Don't Blame Obama or the Democrats (and don't give up!)

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Thursday December 17, 2009 · 8:46 AM PST

2009/12/17 · 08:46

WHY!?!

WHY NO REAL HEATH CARE REFORM?

WHY IS PROGRESS SO HARD TO COME BY EVEN THOUGH REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN VOTED OUT OF THE MAJORITY?

BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE THE DEMOCRATS UNDERSTAND(AND SHARE) THIS.

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Wednesday January 21, 2009 · 4:39 PM PST

2009/01/21 · 16:39

UPDATE: WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts administered the presidential oath of office to Barack Obama for a second time Wednesday just to be on the safe side.

The unusual step came after Roberts flubbed the 35-word constitutionally prescribed oath a bit on Tuesday, causing Obama to repeat the wording differently than as prescribed in the Constitution. White House counsel Greg Craig said Obama took the oath from Roberts again out of an "abundance of caution."

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I have been annoyed all day about the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts messing up the Oath of office for President Obama. C'mon now - he had one single job to do and he chose to try it with no notes and apparently no practice. Heck of a job Chiefy! But, in the interest of forgiveness and finding something good in everything, I have come up with 5 reasons to be grateful about the misstep.

List is after the jump

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Tuesday November 25, 2008 · 2:18 PM PST

2008/11/25 · 14:18

Among the many financial problems we are having is the imminent failure of the U.S. auto industry. Some argue that we should not do anything and let the auto makers fail. After all, the argument goes, they were responsible for getting themselves into this mess. Why should the taxpayers just hand over billions to them?

I agree with those sentiments. However, I am persuaded that to let the U.S. Auto Industry fail would have repercussions so far ranging and hurtful to the overall economy that we cannot let it occur. But, rather than just hand the money over, I have an idea.

Jump with me to it won't you?

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Sunday November 09, 2008 · 6:22 PM PST

2008/11/09 · 18:22

I have been meaning to write this post election blog for a while now, but, as usual it's hard to distill days worth of thoughts into a few paragraphs. But more than that, after 15 years of fighting the Right on radio, TV and my blog, I am looking forward to taking a little break from politics, so this is like a last hurrah for the 2008 election. It's so hard to say goodbye. So far, the break has been nice, I have even been watching less news and even started listening to MUSIC stations on the radio and switching from CNN and C-SPAN on the TV!! That's big for me.

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In addition to happiness, I also feel

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In addition to happiness, I also feel

Joy

6 votes

Relief

15 votes

Exhaustion

7 votes

Confusion

1 vote

McCain's VP Pick: The best and the worst

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Thursday August 28, 2008 · 7:36 AM PDT

2008/08/28 · 07:36

John McCain seems set to announce his Vice Presidential pick Friday morning. So I've got a couple lists for you: his best options and his worst. Let's hope he chooses from the list of worst picks. Also, why not visit my blog. I vent daily and it's nice when I know someone has heard me. Comments on this post also very welcomed.

Picks after the jump

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Saturday July 26, 2008 · 7:38 PM PDT

2008/07/26 · 19:38

One of the new myths being built by the Republican establishment is that Barack Obama’s followers looking at him as if he was the Messiah. They call it Obamessiah, and Rush Limbaugh and his dittoheads have taken to repeat it like mindless parrots in a cage. Typically, this is not only untrue – but also best describes their own tendencies over the years. After the jump ... I offer up some arguments in response.

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Wednesday July 02, 2008 · 7:55 AM PDT

2008/07/02 · 07:55

I have long believed and written about the concept of "latency" as it relates to peoples political and personal beliefs. While I would not over simplify or overgeneralize, I do believe that often times people who are (over?) enthusiastic advocates for or against something in particular do so based on their own desires. The most common example of this is homosexuality. While I certainly believe that many people who are against gay marriage or anti-homosexual do not fall in this category, I do think that the most vocal and strident anti-homosexual folks are simply fighting off their own demons. There are acedemic studies and anecdotal evidence to back this up.

........more

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Monday June 09, 2008 · 8:41 PM PDT

2008/06/09 · 20:41

Veepstakes 2008! It's the parlour game all political junkies are playing at this time - trying to guess who the Democratic and Republican nominees will be. For the most part, those high paid pundits on TV and radio are hedging their bet - giving only a short list - at best. Since I doubt either candidate will make their final decision for many weeks, it takes a brave person to jump ahead of the candidates and boldly predict exactly what they will do before they even know it themselves. I am that brave person.

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What are the chances of Obama/Warner vs. McCain/Jindal

96 votes Vote Now!

What are the chances of Obama/Warner vs. McCain/Jindal

0 - 20%

60 votes

20 - 40%

17 votes

40 - 60%

9 votes

60 - 80%

7 votes

80 - 100

3 votes

Miss South Carolina was right! We are "U.S.Americans"

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Wednesday August 29, 2007 · 4:31 AM PDT

2007/08/29 · 04:31

The internet video (below) sensation of the moment is Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina who brutally mangled an answer during her competition recently for Miss Teen USA. While her incoherent response is certainly funny to watch - it may also may have, however accidentally, contained a gem of idea. Read on.

Those of us in The United States usually call ourselves "American". It’s short, simple and manages to put down everyone else who lives in North and South America. What could be better?

The only alternative I'm familiar with is the bureaucratic description of "United States Citizen". So while our neighbors to the north and south are also known as "Canadian" "Mexican", "Brazilian" and "Peruvian" - we are left to identify ourselves by a term either to arrogant or too technical. Miss Teen South Carolina has come up with a better way.

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Thursday May 10, 2007 · 10:10 AM PDT

2007/05/10 · 10:10

Sometimes I feel myself evolving into Andy Rooney - a curmudgeon complaining about everything. Well, here I go again. What I want to whine about today is the policy of the New York Yankees during the National Anthem and God Bless America. I see in today’s NY Times that the Yankees now have a strict policy of fans being forbidden to move at all during the playing of these two songs.

Crossposted at MQAblog and Pinstripe Alley

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Monday March 05, 2007 · 10:35 AM PST

2007/03/05 · 10:35

The daily whine from the mainstream media is that Democrats are not doing anything since they took power. Of course, they (in a never ending attempt to appease those who accuse them of liberalism) are just parroting the right wing. Even on this site there is much impatience at the rate of change since Democrats won the House and Senate. But the recent story about the Water Reed Army Medical Center by the Washington Post and the sudden interest by the White House and Defence Department is due, in my opinion, to the fact that Democrats now control Congress. Let's give credit where it is due.

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The election of '06 influenced changes at Walter Reed

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The election of '06 influenced changes at Walter Reed

None at all

4 votes

Only a little bit

0 votes

Somewhat

5 votes

A whole lot

15 votes

60 Minutes: Bush can't stomach watching Saddam die

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Sunday January 14, 2007 · 5:56 PM PST

2007/01/14 · 17:56

I was just watching the 60 Minutes interview of George Bush and saw the sorry proof of the chicken hawk syndrome afflicting the Republican party. CBS reporter Scott Pelley asked Bush a number of times if he has seen the Saddam Hussein hanging. Bush kept saying yeah, "parts" of it. Finally Pelly asked what parts. Bush said the taunts but not.. he couldn't quite say it. Pelly chimed in "Saddam going through the chute?" "Yes", admitted the man who is sending 21,500 young Americans into peril. What a piece of shit. He can't even watch his enemy be hanged on a grainy video but he can sleep soundly after sending 3,000 American and 15,000+ Iraqi to their unnecessary deaths! [quotes approximate]

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Don't Blame Obama or the Democrats (and don't give up!)

UPDATED: Obama re-takes oath! Five Reasons To Be Grateful For The "Roberts Oath Flub"

My Plan for the Auto Industry

MQA's Post Election Blog (w/prediction & poll!)

McCain's VP Pick: The best and the worst

Obamessiah - How to respond

Navel Gazing 101: "Latency" - Am I a closet Republican?

I am that brave person (Veepstakes 2008 w/poll)

Miss South Carolina was right! We are "U.S.Americans"

NY Yankees Fence in Fans to Force Patriotism

Let's give credit to the voters and Congressional Democrats (w/poll)

60 Minutes: Bush can't stomach watching Saddam die