Honesty is the best policy. I probably learned that in the first or second grade when I attended PS184 on Stone Avenue in Brownsville.
I don’t know if I even knew what the word “policy” meant, but I did know about being honest. Along with that, the class was taught about respect for “authority,” another word I remember having to learn. When you are speaking to a schoolteacher, a policeman, an inspector, a butcher, a doctor, just about anyone asking questions, we were taught to answer with “Yes, sir.” “No, sir.” and “Thank you, sir.”
I was very young when I learned that there is a penalty for doing something wrong. Tell the truth, and that penalty might be very small. Tell a lie, and that penalty just might be a lot bigger than if you fess up at first.
Somebody should have taught that to New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady. Do you think his punishment fit the “Deflategate” scandalous crime? Definitely not. But add in his lies, his stalling, and the destruction of evidence, and that is where and why they got him.
Stupid, stupid, stupid. This athlete is so great that he would have won the game without having the ball altered in the first place.
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I don’t think I could find it in my heart to vote for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for President, but I sure would like to know what diet plan he used to shed all those pounds.
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When Secretary of State John Kerry appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he was questioned about the “Death To America” chants common at events presided over by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hasan Rouhani. Along with a lot of confusing mumbo jumbo double talk the secretary stated, “I have no specific knowledge of a plan by Iran to actually destroy us.”
Of course he has no specific knowledge. Does anyone think that the Ayatollah would keep him in the loop and telephone him with a 24-hour warning? Coming up with a foolish response like that before a congressional committee certainly lacks intelligence. What will he say if he wakes up one morning and finds his home state of Massachusetts gone? “Ooops?”
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With each day that passes, Hillary seems to lose a bit of her staying power. Recent polls show a majority of voters no longer see her as honest and trustworthy. Right now there are many on the left who are encouraging Vice-President Joe Biden to run. “Okay, Stan. If you have to vote in the primary which one would you vote for?”
Neither. Call them whatever you care to but they are both socialists and I am one who believes what Margaret Thatcher said about socialism. In case you forgot, her famous saying is, “The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.”
I find it impossible to cast my ballot for either. I would stay home and not vote.
“Okay, Stan. I understand but, again, I am insisting that you must make a choice between the two and only the two, who would you choose?”
Whip me, beat me, and torture me, my vote would have to go to Mr. Biden.
I am StanG
