Tom Faranda's Folly

From "The View" – Where lots of people get their ideas from(!?!?! Isn't that sad…) And here she is going on about paying high income taxes. Whoopi's rant starts around the 3:15 mark.

A pretty good feature today in the Daily News Worried sick about finding work? Listen to axed worker Darrell DeMakes's inspirational tale Three months ago, DeMakes was axed from his operations manager job at the A&E television network. "It was drawn out, shocking and painful," DeMakes, 44, a father of two girls from Greenwich, Conn., … Read more

Fr. Jonathan Morris is a young priest (he looks like he's in his mid 20's; he's actually 36) who shows up on television fairly often, doing commentary. He did a good job for FOX news when the Pope was in New York, and I was steered to his weblog on FOX awhile ago. About a month … Read more

This was sent to me this morning by my friend Thea. Riveting. Since it's out in public already, I figure it's OK to post. Subject:  Passenger on Flight 1549> > This is a first-hand account from a passenger on Flight 1549. It is an> internal memo to the members of his firm. It is very … Read more

UPDATE: good article from a Milwaukee news outlet – Dolan's Going to New York | Newsradio 620 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Talk, Sports, Weather | 620 WTMJ eNews Alerts Here'sthe official announcement - Archdiocese of New York – Press Releases – Archbishop Dolan Appointed Archbishop of New York Retirement of Cardinal Egan Acce… and here's John … Read more

About three months ago I was reading a small weekly local newspaper, the Express, that ends up every Thursday in my driveway – along with a bunch of ads. 95% of the time I just immediately toss it into the recycling, but for some reason I decided to have a quick look, and came across an article … Read more

This is quite something to be pleased about. Funny how the prior administration didn't get any credit for this. and this is very important. As long as nuclear arms exist, there's a chance of them being launched, whether deliberately or by accident, or being stolen by terrorists. Or other horrible scenarios. U.S. Ahead of Moscow Treaty … Read more

This American political saying goes all the way back to the Presidency of Andrew Jackson. The total control of the Federal government by the Democratic party is giving an astonishing demonstration that this still applies. Just two examples – The community activist group ACORN – a Democratic party activism and voter registration organization – will … Read more

As I mentioned here Tom Faranda's Folly: Cool Irish rugby highlight film, this game looked like it would be a good one. And it was more than that. Ireland 30, France 21. Ireland's first defeat of France since 2003. Here's seven minutes of highlights. It's a French TV tape, so the commentary is in French, … Read more