This country is upside down. It is a corporation, not We the People. We have a choice. We can rid ourselves of the corruption of politicians that obey their owners and refuse to represent the people or we can continue the downward slide to third-world status. We can do something other than complain or just let it slide and continue to be the nation of losers. [click to continue…]
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You likely think that all of those tax cuts weighted for the one percent was just to increase their bragging rights about the size of their yacht and/or their bank account. Au contraire, monsieur. Sure, they paid high prices to purchase all of those politicians and wanted a return on their investments. But, their wet dreams included much more than piles of geld. [click to continue…]
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The Medicare Advantage program may be beneficial to to a small percentage of geezers but, unless medical insurance corporations have suddenly and unexpectedly morphed from vultures into philanthropists, the real advantages are for them. Having been on Medicare since 2004, I’ve had the opportunity to become familiar with an important but flawed system. [click to continue…]
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Statistics lie. Politicians use those statistics to lie. Get a job? First, there aren’t enough jobs to go around. Next, few of the jobs that are available to most people pay a livable wage. I presume you would prefer to live. [click to continue…]
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Conservatives have tried, quite successfully, to scare the populace with the word ‘socialism’ for at least a century. It still works with the illiterati. In both graduate and undergraduate classes there were teachers of economics who were unable to provide a concise definition of the word. I seriously doubt that any of the politicians invoking the word actually know what it means. This post provides a free class in the dismal science — economics. [click to continue…]
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I do. Born in Dayton, Tennessee, raised in Chattanooga, spending 20 years traveling the globe, now in Nashville, why would I care about what happens in Georgia? Because I lived long enough in a suburb of Atlanta to serve as commissioner of public works, commissioner of emergency services (fire, police and rescue), councilman, mayor pro tem and acting mayor. [click to continue…]
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Trump and his incompetent stooges are throwing tantrums that are likely to last till the Inauguration, if not beyond. We saw what portends to make the actions of the GW Bush administration, when they intentionally screwed up the computers, files et al. for Obama’s crew, look childishly benign. [click to continue…]
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Having been a foreign correspondent, the title of the video I have embedded quite naturally caught my attention. I expected to see something familiar. I should have known better. The video is a compilation by The New Yorker of impressions of this country by foreign correspondents assigned to the U.S. It always helps to see ourselves as others see us. [click to continue…]
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There are numerous candidates for both the biggest lie and the biggest liar. Hopefully, we will be rid of the latter come January. As for the biggest lie, I concede that, while you you may have a different one in mind, after watching this video you will definitely consider this a reasonable choice for the title. What is the basis for my pick? Jobs. They come in handy, if you have one. [click to continue…]
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What does skulduggery mean to you? One dictionary has it as dishonest, underhanded behavior. To what does of, by and for refer to for you? If you say that it references the Constitution; if you say that it means that this country, our government was created of, by and for the people, you are an American – probably a Democrat. [click to continue…]
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