The three good guys from my last quiz on fats are high-oleic safflower, high-oleic sunflower, and olive oil. Safflower, corn, sunflower, cottonseed, and corn oils are all super high in omega-6. The problem is the imbalance between omega-6 fatty acids and omega-3 fatty acids. All are polyunsaturated fatty acids that go rancid easily. They should […]
Archives for July 2010
McChrystal’s Imminent Fury
Do you want to know why General Stanley McChrystal’s departure is so costly? He’s no longer around to fight the inept Congress, who just rejected a $22-million reprogramming request for Imminent Fury, a $100-million classified Navy-run light-attack airplane program he championed. An indisputable expert in Special Forces, McChrystal strongly felt that light air support was […]
Lt. Colonel Allen West Running for Congress in FL-22
Lt. Col. Allen West gives amazing 4th of July speech! – The Right Scoop This is a great speech by Lt. Colonel Allen West, who is running for Congress in Florida’s 22nd district. – Dick Young Sen. Cornyn: Neutered by Kagan? – A.W.R. Hawkins, Human Events Jon Cornyn and many other Senate Republicans need to […]
Unalienable Rights are a Foreign Concept to Elena Kagan
What Jefferson Wrought – Rich Lowry, National Review At this time of year, the celebration of the independence of America, Jefferson’s words, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” are recalled more than a few times. With those words Jefferson spells out the unalienable rights that this nation is bound to protect. Recent equivocation by […]
Happy 4th of July!
In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, I wish you all a happy holiday on the birthday of America. Let the flags fly. Warm regards Dick
Incredible Win for U.S. Olympian
How long do you think it would take you to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26.2 miles? Andy Potts did it last weekend in 8:24:40 (the eight being hours), winning the elite world-class Ironman Coeur d’Alene in Idaho. Andy is a world-class triathlete known around the world for his versatility and accomplishments. […]
Rules Prevent a Win in Afghanistan
The Petraeus Challenge – Ralph Peter, NYPost.com Given the ridiculously restrictive rules of engagement, the fact that Afghanistan is a terrible place for a land war, a total lack of central government authority and that what little central government there is today in Afghanistan is completely corrupt and disliked by most of the population, the […]
Debt Trap
When I was a child, my father would take me out into the forests, the fields and the swamps to check his trapline. We’d catch foxes, beaver, mink, and other fur-bearing animals. While I don’t trap anymore, I remember that the key to trapping is putting the trap between the animal and something it wants. […]
Indisputably Socialist
To Save America – Peter Ferrara, The American Spectator In Newt Gingrich’s new book he hits the nail on the head when he writes “any fair assessment of the Obama-Reid-Pelosi economic policies shows they are indisputably socialist.” There is no doubt that with Barack Obama in the White House, Americans are represented by the most […]
