Mountain View
Joe Luca
Opinion: Reproductive Rights v. Religious Rights- Incurring the Wrath of a Holy God?
Look around you. Everything you see and hear is all connected to life, ours or someone else’s. It’s the reason we are here. The goal we hold onto – to live a good and healthy life. To improve upon it. Make it better for our children.
OPINION/SATIRE: The Myth of Trump - Like Cinderella, It’s Just a Fairytale
Amid trials and investigations. In the aftermath of an insurrection (or a gathering of like-minded people with some free time on their hands, depending on your perspective). As fines in the hundreds of millions are handed down and restrictions placed on his access to business in New York, the former president does what any of us would do under such dire circumstances – he launched a new line of sneakers at Sneaker Con on February 17 in Philadelphia.
OPINION/SATIRE: Has AI Already Replaced Trump? No Real Person Can Be That Oblivious, Can They?
Masks that hide our identity have been around throughout history. Avatars have been around as long as computers have. We select an image: A warrior, a goddess, or a hero to represent who we are or who we would like to be and use it when we’re online.
OPINION: America is forgetting how to listen. We used to be so good at it, what happened?
Getting in the last word has become an Olympic sport in society today, especially in American society. Whether it’s up close and personal at a coffee shop or on the Internet where no one can’t see who you are or what you look like.
Opinion: Bad News is Like Bad Cholesterol, You Need to Stop!
Yes, someone, back in the golden age of newspapers came up with that gem. Thought about it while smoking a cigar and fingering a tumbler full of good scotch. And as the amber liquid burned its way down into his stomach, he thought deeply about how to attract readers. How to get eyes on his newsprint and keep them there, one article after another. Long enough for the Ads to be seen and read and the revenue driven in so all the bills could be paid and then some.
OPINION: Politicians & Diapers Must Be Changed Often & for the Same Reason. True or False?
Without bumper stickers, our morning commutes would be so much less entertaining. I’ve seen some great ones over the years. Most are meant to entertain or enlighten but some exceed even that standard and become worthy of some serious thought over a cup of coffee.
OPINION/SATIRE: The Tortoise and the Hare or Biden v. Trump. Who Wins Has Never Been More Important
Aesop wrote the tale of the Hare and the Tortoise in Greece about 2500 years ago. Interesting how it still remains relevant when everything else has changed. As the story goes, the Hare lived in the fast lane. Talked fast, thought fast (though not always correctly) was a bit cocky and arrogant, and knew more than anyone else.
OPINION: Forget Politics, Would You Elect Someone Facing Prison as President of Your PTA or College?
We as a nation are built upon them. To do the right thing. Be held accountable. Even being nice means a great deal along with being competent. At what moment in our lives are we willing to set aside the standards we used for ourselves so we can put someone back in office primarily because we are opposed to the other guy or the other party?
Opinion/Satire: Was January 6 an Insurrection or Just a Pep Rally?
It requires that events be neat and tidy most of the time otherwise things become contentious and we end up in arguments, disagreements, and at times even insurrections. Like the Civil War for example. Though that was quite a bit larger in scale than what took place on the Capitol steps on January 6th but then Man has been known to escalate things when their opinions are ignored.
Opinion: Should Gamblers and Gambling Be Connected to American Sports Teams at All? Your Thoughts?
He was a great baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds with over 4000 hits in his career. Still waiting to get into the Hall of Fame. Paul Hornung, a halfback for the Green Bay Packers, league MVP in 1961, and future Hall of Famer was suspended for one year in 1963 by then NFL commissioner, Pete Rozelle.
Opinion/Satire: What Do a “Get Out of Jail Free Card” And Being President Have in Common?
For a moment let’s travel back in time. Then sit back and imagine that you’re in a room with the Founding Fathers, somewhere in the back so no one is asking who you are and what state you represent.
Opinion/Satire: Ready for a $40 Beer and a Juicy $25 Hot Dog? Ready or Not Here They Come
Ah, the sound of 45,000 pennant-crazed fans screaming for their teams, while warm beer flows down onto the box seats below - oops sorry!. There's nothing like the smells of summer baseball. The heat rising off the grass. The hushed sounds of thousands of fans holding their breaths as the pitcher goes into his wind-up.
Opinion/Satire: McCarthy Ousted As Speaker. GOP's Next Step Kick Pelosi From Her Office. Perfect!
After the GOP Representative from Floria Matt Goetz initiated a vote to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House (yeah that Matt Goetz) and succeeded, the interim Speaker's, North Carolina Rep.Patrick McHenry, first order of business was to kick Nancy Pelosi from her office.
OPINION: Humor/Satire - Remind Me, Why Should We Care About the Whole Kelce-Swift Thing?
I’m sorry but are we supposed to care about the Kelce-Swift romance?. In the interests of maintaining humanity’s momentum through the current space-time continuum, does this event actually matter?
OPINION: Why Don’t You Like Biden? You Know You Do, at Least a Little. Isn't it Time to Admit It?
It's been almost three years since Joe Biden was elected President. Verified as President through various Constitutional processes and in spite of the January 6 Insurrection. Three years of relative calm in DC, not counting the House Republicans' fireside chats on how to Impeach him for reasons that test one’s ability to follow a circuitous path to inane conclusions like - Well, because they did it to Trump.
Opinion: How Should We Remember 9/11? Perhaps Not In the Way We Once Did
We’re a big country. We’re a powerful country. So, our actions and reactions tend to be big and broad. It took us a while to get into WW I but when we did - We heard the Yanks Are Coming around the world and it made a huge difference.
Opinion/Satire: Is It Time We Impeached All 535 Members of Congress?
The swell of rhetoric is rising once again in Washington, like the waves along either coast after Hurricanes Idalia and Hillary swept through. Only this time the damage won’t be to boats, roofs, RVs parked in driveways, houses along hilltops, or cars floating off Dealer lots on Main Street. It will be to our democracy - but heck it will be entertaining.
Opinion/Satire: Trump - 4 Indictments & Counting. If Indictments Were Green Stamps, He'd Have Earned a 2nd Term - or Not
Back in the day, people would collect books of green stamps, earned while shopping at supermarkets, gas stations, or whatever stores offered them. They would bring these to a redemption center where a new toaster, television, or trip to Florida awaited them if they had enough books.
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