May 25, 2013

That’s what democracy is, Billy!

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If you’re like little Billy here, you get confused when people shouting “this is what democracy looks like” are attempting to violate the rights of others. Join Billy as he takes a magical journey to see what democracy really means in America today with funderful examples from both the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street! [...]

Understanding Occupy Wall Street

There’s something familiar about all this Occupy Wall Street business that I just couldn’t put my finger on until this afternoon. It wasn’t the zombified remnants of the anti-war movement (take your pick which war, the same aging hipsters were in attendance) or the fresh faces of rage against the machine post-tweens who are using [...]

Please cast your spell again Obama!

If you’ve seen this exchange then you should be heartened. Not because of the sincere doubt in this disaffected Obama voter’s voice, you have to feel for her even if  her idol is bunk, but because this line of questioning directly to the One’s face shows there are real cracks forming in the narrative that [...]

“Get out of my Obama’s way” or the silent death of dissenting opinion

I’ve always thought that I was a crotchity old man at heart. It explains how I’ve always been politically conservative, throwing the old Churchill attributed adage about age and evolution of thought right out the window as soon as I was old enough to know who the old stalwart was. I just never felt that [...]

Falling in line behind Comrade Obama

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It was old hat long ago on the conservative side of the blogosphere to call Barack Obama a communist but apparently the translation to the mainstream media takes a while. Glen Beck has picked up on the moniker, creating a publicity ploy for his new show on Fox that I’ll gladly fall for hook, line, [...]

How effective is Obama’s direct diplomacy?

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Remember when Obama wouldn’t pipe up during the Israeli conflict prior to taking office? How he couldn’t be forced to make even a peep about the tough issues while George Bush was still in office? How he kept mum about the specifics of the economy until the last minute? He was such a good sport [...]