Also known as why Juan Williams may be in fear for his job again. I have a special place for him-NPR was wrong to fire him and I wouldn't be surprised if Fox now did the same. At least he is not allowing himself to be intimidated: The language of
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Unwilling or unable……
To understand the root causes of the Occupy Wall Street protests-or why, no matter how much pepper spray or billy clubs you use-the genie may not go quietly back into the bottle. That’s not to say that the OWS movement does not have its problems-and it seems clear to me
Continue readingThe missing question and answer.
I am sitting here in the hotel watching Piers Morgan interview Michael Moore. While, contrary to popular belief, I am not really a Michael Moore fan-I do think he has some good points to make about the United States’ abysmal inability to provide the requisite necessities for its citizens: a
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And how we got to this point. With the markets getting ready to implode it is probably worth a quick review. Fortunately the New York Times has done the math for us: Despite what antigovernment conservatives say, non-defense discretionary spending on areas like foreign aid, education and food safety was
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Foxification-(adj) the process through which formerly respected news outlets are transformed into mediocre propaganda machines for Rupert Murdoch and his gang of cronies. Joe Nocera has a great dissection of how deep the reach of the evil Australian goes into the American news business. Fox News of course, has long
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The Nobel Prize winner every conservative loves to hate ( I mean besides the President of the United States) asks the question that should be on every reasonable person’s mind: A number of commentators seem shocked at how unreasonable Republicans are being. “Has the G.O.P. gone insane?” they ask. Why,
Continue readingMy one and only comment on the gay marriage bill in New York.
A whole new group of lawyers is studying hard to be able to do your divorces…………
Continue readingA different kind of Memorial Day post
I’ve been out of pocket this weekend-down in Pensacola, playing golf at AC Read, watching the boats go across the sound, and catching up with some friends. He let me in on some very sad developments happening in our Navy-which I will proceed to document later this week. This, however,
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If the world is ending tomorrow-why do I have to go to work today? I should have gotten on a plane a week ago and been spending this week on an Asian beach somewhere-with drinks and companionship. Instead I am heading to the car to go beat my head against
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“Victory only has meaning in its effect on the events of the future”-Herman Wouk Remember this phrase as we discuss the events of Sunday Night. As we were laying in bed-the sun having gone down long before, and the only light in the room being that of the solar walk
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