Tag Archives: right wing

Bye, Bye Benghazi

It is Wednesday morning as I pen this article and one of the big anticipated news items of the day is the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on Benghazi.  If the events of September 11, 2012 didn’t include … Continue reading

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Let’s Get Real

There is a good reason that this site does not include an essay on immigration: it is a very complex issue and I don’t profess to have anywhere near all the answers.  That being said, I feel comfortable writing about … Continue reading

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The Sequester Comes To A Small Town Near You

The right wing noise machine has attacked President Obama as a fear monger.  They claim the Sequester is a nothing and that Obama was just out to scare everybody.  The more enlightened among us knew that was just their spin … Continue reading

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A Question Of Sufficent Sanity

The longest list in Washington may well be the list of candidates for the craziest member of the 113th Congress.  I will not attempt to publish a complete and comprehensive listing of them here; instead I will concentrate on two … Continue reading

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Syria Is Not Simple

I procrastinated much more than normal before I started writing this piece.  I like to write political opinions and observations based on the truth.  That is the essence of the problem for Americans at the moment when commenting on Syria; … Continue reading

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An Expansion Of The Disinformation Machine

In the last few days both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have reported that the Koch brothers are seriously interested in buying the eight newspapers owned by the Tribune Company.  When two such diverse newspapers report … Continue reading

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Read A Book

The Sequester finally started to hit home this week and the N.I.M.B.Y. factor in the Right Wing “fiscal conservatives” came out.  Their “conventional wisdom” was shattered by reality.  They like to be portrayed as martyrs.  In their minds government does … Continue reading

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Left, Right, Center?

Anyone who reads me on a regular basis knows I am not a Chris Christie fan.  However, in recent months the Republican Governor of New Jersey seems to have canned the bully act and instead has been acting with interests … Continue reading

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The Courageous And The Cowardly

Thursday the Senate voted 68-31 to limit debate on gun regulation.  In (relatively) plain English they stopped the filibuster and will soon actually vote on the gun regulation proposals.  Some Senators took what is commonly perceived as courageous votes while … Continue reading

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Shotgun Suppression

If the police come upon gang activity the standard method of operation for the gang members is to scatter in different directions.  That makes it difficult for the police to apprehend them since their attention is divided.  The Republicans in … Continue reading

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