A Distant Drum of the Coming Revolution

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Signing off

While I have greatly enjoyed being able to write for Blogit for more than seven years, personal financial issues leave me with no choice but to cancel my subscription. But the experience has been very rewarding, and has laid some very important groundwork towards possible syndication of my work.... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 1, 2011

So 600,000 private sector jobs were lost during the Bush presidency?

The previous post in this blog was an open letter to my representative and senators about the debt cieling. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) claimed in his response, posted as a comment on that posting, that 600,000 private sector jobs were lost during the George W. Bush presidency. My rebuttal to... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

An Open Letter to My Representative and Senators

Dear Representative Kaptur and Senators Brown and Portman: In his July 29 press conference, President Obama urged Americans to contact their elected representatives about the need to take action concerning the federal debt ceiling. In compliance with his wishes, I urge you to vote: YES to reduce... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 2, 2011

So Who Greeted Osama bin Laden in Paradise?

Osama bin Laden enters the next life. He is greeted by John Blair, who immediately punches him. George Mason rushes over and seizes Osama, and he and James McClurg join Blair in beating him. Osama breaks loose and tries to escape. George Wythe chases him down and tackles him, and is joined by George... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 4, 2011

The Tsunami of Media Malpractice

I followed the news about the tsunami that struck Crescent City, California, on March 11 with much more than the concern and and compassion that a catastrophe like the massive Japanese earthquake generates. Although I'm over forty years removed from the place, that's where I was born, so a bond... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Union radio ads thank senator after he refuses to defend workers

The Communication Workers of America (CWA) is vexed that the Senate failed in late January to pass reforms that would have sharply limited the use of the filibuster by the minority party to block legislation and presidential appointments. The CWA took these reforms up as a cause because Senate... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Rhetoric and Violence

Jared Lee Loughner's attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) and murder of six others is being used to challenge all of us to examine ourselves. Let us do so. It is claimed that the inflamed rhetoric of our present political climate sent the murderer o ver the edge... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

London? Where's London?

What happens when someone upon whom the President depends for critical information publicly demonstrates that he is critically uninformed? On December 20, police officers and agents of the British security service MI5 arrested a dozen young men in London, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent, England, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

That Which was Ours is Ours Again . . almost!

In the description of this blog, I describe one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. Read it, I'll wait. Welcome back! Conservatives have begun their invasion of Washington, and have conquered the House of Representatives. Numerous state houses, governorships and local positions and bodies are now... Sign in to see full entry.

I can just see where this is going . . .

Within days of the massive nationwide victory by Republicans in the mid-term elections, warnings came out. Gas and groceries were both going to get more expensive, fast. Indeed, prices on anything involving oil are going to go up, possibly a long ways. This is happening because the Federal Reserve... Sign in to see full entry.

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