Politics | Politics
Aug.18.2008
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I asked a very wise friend of mine about the presidential race. He mentioned that he was disappointed that he couldn't vote for someone who represented him. He had to vote for someone who thought like him or had similar ideals.
It took a while for me to realize what he...
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Aug.06.2008
I was run off the road by one of your trailers! . . . I was behind one of your trailers . . . the driver kept slowin' down in front of me and everybody else . . .I tried to pass, he swerved and hit the brakes! . . . I tried to speed up to pass him _ he sped up! . . . I tried to pass _ he pulled...
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Jul.31.2008
In the middle of the last century, stories were told of poets in the then USSR commanding audiences of tens of thousands for readings. America was astounded. Poetry? Not rock and roll? Granted, the Soviet Union backed those poets and rock stars were, of course, not allowed to tour...
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Jul.31.2008
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
Great Leader seems always to be first defined as what we don’t have at the moment. Descriptions include decisiveness, courage and a fervent wish to serve the definers particular ethnic or economic group. And because everyone wants someone who believes in the same...
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Jul.30.2008
I remember the days when people used to write something–a novel, a newspaper column, whatever–and it stood. Absent some blatant factual error, what you read was what you got.
The same used to be true about what people said, particularly famous people, who speak a lot, in public, with people...
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Jul.23.2008
Chinese warned on 'eight don't asks' when dealing with foreigners (AP)--O.K. to ask:
1) “Is your mother Tibetan?”2) “Is your mother the Dalai Lama?”3) “Have you ever sent your clothes to be cleaned at a Tibetan laundry?”4) “Do you think that Richard Gere is more handsome than the Dalai Lama?”5) “...
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Jul.22.2008
Looking a gift horse in the mouth, conservatives everywhere are whining, moaning, gnashing their teeth and rending their silk blouses over the NYT's decision to send a first draft of McCain's recent Op Ed piece back for a re-write.
This is standard procedure! As someone who used to be a newspaper...
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Jul.16.2008
I've given up on cable news channels.
Oh, sure, they're great for the important stuff, like the fact that Brangelina gave birth to human babies the other day.
But if you want to know what's going on in the election campaigns, you gotta fire up the modem, crank up the computer, dial up that old...
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Jul.12.2008
(First published on blogcritics.com)
It has been widely reported that liberals are more pessimistic than conservatives. Although I am not sure I buy the research I certainly fall into the liberal progressive pessimist category when it comes to the political process and the American public’s...
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