Jumping in Heels

I guess when you wear such fabulous heels, you gotta keep the bar low so you don't trip and fall flat on your face. Well, at least "Joe Six-Pack" has something to cheer about for a while. Maybe it'll keep his mind off the possibility of losing his job or not being able to get a credit card to buy more stuff from the big box store.

Integrity Trumps Pretense 2.0: Sarah Says...

Okay, folks, here's a lovely example of an Integrity vs. Pretense situation. Sarah Palin has repeatedly claimed to have rejected Congress's offer to fund the "bridge to nowhere" in her homestate by telling them, "Thanks, but no, thanks. If Alaska wants to build a bridge, we'll build it ourselves." That, I submit, is pretense and it is my position that pretense and integrity cannot co-exist on an issue -- they are mutually exclusive. Click on this post's title to read the related article.