Bonnie Alba column
Bonnie Alba is a "politically incorrect" researcher-writer. Since 1995, her articles have appeared in California newspapers. Previously she served in various Department of Defense positions for over 16 years. Now she and her U.S. Army and middle-school teacher retired husband are Grannie and Papa to five rambunctious, but well-behaved, grand boys. She loves to teach others about God through His Word. A patriot, she believes the U.S. Constitution has been distorted and America has diverged from the vision of the Founding Fathers. Comments are welcome at tttalba@hotmail.com
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December 3, 2011
It has become "politically correct" to ban the word "Merry Christmas" from commercials and retail stores during the holiday season. In 2005, there was a big . . .
Bonnie Alba
October 22, 2011
Have you heard the name, Herman Cain? Almost a household name, he's the fast-rising star of the Republican campaign trail to the White House. The Republican . . .
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August 6, 2011
"We have negotiated with terrorists; this small group of terrorists have made it impossible to spend any money." Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) in closed-door . . .
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June 2, 2011
"There's a God-shaped vacuum in every heart." Blaise Pascal, 17th century philosopher
In 1993, over 2000 "Christian" women prayed, "We invoke Sophia, Divine . . .
Bonnie Alba
May 19, 2011
"When a crowd adopts a point of view en masse, all critical thinking stops." ~William Powers
The Feminist Movement is on the wane. There's a conservative . . .
Bonnie Alba
May 13, 2011
At the May 5, Fox news Republican presidential debate, Sen. Rick Santorum was asked what he meant when he wrote — "Many women... find it easier, more . . .
Bonnie Alba
May 5, 2011
This week millions of Americans will attend public breakfasts-luncheons or evening services across America to honor God. This year's theme is "A Mighty Fortress . . .
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April 14, 2011
"The farther backward you look, the farther forward you can see." ~ Winston Churchill
Looking back: The Debt Ceiling was increased 7 times in 8 years on . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 31, 2011
Overheard by reporters: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated, "Label the GOP spending cuts as 'extreme.' I always use 'extreme.' That is what the caucus instructed . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 10, 2011
"Last month's federal deficit is nearly four times as large as the spending cuts House Republicans have passed in their spending bill, and is more than 30 times . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 3, 2011
Some media and political pundits have identified the ongoing public-sector (government) union protests as analogous to the un-unified Tea Party movement. This . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 21, 2011
In this month of celebrating presidential birthdays, I wonder how an old speech containing the words of our first president would be received if any post-modern . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 17, 2011
With the recent call to cutting the "hate talk" and all the crassness and intimidation with a return to civility, I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. . . .
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January 20, 2011
The sordid picture painted by the liberal democrats and media of Tea party citizens as crazed, right wing, radical extremists has offended most Americans who . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 23, 2010
It is said that wonderful things come in small packages. Decades ago, when $100 bills were rarely seen, my husband wrapped taped a $100 bill into a piece of . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 16, 2010
This is the annual season of Anti-Christmas sentiment. The naysayers feel they shouldn't have to put up with this traditional nonsense, so they intimidate by . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 9, 2010
The Christmas season finds us all living in a world of uncertainty. Are you worried about your job, your family? Are you concerned about the ongoing corruptive . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 19, 2010
George Washington once remarked to James Madison, "No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own . . .
Bonnie Alba
October 15, 2010
[A recent book, "Radical," making the rounds in Christian circles is decidedly making people uncomfortable. Written by David Platt, he is the youngest pastor of . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 2, 2010
For almost 1400 years, Islam's response to anyone outside of their religion has been killing or enslaving them if they do not convert to their illogical belief . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 20, 2010
"A modern philosopher had told me again and again that I was in the right place and I had still felt depressed even in acquiescence.... When I heard that I was . . .
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August 12, 2010
"The future is bound up in the past. One's belief concerning his origin will inevitably determine his belief concerning his purpose and his destiny." ~ Dr. . . .
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August 5, 2010
"I pity the man who never thinks about heaven." ~ British theologian J.C. Ryle
"I thought we couldn't know what Heaven will be." ~ anonymous comment
Why . . .
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July 29, 2010
"Heaven and Hell are not places far away. You may be in heaven before the clock ticks again, it is so near. Oh, that we, instead of trifling about such things . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 15, 2010
"I greatly fear that the denial of the eternity of future punishment is one wave of an incoming sea of infidelity." Charles H. Spurgeon
If you read beyond . . .
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July 2, 2010
"No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence." — George Washington to James Madison 1789
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June 17, 2010
"The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the . . .
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May 5, 2010
"When we forget the real inner source of our power, our outward physical strength begins to disappear. Before long we become confused and fearful as we scramble . . .
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April 2, 2010
"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." — Ronald Reagan
Nonconformist: of or characterized by behavior or . . .
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March 18, 2010
"I swear ... to support and defend the Constitution of the United States ... so help me God."
Our President, Congress, and Supreme Court Justices do so . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 2, 2010
Liberty Republican John Dennis (www.johndennis.com) is fairly new to active, political involvement. When citizens raised their voices and were ignored by their . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 15, 2010
"What really creates discontent in the modern age, as in all ages, is confusion and uncertainly. People turn to radical doctrines not necessarily when they are . . .
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January 14, 2010
The Tea-Party movement is holding a February convention in Nashville, TN. Why? As planners put it, to provide information, tools and techniques; help tea party . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 22, 2009
A glorious song of old came upon a midnight clear from angels above the Earth ...
"Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, from heaven's all-gracious King."
An . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 5, 2009
Oprah Winfrey has said it, thus many believe it. She has stated that she cannot believe in a "Jealous God" and declared that "There are many ways to God."
In . . .
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October 9, 2009
Who hasn't heard of the American Association of Retired People better known as the AARP? Organized as a non-profit seniors' organization in 1958 to lobby . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 25, 2009
Water is a boring subject until you're without it, isn't it? Herein lies the story: Three years of drought in California threatens the San Joaquin Valley.
A . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 10, 2009
Straight-faced, with neither a blink or a wink, Pres. Obama presented his rendition of Health Care 'insurance' reform to Congress and the American people. It . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 3, 2009
On August 20th, Pres. Obama held a conference call with about 1000 Jewish leaders and a Webcast with an estimated 140,000 religious leaders and people of faith . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 27, 2009
The Obama administration's strident push, along with congressional dem-libs, for their ownership of America's healthcare is not a myth. It is one more step to . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 20, 2009
South Carolina's Republican Sen. Jim DeMint has been much in the news these days as he publicly opposes the attempt to push through a muddled Healthcare Bill.
. . .
Bonnie Alba
May 7, 2009
Millions of Americans come together on National Prayer Day to raise their collective, repentant and prayerful voices to God for our country, our leaders, our . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 18, 2009
Are you a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Constitutionalist, Independent, whatever? Or — are you an American?
We appear to be coming out of our closets of . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 2, 2009
Finally, an easy-to-read book for you and me explaining America's "economic crisis." Thomas E. Woods is a Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute ( . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 19, 2009
Americans have retreated from wild spending to prudent saving for a rainy day. Bad for the economy and government, good for America. Or, is it? Many economic . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 12, 2009
On February 26, the South Carolina House adopted and sent to the Senate a bill to "affirm the rights of all states including South Carolina based on the . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 26, 2009
The Southern Baptist Convention has reported a drop in membership in the latest church annual report, "Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches." They're now in . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 5, 2009
In just six months the so-called movers and shakers in our nation's Capitol have managed to, and continue to add to, an impossible burden of National Debt on . . .
Bonnie Alba
January 14, 2009
We Americans have come a long way from the Great Depression — not that we have learned from it. The Federal Reserve and U.S. Government have also not learned . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 23, 2008
Are you on information overload? It's not surprising. We are constantly bombarded with news, continuously processing what we take in from newspapers, radio, . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 11, 2008
At this time last year, I visited our local mall to do a bit of Christmas shopping. Lo and behold! Not a sign, a song, a word of Christmas! All I saw were signs . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 25, 2008
America is facing some perilous times. Confronting a worldwide financial tsunami that will affect us for decades to come, with increasing job losses and rising . . .
Bonnie Alba
October 30, 2008
As an economic advisor to Obama and former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman, Paul Volcker said part of the financial market problem is a result of the lack of . . .
Bonnie Alba
October 23, 2008
Warning: Telling friends that you're not going to vote the "way you always do" may cause loss of friends. If nothing else, they go ballistic.
When I told a . . .
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October 2, 2008
Here's what I'm waiting for: Courage of convictions and principles. A leader who stands and says "This is wrong" or "This is right." Instead Washington runs on . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 25, 2008
In 2000, Rep. (TX) Ron Paul issued the most comprehensive, undeniably compelling and historical discourse on the state of our nation I have ever read. Entitled . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 4, 2008
The Sarah "Barracuda" Palin hubbub has turned the media into ravenous sharks. Almost instantly a household name, many disenchanted voters are galvanized in . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 28, 2008
It's too bad that most Americans will not view I.O.U.S.A. (Movie Trailer: www.iousathemovie.com/) before they vote the next big spenders into office. They might . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 14, 2008
Many Americans watch what the entertainment industry calls "reality shows." These orchestrated "pretend" programs perpetuate the mind-numbing imaginings which . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 31, 2008
In a 2007 survey, LifeWay Research reported that the number of citizens who claim to believe in God but never attend church increased from 17 percent in 2004 to . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 17, 2008
In 2004, Gerald Swanson, Professor of economics at the University of Arizona authored "America the Broke." He wrote: "our political leaders, Republicans and . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 10, 2008
Over the last century, American Christian Churches have metamorphosed from standing out and being different from the surrounding society-culture to blending a . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 1, 2008
This year we celebrate the 232nd anniversary of the painful birth of our nation. Many Americans will gather for barbecues and fireworks yet they never learned . . .
Bonnie Alba
June 19, 2008
What's in a name? Republican or Democrat? The major parties used to be clearcut on principles. Not anymore. In light of the last 20 years of Democratic and . . .
Bonnie Alba
June 5, 2008
I don't know why it took so long, but I finally bought Roger Simmermaker's book, "How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism." Did you . . .
Bonnie Alba
May 22, 2008
The current presidential campaigns are being driven by self-interest on the part of the major parties, the candidates and the voters — with the exception of one . . .
Bonnie Alba
May 8, 2008
Another "How To" phenomena has hit Planet Earth. Promoted by spiritual seeker Oprah Winfrey, Eckhart Tolle and his book, "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 25, 2008
President Bush has issued a Proclamation declaring National Prayer Day on May 1, 2008. He included this year's Prayer Theme taken from Psalm 28, "The Lord is my . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 4, 2008
According to the Vatican http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL3068682420080330, Islam is now the largest single religion in the world. Statistics, partly . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 17, 2008
Ron Paul's campaign for president has ended, but his "Revolution" has not. Paul's message of liberty and change has resonated with citizens who were on the . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 6, 2008
Is a time coming, maybe sooner than later, when Americans will have no choice but to tighten their belts? Is it possible that a loaf of bread may cost too much . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 29, 2008
As Lauren Cleri found out on the Fox reality show, "Moment of Truth," she said one short sentence and lost a possible $200,000 plus winnings. Hooked up to a . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 21, 2008
More citizens are joining the millions already on the FairTax bandwagon — and should. We've all known for decades that the antiquated and overburdened U.S. tax . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 18, 2008
The congressional watchdog agency, the General Accounting Office, is losing their top man. On March 12, 2008, David M. Walker will depart the position of U.S. . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 14, 2008
Unnoticed by the media and the majority of the population, three humble statesmen have consistently plowed their life roads towards restoration of freedom, . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 7, 2008
After the Super Tuesday Tornadoes: "All the clues were there. It was just unfortunate that it came out the way it did." -Joseph Schaefer, Storm Prediction . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 1, 2008
Last night was a disappointing show. The staged (so-called) debate in California (Jan. 30) was just that, staged. Fresh from the Florida primary, McCain and . . .
Bonnie Alba
January 24, 2008
There aren't too many people left who actually lived through the Great Depression. The memory of those years has dimmed with time. Since then, the Federal . . .
Bonnie Alba
January 17, 2008
The liberal mainstream media has single-handedly kept one of the candidates out of the news as much as possible. Fox News gave all kinds of unconvincing excuses . . .
Bonnie Alba
January 10, 2008
How do voters determine who to vote for? Emotionally or intertwined with deliberate and sane reasoning? Or, by the charisma and good looks of the candidate?
. . .
Bonnie Alba
January 3, 2008
Levi Strauss — who doesn't recognize the royal brand name of denim jeans? Millions of men have depended on Levi's for generations. In the past, Levi Strauss . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 21, 2007
We experience information overload on a daily basis in our twenty-first century world of technological advancement. Unless we turn it off — we do have that . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 7, 2007
Jing-jing-jing-aling! Aah, sweet music to the retailers' ears this season of the year. Yet there are signs that Americans are pulling back from parting with . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 30, 2007
Those few U.S. citizens who can't stand the thought or public expression of "Merry Christmas" or any other symbol of Christmas are taking up the annual banner . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 15, 2007
Discounting all the recalls of food products in recent times, America suffers no shortage of available products to put food on the table. With the growing food . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 2, 2007
Recent results of student testing shows more than a failure to educate. Something else is going on apart from the testing experiment. Broken families? One . . .
Bonnie Alba
October 12, 2007
It is possible America has passed the point of no return. As a nation, we may now be considered godless. The highest office in the land has issued a . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 27, 2007
In recent years, three great Christian leaders have departed the Earth. Most of us recognize the names Dr. Jerry Falwell and Dr. D. James Kennedy who were at . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 13, 2007
When murderous Islamic Terrorists attacked us on 9/11, a peak of traditional patriotism spiked on the chart of American togetherness. "God Bless America" was . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 30, 2007
The Sunday Wall Street Opinion Journal published an article (8/26/07), "Fair Tax, Flawed Tax" (link below) by former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 16, 2007
"In my view, it's time to learn from history and take steps to ensure the American Republic is the first to stand the test of time." — U.S. Comptroller David . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 9, 2007
The stresses and pace of postmodern lifestyles leave very little time to read full-length books aimed at information and long-term trends of our nation. Despite . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 2, 2007
Imagine receiving a full paycheck, all your last pay period wages. No income tax except possibly state. Think FairTax. It is the proposed replacement plan to . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 20, 2007
America is "one nation under God." Or, has America rejected the biblical Creator-God of the Bible, the God of our founding fathers?
Though surveys show a . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 12, 2007
The ongoing stream of never-ending news stories on everything from the Iraqi War, illegal immigration, to Islamic Terrorism and projected attacks in America, to . . .
Bonnie Alba
June 29, 2007
The Fourth of July! Countless pleasurable memories come to mind from past family and community celebrations of this significant date on our calendar. As . . .
Bonnie Alba
June 22, 2007
The existing Great Divide between our Capitol and "we the people" has never been wider or deeper. Both major parties are selling out our country. The . . .
Bonnie Alba
May 31, 2007
The recent 2008 presidential GOP debates have highlighted one man. His name: Ron Paul. The mainstream media acted surprised and, I'm sure, the other nine . . .
Bonnie Alba
May 17, 2007
You claim to be a conservative. I, too, claim to be a conservative. But what is a conservative? Americans pick up labels easily yet most of us lack a classical . . .
Bonnie Alba
May 1, 2007
There is an irony occurring in our society. As prayer meals are attended by millions across the nation to signify America's devotion as a praying people, our . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 26, 2007
Pres. Bush has issued his annual Proclamation for National Prayer Day. Many citizens never read or hear these proclamations from our president. Even newspapers . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 19, 2007
Grief and mourning continues at Virginia Tech and will for a long time. Two events were held on Tuesday at Virginia Tech. One was a candlelight vigil that . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 5, 2007
This week Christians the world over will celebrate the Cross and the Resurrection. The Book of Genesis to the Book of Revelation is really a sweeping history of . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 29, 2007
Depending on what statistics you believe, American taxpayers are shelling out around $400-500 billion to pay their rightful share of taxes to the IRS. Or, . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 15, 2007
We keep hearing that the U.S. economy is healthy, wealthy, plenty of jobs, and our standard of living will only improve — we are the land of opportunity, aren't . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 1, 2007
From a Memorial Address for President Lincoln on April, 24, 1865, "...the last act of Congress ever signed by him was one requiring that the motto, in which he . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 8, 2007
In their zest to prove their PC tolerant, we-can-all-get-along attitude, the Democrats have just proven their intolerance of America. They exhibited their true . . .
Bonnie Alba
January 18, 2007
As I observed the woman in front of me swipe her card through the terminal, paying for her purchases, she never ceased holding her cell phone to her ear and . . .
Bonnie Alba
January 11, 2007
As early as the 1970s, the introduction of computers and word-processing programs into the work environment was heralded as a "labor-saving device." The future . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 20, 2006
Expressions of excitement, wonderment and joy may be seen on children's faces as we move through the Christmas traditions of this season. Tantalizing aromas . . .
Bonnie Alba
December 8, 2006
"Atheists are not our law-givers!" — Edmond Burke once said this of England and Russell Kirk noted that this could be said of the United States in his book . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 21, 2006
I make a prediction for this exclusive American holiday: In 50 years, should America still exist, Thanksgiving will be proclaimed as a holiday without any . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 16, 2006
While the Pilgrims were still in the planning stages for their journey to the new land, God was preparing a young Indian for a future role. Squanto's first . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 15, 2006
In the relative calm following the stormy ugliness of the recent election campaigns, and in these days leading up to Thanksgiving, it might benefit us to look . . .
Bonnie Alba
November 3, 2006
This season's election campaigns have offended most Americans with mudslinging and shameful commercialization. One Democrat, Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee, . . .
Bonnie Alba
October 23, 2006
The new Trick: Call conservative voters — who may be thinking of not voting — "stupid" or "mindless." But this name calling did not come from the Dem-Libs. That . . .
Bonnie Alba
October 13, 2006
The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) made headlines with their threat to protest the murdered Amish children's funerals. This small group displays . . .
Bonnie Alba
October 10, 2006
Americans should rest easier now that Pres. Bush has signed the Homeland Security budget which includes a measly first installment of $1.2 billion for . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 26, 2006
Perhaps the most important story of the 21th century is happening away from the public eye. The first-step plan implementation is the Trans-Texas Corridor(TTC), . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 18, 2006
Protests, marches, screaming outrages, burning effigies of Pope Benedict along with sporadic violence was the response to less than 50 words of around 4000 . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 14, 2006
The magicians are busy keeping American eyes focused on sleight-of-hand tricks. Much in the media makes little sense. Divisive political games hold center stage . . .
Bonnie Alba
September 2, 2006
I apologize. After viewing Dr. D. James Kennedy's "Darwin's Deadly Legacy" last weekend, I felt totally disappointed and regretful that I had recommended this . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 25, 2006
This weekend, Dr. D. James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Ministries is showing a documentary called "Darwin's Deadly Legacy." It purports that what one believes can . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 20, 2006
Since one person, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, has announced her judgment that the "Domestic Surveillance Program" is unconstitutional — or . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 11, 2006
Recently I posed two questions to my husband, a retired middle-school science teacher:
1) What scientist and field of science relies on and solely depends on . . .
Bonnie Alba
August 5, 2006
Last Tuesday British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a nice speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. Full of nice words. Instead of Radical Islamic . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 27, 2006
"Money makes the world go around." The U.N.'s proposal to tax citizens around the world continues to be a thorn in the sides of successful and democratic . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 19, 2006
When we watch a magician perform, we are often amazed — "How did he do that?" Our eyes are purposefully drawn to the small bait while he does the big magic, . . .
Bonnie Alba
July 14, 2006
Recently my husband and I flew to CA to help my sister move back East. During that time, I, a political junkie, deliberately deprived myself of any newspapers, . . .
Bonnie Alba
June 29, 2006
Is same-sex marriage one more step towards the disintegration of the greatness of American civilization? Dr. Russell Kirk understood that of the three bodies of . . .
Bonnie Alba
June 22, 2006
"The American cause...is the defense of the principles of a true civilization. This defense is conducted by renewing people's consciousness of true moral and . . .
Bonnie Alba
June 12, 2006
Now that April tax month has faded from our minds, I have a question for you. Do you know how much income tax you paid for 2005? And please, don't say, "I didn . . .
Bonnie Alba
June 4, 2006
Conservative republicans held such hopes when Pres. Bush was heralded into office and the Republicans gained control of the Congress. That was then, this is now . . .
Bonnie Alba
May 2, 2006
This week millions of Americans will attend public breakfasts and luncheons across America to honor God. It is ironic that, at the same time, our Christian . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 25, 2006
Pleasure-Comfort-Convenience should be the motto of 21st Century American consumers. As the gas pump prices keep rising, we hear dumbed-down, whiny Americans as . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 10, 2006
Two recently announced discoveries might raise questions and doubts in some Christian minds during Easter's holy week of remembrance and celebration, the Cross . . .
Bonnie Alba
April 6, 2006
Most Americans are so far removed from the earth and where their food and clothing comes from, they never think twice about it. According to past surveys, many . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 31, 2006
In light of the most recent scandal of corruption and bribery, Congress has failed — again. Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty and is going to prison. . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 23, 2006
"Congress granted the approval to print 'a neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools.' Congress' endorsement stamped on the first page: . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 19, 2006
Today I digress from the usual BS and hot air blowing from inside the Capitol beltway to the opposite coast where the most recent hot air topic is again — okay, . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 14, 2006
"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 8, 2006
Treasure Secretary John Snow has requested Congress to raise the $8.18 trillion National Debt ceiling to almost $9 trillion. If the proposed $781 billion in . . .
Bonnie Alba
March 6, 2006
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated." — . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 27, 2006
Pres. Bush didn't know about it. Defense Secretary Rumsfield didn't know about it. Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff didn't know about it. Well, who did know . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 22, 2006
In this month of celebrating presidential birthdays, I wonder how an old speech containing the words of our first president would be received if Pres. Bush . . .
Bonnie Alba
February 11, 2006
Both Reds and Blues are already whining and railing against Pres. Bush's $2.77 trillion budget boondoggle. Why? Because it cuts spending? Not a bit. Bush has . . .
