Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Honestly, I could care less if John McCain is a womanizer. If so, that puts him on par with most of his colleagues and many of his fellow citizens. Frankly, if he is, it’s not a predictor of competence and it shouldn’t automaticall y disqualify a candidate from consideratio n. ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
…Malaise
Among all Americans, 19% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 77% disapprove. When it comes to Bush’s handling of the economy, 14% approve and 79% disapprove.
Among Americans registered to vote, 18% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 78% ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
OMIGOD! Penguins are raving homos!
I always thought something was weird with that whole lying on your belly and sliding around thing. What happens when Roy Penguin stops short to avoid a polar bear and Silo Penguin can’t stop in time, ending up on Roy’s back? It all starts with a ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Just how many revised economic forecasts does it take to finally conclude that the U.S. is in a recession? Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan likes to up his odds we’re heading into a recession by approximatel y 20 percentage points every quarter. Current Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke seems to prefer ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
The fact that the bulk of the American public’s military assessments are filtered through the prism of the powers that be…a la the Bush administrati on…can be rather misleading and may well engender a false sense of security. Implied in these assessments is an assurance that our nation is being ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
With the fading days of the Hillary Clinton campaign proven in the latest win in Wisconsin today by Barack Obama it is almost a given fact that Senator Clinton will not be our next President. This is the 9th state in a row to vote overwhelming ly for Obama and ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Whatever you want to call them — Chickenhawks , Keyboard Warriors, the Chairborne Division — this species has been with us for a long time.
This article by Glenn Greenwald offers a glimpse into that pitiful mindset. There’s nothing new about today’s armchair warrior who bravely fights Evil and Terror from ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Solar Power is going to be a big part of your future life whether you like it or not. With the cut throat politics of big oil, the future is going to be very different. America much like in the past will change the world with our direction. Not from ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Remember this?
Two weeks ago, when word of this investigatio n leaked, Central Florida school districts pulled beef from their menus. Smart move on their part.
A disturbing undercover video showing cows too sick to stand being shoved with forklifts or dragged with chains across a cement floor at a Southern California ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Comedian George Carlin used to do a gag called, “Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say on TV“. He used the words prolifically to make the point that they were simply words - not bombs nor bullets nor anything else that might cause lasting harm. In fact, I’d say that 99% ...
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