Politics And More

Violent Nature in the City

February 10, 2010

The following picture was taken a few minutes ago. We live just west of downtown Columbus (OH) – and most of the birds we see are cardinals, or smaller. Shot through a double-pane window at full (digital) zoom, there was no time to be fancy. [read more]

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Common Courtesy and Uncommon Interests

February 9, 2010

I have a profile on-line at a gay ‘find a friend’ site that was put up a few years back. I pop in every now and then to see if there’s anybody interesting that seems interested in chatting. As is true of many people, I [read more]

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Stop shopping at BigCo.

January 27, 2010

I see a very basic link between the shopping habits of American consumers and the dearth of manufacturing jobs in this country. Here is the story I’ve heard over and over; the amounts are not from any specific example, but reflect the shared traits. An [read more]

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Obama Stands Up to Banks

January 22, 2010

(Also- “Obama, The Banks and the Consumer Confidence Game“) Obama stands up to the banks; the Stock Markets fall – should we care? In an effort to turn our attention away from the Administration and Democratic Party’s multiple failures (most notably turning healthcare reform into [read more]

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The Day After…

January 20, 2010

The people of Massachusetts are so upset at the lack of progress from the “progressive” party they’ve elected a teabagger to the US Senate. Obama has three choices: 1. withdraw into a ‘lame duck’ victim mentality; 2. strike out at ‘the left wing fringe’ that [read more]

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Love Is All It Takes

January 17, 2010

“Goodnight my precious Sweet dreams my little one While the lawyers and the courts decide What is to be done I wish that you could tell them all When they dare to question me That we’re every bit the model Of a perfect family” Another [read more]