American politics | American politics
Sep.04.2009
I am torn between despising the fascist, no-nothing Right in America and the you-can't say-that-even-though-it's-true Left. Both are infuriating, because only their perspectives are permitted. One has to be a glutton for punishment to take them on. I am getting too old to do it.
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Aug.29.2009
I grew up on Cape Cod, not far from Hyannisport. My family used to boat in the same waters as the Kennedy family, and occasionally picnicked on the same spit of sand in Lewis Bay. They were parishioners at St. Francis Xavier, in Hyannis, and we at St. Pius X, in South Yarmouth - the next parish...
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Aug.28.2009
Got to give the President a big bowl of props for interrupting Obama Rama on Martha's Vineyard with his valiant effort to paint a big old smiling happy face on the side of the economy. Although in the future, he might want to come up with something a bit more reassuring than "we're losing jobs...
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Aug.21.2009
What is it with the crazies with the guns at the town halls complaining about the health care reform death panels? There are no health care reform death panels. Is this what constitutes legitimate dissent now? Just making stuff up? Okay. Fine. I want to protest the black capsules the government...
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Aug.19.2009
My Greatest Fear
I am afraid of Socialism. … There. I said it.
According to the dictionary, Socialism is defined as: “a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the...
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Aug.17.2009
"How dare you say this is about racism!"
And a pleasant Monday to you too sunshine, I thought, as I stared at my computer screen this morning, reading over the first e-mail of the day.
It was from someone who had apparently seen my presentation on CNN last night, in which I explained why...
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Aug.16.2009
If you've ever been fortunate enough to visit Washington DC in August, you understand the custom of the federal government releasing all its high profile delinquents back into their home communities and calling it recess. DC was built on a swamp and walking around our Capital right now is like...
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Aug.12.2009
If you get a chance, today or perhaps tomorrow, do yourself a favor. Look up some file footage, perhaps on YouTube, of Adolf Hitler, addressing his followers. I know, it doesn't sound like the best way to spend your day, or even a few minutes of it, but trust me, there's a point to the...
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Aug.11.2009
Babs:
You were so right on when you scolded the general on TV for using the
term, "ma'am," instead of "Senator". After all, in the military,
"ma'am" is a term of respect when addressing a female of superior rank
or position. The general was totally wrong. You are not...
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Aug.11.2009
I am NOT HIM! Hear me roar!
The loose lips parade of outbursts has replaced swine flu as the national epidemic of the moment. And there's no vaccine in sight for this 223-year-old unruly American problem.
But even Arlen Specter's gamely stiff spine in the face of spittle on his coat from health...
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