I usually have a Friday Funny for you at the end of the week, but this Friday is a bit different. On Monday, I shared my review of the latest political ads. I don't think President Obama's ads are working for him. Reports indicate they aren't working for him. Here is why. President Obama is his own worst enemy. He's been caught on video saying dumb things. I guess you can get away with denying you said something that was caught on tape for a while, but as soon as the video goes viral, it's hard to maintain your innocence. However, when you deny saying something that was caught on tape in a video where you actually show yourself saying...
This week's word is Leadership. I love this quote from General George Washington to his commanders: “A leader must look and act the part if he is going to have the success needed for a proper command.” George Washington was a great leader, so much so that he was a general and our only president to be elected unanimously. He understood that in order to be an effective leader, you need to look and act the part. In other words, a leader must communicate that he is worth following. A leader is expected to inspire to command his troops or a nation. This cannot be accomplished without the Language of Leadership. It's more than weilding power or even using the...
On this day in 1998, former President Clinton dabbled in semantics during the Grand Jury hearings to clarify his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. He said, "It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is." Well, someone made this day one of those national silly holidays. What we are supposed to do on this day, I don't know, but it got me thinking about how difficult it is to describe certain words. How do we define the word is? Think about it? You can't even define the word without using the word itself. Is is a state of being. It is a form of the verb to be. According to Merriam Webster, is is defined as, "present 3d singular of be,...
Last week a very popular political figure had to be rushed to the hospital. No, he isn't a senator or congressman. He isn't even a politician. He is a conservative talk radio host. Though I prayed for his recovery, it isn't his illness that brings me to write about him today; it was the reaction of some of those who disagree with his political persuasion. It was the message they sent and the way in which they chose to communicate it. But more than anything else, it was their rush to hatred and the language of hatred that I wish to discuss. Several blogs and internet news media reported last week that Rush Limbaugh was taken to the hospital with...
