The Roar of the Tea Bagger, The Smell of the Blue Dog

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Thursday December 09, 2010 · 12:35 PM PST

2010/12/09 · 12:35

Like it or not, we are now engaged in a great civil class war. The rich are tired of paying taxes. They are the chosen class. Chosen to rule, and chosen to control the purse strings. They are the money makers. The rest are lazy, stupid, untalented, and unappreciative of the handouts trickled down by the rich. After all, if they were otherwise, they would do as their superiors and dedicate their lives to the accumulation of wealth.

Meanwhile, there are those of us who merely see money as a tool and not a birthright. We use it to care for our families, and to provide sustenance while pursuing those things that, to us, make life worthwhile. That should not be confused with unproductive. Our most revered cultural heroes are those who have denied themselves wealth for the benefit of the human condition. Jonas Salk did not patent his polio vaccine and sell it to the highest bidder. He turned it over freely to the entire world, to rid the world of a scourge readily destroying the lives of our children.

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Thursday July 12, 2007 · 5:02 PM PDT

2007/07/12 · 17:02

As the photo might indicate, Dad is a member of "The Greatest Generation." Last December, he celebrated his 87th birthday. His wife (my stepmother) died at the beginning of March, and Dad has been undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer since the beginning of the year. At one point, I thought that I might write some sort of tribute to him after he passed, but the old guy believes in living. I could wind up waiting a very long time writing that tribute. How much better if I have the opportunity to tell him what I think of him while he's still here with us.

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Friday May 25, 2007 · 3:58 PM PDT

2007/05/25 · 15:58

This is going to be short, but there's been some discussion of the "news" media over the last couple of days, and something occurred to me which will easily bring CBS out of the toilet and back into prominence. I give this idea freely to CBS. They don't have to pay me a cent. In fact, I would prefer that they didn't because having my name connected with one of the television networks is something that I'd never do to my family.

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Friday April 13, 2007 · 10:45 AM PDT

2007/04/13 · 10:45

Yesterday I saw some very disturbing comments in dKos diaries, and some disturbing diaries as well. These were presented, primarily, on the subjects of Don Imus and the three Duke lacrosse players accused of rape.

Follow me below the jump, and I'll explain.

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Wednesday October 18, 2006 · 3:15 PM PDT

2006/10/18 · 15:15

Just writing today for two reasons.

1. It's been awhile since I've written a diary, and one occasionaly gets the urge to fire up that Rube Goldberg machinery that clicks diaries down the list and off the chart.

2. I'm pissed off and I wanted to be really sarcastic, but there was nobody around. Read More

"The Path to 9/11" - My take (short) w/ poll.

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Wednesday September 06, 2006 · 1:42 PM PDT

2006/09/06 · 13:42

What we know, as expressed very well by Rush Limbaugh, is that "The Path to 9/11" clearly shows that we cannot trust the Democrats with national security. It's interesting how well that theme plays with the expressed Republican campaign strategy for November. The single driving message from the Republicans, no matter what else Democrats chose to discuss, will be that Democrats got us into this fix, and only Republicans are strong enough to get us out of it. Read More

Happy 60th Jimmy and Rosalynn

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Friday July 07, 2006 · 2:46 PM PDT

2006/07/07 · 14:46

I checked briefly, but couldn't find a previous diary on this. But today is Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's 60th aniverary. Jimmy and son Jack have been marvelous friends of this site, and I think it's up to us to wish them a glorious day. Read More

War on terror called a failure...

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Thursday June 15, 2006 · 11:19 AM PDT

2006/06/15 · 11:19

I haven't seen this diaried, and it's very short, so I appoligize. I think it is very important that we pay attention to this before it slides off the radar.

The Toronto Star

If this has been diaried already, I will delete. Read More

The quiet civil war against the US Constitution

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Tuesday June 13, 2006 · 2:50 PM PDT

2006/06/13 · 14:50

There is a growing quiet civil war against the Constitution of the United States. In the name of fighting terror, it has been attacked by everyone from George W. Bush to Hillary Clinton. It is time for all of us, as Americans, to make a stand. For baby boomers, we often felt that our time was in the 60s, but our war "to save America" is now. Read More

blockbuster reveals true identity...

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Monday May 22, 2006 · 4:02 PM PDT

2006/05/22 · 16:02

Oh, don't get excited... It's not that impressive. I used to be a regular writer on the internet when I had more time to steal from my real job. I started writing during the Clinton persecution, and continued until I was no longer able to take the time, a couple of years after 9/11. You could read my work on Online Journal, the Smirking Chimp, Bartcop, and several other sites. Many of my works are still floating out there on the internet somewhere.

However, one article that I wrote back then is relevant to the current discussion of conspiracies on dKos. I would urge that we always use healthy scepticism when discussing a conspiracy theory, but it is always a mistake to discount them out of hand. I wanted to get my original comments back on the record. Read More

blockbuster's open letter to Al Gore.

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Thursday May 18, 2006 · 2:33 PM PDT

2006/05/18 · 14:33

There has been much discussion of Al Gore on this site, and many are sick and tired of hearing it. Still, it is important to me to put my opinion on the dkos record. Read More

For the discussion of racism...

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Wednesday May 17, 2006 · 2:03 PM PDT

2006/05/17 · 14:03

Okay, I admit it. I'm white. For me to write a diary on racism, as Armando recently requested we all give a try, my opinion is immediately tainted as coming from the "privileged class." I can't help this. One has to bear the load of their racial burdens. But I'll try to be brief. Brief enough to encourage discussion.
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Meet my father...

American Anchor

Disturbed by some of the comments at dKos

Wheeeee! (with snark)

"The Path to 9/11" - My take (short) w/ poll.

Happy 60th Jimmy and Rosalynn

War on terror called a failure...

The quiet civil war against the US Constitution

blockbuster reveals true identity...

blockbuster's open letter to Al Gore.

For the discussion of racism...