Category Archives: America

Issues dealing with American politics, society, economics, religion

What “Gender Pay Gap”?

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Mike

The Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald’s April 15th editorial “Being free and equal can be depressing” reveals gross –and perhaps willful- ignorance of the facts about the alleged “gender pay gap.”  In my opinion it is another example of the media … Continue reading →

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Sheriff Paul Babeu: Arizona’s Weiner

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Mike

Arizona’s Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced on October 15, 2015 he is running for Congress – again.  I realize we’ve exhausted our bank of morally-qualified candidates for president of the United States [and Americans refuse to elect a candidate … Continue reading →

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The American Pig

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Mike

There are two kinds of American Pig.      The domestic American Pig lives in a designated enclosed space called a sty.  The sty is built by The Farmer for the Pig and is “rent free”. There are many other Pigs living … Continue reading →

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Sierra Vista, Arizona’s Proud Pedophile on Display

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Mike

“Hey! Little boys! Wanna take your picture in my underwear?” Cardboard cutout of CPT Underpants facing four feet from childrens’ reading table -Sierra Vista, Arizona library                   CPT Underpants Teaching Points: Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants: … Continue reading →

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Dick Cheney’s “Moral Authority” Bullshit to Rush Lembaugh

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Mike

Dick Cheney, the “Corporate Cyclops” turned “Poser Politician” epitomizes everything that is wrong with the supposed “conservative” Right. Up until recently I considered myself conservative – a little to the right of Attila the Hun as a matter of fact. … Continue reading →

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“Captain Underpants” on Display at Sierra Vista Library

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Mike

Maverick Free News  By Mike Ligon “Captain Underpants” on Display at SV Library ……..proving you can’t fix stupid! Believe it or not there is a large, color silhouette of a naked, fat, bald, white man wearing only his “whitey tightey” … Continue reading →

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McSally’s TODAY “Don’t Cripple Homeland Security”

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Mike

I am a retired immigration inspector who worked at the Douglas, Az. Port of Entry.  U.S. Rep Martha McSally’s USA Today “Don’t Cripple Homeland Security” editorial of Feb. 25, 2015 is typical political double speak.  McSally has no real “street … Continue reading →

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Is New Sierra Vista, Arizona Hospital a Trojan Horse?

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Mike

Stephen King obtained fame writing about his nightmares. But he  “ain’t got nuttin’” on David A. Stockman’s The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America (2013). Every page of Stockman’s financial nightmares is true.  Stockman was Reagan’s budget director … Continue reading →

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Is Martha McSally a True Conservative?

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Mike

Is Martha McSally a true conservative or passionate feminist? As the GOP candidate opposing Democrat Ron Barber for Arizona’s Congressional District 14 representative, Martha McSally has what appears to be an impressive military record…to non-military voters.  To those who have … Continue reading →

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Refugee Children – America’s Hypocrisy

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Mike

A majority of Americans are “cool” to the idea of allowing Central American “children” to flood across the U.S. border and take up residency.  The public premise of the demographically gerrymandering president is to rescue these “innocents” from the horrors … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Illegal Children

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Mike

If you want to see what the U.S. will look like in ten years after Obama’s Children Crusade, look at the Soviet Union in 1920.  When Lenin took power, the Bolsheviks embarked on a series of experiments intended to stamp … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Children Crusade: America’s Pied Piper

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Mike

Obama’s unabashed and diabolical subversion of the electoral process is morphing into fairy tale proportions.  It is a tale with a tragic historic precedent and ominous future consequences.  Back when parents read bedtime stories to their children, the legend of … Continue reading →

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Democrat Rep. Joe Garcia “Communism Works!” – Not.

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Mike

Florida Democrat Representative Joe Garcia’s quote “We have proved communism works” (OYM 30 May) was a stunning display of historical ignorance and cultural amnesia at best – or one of Putin’s disinformation “fellow travelers” at worst.  No other than Fidel … Continue reading →

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Senator John McCain: Ignorant, Lying or Both?

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Mike

I heard Senator John McCain’s interview on the Glenn Beck show this morning.  He was being asked if he saw a problem with the publicizing of Mr. Sterling’s racist remarks since it was recorded in Mr. Sterling’s own home.  The … Continue reading →

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Darwin’s Doubt: Review and commentary

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Mike

“Darwinian theory has so many holes it hardly casts a shadow.”  This is just one of many similar opinions from unimpeachable scientists who have actually read Stephen C. Meyer’s latest blockbuster “Darwin’s Doubt:  The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the … Continue reading →

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Nat Hentoff: This is Snowden’s Treason

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Mike

For some who are handicapped by an inability to fathom obvious logic –or an unwillingness to conduct real scholarship- it is necessary to spell out why some things are as they are.  In columnist Nat Hentoff’s  fifth-column frenzy to rehabilitate … Continue reading →

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Snowden’s Useful Idiot – Hentoff

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Mike

Dostoyevsky’s main character in The Idiot, “Myshkin,” appears so honest and sincere his fellow Russian characters believe him an idiot – and call him so in his presence.  So shall I regarding Nat Hentoff’s disinformation campaign to legitimize Snowden’s betrayal … Continue reading →

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Congressman Barber’s Non-Transparency

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Mike

A recent On Your Mind complaint in the Sierra Vista (AZ) Herald newspaper regarding Congressman Ron Barber’s secret meeting with area Democrats questioned whether being excluded from the public/private meeting was a violation of First Amendment (free speech in particular) … Continue reading →

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Unbridled Capitalism

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Mike

The Pope’s recent speech in which he warned against “unbridled capitalism” caused quite a stir from both ends of a very polarized political spectrum. Any “unbridled” passion or act is bad – at least according to the only known perfect … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Third Term – A Legal Analysis

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Mike

I’ve had a distinct and foreboding impression that Barack Obama will manufacture some type of national or international crisis in order to justify serving a third term as president of the United States.  I had the same distinct impression two months after … Continue reading →

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