Tony Island Blog - Sane Thoughts for an Insane World

Welcome to Tony Island Blog! I am currently reading a book about the "neverending" expansion of the social welfare net here in the United States. That got me to peruse some books about the Constitution (and Declaration of Independence) on Amazon.com. And that got me to thinking...how the hell can Liberal-Progressivess support the ever expanding Federal government? If you read the history of the American Revolution, read the Declaration of Independence and Constitution , you can't help but be moved by it all. And see the very scary and ominous parallels between the British government of the 1770s and the US government of the late 20th/early 21st century. They are both tyrants, yet the Liberal-Progressives insist on making the Federal government bigger, more powerful, more tyrannical (mandated health insurance, anyone?). Why? What exactly is their answer to "How big is too big?" when it comes to the power and breadth of the US government. When and where will...

Welcome to Tony Island Blog! You may have gotten the impression from the various political posts here that I didn't vote for President Obama...and, you'd be wrong. I wanted to let you into my thought process when I went to vote in November, 2008. But, to do that, we first have to travel back slightly further to 2004. President Bush was running for re-election. While I was never a huge fan of Bush, as a "loyal" Republican, I voted for him anyway. I actually wanted him to win so that the 2008 Presidential field, on both sides of the aisle, would be wide open. We'd have a large group of candidates from which to choose. And, so, as fate would have it, Bush won a second term and 2008 brought us a large field of Presidential candidates. As the election season wore on, the American system of primaries, caucuses and other oddities winnowed down the large field to two men: McCain and Obama. I wasn't really that happy with either choice. I didn't follow the el...

Welcome to Tony Island Blog! His citizenship status, and thus his eligibility for the Presidency, has been swirling around him ever since his 2008 campaign. Is he a citizen or not? Is he a "natural born" citizen, thus fulfilling the Constitutional requirement to be President? Even the liberal New York Times weighed in with several articles, including this one . Yet, my doubts remain - was Senator McCain ever eligible (constitutionally) to be President? Oh, wait. You thought I was talking about President Obama's eligibility? Doesn't that make you a bit of a racist? I mean, surely, we can't discuss the "birther" issue without being racist? Or can we? Have we become so PC that any discussion that involves a person of color invokes the race card? It's quite funny with all the nonsense surrounding Obama's birth status that we can't discuss the issue rationally. Black Americans are up in arms calling anyone who mentions the issue a "raci...

Welcome to Tony Island Blog! A nice complement to the "I Live Green" stamp mentioned in a previous blogpost is this Green 3D Recycle mug: Green 3D Recycle by original_designs Create custom imprinted coffee mugs at Zazzle Use it at work, on the bus or anywhere you want the world to know that you recycle! Let us know how you use your  Green  3D Recycle Mug by leaving a comment below! Thank you for  reading  Tony Island Blog!

Welcome to Tony Island Blog! Do you - recycle? Re-use? Live Green? Does anyone else know? If not, or even if they do, tell the world with the "I Live Green" stamp! I re-cycle, re-use, live green by stamped custom stamps usps made on zazzle.com Tell us what you think of the stamp by leaving a comment below! Thanks for reading Tony Island Blog!

Welcome to Tony Island Blog! A few weeks ago, a furor erupted in the liberal media over GE's non-payment of income taxes. There were various reasons for this, but the main issue pounded on by the media was the non-payment of taxes. Now, does it really matter if GE or any other corporation pays income taxes? Back in the '80s, Ronald Reagan said it best - corporations don't pay taxes, people do. And there's the rub. As we scramble about looking for tax money to cut the deficit (and, of course, increase spending...err, I mean investing!), the easiest targets are the large corporations. But the problem is that corporations don't pay taxes - people do. Oh sure, corporations fill out tax forms and fork over a good chunk of change to the government (on all levels) but do they really pay taxes? Of course not - those costs are later borne by the employees (in the form of lower wages and benefits), the customers (via higher prices or stable prices with less output - think...

Welcome to Tony Island Blog! Tired of all the current political discourse? Tired of hoping for change? Then you need to VOTE for change on Novemeber 6, 2012! And, why not remind your fellow Americans to do the same with this short-sleeve T-shirt? It's just in time for warm weather and hot politics! Get it before Obama's birth certificate disappears! Don't HOPE for CHANGE - Vote, 2012 by stamped Let us know where you're wearing your Vote 2012 T-shirt by posting a comment below! Thanks for reading Tony Island Blog!