Category: Politics

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Divisive Rhetoric

This week, the Supreme Court ruled on the issue of gay marriage.  In one ruling, the Court held that the federal government may not withhold benefits pursuant to the Defense of Marriage Act from same-sex couples.  In a different decision, […]

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Sequester

The latest crisis [allegedly] in Washington is called the sequester.  I am not interested in assigning blame for the measure.  The majority of Democrats and Republicans are less concerned with the good of the country and, instead, focus on sustaining […]

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Cliff Diving

I type this as I give my hands a brief respite from hanging onto my desk for dear life as our nation marches towards the fiscal cliff and all of the problems that accompany it. If this fiasco does not […]

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Offshore Bank Accounts

Perhaps Mitt Romey’s inability, or refusal, to offer a precise alternative strategy to the President is not dispositive to his election.  His handful of offshore bank accounts should be. I do not begrudge the man for making loads of jack […]

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Last week, 60 Minutes reported that the United States spends more than $300 million per day in Afghanistan.  Wait … what?  What in the sam freaking hell are we doing there?  U.S. troops have been in that hellhole for 10 freaking years.  Vietnam thinks […]

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GOP

I’ll preface this post by stating that I am a registered Republican with center-right views. The Republican party used to nominate for president the candidate, who was “next-in-line.”  John McCain held that position.  However, in selecting Sarah Palin, an extremely […]