Mike Mustang

I believe what I say and believe I am right. Thus, the title of my column, Undeniably Right. Take it as you will, that I'm a conservative or I have a huge ego and believe I am always correct. Sometimes those things overlap, sometimes not.

Mike Rowse

Take Time to Laugh

There is so much negative news in our world today that we need to take a break every now and then.

Sometimes we just need to laugh or make fun of each other, in a good way, to relieve the tension and burden of what is going on in our world these days. So I hope you have a good laugh and take this column as it was intended.

If you've been married you know that there are always some things that surprise you about your spouse once you've begun living the married life. Some people found out soon enough that they called off their wedding. Here are a couple of the 'best reasons:

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Border Security

What is he going to say about border security? Let's find out!

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Be a Werewolf

What is the topic of this one?

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Make Them Pay The Piper

This is why we cannot have nice things. It's common knowledge that if you want to build something in the United States you must go through a permitting process that can take years if not decades. I'm talking about infrastructure projects from energy generation to transmission to roads. If a project is approved, so much time has passed, and costs have risen to point the project is no longer feasible. Too often the problem is special interest groups that have learned how to game the system.

In 2009, Pattern Energy applied for a permit to build an electrical transmission line to carry electricity from its SunZia electrical generating facility in central New Mexico to customers in Arizona and California. Throughout the permitting process, those that could be affected by the transmission line were notified of the project and given the opportunity to comment. It should be their "speak now or forever hold your peace" moment. But not in America.

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Thoughts on Immigration

No matter what label Eric Adams wants to put on them, illegal immigrants are causing a crisis in this nation. A crisis that was orchestrated by our federal government. The purpose is to divide us, to create a new voting bloc, and to put more money into the hands of every level of government to control our lives. Promises dating back to the 1970s to reform the legal immigration process have not been fulfilled. As you can imagine I have some opinions and observations.

I was watching demonstrations by illegal immigrants in Chicago. They were holding signs that said, "we need paid job training," "we need free housing," "we need free health care," "you promised us safety." All of these signs were in English but none of the people holding them could speak English. Do you think that these demonstrations were organized by somebody else? We know the government promised those things to them because we've seen the advertisements in Mexico and Central America.

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Biden Statement is Revealing

Military Academies Make Wild Claims About DIE

Students for Fair Admission continue their efforts to require truly equal standards in college and university admissions. This is the group that successfully sued Harvard University and the University of North Carolina for giving preferential treatment to certain ethnic groups in the admissions process. Both universities had artificially limited admissions of Asian Americans claiming that group was dominating admissions because of their superior academic achievements which was unfair to other groups. Fresh off those victories, the group turned their attention to West Point and Annapolis.

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