Wednesday, November 02, 2011

UwillNotESCapeOccupation

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As baseless excuses go for similar past expansive actions this one seems consistent. So Israel does the following after Palestine is recogn...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Charge of the Right Brigade

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From Wikipedia: " Saint Crispin's Day falls on 25 October and is the feast day of the Christian saints Crispin and Crispinian ...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

The Success in Libya

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I find it interesting that as President Obama today announced the killing of Gaddafi the President said that it was accomplished "wit...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Limbaugh's Reality and the Lord's Resistance

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A friend suggests that Mr. Limbaugh's defense of the Lord's Resistance Army, a group responsible for horrific atrocities, is proof o...
Friday, October 14, 2011

What Powers Your Pickup Truck?

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A friend forwarded an interesting news article about the development of anger-powered automobiles. http://origin.theonion.com/audio/new-ang...
Saturday, October 08, 2011

A Salute

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"We meet 'neath the sounding rafter, And the walls around are bare. As they shout back our peals of laughter, It seems that the dea...
Friday, September 30, 2011

A Rush to Judgment

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The U. S. Attorney General has requested and, accordingly, will probably see an early decision by the United States Supreme Court on the con...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Useless Candidates = Useless Party

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The question has been asked:"Why are the Republican presidential candidates so useless?" http://www.economist.com/node/21530979?f...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

You See Surrender. I See Necessity.

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A friend presents two articles in which he finds " subdued towel-tossing" on the left. I suggest that he continues to see only w...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Resilience in Place of Fear

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NEW YORK --- After a decade of war with al-Qaida the potential for another devastating terrorist assault "remains very real," Def...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

A Complete Footnote

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Viet Nam combat veterans brought up Jane Fonda during discussion. Many, after forty years, still held strong feelings of contempt for her wh...
Friday, August 05, 2011

U.S. Sovereign Credit Downgrade

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Standard & Poors (S&P) has downgraded the US "long term sovereign credit rating" to AA+; t,he first downgrade in United St...
Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Democrats: Wrong Again.

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The "balance" within the Debt Ceiling agreement calls for matching reductions in military spending and entitlements programs to ...

Stupidity Agenda: FAA

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Having observed the FAA failing to balance the dual and contradictory missions (promoting success of US air carriers/insuring public safet...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Republicans! Wake Up!

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As an Independent in Rep. Cantor's District and once supporter of the McCain/Palin ticket, I have been sickened and repulsed by the rh...
Monday, July 18, 2011

Amalgamated Self-Interest

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It all comes down to self-interest. The Right has amalgamated the profit interests of the dehumanized corporation with the self-interest of...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Debt Debacle

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Republican intransigence on the issue of the debt ceiling is a national disgrace, severally stifling our economic recovery, creating i...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Memorial Day 2011

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MEMORIAL DAY 2011We each have our own thoughts and memories that provide a context to this Memorial Day weekend. All Americans share the res...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Executive Power

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A brief thought responding to a friend's comment: "Presidents have always used foreign affairs as an excuse to claim more executiv...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

A Response.

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My friend, responding to my Friday the 13th comment challenged me saying that my "espousing the need for civility in one breath and the...