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We are in trouble. We the United States of America. I had lunch at a posh resort bar yesterday and asked the nice young lady behind the counter if she knew who the GOP candidates were seeking the republican nomination? She did not! She was 31 years old! I asked if she knew who the [...] Continue reading Ignorance One of the most asinine events to come out of the Republican campaign to choose a party nominee is to have Donald Trump moderate a debate hosted by the conservative magazine Newsmax. It’s supposed to take place on December 27 in Des Moines, Iowa. To their credit Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman will skip the [...] Continue reading Trump’s Folly 11/11/11 @11:11 In numerology it adds up to 1 and the next is 0, which is a sign of completion. I’m not sure what the world is completing today, but it is a significant number and I have been awaiting its effect, if any, for some time. I do think it is significant, but beyond [...] Continue reading 11/11/11 @11:11 Governor Christie isn’t going to run for the GOP nomination nod. So be it! Although I did not hear in his speech that he would not accept an acclamation nomination at a deadlocked convention. The GOP is tossing out flavor after flavor these days in hopes that someone will sit and stay on top of [...] Continue reading Raising Cain to the Nines I am often in a quandary these days as I try to decide the content of these posts. Part of me want to reasonably rage against the political rhetoric coming from the republican candidates for the GOP nominations and their misuse and distortion of facts. President Obama too is not immune from using factual distortion. [...] Continue reading The Beast or Beauty? To me there is a disturbing trend and trait in the current crop of GOP presidential hopefuls. It is a willingness to distort facts and spout hearsay and gibberish and subsequently mislead the electorate. Representative Michele Bachmann, after the Florida debate, suggested to an interviewer that the vaccinations against the human palillomavirus (HPV) could cause [...] Continue reading Political Distortions |
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Cut The Fat
It is no wonder that a number of my former and current colleagues in the press are critiquing the intransience and partisanship in Congress. In point of fact. House Republicans a couple of days ago advanced a package of six bills. It is proposed legislation that would stop an already existing law from reducing military [...]
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