Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 01:48 am PDT
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The Obama/Pelosi Doctrine
Now that the deadline is approaching for seeking Congressional approval of the "kinetic military action" in Libya under the War Powers Act, (we don't know when the deadline is for Ye... [read more]
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It really is the people
We just returned from the Outer Banks of North Carolina on a trip that involved vacationing and visiting both friends and family along the way. We stopped in Washington, D. C. (friends) on the way ... [read more]
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That was then...
The Colbert Report Tags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive This is now. .. The Colbert Report Tags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Sa... [read more]
Cuumbaya
The false intimacy of church
Anyone even the slightest bit outgoing makes friends quickly at church. After all, you're self selected to be compatible; you believe the same things, or nearly enough. You're there for the same ... [read more]
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Why do people feel they have to lie to enhance a perfectly good argument?
I've said before that lying, even in a good cause, is wrong- and now here's an even more egregious example. First listen to the President speaking about budget proposals:Sounds compelling to me! ... [read more]
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Oops, another correction to "Why all this deficit stuff matters"
In that post, I said, "And "tomorrow" no longer means some far-flung future; city and state munis are being de-rated by bond companies right now, and we're hearing the first h... [read more]
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A correction to "Why all this deficit stuff actually matters"
In my previous post, I said that only those working in the private sector, paying taxes, can pay off the national debt; there being 108 million people working, and a $14 Trillion debt, that's $129... [read more]
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Why all this deficit stuff actually matters
In my post, On extending unemployment, I noted the difficulty of working with unemployment numbers, and based my discussion on employment numbers instead; there's no debate over how many are worki... [read more]