Month: June 2011
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Take me out to the bi game!
Over a year ago, I wrote a post about the nixing of bisexual baseball players by a gay team which apparently believes that bisexual is “not gay enough.” Sure, people have a right to discriminate in the free association sense, but it has long baffled me why people care so passionately about the sex lives…
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“Everything that mineralises itself is a uranium of life”
Salvador Dali said that, and I would tend to agree. So today I went rock-shopping, and found a few nice boulders. Those two were three to five feet. While the stones in this aggregate are only three to five inches: In terms of ultimate time, aggregate is temporary. A rock is a stone is a…
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Palin Is Lacking
Yep. Palin can’t run for President according to the professionals. “The field isn’t set yet, not by a long shot,” Palin said during a visit to Gettsyburg, Pa. “It’s going to change up a lot. And I think there will be more strong candidates jumping in.” Will Palin be one of them? The political professionals…
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The Problem With Palin
An opinion column in the Wall Street Journal notices a serious Problem with a Palin Campaign for President. She hasn’t been properly vetted. No. Really. That is what they said. Mrs. Palin’s initial mistreatment, by a press (on the right and the left) that was both jeering and patronizing, has in fact resulted in an…
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the meaning of life is a choice
One of the most frustrating aspects of the Internet is attempting to determine what the facts are in a given situation. For example, this morning I saw an interesting Drudge link: Blogger’s First Person Abortion Posting Draws Fire… The above is a true statement, no question about it. Beyond that, who knows? There is a…
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End ALL Energy Subsidies
Sarah Palin says: “I think that all of our energy subsidies need to be relooked at today and eliminated,” Palin told Real Clear Politics at a coffee shop in Dillsburg, Pa. “And we need to make sure that we’re investing and allowing our businesses to invest in reliable energy products right now that aren’t going…
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You Can’t Depend On Government Money
Kevin Drum makes an interesting point about where the money for politics comes from. …in the real world, political parties need an institutional base. Parties need money. And parties need organizational muscle. The Republican Party gets the former from corporate sponsors and the latter from highly organized church-based groups. The Democratic Party, conversely, relied heavily…