Monthly Archives: October 2012

ALEC

~think of it as that dark, damp, corner of your basement that always has that bad smell… _________________________________________________________________________________ Bad law, like black mold, needs a dark place to grow and eventually become toxic and dangerous. Legislatively speaking, that dark place … Continue reading

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“…And one ring to rule them all…”

 ~ the nine ring wraiths…um, I mean policy advisers, that are shaping Mitt Romney’s policy positions. _______________________________________________________________ My father had a saying; “You can judge a man by the company that he keeps.” He would pull that one out and … Continue reading

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Coerce the Vote!

~How some CEO’s use threats and intimidation to control their employees politically. __________________________________________________________________________________ Wow! Atlas Shrugged, but apparently he hasn’t done many sit-ups! Sitting on his throne all day hasn’t really done much for David Siegel’s girlish figure. Maybe he … Continue reading

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Peace through meaningless slogans

Mr Romney and Congressman Ryan are fond of tossing around slogans that are cloaked in a 50’s era bravado like: “peace through strength.” But no one seems willing to ask the all important follow up question to that bumper sticker … Continue reading

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Benghazi & The Semantics of “Defense”

It is a sad, sobering fact of political struggle and the inevitable conflict and retaliatory violence that arise from that struggle, that innocent people are often killed or injured. We have witnessed the grisly evidence of that fact from a … Continue reading

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Episode IV: A New Hope

~thoughts on the Vice Presidential debate _______________________________________________________________________________ Let me say three things at the outset: Joe Biden won the Vice Presidential debate. Enthusiasm and assertiveness in defense of the truth is no vice. Despite any implications to the contrary by … Continue reading

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Performance Art

~thoughts on the recent event that was billed as a Presidential debate ______________________________________________________________________________ OK. So, that happened… I’m not happy with the outcome, but neither am I willing to stipulate that Mr Romney can rightfully claim any true victory. Here’s … Continue reading

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