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100 Million on Welfare, Not Including Corporations
100 Fifteen million people are receiving welfare (I just found this ‘statistic’ amusing) because the political-industrial complex destroyed the economy. It wasn’t ‘the people,’ it was special interest groups. How could anybody blame the victims? I wish we had a system that could actually allow most individuals to sustain themselves, but we don’t. We have…
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‘You didn’t build that…’
President Obama: ‘You didn’t build that…’ I’m sorry, but all of these things in this photo are regulated by government, not owned or invented by it, and paid for with OUR tax dollars, collectively and individually. The only way you could give government direct credit would be to deny that we the people collectively…
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Marijuana and the will of the voters.
Say what you will about marijuana. Call it the ‘devil’s weed.’ Bring up ‘reefer madness.’ Tell me you didn’t vote for Prop 215. Spout off whatever propaganda you like, but remember this: the initiative that California voters approved is 12 years old already. So why are dispensaries still illegal in most of Orange County? I’ll…
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Satire: Behind the curtain: searching for the ‘Wizard of Oc’
I was one with the yellow brick road, the streets of gold, and the highway to hell (or as one indigenous to the left coast would say, the ‘freeway’ to hell), and now I have arrived. 3300 miles and I have arrived where exactly? Who the hell knows? Everything looks the same! When we still…
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Planet Earth: we’re ‘all in’ as faith and science ‘collide.’
Fox News has just reported that the end of the world will be this Wednesday. I hope everyone is wearing clean underwear!
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Bill Clinton speech liveblog.
Michelle Obama. What was THAT look for? Are you THAT pissed at Bill? The camera panned away QUICKLY after it saw that. OK, Bill Clinton made it clear unequivocally that he’s in Denver to support Obama, and now Michelle is smiling. Maybe she wasn’t pissed at Bill. So why did she look so angry? Again.…
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Only one Presidential candidate on Texas ballot… PLUS: Barr Vs. Colbert
Bob Barr Interview at approximately 11 minutes 30 seconds… and a reprint from the Barr Blog:
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DNC Open Thread & Liveblog
I thought Vern would take care of this, but it’s day two and we haven’t really talked about it at all. Today the Dems focus on women and the economy and Hillary Clinton is to speak later tonight. The live video is available at CNNpolitics.com. Come to this thread to discuss all things DNC! I’ll…
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Biden Rising: IT’S OFFICIAL!
Speculate all you like. It’s part of the fun. But check out these articles that indicate that if Obama hasn’t selected Delaware Governor Joe Biden, the media certainly has. Come back to this post often for updates as we receive them starting with: Wall Street Journal: Biden Buzz Points ABC News AFP The Centrist Voice…
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Free by birth. Libertarian by choice.
It’s been long overdue. Though I was born into a Democratic family, I was a Reagan Democrat and a Clinton Centrist. I was the one at family dinners that used to debate my step-siblings’ old-generation Republican grandparents to revel in their glee and excitement as they watched me give the family know-it-alls a taste of…
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The Iraqis are moving on up… and we don’t get our piece of the pie.
Our Gas Buddy meter is indicating that the cheapest gas in Orange County is priced at $3.95/gallon. With the falling price of crude oil, it comes as no surprise that prices are finally declining, but does anyone else think that it isn’t enough? As James Carville might say, ‘It’s the oil, stupid!’ CNN is reporting…
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Of Monsters & Morons (Warning: Graphic Images)
R. Scott Moxley over at OC Weekly posted this video on Navel Gazing as a very good example of how never to treat an animal. I watched it in its entirety as a woman slapped her dog repeatedly in the face for over two and a half minutes in what seemed to be some sort…
