Can You Help?

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Friday February 06, 2015 · 12:30 PM PST

2015/02/06 · 12:30

Hello, my beloved Kossacks. I haven't published in a while mostly because the daily recommendations are so good I'd rather read than write. This diary, though, is to appeal to your sense of community. The only thing in worse shape than my credit is my current vehicle. After 14 years, it has become more expensive to maintain than at least one dealer has told me it's worth. So in the spirit of "nothing ventured, nothing gained", I have started a GoFundMe campaign under the not-so-subtle title "I Need Wheels".

Thus, to paraphrase Tennessee Williams, I am depending on "the kindness of strangers". Of course, strangers are just friends I've never met.

Thanks for reading. Now, if you'll excuse, I'm dying to see what mess Chris Christie's gotten into this time,

Now This Is What I Call Junk Mail

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Tuesday October 28, 2014 · 5:24 PM PDT

2014/10/28 · 17:24

As part of my ongoing effort to be an active and informed citizen, I sometimes wind up keeping my friends (Kossacks, etc.) close and my enemies closer. A case in point arrived in the mail today. In the interest of free speech, I willingly sign any cause petition that comes my way. It's sort of a holdover from spending most of my life in California, a ballot initiative/petition happy state. Agree or disagree, get it on the ballot and let the people decide! Or agree or disagree, get a cause backer's petition to its intended target (even wing nuts have the right to be heard-it's the price we pay). This is how I wound up on the mailing list of those "wonderful" folks at Judicial Watch (H/T Jay Sekulow, part of the Fox cabal). Come join me after the fold/squiggle and I'll get to the point.

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Monday August 18, 2014 · 1:25 PM PDT

2014/08/18 · 13:25

Random thoughts of the day:

The Guard is and the curfew is off. Let's all cross our fingers and pray that this works. Frankly, it has to. Ted Rall has a great take in his column. He says it has sparked a necessary national dialogue on racial profiling. Those who are taking Obama and his administration to task for overplaying the racism card need to come out of denial. Sadly, our first black President has made racism more visible in America, not less.

Can we have a moratorium on Ice Bucket Challenges already? Supporting good and worthy causes should not be turned into trendy, fun fads. Notice the people who have the skills to find an ALS cure aren't wasting their time dumping H2O on themselves. They're working on that cure (i hope).

Facebook will now label false news as "satire". By that standard, I hereby nominate Sean Hannity for best lead performance in a comedy.

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Monday August 11, 2014 · 9:50 AM PDT

2014/08/11 · 09:50

Random thoughts of the day:

St. Louis seriously needs to calm down. Yes, this was a tragedy. The black community has every right to be angry but let's let the facts come out. Let's also hope that they DO come out, fully and completely. And, by the way, Al Sharpton. don't even think of getting involved. You're causing enough trouble right now in NYC.

Meanwhile, another drive-by in New Orleans and they will probably just yawn. There's a place, as well as Chicago, for those who've had enough to take and demand action. Peacefully, of course, but action none the less. Somebody check the calendar. It's looking a lot like 1968 out there.

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Wednesday July 16, 2014 · 9:17 AM PDT

2014/07/16 · 09:17

I thought that bill passage would be an isolated incident and I was right. Here we are today with the House starting to lay the groundwork for Mr. Speaker's exercise in legal futility. Oh, and guess which executive orders he's targeting? That's right, the ones concerning ObamaCare. When was the last time this guy had an original idea? When he was born?

Harry Truman, where are you when we need you?

Stay Tuned For The Freezing Of Hell

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Tuesday July 15, 2014 · 2:19 PM PDT

2014/07/15 · 14:19

Stop the presses! The House actually did something. They've passed a "short-term. multi-billion fix to the Highway Trust Fund and sent it to the Senate.

Hey, it's a start! And no Executive Order was needed. Now if you'll excuse me, I must go faint.

Voting Isn't Finer As Of Now In Carolina

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Tuesday July 15, 2014 · 11:58 AM PDT

2014/07/15 · 11:58

Well, the old Republican voting game plan strikes again-If you can't beat 'em, keep their backers from voting.

The latest example comes from North Carolina, a festering hotbed of wing nuttiness these days. And who do we have to thank for this new law filled with new voting restrictions. Why, none other than the State House Speaker and Kay Hagan's opponent, good ol' Thom Tillis!

How about that? A candidate backs a law that could place limits on the turnout of his opponent's supporters. That's downright un-American.

Could it be because Stu Rothenberg just placed this race in the "Leans Dem" category. Naw, Thom wouldn't stoop to that. But he just did.

Isn't politics fun?

Louie, Louie

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Monday July 14, 2014 · 6:34 AM PDT

2014/07/14 · 06:34

Well now, another member of the Texas dingbat brigade is getting his photo op on over the border crisis. The boys at Fox have an "exclusive" look at what the Border Patrol is facing, courtesy of Rep. Louie Gohmert.

Oh boy! Listen, we get the picture by now. It's a mess down there and the President has a proposal on the table for funds to try and solve it. But the Republicans cry "we can't afford it".

Friends, we can't afford inaction either. As the old song says, "Something's Gotta Give". Frankly, the more I see and hear from this Congress, the more I want to flee across a border, too-the Canadian border.

Let's keep the pressure on, Kossacks. Do what you can to get these people to listen and act. There's too much at stake.

Bear Meets Hair

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Thursday July 10, 2014 · 5:46 AM PDT

2014/07/10 · 05:46

So the President did meet with Governor "Good Hair" (as the late great Molly Ivins called him), Rick Perry.

It seems like the Prez has had more luck meeting people on this trip at random than on schedule, but at least this looks like he's engaged in the situation.

Two good reasons stand out as to why he didn't go to the border. First is security. There's a more than decent chance someone would take the opportunity to go "Bear" hunting and really throw us into crisis. Two is appearance itself. Hear me out here. Despite the criticism of his not going, if he had, it's a sure bet that it'd be slammed as just another photo-op. During Katrina, one of our local news people slammed W for his appearance at the scene, saying on live TV "With all due respect, Mr. President, this is no time for a photo-op." Coincidentally, that newsman disappeared from the station for a while after that, but he's back now.

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Wednesday July 09, 2014 · 10:35 AM PDT

2014/07/09 · 10:35

The sentence is in for former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin: 10 years in prison.

Ho hum! Just another day in the wonderful crooked gumbo that is Louisiana politics. Anyone who thinks Chicago is the epitome of corruption needs to spend some time in the Pelican State.

Remember former Governor Edwin Edwards? At least he confessed to his sins. When he was opposed by former Klan Grand Dragon David Duke, his unofficial slogan was "Vote for the crook. It's important!"

Hell, another former leader of the state Jimmie Davis just simply declared himself the writer of "You Are My Sunshine", even though he wasn't. Not even Hizzoner Daley had that kind of guts.

It's so bad that my late sister, a longtime resident, once jokingly declared her party affiliation as Communist. She would have been if my mother hadn't stepped in. (OK, this was before she lived there, but Carol always thought she was psychic.)

So, my advice to Republicans trying to unseat Mary Landrieu? Fuggedaboutit! She's the son of Moon. a former New Orleans mayor and sister of Mitch, the current one. In Louisiana politics, legacy means a lot.

Put Your Money Where Their Mouths Are

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Tuesday July 08, 2014 · 10:39 AM PDT

2014/07/08 · 10:39

The President has made his border crisis aid proposal and it's bigger than we first heard: $3.7 billion instead of $2 billion. Now all we have to do is wait for Congress to act.

And wait and wait and wait... Yawn.

Yes, money talks. But let's hope that this time it screams!

At The Movies

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Monday July 07, 2014 · 6:10 AM PDT

2014/07/07 · 06:10

Amidst all the noise created by the new "Transformers" movie and all the publicity for Melissa McCarthy's latest opus, another movie just opened that should come to your attention.

Liberal basher Dinesh D'Souza has opened his latest "epic" modestly titled "America" and Fox News and Glenn Beck are already pushing it to the hilt.

Now I don't know where you get your movie watching suggestions from but those are not two of my go-to sources. Beck is claiming people raved about it to CinemaScore and it's doing brisk business. Not as brisk as "Transformers", obviously.

Certainly Mr. D'Souza has a right to make and release this film, just as you and I have the choice to go see it or not. If you have, let me know your thoughts in the comments. Should make interesting reading.

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Louie, Louie

Bear Meets Hair

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Put Your Money Where Their Mouths Are

At The Movies