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Do You Even Care

March 16, 2021

Back in 1972 Fram oil filters ran an ad campaign. A mechanic sticks his head out from under a car and says: “You can pay me now or pay me later.” He was right. If you put off a problem, you will usually end up paying far more than if you address it now.

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You Don’t Count

February 14, 2019

he video here may not be as entertaining as my brilliant prose, but most of you will likely survive. At least I hope so. I know you’ve heard many people urging us to vote. They say that,if we don’t vote, we have no right to complain. Really? Only if you are a corporation or a […]

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Totally Lacking Judgment

September 16, 2016

ow obvious can Donald Trump’s lack of judgment can be? Total. For years he has famously led the tin hats of the conspiracy theory that Obama was born in Kenya. His reluctance to admit that his claims were a fraud were understandable. It has been the ‘red meat’ that was the appeal to the racists […]

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Trump Is Unfathomably Ignorant

May 7, 2016

rump, despite his braggadocio, is not a successful businessman. He has mastered the media. That is not the same. He is simply a showman whose taste runs to the gaudy and whose social skills are more appropriate to the sandbox. Denizens of Wall Street estimate that his personal wealth would have been just as high […]

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Carnation

February 18, 2012

ou probably think that the most appropriate symbol for America is the flag, the bald eagle. the Liberty Bell or the greenback. Wrong. That’s America’s symbol, right there. The contented cow. It exhibits itself as contentedness but I suspect it is based largely on complacency and the laziness engendered to a great extend by the automobile, […]

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The Wrong Lessons

November 5, 2010

The Democrats will learn the wrong lessons from the election. The Republicans will learn the wrong lessons from the election. How can I say that? Because of the truth embodied in the old saw, garbage in, garbage out. The bulk of the society has decided that what they want to be facts really are facts. […]

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