., Big Rich…or the Big O as we lovingly called him, after his son brought home a new grandson…and this stray from Texas. A couple of weeks … Continue reading →

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Queen Mary and the “Non-Autonomous Entity”

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Chip Murray

“All life is not equal. That’s a difficult thing for liberals like me to talk about, lest we wind up looking like death-panel-loving, kill-your-grandma-and-your-precious-baby storm troopers. Yet a fetus can be a human life without having the same rights as … Continue reading →

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The Gravity of Collectivism

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Chip Murray

“Punishment is now unfashionable… because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.” ~ Thomas S. Szasz Gravity~ n. 1. seriousness 2. weight 3. … Continue reading →

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The Left’s “Bad Day”

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Chip Murray

As an American unwilling to subject myself to the coronation of America’s destroyer, I chose instead, to watch “King” on the History Channel yesterday (I live in a divided household as do many Americans here in Obamaville…so cutting the Cable … Continue reading →

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King Bluff & the American Voyeur?

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Chip Murray

I was never any good at poker for the simple reason that I’m not very good at pretending to be someone I am not, or having something I don’t have. But I bet ya that, generally speaking, good politicians are … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Governor Cuomo

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Chip Murray

January 16, 2013 An Open Letter to Governor Cuomo Dear Governor Cuomo ~ I’ve lived and worked in Orange County New York for the past 25 years. My father and his parents before him were born and raised in Syracuse, … Continue reading →

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The Whereabouts of the Real Man

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Chip Murray

There’s a scene in the old Paul Newman movie Hombre where Richard Boone’s character confronts a man inside a stagecoach stop. In front of all the other travelers, he demands the man give him his ticket. The man, frozen in … Continue reading →

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The Cure for Demoralization

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Chip Murray

As if November 6th wasn’t demoralizing enough for every freedom-loving American soul, make no mistake…every single day since has been nothing short of a massive all out full court press Demoralization Campaign orchestrated by this regime and their henchmen in … Continue reading →

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It’s All Athens to Me!

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Chip Murray

The 13 minute YouTube at the end of this piece is a wonderfully powerful documentary about a true story known and memorialized as The Battle of Athens. It’s a remarkable story that takes place in rural 1946 Tennessee when the … Continue reading →

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From Soft to Hard

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Chip Murray

No, this is not a post on the wonders of Viagra…although America could certainly benefit from a pill that would induce her MANHOOD to rise to the occasion! No, I am referring to the natural evolution of Tyranny…from Soft Tyranny … Continue reading →

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