Doug Wrenn
Doug Wrenn
Government: Friend Of Unemployment And Foe To The Unemployed!
As I write this piece, Greece's economy is barely hanging on, with those of Italy and Portugal supposedly set to fall like dominos after it, and the tsunami effect of Europe's rapidly spreading economic woes to soon presumably cross the Atlantic and beyond.... In astronaut parlance, "Houston, we have a problem!"
Nov 9, 2011 - 2:45:12 AM
Doug Wrenn
"Occupy" A Shower!
But many of our problems also stretch back to the numerous abuses of our Constitution, including burdensome federal entitlement programs and the creation of the Federal Reserve. But plenty of Wall Street and corporate greed added fuel to the fire as well. As in many a garden variety domestic dispute, there are three sides to this story, too: his, hers, and the truth, which is hidden somewhere in the middle.
Nov 6, 2011 - 12:25:50 AM
Doug Wrenn
Smarter Technology, But Dumber People?
When I try to log onto my voicemail on my telephone, or onto my email on my computer, some little electronic voice says, "Welcome!" Amazing! I have neighbors who are often stumped for an answer when I simply say "Good morning"!
Jun 18, 2011 - 1:45:31 AM
Doug Wrenn
How To Attract More Company At Home.....Or Not!
My friend reminded me of a former house he owned, a charming little seasonal cottage renovated to year round use, just a scant rock's throw from a private beach. The down side of his abode however, was that his yard was so small that it would make the average postage stamp seem vast.
May 15, 2011 - 4:23:01 AM
Doug Wrenn
Thank You - To "Nobody"
As we know all too well, to put it mildly, some of these supposedly superior people aren't quite at all what they're cracked up to be in terms of character. That little old lady in my church is a monumental pillar to absolute nothingness. She's nobody important. In fact, she's simply a nobody - here.
May 8, 2011 - 12:15:50 AM
Doug Wrenn
I've Been Demoted ....To An Adult!
What politically correct, warm and fuzzy, touchy-feely chardonnay sipping, half-witted, whale-saving youth soccer sycophant dim bulb with way too much time on his or her hands dreamt up that little ingenious brainstorm? Shucks! You mean I can't ram your car or force you into the guardrail now, just because little junior is having quality time with his environmentally friendly toys in the back seat?
May 1, 2011 - 12:30:56 AM
Doug Wrenn
"Boardwalking"
When I passed Mama, her swill du'jour almost bowled me over! I don't know what this crap she was wearing was, but I finally realized now that it wasn't screaming Junior that was killing off the sea gulls. I can only imagine that this perfume (for lack of a better term), that she must have bathed in before stepping out was called "Essence of Over-Fleau'd Le' Porto-Let!" It took me a block and a half past the purple haze just to be able to breathe again
Apr 24, 2011 - 12:13:11 AM
Doug Wrenn
Libya - No, The Third War Is Not The Charm!
While we police the world, the safety of our nation and its people, the primary objective of the federal government, is flagrantly and unconstitutionally ignored to our ongoing and increasing national peril. America, erroneously deputized as the world's cop, now needs to return to its own beat and stay there.
Mar 22, 2011 - 12:15:37 AM
Doug Wrenn
Is The Westboro Baptist Church Wrong?
The US Supreme Court recently upheld the right of the Westboro Baptist Church to protest homosexuality at funerals of fallen military veterans, regardless of their sexual orientation. As much as this whole disturbing affair nauseates me, it is significant enough to warrant analysis.
Mar 9, 2011 - 12:13:55 AM
Doug Wrenn
A "King-Sized" Mistake: More Knee-Jerk, Feel Good Gun Control Legislation
History has also taught us repeatedly that once the law abiding citizenry is disarmed, a tyrannical government can and will take over.
Jan 21, 2011 - 12:17:21 AM
Doug Wrenn
Survivalist Tip # 1: The Trusty Ice Scraper!
An Army Airborne Ranger once told me that part of his training involved him getting airdropped into a swamp and made to survive for two weeks with only a compass, a knife and a length of fishing line. Ha! Child's play! Just give me an ice scraper and I'll do just fine!
Jan 19, 2011 - 12:15:18 AM
Doug Wrenn
Newly Elected House GOP majority May Keep An Old Bulb In The New Spotlight
Yes, elections do have consequences. This last one rid us of many (but alas, not yet quite enough) new wave (A.K.A. : "Socialist") Democrats, rewired a few slipping Republicans drinking too much of the Washington water, and maybe, just maybe, it gave us a last vestige of hope of clinging to our remaining and endangered liberties, not the least of which is for American consumers to choose which type of lights they wish to purchase to illuminate their homes and businesses without interference from Uncle Sam's perpetually pesky nephew, "Big Brother."
Dec 28, 2010 - 12:23:12 AM
Doug Wrenn
Christmas: The Real Reason
"What's a matter with 'ya, you dumb birds? Can't you see I'm tryin' to help 'ya? WHY WON'T YOU LISTEN TO ME? Do you WANT to die?" And still uninhibited, the birds continued pecking at the window, suffering needlessly on and apparently ignorant of all they needed and truly wanted, lying just there, only a few feet below them.
Dec 23, 2010 - 12:30:58 AM
Doug Wrenn
'Tis The Season...For The "Humbug" Infestation!
'Tis The Season...For The "Humbug" Infestation! A Christmas Survival Guide For The Broke, The Frazzled, And The Grossly Apathetic
Dec 21, 2010 - 12:26:28 AM
Doug Wrenn
Yes, Virginia, There Are Still Christmas Cards!
I'm a purist (though far from pure), so none of this politically correct "Happy Holidays," or "Seasons Greetings" nonsense for me in my Christmas cards. It's "Merry Christmas," period, and no, I really don't care what your religious faith or whiz-bang , rocket science theory of atheism is.
Dec 16, 2010 - 12:27:07 AM
Doug Wrenn
Want To Prepare For Advent? Help The Endangered Among Us Live Through It!
Father mentioned how Pope Benedict, in his opening Advent Mass in the Vatican, spoke of preparing for the celebration of Christ's coming by praying for the unborn, many of whom worldwide will be savagely slaughtered by Christmas, and most ironically, as Father Corapi has often said, in what should be the safest place on earth, the womb.
Nov 30, 2010 - 12:25:51 AM
Doug Wrenn
I'm Hungry, Therefore, I'm An Idiot (They Think)
I'm not stoned, but on a good day, I do like to consider myself to be a deep thinker. Restaurant staff, however, seem unanimously convinced that I'm an idiot because I'm hungry, I think.
Nov 25, 2010 - 11:00:01 PM
Doug Wrenn
Text Alert: Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") Could Have Just As Easily Died!
And thus, to you (questionably) "post"-adolescent bubble dwellers, who sat there and did nothing, or worse yet, tried to make a spectacle out of the event for the cheap jollies of your pathetic selves and your cyber cronies, shame on you, assuming you're even capable feeling any semblance of shame.
Nov 20, 2010 - 12:33:57 AM
Doug Wrenn
Sometimes A Cell Phone Is Not Just A Cell Phone
Noted shrink, Dr. Sigmund Freud once allegedly quipped, "Sometimes a
cigar is just a cigar." A sage observation, indeed, but had cell phones
existed in Freud's day, I doubt he would say the same of these
profoundly diverse, yet bizarre little electronic gems of wizardry.
Jun 30, 2010 - 8:03:15 AM
Doug Wrenn
Obama Should Kick His Own (Expletive Deleted) First!
Even the Trojans of Triviality in the "main" (left) stream press and media are now in an uproar because in an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, Obie The Wonder One took umbrage to the question on America's collective mind, of which Lauer inferred, "What's he been doing all this time regarding the oil spill in the Gulf?"
Jun 29, 2010 - 7:26:42 PM
Doug Wrenn
"Ground Zero" Needs A Mosque Like Pearl Harbor Needs A Sushi Stand!
Welcome to America, the land where you can insult us, but we won't insult you! In a recent nationally reported new story, some high California school students were sent home for wearing American flags on "Cinco De Mayo" day, a Mexican holiday on May 5th. The local loony liberal, elitist educrats thought the action insensitive and provocative, given all the increased hoopla over illegal immigration.
Jun 2, 2010 - 4:30:45 AM
Doug Wrenn
Fallen Heroes Forgotten By "Commander In Chief!"
Being called a "Commander In Chief" is not necessarily synonymous with really and truly being the "Commander In Chief." May all of us always remember this President who forgot, not just on each Memorial Day of every year from now on, but also, and especially on Election Day, 2012. As for yours truly, rest assured that I'll be there at my respective poll station, bright and early that morning, and with bells on!
May 30, 2010 - 12:05:58 AM
Doug Wrenn
Springtime In Chicago: Bullets Flying, Hot Air Blowing!
The 2nd Amendment is intended as a check and balance, as well as a right, to back up, if necessary, local police and militia in time of national crisis, or to stand up to a tyranny by an abusive, out of control and over-reaching government, which the left dismisses as ludicrous.
May 3, 2010 - 12:24:26 AM
Doug Wrenn
Bravo! Arizona "Patriots" Trump Washington "Pinheads"!
In a move that could easily be good fodder for the "Patriots and Pinheads" segment on Bill O'Reilly's TV program, "The O'Reilly Factor," Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill into law that will take new and overdue brazen steps to curb rising and rampant violent crime in that state because of illegal immigration.
Apr 28, 2010 - 12:25:26 AM
Doug Wrenn
Patriots Vs. Anarchists: Round 1
That is an oligarchy, and that is what Reagan meant when he said, "Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty."
Mar 31, 2010 - 12:10:04 AM
Doug Wrenn
Romney's Conservative Conversion: The Real Deal, Or "Mitt-igating" Circumstances?
Something about Mitt Romney has always given me the sudden and burning urge to go take a long hot shower- with industrial strength lye and a steel wool pad.
Feb 27, 2010 - 5:09:02 AM
Doug Wrenn
Solution To Budget Crisis Found In Constitution
Just the other day I was reflecting upon our national history, juxtaposed against current events, and wondered why a country born out of a revolt against oppressive taxes is so willing to so passively accept such tyranny today.
Feb 20, 2010 - 12:15:36 AM
Doug Wrenn
Never Too Late; A Revolutionary War Veteran Remembered, Honored, And Returned To A Proper Place Of Rest
Veteran's Day, now 17 days passed at this writing was celebrated again today in Milford, Connecticut for a Revolutionary War Veteran returned to a proper place of rest. It is after all, never too late to honor and remember our veterans.
Nov 29, 2009 - 12:09:22 AM
Doug Wrenn
Nobels For Ding-A-Lings
In recent years I have viewed the Nobel Peace Prize as being akin to Confederate currency. Now I'm sure of it. In his address following being conveyed with the supposed honor, President Obama said that he didn't feel worthy of it. Brother, you said a mouth full there! Then again, considering it's been also given to the likes of Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Kofi Annan, et all, perhaps Obie's in good company after all.
Oct 11, 2009 - 12:27:43 AM
Doug Wrenn
Just Call Me "Doug"
As I scan the obits, ever grateful that my name doesn't appear among them, I can't help but notice on an almost daily basis some poor slob getting planted in the ground in perpetuity with the same nick-name that some little brat probably affixed to him in the third grade.
Oct 10, 2009 - 11:16:07 PM
Doug Wrenn
Hardly Mother Of The Year
I had a difficult time entitling this piece. Various ideas came through my mind, many including the number 14 in them. I decided against using any of them for the same reason I so detest the often-misused words, "illegitimate" and "bastard." Children never commit any offense by being born. They are never "illegitimate," nor, "bastards." The adults who create and conceive them however, are not always so innocent.
Feb 9, 2009 - 11:43:49 AM
Doug Wrenn
Russ Feingold Is No Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman, one of our nation's founding fathers, a co-drafter of our Declaration of Independence, a former US Senator from Connecticut, and New Haven's first mayor, must be rolling in his grave right now. In fact, "Sherman Avenue" in downtown Madison, Wisconsin should be renamed immediately. Blame Russ Feingold.
Jan 28, 2009 - 6:11:07 PM
Doug Wrenn
No, I Will Not Support This President, And No, I Do Not Hope He Succeeds
You can blame this angry rant on Rush Limbaugh's radio show monologue, ironically, or perhaps prophetically on Martin Luther King Day, but all Rush did was push my button. The anger was already there and has already been building up steam, just waiting for a catalyst of release.
Jan 21, 2009 - 10:02:02 AM
Doug Wrenn
Oh, Give Her The Job! After All, She's Not Just Unqualified... She's A Kennedy!
I look at Caroline Kennedy and I see a far left liberal who's maybe not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, but a basically nice lady, despite being a lawyer. OK, it's settled. She should be a Senator.
Jan 10, 2009 - 9:37:37 PM
Doug Wrenn
Sound Advice To Israel About Gaza From Me, But Inspired By "Stonewall" And "Clemenza"
Talk to any seasoned cop and he'll tell you that in any garden variety verbal domestic dispute, there are three sides to every story: his, hers, and the truth, which is a little of both, and found somewhere in the middle. Nevertheless, once the verbal domestic dispute escalates to the point at which one party or the other is assaulted, the tit for tat details lose whatever little importance they once may have had and the aggressor gets a free ride to an all expenses paid vacation to the local jail, while being adorned with a complimentary pair of shiny silver bracelets as a secondary prize. It's all about the priorities. And that's why I really couldn't care less about the drivel I hear from the far left loons who try to persuade me that I'm supposed to feel sorry for Hamas. The Israelis may not necessarily be angels, but Hamas, while a political party, is also a band of terrorists. As if that fact doesn't clarify the whole scenario enough, I just found out that the very esteemed Roseann Barr, Magna Cum Laude graduate of the renowned Hollywood Foreign Affairs Expertise Correspondence Course, is now officially out of hibernation and seeking food for the next season. She has also awakened from her slumber with a trademark growl by calling Israel a "Nazi State." Now I know I'm on the right side!
Jan 5, 2009 - 4:57:48 PM
Doug Wrenn
Enough Already! Time To Bail On The Bail-Outs And Rekindle Honest Abe's Sage Logic
Nobody's that stupid. I can only conclude that Bush, Paulson, Bernanke, Dodd, Frank, et al. actually want our government and/or our financial infrastructure to collapse to collaborate with their CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) cronies to establish a one world order and/or to simply line their own pockets while the getting is good. Bush's recent meetings with other foreign leaders to supposedly solve the fiscal crisis, a de'ja vu of the Bretton Woods fiasco, only steeled that theory in my mind. Meanwhile, The United States Of Sheep continues to be sheered in the world's biggest shell game: our national fiscal fleecing.
Dec 31, 2008 - 3:23:49 PM
Doug Wrenn
Newspapers In New Britain And Bristol Should Sink Or Swim On Their Own
"OK, ready? Here it comes, just a little pinch..." As children in the doctor's office, we often heard that phrase as we grimaced during a vaccination. Little did we know that the brief little "pinch" from the needle would free us from a potentially more serious suffering. Our parents made us endure the slight pain for good reason. It was clearly the lesser of two evils. Now, we children have grown into adults, but we have forgotten that vital life lesson we learned years ago in the doctor's office.
Dec 30, 2008 - 2:43:32 PM
Doug Wrenn
We Survived Having A "Merry Christmas"
As a practicing Christian, one blessing I appreciated this year leading up to Christmas was the pleasant surprise that wherever I went, I heard and read much more of "Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy New Year" than "Happy Holidays." At last, the battle to preserve Christ in Christmas while also now truly respecting the faiths of others has won some ground, and somehow, we've all survived.
Dec 30, 2008 - 1:17:53 PM
Doug Wrenn
Attention Walmart Shoppers: Merry Christmas...You're Dead!
So-called "Black Friday" became much blacker this year when a Walmart employee was trampled to death by an estimated 2,000 frenzied shoppers who stormed and even broke down the store's doors upon its 5am special sales opening in Long Island, New York.
Dec 1, 2008 - 5:00:55 PM
Doug Wrenn
Sarah Getting Unfairly "McCained"
The recently leaked flurry of sordid and slanderous rumors that have supposedly emanated from disgruntled McCain campaign workers about Sarah Palin, and as reported by Fox News and other outlets, tells us several things. First, there is apparently not enough real news to fill the tedious 24/7 cable TV news cycle, and it should probably end and be replaced by something somewhat substantive like "I Love Lucy" reruns. Second, It is a telling sign of the pettiness and moral decline of the American people, and the inept bozos who now sadly run the fourth estate, that such cutting, mindless gossip is even considered newsworthy. Third, as I have always known, never trust a so-called "moderate Republican." Most of these clowns can pretty much be put into one of two categories: pusillanimous, politically correct pansies who are too timid to make a decision or take a stand, lest someone disagree with them, or worse yet, possibly take offense, or conniving, self-serving repugnant whores who would slit their own mother's throat for their own personal and/or political gain. And at heart, members of both categories lean far more to the left than ever, if at all, to the right.
Nov 11, 2008 - 11:59:19 AM
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