Crawford

Close to You

September 15, 2008

I thought that it was one of the funniest moments ever to come out of this campaign. Speaking of Sarah Palin’s foreign policy credentials, Cindy McCain said Palin definitely had foreign policy expertise because Alaska is close to Russia. It was funny but, of course, you don’t expect any serious comments to come from the […]

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Free Speech – In Remembrance

September 12, 2008

Sadly, I am old enough to remember the long ago, halcyon days when people were the only ones with the right of free speech. We reigned supreme, or thought we did. Just how much is your speech worth these days? It used to be one of our most important rights. It was a part of […]

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The Greatest Taboo

September 6, 2008

What I am about to do is so heinous I can expect no forgiveness. It is the unpardonable sin. I am going to make the outrageous claim that being a POW neither qualifies one for the Oval Office nor excuses being a liar. That may be too harsh. Maybe being a POW somehow causes someone […]

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Supply and Demand BS

September 4, 2008

Back in the 1770s, Adam Smith came up with a catchy phrase: the ‘Invisible Hand.’ It made sense, at least in some esoteric, theoretical world. The problem with catchy phrases is that those without any real understanding of the subject latch on to them. To demonstrate their ‘with-itness’ they drop the phrase a few times […]

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Gridlock – Political Ptomaine

August 29, 2008

Some of my friends see this election as an opportunity to do severe damage to the country. They don’t put it exactly that way. They don’t really see it that way but that is the almost certain result of what they wish for. These people have every expectation that the Republicans will experience significant losses […]

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Terrorism 101

August 20, 2008

Someone commits suicide while taking 43 people with him in a Middle Eastern market. Another bomber takes the same number of people with him in a group of applicants for the police force. The media ascribes to both the term terrorist. Wrong. Someone asks why do terrorists attack innocent civilians. The definition of terrorism will […]

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Quick Takes

August 12, 2008

I just wanted to make a few short comments on a couple of items in the news – no, not the Olympics. It appears that most people don’t understand or appreciate the importance or complexities of Russia’s attacks on Georgia. I include the administration in this. One of the problems, again, is putting amateurs in […]

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Beer For My Horses

August 8, 2008

Have you thought lately about how good it would be to lynch someone? Well, Toby Keith has. He thought it such a wonderful idea that he wrote a pro-lynching song. He doesn’t just quit there. He made an unintentionally funny video about it. But first, here are the lyrics:

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Political Tools

August 1, 2008

We are fortunate to have so many different tools, even though some of us are fairly inept in applying them correctly. With so many different tools, we would laugh at one who insisted on using a hammer, regardless of the situation. We would, likewise, be amused at someone applying only a screwdriver when other tools […]

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Ego or Ignorance?

July 24, 2008

Time once again to enlarge the number of people angry at me. I know that quite a few in this group already enjoy the pleasure of directing anger my way but it is possible that a straggler or stray remains. I operate under the assumption that, the more, the merrier. With only a year of […]

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