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September 16, 2011

Free to Die (via Kmareka.com)

Economist Paul Krugman in today's New York Times takes a closer look at Libertarian views about 'freedom'. Millions of American children, for instance, make the 'bad choice' of being born to to poor parents– should taxpayers bail them out? So … Continue reading →

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September 16, 2011

How To Talk To The Tea Party (via The Erstwhile Conservative: A Blog of Repentance)

Since I don’t have the time and wherewithal to write good stuff like this, for now, please read what Duane has said so well! Here's the way some future historian might describe our times: Millions were still unemployed; lavish government … Continue reading →

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September 2, 2011

Massa Limbaugh: “Put This Guy In His Place” (via The Erstwhile Conservative)

I wrote this paragraph yesterday about the Obama-Boehner Speechgate issue: The unprecedented flap over the date Mr. Obama will give his now too-hyped jobs speech before a joint session of Congress is merely the latest in a long string of indignities heaped … 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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August 15, 2011

Jesus Christ Supersocialist (via The Erstwhile Conservative)

A commenter on my post, "The Socialist Capital Of Missouri: Joplin," wrote: I would submit the idea that Christ would be in favor of socialism! It so happens that Gregory Paul, who knows a little something about sociological research, wrote a … Continue reading →

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August 5, 2011

Here’s Some Tough Love For Mr. Obama (via The Erstwhile Conservative)

The most conservative member of the House of Representatives—a teapartier's teapartier—is a congressman from Colorado, Doug Lamborn. Mr. Lamborn, showing little respect for the President of the United States, referred to Mr. Obama as a "tar baby."  Here is the context: Even … Continue reading →

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July 26, 2011

How Dim Is Billy Long? (via The Erstwhile Conservative: A Blog of Repentance)

Whatever you may have thought of the late Amy Winehouse or her music, surely we can all agree that Congressman Ozark Billy's willingness to use the English singer's sad death to make a stupid political point is going too far, … Continue reading →

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May 30, 2011

A Remarkable Day (via The Erstwhile Conservative: A Blog of Repentance)

"The cameras may leave. The spotlight may shift. But we will be with you every step of the way until Joplin is restored. We’re not going anywhere. That is not just my promise; that’s America’s promise.” —Barack Obama, Joplin, Mo., … Continue reading →

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