Politics
November 1, 2009
- Got confused by the recent political Town Hall Tea Parties. For one thing, no one served tea. But a lot of yelling about health and insurance. Well, then, they should have serrved tea, a great source of antioxidants, especially if you drink green tea. The Cleveland Tea Party, of course, was a great symbol of American spirit, when we tossed, at the behest of the coffee lobby, all that damn ...
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October 20, 2009
- While I've been paying a bit of attention lately to the local stage to try to do my part in making sure we don't have another disastrous four years under Governor Jon Corzine (especially since I unfortunately did my part to put him IN office by voting for him), the national circus has continued. Rather than a long-winded tirade today, let's just do a tally, shall we?$6,700 - The amount of ...
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October 15, 2009
- Election excitement is still in the air. Two days ago Natalie came home from high school and announced that she had gotten the most votes for the position of classroom president, but she didn't get the job. She was very indignant. Being originally from The States she has "winner take all" in her blood. She received 15 votes, her girl friend 14 votes, a fellow in the class 13 ...
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October 9, 2009
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I don't believe in hope. I think hope and religious faith are the two most insidious and cold blooded of human conventions:each offer up the unattainable and each incur endless suffering. I grew up in a country whose ideologues exploited religious conviction to validate the most dehumanising form of racism since their teachers attempted to practice its principles during World War Two. ...
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September 25, 2009
- [This is an expanded version of a talk given to the University Democrats student group at the University of Texas at Austin, September 23, 2009.] For months, leftists have been pointing out the absurdity of the claim that Barack Obama is a socialist. But no matter how laughable, the claim keeps popping up, most recently in the form of the Republican Party chairman’s warning of “a ...
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September 20, 2009
- "I hope we shall... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government in a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." ~Thomas Jefferson, in an 1816 letter to George Logan "Instead of serving a king, our leaders could serve Burger King." ~Stephen Colbert, on the intentions of the Framers ...
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September 18, 2009
- It was just a few days ago when I said I regretted never learning how to play piano, and now I find myself online finding sites that will help me learn piano chords, how to improvise without sheet music, and how to properly flip your tuxedo tails before sitting on the bench. The last is trickier than it seems. Piano chords got nothing on tuxedo tails ettiquette.The point is, I've taken steps to ...
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September 15, 2009
- According to Webster's Dictionary, a boogeyman is defined as something frightful; anything imaginary that causes needless fright or excites needless fear. As in many countries, Boogeymen in Azerbaijan are creatures conjured up by parents, so their children will behave. If you are a parent who requires absolute capitulation, the boogeyman is your friend. Because the physical qualities of the ...
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September 14, 2009
- There are certain things I regret I never did. Looking through some piano sheet music the other day, I realized how much I regretted never taking up an instrument when I was young (this, by the way, is not a regret that can be quelled by learning how to play Guitar Hero - trust me). Piano would have been my choice, I think, because I'm always very impressed with somebody who really knows how to ...
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September 13, 2009
- 9/12 "Million MOB March" - Image Credit: Mary Kathrine Ham9/12 "Million MOB March" A Success Without MSM HelpHere in Carter's Second Term, many thought that life would carry on in a business as usual, politics as usual kind of approach.Sure, Barack Obama made history by becoming the first man with African DNA in his blood to be elected as President of the United States, ...
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