Circumstance

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Tuesday January 20, 2009 · 10:21 PM PST

2009/01/20 · 22:21

I am not going to try to pontificate on President Obama’s inauguration. There are plenty of other, better craftsmen who will pen poetic personal testimonies of their various inaugural experiences from their own unique viewpoints. Some, for instance, have captured "the moment" on video. Others posted photographs. I will simply post the full CSPAN video of the swearing-in ceremony and inaugural address, which I watched live via an extremely temperamental internet connection in the faux wood-paneled offices of the Fairfield Board of Education. I’ll let BHO speak for himself, in other words:

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Thursday October 16, 2008 · 8:57 AM PDT

2008/10/16 · 08:57

Oh. Your. God. That was a brutal smack-down.

You will notice that I am a day or two behind on my weekly political screed. It is mostly due to my wife not being in town. You would think I would be MORE productive when I have the house all to myself, but that theory was debunked last night. I had good intentions – edit some photographs, blog the debate, flesh out an article about poverty in Birmingham's Woodlawn community – but I just vegged (sp?) out in front of the television all night. Did I really need to watch that debate twice? I think not. But maybe I was able to glean a little extra insight by watching the two different feeds (C-SPAN for the live version, CNN – with their dial-testers – for the replay). Let’s go to the videotape:

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 9:50 PM PDT

2008/10/08 · 21:50

Last night, in what might have been Brokaw’s only interesting question, he asked the candidates whether they considered health care in America to be a right, a responsibility or a privilege. Let’s assume that none of us think that "privilege" is the correct answer. Read More

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What do you think? Do you consider health care in the U.S. to be...

a right,

a responsibility,

or a privilege?

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What do you think? Do you consider health care in the U.S. to be...

a right,

51 votes

a responsibility,

8 votes

or a privilege?

3%

2 votes

Selective Socialism (The Bailout Chorus)

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 8:36 AM PDT

2008/09/22 · 08:36

I do not pretend to understand all of the ins and outs of Paulson’s $700B bailout; nor do I claim to have a wealth of knowledge about every shady business practice, every corporate tax break, every financial policy misstep that led us to this point (and I am a CPA). My first thoughts on this mess – as of this morning – are these: why is it that these mega-million-dollar financial institutions are getting this free pass? What about the low-middle class American citizens who are facing foreclosure? Where is their bailout package?

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 12:20 PM PDT

2008/09/19 · 12:20

I know this should not surprise anyone, but when I stumbled upon this story, I felt compelled to string a few thoughts together and bring yet another illustration of the depravity and corruption of the Republican Party into the spotlight.

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Have you ever witnessed or been a victim of election fraud first-hand?

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Have you ever witnessed or been a victim of election fraud first-hand?

Yes

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The Most Dangerous Politician in America

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Monday September 08, 2008 · 11:54 AM PDT

2008/09/08 · 11:54

This rant was posted at my personal weblog this morning, but I felt like it might need to be shared with my kossack brethren as well.

I need to say a few words about Sarah Palin,

Michael Palin

and then I will link to an article that pretty well sums it up much better than I can.

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AL - Elegible Inmates' Registration Blocked by GOP

The Most Dangerous Politician in America