Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
Answer Me This….
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First of all, my first question goes out to anyone poised to vote FOR Obama in the 2012 presidential election. Plain, clear and simple. Give me substantive reason(s) as to why the man has earned your desire to dangle a chad for him. Don’t tell me you’re [Read More]
Happily & Voluntarily Soaked
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I know the subject matter in which I’m about to weave my verbal brilliance is nothing new. Regardless, I find it necessary to write this piece because I’ve yet to see anyone do it. Ironically enough I’m about to quote a Bible verse. One of the things [Read More]
Why You Gotta Vote
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Call me a cynic. Call me a skeptic. When it comes down to it, I just don’t trust the American voting public to get it right more than every once in a awhile. Spooky. I know. Sadly I believe they got it right in the 2006 mid-terms, but not for the same reasons you [Read More]
A One Sentence Election Day Message
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I should probably warn you upfront that if you copy this entire dispatch to the web into a Word document, you’ll have a hard time getting rid of the little green squiggly line under all the words, mainly because I’m going to limit this entry to one complete, concise [Read More]
The Teflon Symbiont
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Some time last month, an oil rig out in the Gulf of Mexico blew up. The resulting aftermath of said explosion has spilled a whole buttload (technical term) of oil into the gulf. The spill continues, as the parties responsible have been unable to stop the flow. Perhaps [Read More]
Polite Society & The Need For Outright Mockery
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Way back in the old days when I was growing up, our family went out for dinner one night at The Village Inn. We were frequent guests there, and as a result we had gotten to know a lot of the wait staff at our local coffee shop. Upon arriving that fateful night, we were [Read More]
The Dignity Of The Office
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Even though I’m known to let loose with any selection of those seven colorful words which the late George Carlin once observed as ineligible to be uttered on television, I have a filter. Even more so, my filter works pretty well. It works so well in fact, that if you [Read More]
*Fixed*
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Last week, TOTUS & The Symbiont successfully planted the seeds of their social utopia by signing into law the universal healthcare legislation which has been the subject of debate for the last year. Several underhanded techniques and practices were used in the [Read More]
219 Sell Outs
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Less than 30 minutes ago, 219 members of the U.S. House of Representatives set aside the will of the people. They put into motion the lighting of a match which will blaze a trail across this great nation of ours one which was never, ever meant to have been burnt. They [Read More]
Yeah, But Did He Apologize For The Right Thing?
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Last week, it was revealed in the Wall Street Journal by Peter Wallsten that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had once again disengaged that filter in his head which dictates decorum, decency, and diplomacy. [Read More]
