Politics

Let It Go

November 16, 2019

n life, you know you’re not going to win every fight. Regardless, there are times when you must engage, whether you will win or lose. But,this is about those fights in which we would be better advised to avoid. These are fights that no one will win; fights that no one can win.

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Unequal

November 12, 2019

have been unable to trace from whence came the concept of coequal branches of government. The branches of our government are not coequal. They are not equal. The mistaken idea that they are comes from the design found in the Constitution for limiting the power of any one branch to attain sole power by checks […]

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No Advantage

October 13, 2019

edicare Advantage is more than just a misnomer. It is a license to steal for the health insurance companies. As one with nearly 20 years on the Medicare rolls, I am more familiar with it than most. The insurance companies get all of a person’s premiums. Depending on the plan a person selects, they may […]

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Here’s the Dirt

September 30, 2019

nless your livelihood is dependent upon fossil fuels or you are a politician or your portrait looks like an ostrich with his head in the sand, you realize that we (the human race and several other species) are well on our way to the biggest problem we have ever faced. Electric cars will help mitigate […]

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The Sequel?

August 13, 2019

he Great Recession could have been much worse. No one involved deserves any credit for it not being much worse. Simply put, the problem with recessions and depressions is not enough money flowing through the economy. During the Great Depression they instituted Social Security, unemployment insurance and other measures that put a floor under our […]

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Suicide. Really?

August 10, 2019

his post may be a bit premature but I doubt it. Perhaps Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a suicide but there are serious questions. How long will it be before the results of the investigation are made public? All we have from the one concerning an ‘attempt’ a month earlier is that there were marks on […]

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Vanity Isn’t Fair to the Voters

August 1, 2019

made my attempt to cull the crowd in yesterday’s post. From 10 down to 3 (Mayor Pete, Liz Warren and Bernie) was a decent start for me. Now we need to take a hard look at the other half of those that qualified for the ‘debate.’ It’s past time for the vanity candidates to help […]

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Reach for the Stars

July 31, 2019

here were several moments in the first night of the second set of debates that deserve comment, but one stuck out for me. The overall course was the moderates attacking Senators Warren and Sanders. Senator Warren responded by saying, I don’t understand why anybody would go to the trouble of running for president of the […]

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Mote in the Eye

July 30, 2019

rump’s favorite quotation from the Bible is Matthew (5:38-42) in the New Testament. All he takes from it is the phrase, “An eye for an eye.” Jesus repudiates even that notion. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, […]

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Do the Math

July 28, 2019

had an experience this morning that I failed to react to appropriately. It’s Sunday. As I was getting out of the car to settle into my wheelchair, one of the church’s greeters wanted my opinion. He’s a very nice gentleman who has never in all these years broached a political issue.

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