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So, you, like so many others, have spent the recent months on the road with a motley crew of Mensa members in 18th century garments, protesting against health care, tax cuts, education, lamp-posts, and shopping carts with one missing wheel. Now, out of the blue, you’re reading from someone’s Facebook update that the bill that [...]
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The layman definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly while expecting different results. That mentality, incidentally, also appears to be the cornerstone of Republican politics. We have seen it many times before: start a war or two, give tax cuts to the rich, and expect the national debt to decrease. If at first [...]
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As I sat scooping the litter box, the universe opened herself up to me, and all was revealed. In 2008, majority leader Harry Reid made an “unfortunate remark” about then-candidate Barack Obama. Apparently, Reid suggested that Obama could be a successful candidate, despite his African-American heritage, because he was “light-skinned” and did not have a [...]
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Mika Salakka is a Finn living in the United States. He is a nursing assistant, a creative writer, a devoted husband, and an observer of the human condition. His interests range from music and literature to psychology, sociology, medicine, technology, and spirituality.
Cash For Crass
September 11, 2009
in Commentary
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, who suddenly became a household name by disrupting President Obama’s speech to Congress, is asking for your money. In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Wilson states as follows: “The supporters of the government takeover of health care, and the liberals who want to give health care to illegals, are [...]
Tagged as: health care reform, politics
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