Stephen Colbert Suspends Production For Presidential Run Based on GMP...
Comedy Central, the Viacom Inc. network that airs the show, stoked speculation about the fate of “The Colbert Report” when it issued a cryptic statement today cancelling the tapings of the show...
View Article“At least the thinking end of the military recognizes some of the waste of...
This is a comment by The Wet One on the post “West Point Debates War in Light of Failures in Iraq and Afghanistan“. At least the thinking end of the military recognizes some of the waste of blood and...
View Article#Obamacare
Jake DiMare suspects that Conservatives are probably not so happy with the choice of words used to label this historic change in the way we do health care in the United States now. This just in from...
View ArticleWhy My Grandma Would be Disappointed in Today’s Republicans
My Grandma was a self-made, hard-working, red-blooded American Republican. She even owned a handgun. Her proudest moment was serving Ronald Regan coffee. My grandma Maloha was a card-carrying...
View ArticleA World of Rumors
Samuel Sattin compares the rumors in today’s news cycle with the sordid and libelous story that plagued him throughout junior high. RUMORS, GOSSIP, LIBELS and the like have been woven into the fabric...
View ArticleWhat is the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Really?
Contrary to what the government and the media would like you to believe, it’s not really the end of the world. When you hear the term ‘fiscal cliff’ what image pops into your head? Personally, over...
View ArticleBoots on the Ground? This Question Takes Me Back to 2003, and ‘Stuff Happens’
Jesse Kornbluth reviews David Hare’s “Stuff Happens”. _______ Boots or no boots? That is the question. The last time we were on the verge of going to war in the Middle East, 36,000,000 people...
View ArticleWhat Wise Words Might Our Next President Leave Behind?
A few words about war, peace, economics, religion, education, and running the country from the past occupants of The White House. — The debates on both sides of the aisle have begun and by this time...
View ArticleGOP Pollster Frank Luntz vs. Bill Maher: a Lesson in Logical Fallacies
It’s a battle of wits, grit, and twits when it comes to listening to expert GOP pollster Frank Luntz take on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher‘s host—and a lesson in talking head-ery and rhetoric. So...
View ArticleHow Sully the Service Dog Made Me Cry
— Tuesday I watched a video of Sully, former President George H.W. Bush’s service dog, pay his last respects at the Capitol building and I wasn’t prepared for the reaction I would have. I watched as...
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