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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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Tagged 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, C.I.A., Darrell Issa, David Petraeus, Democrats, Fox News, Government regulations, Great Recession, Hillary Clinton, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Obama, politics, Republicans, right wing, State Department, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney
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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
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
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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Tagged 113th Congress, AMMO Act, ammunition, Congress, extremeists, Frank Lucas, guns, Homeland Security, House, House of Representatives, James Inhofe, Obama, Oklahoma, politics, radical right, Republicans, right wing, Senate, Tea Party, The Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013
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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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Tagged Arizona, Arizona Diamondbacks, Assad, Canada, chemical weapons, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Obama, politics, Republicans, right wing, South Carolina, Syria, Toronto Blue Jays
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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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Tagged Baltimore Sun, Boston Marathon, California, Charles Koch, Chicago Tribune, Connecticut, Constitution, consumer protection, Daily Press, Danile Patrick Moynihan, David Koch, Electoral College, First Amendment, Florida, Forbes 400, Fox News, freedom of the press, freedonm of speech, gerrymandering, government regulation, Hartford Current, Illinois, journalism, Koch brothers, Los Angeles Times, Maryland, Morning Call, New York Post, New York Times, newspapers, Orlando Sentinel, Pennsylvania, politics, progressive, right wing, Rupert Murdoch, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, taxes, Tea Party, Tribune Comapny, United States Constitution, Virginia, Wall Street Journal, Westboro Baptist Church
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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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Tagged Congress, economics, economy, F.A.A., FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, fiscal conservatives, Head Start, House, House of Representatives, income redistribution, John Boehner, Joseph Stiglitz, Meals on Wheels, N.I.M.B.Y., NIMBY, P&G, P.A.T.C.O., PATCO, Paul Krugman, politics, Procter & Gamble, Republicans, right wing, Ronald Reagan, Senate, sequester, Tea Party, unemployed, union busting
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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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Tagged 2013 election, 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Angus King, Chris Christie, Democrats, gun control, gun legislation, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, Jeb Bush, Maine, Mitt Romney, New Jersey, Obama, Olympia Snowe, politics, radical right, Republicans, right wing, Sandy, Superstorm Sandy, Willard Mitt Romney
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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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Tagged Clear Channel, Democrats, early voting, Florida, Georgia, Glenn Beck, jobs, North Carolina, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina legislature, North Carolina Senate, North Carolina State Senate, politics, poll tax, Premiere Radio Networks, Republicans, right wing, Rush Limbaugh, same day registration, Sean hannity, unemployment, voter fraud, voter ID, voter registration, Voter suppression, voter turnout, West Side Story
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