Monthly Archives: February 2008

Everything is class, even if class isn’t everything.

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Deb

Via this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists, an article on professionalism for salespeople that talks about why folks don’t think of sales as a profession. He touches on something that’s dreadfully important, which is that the respectability of a given … Continue reading →

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The atheists aren’t the problem. Hell, they’re not even *a* problem.

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Deb

Via J-Walk, an interesting take on the godless among us. As one of said godless, I really appreciate any article that fails to demonize (I’m supposed to resist?) folks like me. Nice change of pace. Being an atheist might not … Continue reading →

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I’m impressively impressed.

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Deb

With the way that Senator Clinton is managing to screw her campaign up. I’ve been saying for several years that the Presidency was hers to lose, this round. I’m really shocked, though, that she’s managing to, you know, actually lose … Continue reading →

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A bit of history.

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Deb

Once upon a time, I was 16 and totally excited to go to Berkeley because it was Berkeley, man. I wore a peace symbol on a chain around my neck everywhere I went, and I really, truly believed that people … Continue reading →

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Another lovely quirk some folks seem to have…

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Deb

Is a belief in time machines. I’m all for personal responsibility, but there’s a difference between wanting folks to have to work forward in their lives from a bad spot with minimal or no government hand-holding (a thing which is … Continue reading →

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We’re barely more than a century removed from the year an entire town in South Dakota nearly starved to death.

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Deb

Giggle at me if you will for referencing Laura Ingalls Wilder, but really? This is important. History is taught as though those members of the human race who came before us are somehow less than human. We sit here and … Continue reading →

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Still doing my little dance of happiness over the withdrawl of the Mitt.

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Deb

I don’t think there’s a good way to express just what a mess that guy is. He was an awful governor, and I can’t imagine what he would have done with a whole country to beat up on. On the … Continue reading →

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Mitt Kerry

Posted on February 2, 2008 by Jay

I just came out with “Mitt Kerry” as a way to describe why Romney is such a bad idea that he makes mcCain look stolid and Presidential. Then realized Kerry might possibly have been less panderiffic as President than I … Continue reading →

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