Yearly Archives: 2008

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Posted on June 19, 2008 by Deb

You wouldn’t have to worry so much about how much of your money they’re taking and who they might be giving it to if you could see that they have no true right to do so. You vote, you “legitimize” … Continue reading →

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This is Only a Drill

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Jay

It seems the issue of the day is drilling for oil. Well, yeah. If you don’t pay, you can’t play. It’s absurd to have resources in the United States locked up so extensively, and I can’t imagine so much of … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 18, 2008 by Deb

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Damn it. I could almost like the guy.

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Deb

Obama’s apparently talking about kicking the credit card folks where it hurts. Good. A pox on all those usurious motherfuckers. And before you make some sort of protest that cites the free market, what we’ve got now? Not one. Not … Continue reading →

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You wonder why folks don’t vote?

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Deb

I can talk all day about the abstract issues behind all of this, but try just looking at my life: We’ve fallen a bit down the economic ladder. Extended unemployment, yadda, yadda, yadda. In an effort to keep a roof … Continue reading →

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We Don’t No Same Old Edumacation

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Jay

CEH Wiedel discusses this Arnold Kling article as it applie to her own family and concerns about education and IQ. I have long and increasingly been of the opinion that things have to change. There are multiple problems or angles. … Continue reading →

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Paid in Full

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Jay

Cutting Through the Katrina Krapola. For all I loved New Orleans when I visited there, for a whole day in 1988, I just love “pulsating pustule on the bayou.”

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Discussion Over. Dissension Will Not Be Tolerated Comrades.

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Jay

Chertoff on final Real ID rules: “Reconfiguring our society.” You mean like they reconfigured society in Ukraine during the first half of last century? Or more like reconfiguring society during the New Deal Great Society Cultural Revolution? Just wondering.

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Confirming he’s Crazy

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Jay

Mayor Mumbles Menino decries clinics in retailers.

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Speaking of Environment

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Jay

I’m going through accumulated links I never turned into posts, or don’t remember turning into posts and didn’t removed from the stash, so some short takes, down to links presented with anchor text and no comment, will be appearing here … Continue reading →

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