Posted in Observations, Politics on Mar 6th, 2009
With the US and world economy in an increasingly sharper nose dive and the sobering statistic that 70% of our economy is generated by consumer spending, Bruce Springsteen’s stirring blue collar anthem may need revision. While we are reminded continually by experts and pundits that the US is still the unprecedented incubator for ideas, an [...]
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Posted in Politics, religion on Oct 31st, 2008
Oh Robert Zimmerman, where art thou? As our leaders attempt to pilot the ship of state through the murky waters of financial turmoil, political unrest, unending war, third world famine-aids epidemics-genocide, and global warming our energies are being sapped and diverted by the constant harangue of political adversaries and their ingenuous appeals to personal faith [...]
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Posted in Observations, Politics on Apr 14th, 2008
When I first heard about the report of Barack Obama’s reputed gaff, I started searching for a printed copy of what he said. All of the clamoring had me thinking that the earth had opened up and swallowed the offender as his words were so egregiously insensitive and categorically inaccurate. It is completely [...]
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