Straight From The Hart

I’ve lived in Laclede County all my life, going on 71 years now, so I can appreciate how spoiled we are  with regard to having what we consider the necessities of life.  We turn on the faucet to release the cleanest and best tasting water in the state, more than we need to  drink and bathe and even water our gardens and flower beds. We flip a switch and cool our homes in the summer and heat them in the winter, and except for the occasional lightning strike or squirrel running over the power lines, at the touch of our finger we have enough power for a house full of television sets, computers, telephones, kitchen and bathroom appliances. But there may be danger over the horizon as our power grids and water supplies become more vulnerable to threats of terrorism or even environmental upsets.   We have experienced several harbingers throughout the nation just recently, and James Woolsey, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, described the US electric power grid

I’ve lived in Laclede County all my life, going on 71 years now, so I can appreciate how spoiled we are  with regard to having what we consider the necessities of life.  We turn on the faucet to release the cleanest and best tasting water in the state, more than we need to  drink and bathe and even water our gardens and flower beds. We flip a switch and cool our homes in the summer and heat them in the winter, and except for the occasional lightning strike or squirrel running over the power lines, at the touch of our finger we have enough power for a house full of television sets, computers, telephones, kitchen and bathroom appliances. But there may be danger over the horizon as our power grids and water supplies become more vulnerable to threats of terrorism or even environmental upsets.   We have experienced several harbingers throughout the nation just recently, and James Woolsey, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, described the US electric power grid

I was pleasantly surprised to receive a packet in the mail recently from Dee Wampler, Springfield attorney, talk radio host and author. It contained his most recent book “Standing On The Front Line”. Dee was my first political mentor back in the 70’s and has remained a good friend all these years. I never dreamed that I would need his newest book for research so soon, but then I heard the President’s pronouncement this week giving credit to the Muslims for their contributions to “building the very fabric of our nation and strengthening the core of our democracy”, and I had to respond in some fashion. So let me get this straight. A few months ago he pointed his finger and lashed out at American entrepreneurs, telling them “You didn’t build that!” even though they invested many years of labor and thousands of their own dollars and assumed tremendous risk to build a business. Now he is giving credit to Muslims for building America? For strengthening the core of democracy? The Mus