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Wear Orange on Friday

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Truthfully, orange is not my color. But I am going to wear my orange shirt on Friday. It’s not because I’m a Gator fan. The ACLU is holding a nationwide protest to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and asking concerned citizens to wear orange in support of the effort. While most people think [...]

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My Hillary Problem

January 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Much to my delight, Barack Obama won in Iowa by eight points over John Edwards. The alleged front-runner, Hillary Clinton, came in third. The results did not surprise me. Hillary represents a problem to a moderate Democrat like me. Her views on most issues match mine more than any other candidate, including Obama. She is [...]

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Imaginationland

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

If you read only one more blog post, read this one from Andrew Sullivan. Andrew is one of my favorite bloggers in spite of the fact that he and I holding very different viewpoints. He is a Goldwater conservative (as opposed to a neocon) and gay. I am a tad more liberal and strictly heterosexual. [...]

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Night of the Living Republicans

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Our worst nightmare! Actually, this came from JibJab, which allows you to insert your own images to make your personalized movie. They have “Night of the Living Democrats” if you are one of those people who can’t vote right.

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More SCHIP

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Bush hates kids? No, he loves insurance companies more.

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BullSCHIP! How Right-wingers attack 12-year-olds

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

What politician would be against sick kids? Especially those that claim to be “compassionate conservatives” who practice “family values.” Well, not only does George W. Bush veto the SCHIP act that would provide children of middle-class families health insurance, but his lapdogs Rush Limbaugh and Michelle Malkin think it’s perfectly okay to go after Graeme [...]

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