Pond Scum Stinks. And So

It's Time For A 21st-century Retirement Age. If 40 Is The New 20 And 50 Is The New 30, Why Shouldn't 70 Be The New 65? The Last Time Washington Politicians Tinkered Ever So Gingerly With The Government-sanctioned Retirement Age, Ronald Reagan Was In Office And Generation X-ers Were All In Diapers.

In Civilized Societies, If You Are Offended By A Cartoon, You Do Not Burn Flags, Take Up Guns And Raid Buildings, Chant Death To Your Opponents, Or Threaten Suicide Bombings. You Write A Letter To The Editor.

The Most Dangerous Lechers And Creeps Are Not Drunks Wearing Rags On The Street, But Respectable Men Wearing Hairspray, Pinstripes, And Wedding Rings Who Lurk In The Halls Of Power.

There Is No Such Thing As A 'free' Government Benefit. Ask Small-business Owners Who Are Footing Skyrocketing Bills For Bottomless Jobless Benefits.

Instead Of Basic Roads And Bridges, Infrastructure Spending Will Go To Bloated Unions Overseeing Pie-in-the-sky Construction Projects Like The $30 Billion-plus High-speed Rail Line From Los Angeles To San Francisco, Which California Officials Fully Expect To Be Funded.