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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 you [...]
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Now that President Obama’s approval ratings are slipping, and the good people of Massachusetts have voted in their first Republican senator in almost forty years, it’s time to get real about politics in this country. It’s time to take leadership into our own hands.
Brother, I know what you are thinking: “how am I supposed to [...]
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Now, those were not the greatest eight years this country has ever seen, I’ll admit that right off the bat. Yet, I can’t help but miss having George in the White House. Here’s why.
I miss the silence. Seems like every other day Obama is giving a speech or a lecture or tap-dancing in front of [...]
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According to Associated Press, a poll was posted on Facebook asking whether President Obama should be assassinated.
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I’ll admit that it has been a while since I so much as held a copy of the Bible in my hands, but from what I remember about the divine instructions that Moses brought down Mount Sinai, there was precious little in them about it being “a-OK” to assassinate the President of the United States.
One Baptist pastor begs to differ. Moreover, if you happen to be homosexual, he hopes you will “die of brain cancer like Ted Kennedy.” Classy guy.
In a world in which people like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, or “Cong.” Joe Wilson are given abundant amounts of air time and attention, it is hardly surprising to me to see a self-proclaimed clergyman make such idiotic, hateful statements.
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Unlike most people I see complaining about the “threat” of socialized medicine in relation to President Obama’s health care reform plan, I actually have first-hand experience with both the American and the Scandinavian health care models. I grew up in a country – Finland – where health care and medicine are socialized. In this post I am going to articulate some advantages and disadvantages of the Finnish system, and draw personal conclusions as to why I perceive changes to the American health care model to be necessary in the long term.
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First: what do a health care reform event and a semi-automatic rifle have in common?
While you’re chewing on that, here’s another one: why is it that whenever someone makes a point of saying that they’re “exercising their rights”, it is usually accompanied by behavior that most people would call offensive, unwise, or even downright stupid?
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There’s a quote I’ve learned from my father-in-law that I find interesting. It goes, to paraphrase, something like this: “if a young man is not an idealist, he has no heart; if an old man is not conservative, he has no brain.”
When I was about 16 or 17 years of age and still living in [...]
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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.
Down That Same Ol’ Path
December 4, 2009
in Commentary
Sarah Palin just doesn’t know when to give up. Sitting down for an interview with Rusty Humphries, a conservative radio host – obviously, since Palin doesn’t sit down with liberal ones – she validated the “birther” movement by saying that “the public rightfully is still making it an issue.” She went on to say [...]
Tagged as: conspiracy theories, McCain, obama, Palin, politics
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