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West Virginia Joe is a Loser…
That’s it. I’ve had it. Some politicians (even Democrats) are gutless idiots. Screw you, Joe Manchin, so-called Democratic U.S. Senator of the great state of West Virginia! I understand, Joe, that you’re on the fence about whether to support President … Continue reading
Victory in the Land of Lincoln?
So, Mitt Romney won the GOP Primary in the great Midwest state of Illinois. He clobbered the prudish religious zealot Rick Santorum and probably assured his nomination as the Republican candidate for the Presidency. But what does Mitt’s victory in … Continue reading
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Fantasy Politics & The Election of 2012
The Iowa Caucuses are over and the New Hampshire Primary is upon us. The Presidential election of 2012 is already well underway. Given that President Obama is unlikely to encounter any serious primary challenge on his open road to the … Continue reading
The (New) American Crisis.
American patriot Thomas Paine served in George Washington’s army during the Revolutionary War as an aide-de-camp to General Nathanael Greene. In the desperate winter of ’76, the war was going badly — and Washington’s valiant, weary, and ill-equipped troops were … Continue reading
Pausing Amid the Political Hysteria…
As President Obama negotiates with Democratic and Republican Congressional leaders on the critical issues of raising the debt ceiling and reducing the Federal budget deficit, each breathless (and very sketchy) media report on the progress of those negotiations has been … Continue reading
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Your Papers, Please, Mr. President!
Yesterday, April twenty-seventh, 2011 – a date that will live in infamy… Somehow this nation has become so discombobulated by the election of a non-lily white person to the highest office in the land that a sitting President of the … Continue reading
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President Obama: The 100th Post
Since this site was launched in January of 2010, I’ve posted 99 articles on this blog. This is the 100th post. And for the first time I’m devoting a post to the words of someone other than me: President Barack … Continue reading
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A Reply to My Conservative Friend…
I have a friend from childhood who grew up in the same blue-collar Westside Cleveland neighborhood that I did and was raised a Catholic, as I was. We both went to the same high school, played football and wrestled on … Continue reading
A Mid-Year Celebration!
If nothing else worth celebrating happened today, June 30th would still mark the mid-point of 2011 — reason alone to pop a cork. But there are some very good reasons to mark this day with fanfare and hoopla. The first … Continue reading →
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