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It’s On!

Posted on February 6, 2009

You know whumtalkinabout! First a little mood music. I know, this next clip is old news already. Apparently, McCain wanted to step to him earlier, but watching him on video makes me gag so I’ll let you google it.

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Class Warfare

Posted on February 1, 2009

5 notes on recent events. 1. Biden to Labor: Welcome Back.  I’m not sure what the Middle Class Task Force will accomplish, but the language and tone are remarkable. Obama: I also believe that we have to reverse many of … Continue reading →

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Crying Wolf

Posted on January 29, 2009

In October, John Deter, the Hamilton County (Cincinnati) prosecutor who happened to be the Southwest Ohio Chairman for the McCain campaign, justified his attempt to look at personal information on voter registration forms of only some of those who participated … Continue reading →

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Killing them softly

Posted on January 28, 2009

Rush is not the only one getting played by Obama. The Congressional Republicans may soon realize that they just got hussled. After all, I was wondering why the president, with big Democratic majorities in Congress, was working so hard to get Republicans to support the stimulus … Continue reading →

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Slumdog Millionaire 1: Don’t call me dog.

Posted on January 24, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire was one of the best new release movies I saw in 2008. This is not surprising, since I only saw 2 movies last year (have kids, no family near). The other was Rachel Getting Married. I liked that … Continue reading →

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Reasons to like the Steelers.

Posted on January 22, 2009

The Inauguration is over. The next big overhyped event will be the Super Bowl, and there is talk of the Steelers being the greatest sports franchise in history. Here’s my take – 1 thing I don’t like about them, and 9 things I do. Continue reading →

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Brad Schlozman: He must like it fairly white and bland

Posted on January 15, 2009

Speaking of Wichita, I don’t often see references to my old stomping ground in the NY Times Editorial page, but this one made me sit up straight. The subject, Brad Schlozman, has been the subject of a recent Dept. of … Continue reading →

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What’s the point?

Posted on January 8, 2009

Against the admonition of Fletch I’m going to venture into this Israel – Palestine issue. I, too, don’t want to get into a useless argument. I, like a lot of people, am just trying to understand what the hell is … Continue reading →

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Degrees of Separation

Posted on December 22, 2008

The tone has gotten a little didactic around here lately. So how about some gossip about the Palins? I get it, they’re just a bunch of regular folks with problems just like everyone else, and the mother likes to trash … Continue reading →

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An ordinarily shitty response to another crisis in an extraordinarily shitty presidency.

Posted on December 21, 2008

Apologies: this post is long and the images take time to load. On Saturday, Bush said that in ordinary circumstances, he would have let the 3 domestic auto companies fail. However, he grants, “these are not ordinary circumstances.” No, these … Continue reading →

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