Attention all Democrats:
March 28, 2013 To: All Democrats From: Central Committee Effective immediately you are IN FAVOR of the Keystone Pipeline, and have ALWAYS favored this pipeline. At no time did you ever doubt that Great...
View ArticleProfiles in courage
Don Progreba, Democrat, does not seem to understand why it is important for a politician to fight for the things he believes in while holding office. Jimmy Carter turned out to be quite a man of peace,...
View ArticleWhoosh!
There exists among educated people an arrogance that education has conferred wisdom. But truly well-educated person is humble. What can be said of this other than … whoosh! The American executive just...
View ArticleHidden in plain sight
[I just saw that this post is number 2,300 on this blog, a mile marker. I hope to do at least that many more.] I had a “duh” moment this morning. There was an odd comment over at Pogie’s site by...
View ArticleObama: “The Tea Party made me do it!”
In ancient times courts employed fools and by the Middle Ages the jester was a familiar figure. In Renaissance times, aristocratic households in Britain employed licensed fools or jesters, who...
View ArticleThe Democratic bandwidth
Tell me where I am wrong on this – I was doing back and forth with Pogie, and decided to analyze his thought processes, which happen to be the thought processes of most Big D Democrats (he has since...
View ArticleTuesdays with Pogie
The following is a joke I made up, hardly meant to rouse a guffaw, but deleted twice now by Pogie, who took offense: A Democrat and a right-winger walk into a bar. “Oh wait,” said the Democrat, “I’m...
View Article♪♪ I get a peaceful, sleazy feeling ♪♪
I am going to catch hell for using Conner’s banner here and will have to take it down, so enjoy it while it is there. He’ll get all puffy and accuse me of stealing it and write about my conscience...
View ArticleHuh?
Ahem, people: Plagiarism is a sign of a weak intellect and a lack of personal integrity. These are the qualifications for high office in the Democratic Party, I realize, but please, Democrats, don’t...
View ArticleThe dead progressives society
We watched the movie Dead Poets Society last night. It has been many years since I first saw it, and I see so much more than before. The movie, from 1989, was panned by serious critics as a schmaltzy...
View ArticleThe search for truth should not be limited to trusted sources
Pete Talbot offered insight into the workings of the mind of a Democrat over at 4&20. I had offered that his careful checking of sources prior to reading anything was a form of voluntary...
View ArticleThat not-so-fresh feeling
I see you added a new phrase to your vocabulary, “surface phenomena,” which is everything that doesn’t fit into your world of corruption, cover-ups and conspiracies. You’re mastering those George Will...
View ArticleAn apology
I woke up early this morning with a guilty conscience, having left two nasty comments at 4&20, one for Stevens, one for j-girl. I am not apologizing, however, bad as I feel, because I thought at...
View ArticleThe wisdom of my grandma
We’re traveling today, Sunday, from Florence to Pisa to Cinque Terre. There is a regional railway strike from nine to five today, which has messed us up pretty good. It makes me wonder too, have unions...
View ArticleHe said that?
“Any politician from either side of the aisle who says one thing and then votes the other way needs to be held accountable.” The above quote, from Democrat Pete Talbot, who has never been known to hold...
View ArticleIdentifying the source of “toxicity.
A couple of comment from an exchange where in Don Pogreba is going all James Conner on us and isolating himself off from criticism are apropos here: Pogie: “I’d love to have debates on issues. I still...
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