VIDEO: Real Heroes Don't Brag

There are men who like to talk about how much money they make at parties and Presidents who like to brag about sitting in a room watching other men put their lives on the line, both are obnoxious conversationalists. One made a political ad out of it.

A few veterans have put together a video to remind our President what our military men and women fight to protect. Shocker, it has nothing to do with his reelection campaign.

VIDEO: Soldiers Deck of Cards

He's Justin Flom - magician, card trickery person, entertainer, and inspirational storyteller. Now you see him, now you......nope. Still see him. I never said he'd disappeared.

VIDEO: The Road We Really Traveled

Manipulative video. Reality in pop ups. Pompous narrative by Tom Hanks. Sarcastic remarks by Bill Whittle and Andrew Klavan, my favorite bald guy since Kojak. And a good time was had by all.

What did the Arab Spring accomplish? This.

Warning: Graphic.

Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives - for up to six hours after their death.
The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament.
It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's rights of getting education and employment.

You still think Islamist religion is peaceful? Loving? Respectful of women? Would you be willing to live under a government dominated by these men? 

There is evil in the world. We either recognize it or be destroyed by it. Choose wisely.

VIDEO: If I wanted America to fail....

Good to the last drop. 

For shacking up? Against shacking up? Be one.

Here's the gist of the story: Living together before marriage harms marriage. You don't say. Important point but I have another. It's coming. First, here's the lead up. 

Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist at the University of Virginia, wrote about "The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage" in the New York Times this weekend. Highly viewed. Highly shared. Worth a read.

Then check out the saucy companion piece from La Shawn Barber at World Magazine, "Shacking Up." If you have any opinions on this subject at all, you'll emphatically nod your head for "yes" or "no". It's a good read and an excellent neck exercise. 


But first, just for the heck of it, I want to look at one statement from Meg Jay that caught my attention. Not that I'm about to criticize. No, wait. Yes I am. 

After spending two pages denouncing the idea of cohabitation before marriage, with supportive research; after illustrating with one of her own clients now seeking divorce after four years of living with her boyfriend and less than a year of marriage; after expounding on the relationship confusion of living together, Jay ended her article with this:

"I am not for or against living together,..."

Hold it, hold it, hold it. What? Run that by me again.

"I am not for or against living together, but I am for young adults knowing that, far from safeguarding against divorce and unhappiness, moving in with someone can increase your chances of making a mistake — or of spending too much time on a mistake." 

Then why aren't you against it? 

There I was, eating my lunch, reading along, all set to give this woman a serious kudos for being brave since anything truthful - even as obvious as this - stated in the New York Times is brave, then she drops the ball with this humdinger. You're not for or against it? It's horrible, destructive, damaging to relationships, destructive to marriage, but you're not for or against it?

Eating food off a public sidewalk can cause food poisoning and hepatitis, but I'm not for or against it.

Sitting on a railroad track can cause a bruised tailbone and possible death, but I'm not for or against it.

Waving large wads of cash around could lead to getting your carcass kicked, but I'm not for or against it.

What's so wrong about taking a stand? Do we have a culture so adamant about inclusiveness of all lifestyle choices that that which is dangerous, that which is stupid, that which will lead to poor decisions and lifetime regrets, that which we have written two pages denouncing with statistics and studies, we can't say we're against it?

I'm baffled. And that's my stance on the subject. 

If I were President, I'd celebrate N. Korea's missile test with a water gun fight.

Press question yesterday in St. Louis:

KMOV-STL’s Larry Conners: “The economy is a big issue and concern for folks. I mean, the unemployment, trying to make ends meet, gas prices, food prices going up. Some of our viewers are complaining, they get frustrated, even angered, when they see the first family jetting around, different vacations and so forth, sometimes maybe they think under color of state business and that you're out of touch, that you don't really know what they're experiencing right now.”

President Barack Obama: “Well, I don't know how many viewers you're talking about that say that.”

Conners: “We do hear from some.”

Obama:  “I hear from all kinds of viewers about everything.”

Conners: “I’m sure you do.”

Obama: “But the fact of the matter is, I think if you look at my track record, I’m raising a family here. When we travel, we got to travel through Secret Service, and Air Force One, that's not my choice. I think most folks understand how hard I work and how hard this administration is working on behalf of the American people.” 

You know that's right.

Conners: “Well, of course, with all due respect, the President side stepped that question. No one is questioning his need to travel on Air Force One or have security. The questions being raised are the first family taking so many vacations, when and where, at taxpayer expense.”