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Marsha Prefers Murder

October 15, 2022

ittle Miss Marsha says abortion is murder. However, a guy that forces and pays for one of his girlfriends to have an abortion is worthy of her praise and support. Is that the old double standard raising its ugly head? No. Marsha’s only standards are getting rich, getting power and getting her over-ripe mug on […]

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NRA Sluts

May 25, 2022

o, I am not referring to these two as sluts because of their gender. They share that honorary distinction with all of the Republican politicians and many of the Democratic ones. and not just those holding national offices. However, these two are especially interesting cases.

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Whose Advantage?

December 3, 2020

he Medicare Advantage program may be beneficial to to a small percentage of geezers but, unless medical insurance corporations have suddenly and unexpectedly morphed from vultures into philanthropists, the real advantages are for them. Having been on Medicare since 2004, I’ve had the opportunity to become familiar with an important but flawed system.

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Businessman Screws Up Government – Again

October 10, 2018

his is the season for those simpleminded but ambitious businessmen to squander lots of money thinking the presidency or a governorship or congress is an entry-level job. They actually are so full of themselves that they can’t tell the difference between the skill sets required by business and government.

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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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Cowards, Traitors and Idiots

March 11, 2015

ere I was, all ready to write letters of thanks to the two senators from my home state. Silly me. Why would I even contemplate such an uncharacteristic act? I saw where Senators Coker and Lamar Alexander were among the seven Republican members of the Senate that did not sign the outrageous letter to the […]

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Misrepresentation

August 28, 2014

have lately been deluged with requests for donations from various groups. These groups, various organizations of the Democratic Party and several devoted to specific causes, including gun control, veterans, the environment, immigrants and the similarly oriented, badger me constantly. They ask for a signature on a petition. Then comes the beg. The majority leader of […]

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Cut Everything

October 13, 2012

nake oil salesmen are no longer tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail. Now they become Republican congressmen or presidential candidates. Their present-day scam is tax cuts, a miracle cure-all. Tax cuts. Oh, it sounds so good. But, is it? The seductive, siren call was injected into the recent vice presidential debate. […]

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The Jet Sat

April 30, 2010

There was some interest in the recent volcanic activity in Iceland. Don’t worry. I have no intention of showing off my ability to type its name just to twist your tongue. My own interest was also sparked. I used to work for Delta Air Lines, back in the dark ages before deregulation. It was constantly […]

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Me and Shakespeare

September 26, 2008

Despite being a contemporary of the Bard, I admit to being far, far ‘neath the man in talent and in command of the tongue. Were I to ever fail to remember that sad fact there are hosts, indeed hordes, of persons at the ready to remind me. I knew William Shakespeare and I am no […]

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