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Small Businesses in MA Urging Employees To Get Health Care From State
This is a very strange trend, indeed. I thought state-subsidized health coverage was more expensive for small businesses than insurance purchased from private companies. Anyway, here is an example of small businesses getting rid of a significant cost factor. Hopefully, they will be hiring more employees soon, albeit they won't be able to provide those employees with health … [Read more...] about Small Businesses in MA Urging Employees To Get Health Care From State
Tea Party Federation Expels Mark Williams For Inflammatory Blog Post
THIS JUST IN! Mark Williams and his Tea Party Express have been booted from the Tea Party Federation. But this political news story of the hour actually contains has three unsurprises: 1. The Tea Party Federation has kicked out Mark Williams and his Tea Party Express due to a blog post he wrote that even a can of Chef Boyardee Ravioli sitting on a shelf in Vons Supermarket … [Read more...] about Tea Party Federation Expels Mark Williams For Inflammatory Blog Post
‘Quiet Desperation’ Doesn’t Describe the Half of It
Christopher Orlet has struck a nerve among the internet addicts who are as compulsive in following politics and culture as a drunk reaching for the bottle on the night stand first thing in the morning: I have lived most of my life with but one or two persons I would call good friends. My fiancée, who collects friends like a baleen whale collects plankton, finds my lack … [Read more...] about ‘Quiet Desperation’ Doesn’t Describe the Half of It
Newspapers Then and Now
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Plans For Mosque In My Backyard Draws Protests
I was shocked, I tell you shocked. Muslims want to build a mosque near my backyard, here in Temecula, Calif., a city of 100,000 conservatives in southwest Riverside County. “The Islamic foothold is not strong here, and we really don’t want to see their influence spread,” said Pastor Bill Rench of the Calvary Baptist Church. The Baptist Bastille is located on a cul-de-sac … [Read more...] about Plans For Mosque In My Backyard Draws Protests
What If The Tea Party Was Black?
Making its way around the left side of the Internets, in the wake that NAACP resolution, from Pittsburgh's Jasiri X: What if the tea party was black Holding guns like the Black Panther Party was back If Al was Rush Limbaugh and Jesse was Sean Hannity And Tavis was Glenn Beck would they harm they families If Sarah Palin was suddenly Sistah Soaljah Would they leave it … [Read more...] about What If The Tea Party Was Black?
New Political Warfare: Buying Someone’s Else’s Name As a Domain Name For Political Spite
And so that oh, so playful spirit of today's American politics -- that madcap, happy tone of American politics that makes you smile as you monitor right and left talk radio, ideological cable talk shows and politically anchored weblogs -- continues with this latest twist: buying the name of someone with whom you don't agree so you own rights to their domain name. First … [Read more...] about New Political Warfare: Buying Someone’s Else’s Name As a Domain Name For Political Spite
With BP Well Capped For Now, What’s Left Of Life On The Gulf Coast Resumes
As I write this, BP and government scientists were still monitoring extended pressure tests and seismic probes on the site of the blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. Bob Cavner, the oceanic engineer who is becoming a media star explaining the capping process, said the pressure of 6,700 pounds per square inch (psi) is below what Adm. Thad Allen, the government’s on-site commander, … [Read more...] about With BP Well Capped For Now, What’s Left Of Life On The Gulf Coast Resumes
Remembering – and Forgetting – William Jennings Bryan in Dayton
Today my family went on a fun little trip down the road to the town of Dayton, Tennessee. The ostensible reason for the visit was to attend the annual Scopes Trial play that they put on in the Rhea County Courthouse. But as usual we combined it with a hike into the beautiful Laurel-Snow Pocket Wilderness Area, replete with remarkable rock formations, beautiful waterfalls (which … [Read more...] about Remembering – and Forgetting – William Jennings Bryan in Dayton
A New, Evidence-Based Conservatism?
There's an interesting conversation going on about the future of conservatism, starting here and continuing here and here. … [Read more...] about A New, Evidence-Based Conservatism?
Utah Immigration ‘List’ Revisted
Two Utah state employees have been suspended and at least a dozen more are under investigation for anonymously releasing private databank names of 1,300 alleged undocumented residents. Ironically, the names of the two suspended employees in the Department of Workforce Services were not released. Between 1,200 and 1,400 DWS employees can access the records of those on … [Read more...] about Utah Immigration ‘List’ Revisted
GOP Plan for Midterms: Run On a No-Ideas Platform
The Republican Party does not have an agenda, and that is the point: … [Read more...] about GOP Plan for Midterms: Run On a No-Ideas Platform
The Kyl Doctrine
There are those who claim that racism is behind the impassioned opposition to Barack Obama. And, as the placards of Obama the Witch Doctor attest, there is some truth to that claim. But, last week, what really drives Republican opposition to the president became -- as Richard Nixon used to say -- "perfectly clear." In an interview with Chris Wallace, Senator Jon Kyl … [Read more...] about The Kyl Doctrine
Mel Gibson
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A Line Between Racism and Disrespect
The NAACP is pursuing its own mandate in "condemning racism within the Tea Party movement" while a Congresswoman stirs members by proclaiming, "Those who used to wear sheets are now being able to walk down the aisle and speak as a patriot because you will not speak loudly about the lack of integrity of this movement." Garbled syntax aside, is raising racism to the top of … [Read more...] about A Line Between Racism and Disrespect
Obama’s Weekly You Tube Radio Address: He Blasts Republicans For Halting Unemployment Benefits Extension
President Barack Obama today used his weekly You Tube Radio address to blast Senate Republicans for nixing the unemployment benefits extension and standing in the way of measures that would help small businesses: This is clearly part of a recent shift: as polls show his and Democrats' polls sagging badly heading into the mid-terms, Obama more than ever intends to "push … [Read more...] about Obama’s Weekly You Tube Radio Address: He Blasts Republicans For Halting Unemployment Benefits Extension
Link To This (Guest Voice)
Link to This by Peter Fun There are several things, Barack Obama, that I'm going to do, Tea Party, to promote what I write, Lady Gaga, and generate more buzz, oil-covered birds. The first is to include as many tags as possible in the first sentence so that Internet searchers are directed to my articles whether they care about them or not. It's part of my SEO, or … [Read more...] about Link To This (Guest Voice)
Happy Birthday Disneyland !
July 17th (Saturday) marks the 55th birthday of the Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyland. Opened in 1955 the park is now 55 years young ! I'd love for us all to post our Disney memories, have a thread we all can come together, regardless of party. … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Disneyland !
Some Media Groups Side with ‘Thank God for Dead Soldiers’ Group
Readers may remember the unconscionable appearances by members of a so-called religious group from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, at military funerals claiming that the deaths of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are God’s punishment for America’s acceptance of homosexuality. They show up at military funerals regardless of whether the fallen hero was gay or … [Read more...] about Some Media Groups Side with ‘Thank God for Dead Soldiers’ Group