Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category

Guest Post: My Way or the Highway…

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I’d like to welcome guest blogger “Grant in Texas” for taking over posting duties for me this week as I shuttle back & forth between home and the hospital to tend to my ailing mother. I know it is unusual for a host to hand the reins of an entire blog over to one of its visitors, […]

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July 8, 2013
Posted in: Guest Blogger, Partisanship, Politics, Rants

A Market Plunge/Rally, Trayvon, DOMA, Voting Rights and Paula Deen. The Heat is On.

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So much has happened these past couple of weeks, I could have spent hours discussing each one: We saw a series of triple-digit plunges in the DOW in just a few days caused by what? GOOD news on the economy. (WTF?) The “Zimmerman Trial” finally got underway… with a Knock-Knock Joke. The Supreme Court declared Same-Sex Marriage legal […]

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July 1, 2013
Posted in: Crime, Economy, Global Warming, Guns & Violence, Healthcare, Politics, Racism, Rants, Unconstitutional

Okay Wingnuts, Ya Wanna Talk Impeachment, Let’s Talk Impeachment

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Since 2006, I’ve had two bumper stickers in the rear window of my car (affixed with Scotch Tape). The first reading “EndlessThis War” from MoveOn.org that… fittingly… blew out of my car window last month when the tape cracked & dried with age, and the other reading: “Support Our Troops. Impeach Bush-Cheney”. Every once in a while someone asks me […]

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May 13, 2013
Posted in: fake scandals, myth busting, Partisanship, Politics, Rants, rewriting history, Right-Wing Insanity, Unconstitutional

We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Outrage for… More Outrage.

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There was no shortage of things to talk about this week, with the a record-setting blizzard hitting the North-East, GOP feux-outrage over the use of “drones” as part of a secret National Defense policy where the government asserted it can kill anyone overseas deemed a threat to National Security… even United States citizens. And, of course, Tuesday […]

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February 11, 2013
Posted in: Environment, General, Global Warming, Healthcare, Politics, Rants, Seems Obvious to Me, War

Dear Mr. Biden. Focus on the Ammunition, not the guns.

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All day long, from 8am to 5pm Monday thru Friday, I listen to Progressive talk radio streaming from my PC (no Liberal Talk radio stations in Houston) all day long while I work, and a caller into one show the other day asked, “At what point does your right to ‘stay safe’ trump my Second Amendment rights?” Argh! […]

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January 14, 2013
Posted in: Crime, Guns & Violence, myth busting, Politics, Rants, Seems Obvious to Me, Unconstitutional

Happy Macy’s Day!

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Just a brief note this holiday. Every Thanksgiving I play a little game, listening for the number of times I hear the phrase: “Macy’s Day Parade”. It’s an odd homage to consumerism. Many of us said it when we are kids, and if you still haven’t caught it, you probably still do. It’s the “Macy’s […]

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November 22, 2012
Posted in: Money, Rants

Closing Arguments: Some thoughts on Romney

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Over the past 18 months (since the first Republican debate in May of last year… yes, it has been that long), two things have always been clear: one, Mitt Romney would be the GOP nominee and two, Republicans hate him. This will be the first “post Citizens United” presidential race. And because of that, not only […]

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November 5, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Election, General, Jobs, Money, Politics, Predictions, Rants, Taxes, voting

Special guest comment: Our Changing Relationship with Gaza

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Special Guest blogger “Grant from Texas” recalls his time working in Israel in the mid-1970’s and how much our relationship with the people in that region has changed since then. Minor edits, a few corrections and some supporting links were added for clarity. Romney is on TV this morning accusing President Obama of “sympathizing” with […]

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September 12, 2012
Posted in: General, Guest Blogger, Middle East, Politics, Rants, Religion, Terrorism, War

“Creating Jobs” is Counter to Everything the GOP Believes

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You already know that Republicans have been “rooting for failure” since the day President Obama took office. Rush Limbaugh took heat for declaring on his radio show just days after Obama’s inauguration that he “hopes Obama fails” to fix the economy, and rather than apologize, he defended his comment and repeated it a second time, making sure […]

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September 3, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Election, General, Jobs, myth busting, Politics, Rants

When we find Romney paid no taxes, will we remember last years RW outrage over people paying “No” taxes? (UPDATED)

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Last Monday, I surmised that one of the likely reasons Romney refuses to release his tax returns is because we would discover that there were times the multi-multi-millionaire paid NOTHING in income taxes. With each passing day, I become more certain that will be the result (in addition to learning he is FAR richer that we […]

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July 20, 2012
Posted in: Election, Money, Politics, Predictions, Rants, Taxes

176,000 Private Sector Jobs Created in June, but 96K Public Sector Cuts drop it to Just 80K. ARE YOU FREAKIN’ KIDDING ME???

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BREAKING NEWS The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the monthly jobs report for June today, announcing that “the economy created only 80,000 jobs last month”, leaving the jobless rate unchanged at 8.2%. Naturally, as you might expect, Governor Romney is making hay over this lack-luster report, pointing to it as just more proof that President Obama’s […]

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July 6, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Jobs, Politics, Rants

SPECIAL EDITION: Remember when President Bush THOUGHT he was being disrespected by a reporter?

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SPECIAL EDITION: Just a quick note while it’s still fresh. On Friday in the presidential Rose Garden, President Obama was interrupted by a young “reporter” from the Rightwing blog, The Daily Caller: Not only did he interrupt the President while he was speaking, but then argued with him on his comment afterwards. The president handled […]

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June 16, 2012
Posted in: Election, General, Politics, Rants