Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Monday, October 02, 2017

Why Massacres Are ALWAYS Terrorist Act

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[[Originally published on 10/2/2017 in Alien Cheese]] Many people have a very narrow definition of terrorism -- it's always related to...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Write Your Representatives to Keep Student Loan Rates Low

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Dear Representative Murphy I'm writing to ask you to think of a clever way to keep student college loan rates low. It is not at a...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Which "We" Are You Talking About?

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Commentator Charles M. Blow wrote an interesting essay called " We Are Not Stupid ," in which he wonders how people can follow R...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Remember Before You Vote

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Remember Before You Vote Laurie D. T. Mann Many politicians make it clear they don't care who dies, so long as the wealthy and corpor...
Monday, March 22, 2010

HCR 2010: Better care for people, not for insurance companies!

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Congratulations to Obama and the Democrats for dragging our country, kicking and screaming in some cases, into the late 20th century healtca...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

There Is Something So UnAmerican...

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...about refusing to let your child hear the President speak. We are being taken over by the Marching Morons. It's completely disgustin...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Thursday, August 13 - Live from NetRoots Nation in the 'Burgh!

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After spending some time helping run my Dad's 80th birthday, vacationing in Canada, then helping run the World Science Fiction Conventio...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

The Facts Don't Matter for Bush

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As I've often said, I find the lack of respect for facts and reason by the current administration a real embarrassment for our country. ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Do You Want the Constitution Huckabeed?

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On January 14, 2008, former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate said (and it's on tape even): I have opponents in th...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Hilary Clinton's Much-Needed Shot in the Arm

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I thought people who wrote Hilary Clinton's presidential race obituary after her loss in Iowa were overreacting. Turns out that I was r...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

A Call for a Presidential Debate on Science and Technology

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(taken, verbatim, from sciencedebate2008.com ) Given the many urgent scientific and technological challenges facing America and the rest of ...
Monday, November 26, 2007

Dick Cheney Has An Irregular Heart

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This is news ? And Trent Lott is leaving early. Now, when most Senators leave the Senate early, it's either due to ill health or a scan...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

My Cousin, The Conservative Pundit

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A few weeks ago, my mother mentioned that my cousin Debbie's son Justin was a published writer. I haven't seen Debbie in years and ...
Sunday, August 01, 2004

In the Second Row in Rainy Greensburg for the Kerry/Edwards Rally

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I volunteered to work at the Greensburg Kerry rally. But unlike the July 6 Edwards announcement rally, where I felt like I was being more u...
Sunday, December 14, 2003

Political Compass

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This is all Neil Gaiman's fault. He said he found the politics self-test at the Political Compass site fascinating. I must say, he w...