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Only in Washington

By Byron / November 24, 2011 /

The sky is falling. Well, at least if the pundits are to be believed. The so-called “SuperCommittee” didn’t turn out to be so super after all, and was unable to agree to budget cuts this week, so according to a previous decision (one now being protested by Republicans and Democrats alike, and one being correctly…

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What the Children in the "Occupy Movement" Need…

By Byron / November 12, 2011 /

is to grow up.  Do, by all means, take the five-and-a-half minutes it takes to watch this video entitled, “Three-and-a-Half Days”. As Bill Whittle puts it, what we see in the “Occupy Movement” is that the chickens have come home to roost for the (godless, intellectually-bankrupt, I would add) self-esteem movement.  Hear, hear, Bill Whittle!

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Telling the Truth Can Be Dangerous Business

By Byron / September 17, 2011 /

True confession: my wife and I like the film Ishtar.  Really like it, think it’s hilarious.  Yes, that Ishtar, the universally-panned, some-say-most-awful-film-ever.  We crack up at it.  If you have two minutes, watch the trailer, and note the irony in Dustin Hoffman’s words at the end: The signature song of the two aspiring songwriters (Hoffman…

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And While We're Talking about Taxes and Tea Parties…

By Paul Oyler / April 21, 2010 /

It would do us good to peruse what the “loyal opposition” is saying, as exemplified by another writer in USA Today, this time a guy they gave a column to: Yes, I Love Paying Taxes I sincerely appreciate Mr. Benjamin’s patriotism and don’t question it one whit: what I question is Does he really understand…

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"Controlling the People": Democrat Goal?

By Paul Oyler / March 26, 2010 /

John Dingell seems to think so.

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