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Articles by Robert Owen

Robert Owen blogs at Cranky Conservative; he started his blog at the end of last March and it been read in 59 countries around the world. Robert has been a political junkie since he was a wee small child, about the time FDR passed and turned the country over to HST. He has run for political office twice (unsuccessfully) and has run campaigns for others. Robert was a Republican in those days; he now considers himself a Constitutional Conservative. He attended American International College where he got some background in economics. Most of his life he made his living in engineering and hi-tech sales. Robert has also been a lifelong shooter (mostly pistol). He is retired now and spends most of his time writing things to annoy liberals and weak-kneed Republicans and sometimes to inform those that may not have been paying attention.

My Benghazi Fixation

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Am I really fixated on Benghazi? I suppose I am. I think every American has the right to be. An armed attack was perpetrated on American soil by a foreign enemy. Four people, including an American … Continue reading →
The “Mad” Presidency

Monday, May 20, 2013

Barack Obama has turned himself into Alfred E. Neuman. I’m sure you all remember the grinning face iconic of “Mad Magazine”. His enduring motto was “What, me worry?”. It is extremely difficult for someone with such … Continue reading →
Heroes Of The Week!

Thursday, May 16, 2013

My nomination for “Heroes of the Week”, perhaps heroes of the year are the intrepid people that sat on the jury of the Philadelphia monster, Kermit Gosnell. I will not refer to him as doctor. He … Continue reading →
Prosperity

Monday, May 13, 2013

Prosperity is a word that you seldom hear used any more. It seems the politicians that we hire to run our country for us have decided that we have had too much prosperity in the past … Continue reading →
The Dismal (But Necessary) Science

Thursday, May 9, 2013

One of the first things my economics professor told our class was that economics has been referred to as “the dismal science”. The second thing he told us was that the economics textbook could cure insomnia. … Continue reading →
See No Evil

Monday, May 6, 2013

Remember “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil“? They used to be represented by three monkeys. I don’t think you can say that now, because it would be interpreted as racist by the politically … Continue reading →
If I Were A Carpenter

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Saturday afternoon I was sitting, with my wife, in our living room. I looked for something to watch on TV. PBS was showing “This Old House”. I used to watch that show regularly years ago. As … Continue reading →
Chaos

Monday, April 29, 2013

There has always been turmoil in the world. Country A invades country B. Droughts, floods, hurricanes. But it seems lately that the United States is being hit with an increasing amount of turmoil to the point … Continue reading →
STOP, Mr. President! An Open Letter

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Stop, Mr. President. Stop. You are out of control. You have no compass. You have lost your map. You know not where you are heading. First of all, that map you had led nowhere but into … Continue reading →
The Inevitable Has Happened

Monday, April 22, 2013

All of America spent last week in front of TV set rapt in the terrible story coming out of Boston. Never has a news story had this amount of power. Full time coverage live and second … Continue reading →
Boston Strong

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

This is not the column that I intended to write for today. It is one I hoped I would never write. But the events of Monday, Patriots Day, changed all that. First, the thoughts and prayers … Continue reading →
The Freedom to Hate

Monday, April 15, 2013

Most of us in the United States were brought up to “Love thy neighbor as thyself”. I grew up in a time when most kids went to Sunday School or had some kind of basic religious … Continue reading →
Mommy, I Don’t Feel Good

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

It’s two AM on a Monday night. Your six year old wakes up crying. “Mommy, I don’t feel good.” You sit on the edge of your child’s bed and ask, “What’s the matter, honey?”. The answer … Continue reading →
The Fruits of Hope and Change

Monday, April 8, 2013

Over four years ago, candidate Obama promised America “Hope and Change”. It has been a long four years. The struggle been endless. Our new President has never rested, well, except for vacations, and golf, and basketball, … Continue reading →
Waiting For Perfection – With apologies to Samuel Beckett

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Have you ever seen one of those photographs of Earth taken from space. Our planet is a perfect orb of blue with puffy white clouds. From space it looks like perfection. But when you are faced … Continue reading →