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RANDOM POLITICAL MUSINGS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY - 04 Jul 2010
TOM EMMER…I haven’t met Tom Emmer, although we have extended an invitation for him to appear on “Access,” but a quote of his sticks in my craw, particularly on this Independence Day in the greatest nation in the world. Emmer, the GOP gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota, who not only seeks to succeed Tim Pawlenty, but […]
Read Full Post »A CURMUDGEON QUESTIONS… - 02 May 2010
Why is it that all these fiscal conservative voices who oppose any government spending were silent and supportive when W started two wars, never carried them in the budget except as special assessments, and ran up the two trillion dollar debt that Obama inherited?
Get over it, right wing conservatives…he’s black, he’s President, he’s […]
THE WORD YOU NEVER HEAR - 12 Dec 2009
With Barack Obama’s election there were millions of us, some as old and jaded as I am, filled with hope that perhaps things would change. Another idol with clay feet? Granted, the man has been in office less than one year, came in facing monumental problems caused by the Bush administration and its criminal […]
Read Full Post »SHORT TAKES - 08 Nov 2009
THE CHUTZPAH AWARD - To Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, an outstanding mayor who announced his run for Governor only two days after winning re-election in November, 2009. So much for serving out your term.
PAWLENTY OF QUESTIONS - As Governor Tim Pawlenty cruises the nation seeking the GOP Presidential nomination, disingenuous in his denials, one wonders […]
STARTING TO GET IT - 21 Aug 2009
A glimmer of hope…but perhaps Obama and his advisers are finally starting to get it. Not talking tough enough, mind you, but realizing that the people who pushed him over the top — yes, he won — based their support on his stands, his words and the party platform, and nothing less.
Plus the […]
HE’D RATHER RUN THAN FIGHT - 16 Aug 2009
The word today is that “officials” of the Obama administration are indicating that Obama will jettison the public option provision of the still incomplete health care proposal, if necessary.
If necessary?
That’s what he ran on, what he said he’d fight for, what was allegedly a cornerstone of his campaign. No, not actually public option but […]
HEALTH CARE, CONGRESS, COURAGE, AND CONFLICT - 26 Jul 2009
As a nation which likes to take the mantel as the leading democracy in the world, and often as the world’s conscience (if you can forget Abu Grahib and the unnecessary wars) and policeman (151 bases in 73 other countries, I have been told), how come we still rank 37th among industrialized nations in […]
Read Full Post »THE SHAME OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - 03 Jul 2009
There was a time when the Wall Street Journal was respected as an organ of journalism in the country — along with the NY Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor and others. Then Rupert Murdoch bought the WSJ, and there goes a century of reputation.
This is not to say the the Journal was […]
HERE AND THERE… - 21 May 2009
Isn’t it about time somebody either takes Cheney — who should be in jail — to task, or at least gives him a good psychological exam. It’s clear that he’s gone around the corner, and his latest rantings (obviously made in self defense because of his fear of prosecution, coward that he is) verge […]
Read Full Post »THE ROAD TO OBLIVION - 05 May 2009
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who still harbors Presidential aspirations even after a last-place finish at a recent GOP caucus and popularity contest (is that an oxymoron?), faces a no win situation when the results of the tedious Franken/Coleman Senatorial race are finally decided by the Minnesota Supreme Court. The GOP wants Coleman to seek an […]
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