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Comments and observations about trends in “surf control”

What Are Conservatives Trying to Conserve?

Here is a brain teaser: Why are there poor, or female, or black, or Hispanic conservatives? Are there actually poor or black or Hispanic or female people in this country that feel like we should “conserve” the status quo?  Are the … Continue reading

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to “Replenish the ol’ Coffers”

It cost the Dixie Chicks a lot of money to proclaim that they were ashamed to have come from the same state as George W. Bush.  Fans called radio stations demanding a boycot of the Dixie Chick’s records.  But that … Continue reading

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Ignorance of the Past Breeds Optimism for the Future!

In 1912, three months after the death of his father, a little boy was born with what should have been a silver spoon in his mouth near Stockholm Sweden. He grew up in a wealthy home with his mother (who … Continue reading

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Let Them Eat Cow Patties

Our politicians may often look stupid.  And some of them surely are.  But their advisors and corporate handlers know exactly what they are doing.  And you can’t help but admire the way they have perfected the art of lying across … Continue reading

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A Few Iron-Clad Prophesies for the New Year

We Will All Feel Better When This Guy is in Charge! There are classes of people that grew up in this country with an understanding that they would always have to work to get ahead. Some of them would go … Continue reading

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So What’s the Big Deal?

We face a lot of serious problems in this country. The revelations of what our government would rather we did not know – now exposed courtesy of WikiLeaks are not among them. Indeed, these “secrets” must not be all that vital to … Continue reading

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Citizen Con Job

BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg plays with something behind the microphone while expressing his compassion for the “small people” Corporations and politicians are very much into buzz words. Little hot pockets stuffed with meaning can be handy tools when you need … Continue reading

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Homeland Insecurity

The big news this week seems to be the so-called “enhanced security measures” now being employed to protect all of us from the incredibly sobering one in twenty-five million chance of having our lives and our airplane flights cut short … Continue reading

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Who’s Really in Charge Here?

Consider an imaginary country sometime in the near future. People still think of the country as a democracy. But the people have no real say in determining their leaders, their government, or the laws under which they must live. Their … Continue reading

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Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?

Every first year law student knows the famous rule of argumentation. “If the law is on your side, pound on the law; if the facts are on your side, pound on the facts; if neither is on your side, pound … Continue reading

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