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October 7, 2011

Ten Years In Afghanistan

The U.S.-led Afghanistan war is 10 years old today. As Americans protest on Wall Street and even Wichita, the longest war in our history passes quietly. On Oct. 7, 2001, President George W. Bush told Americans that “their patience would … Continue reading →

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September 13, 2011

It’s time to name the tea party politicians….

(and their sponsors)–and call them out In just one year, the tea party went from hating billionaires to fronting for them By Jim Hightower  As he keeps demonstrating, President Obama is not exactly Mount Rushmore material. But — good God! — … Continue reading →

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August 26, 2011

Fussy Facts (via The Erstwhile Conservative)

PLEASE LOOK AT THE GRAPHS! I don't much care for Paul Greenberg's opinions, as regular readers of this blog know.  It's not that he is a horrible writer or undeserving of his Pulitzer Prize. He's a very fine writer and … Continue reading →

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July 23, 2011

Dear elvis, look how Obama has spent all our money! (via Whatever Works)

In an earlier post, kitchenmudge asked if this nation ever had a balanced budget. I don't know, but this post says the last time we did it was 1957.  He has some nice clean tables there. In this one, note that the … Continue reading →

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August 17, 2010

Vonnegut’s Blues for America – by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Editor’s note: This was written during Geroge W. Bush’s Presidency (2006). We will never know what Kurt would have written about our current administration, or especially the global depression caused by the greed and selfishness of America’s ‘ruling class’. Sadly, … Continue reading →

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