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OCTOBER 9, 2009 10:52AM

My Rescue Dogs Through the Presidents

Jaeger and I - LBJ and Nixon

Jaeger and I - LBJ, Nixon and Ford - He set a high bar for dogs to follow.
My Dad and Emerson - Carter and Reagan
My Dad and Emerson - Carter and Reagan - In my "minds ear" I can still hear my Dad calling "Emer time for a treat".... I miss them both.

Conservative Republican Bill Kristol extorts that you are either “with Brazil” or “with the United States”.  “Where is the Presidents’ Brazilian Flag Pin?” shouts Bill Kristol – spraying the camera lens with spittle.  Kristol actually showed s… Read full post »

House Republican Leader, John Boehner, claimed today that he had not met any "regular Americans" who were in favor of a public option - despite polls showing a majority of Americans and Doctors are in favor of just such a public option.  

This is obviously a desperate cry for help.Read full post »

A return of Debtor's Prisons equalls cheap labor force for Corporate Greed
 
Having watched the full force and funding of anti-health care reform, I say, "Just wait 'till The Greedy Face of Corporate America funds a push for a reversal of the 1833 end of Federal Debtor's Prisons."  That would certainly provide them a source of ultra cheap labor t/… Read full post »

 

GOP Republicans Protest SoCal Firefighter Socialist Agenda

 

In what has been described as a grass-roots movement turned grass-fire movement, Republicans everywhere are standing up against Socialist Firefighters bent on undoing the will of God.   The vast majority of Americans will never use the Socialized Service of Government… Read full post »

It’s time for Pete Sessions’ and the Republicans’ 6 month “How are we doing (in regards to the Taliban)” report card. In February of 2009, during an interview with the National Journal’s Hotline, Texas Congressman and The Chairman of the National Republican Congre… Read full post »

AUGUST 23, 2009 10:11AM

Michele Bachman Listens to the Lord

Michele Bachman Finally Listens to the Lord
In an interview with World Net Daily, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was asked whether she would ever run for President --  She replied:
 
 "When I have sensed that the Lord is calling me to do something, I've said yes to it. But I will not seek a higher officeRead full post »

Following the disinformation about international health systems from health reform opponents in the US health debate, Avaaz.org asked members in Canada, the UK, and other countries with national health systems to respond. Within hours, tens of thousands of people signed petitions and are sendingRead full post »

GOP Randy Neugebauer Lubbock Town Hall August 25th First United Methodist Church 3:30pm

 

Congressman Randy Neugebauer is hosting an August recess town hall meeting on Tuesday, August 25th in Lubbock, Tx.  The event is billed as “Coffee with the Congressman” and will be held in the First United Methodist Church in downtown Lubbock.  The time of the eve/Read full post »

Statue of Liberty
 
 A line in a grocery store here in West Texas is often like a clearing house for irony.  The aging Medicare recipients in front of me are actively chatting with each other about keeping the government out of their health care.  The 40ish something man behind me is wearin/… Read full post »
New GOP Logo Unveiled at Town Hall Protests
AUGUST 19, 2009 11:26PM

GOP Town Hall Participants – FAQ

 

GOP Town Hall Participants - FAQ 

Q:          My sign is messed up.  When I was practicing my “game face” in the mirror I noticed that my sign that says “Obama is a Socialist, Nazi, Pinko, Terrorist, Baby/Grandma eater”/… Read full post »

 

X-ray of a pig icon

 

I recently read that my home state of Texas will be requiring the Bible to be taught in our public schools.   I reflected back to my own reading experience in Texas schools over a quarter of a century ago.  As I watch the images of our recent townRead full post »

AUGUST 17, 2009 6:04PM

Wasn’t Blackwater a Co-op?

I need healthcare

Full disclosure:  The White House had personally asked for my help back on August 4, 2009.  Here is the actual wording of their solicitation for my assistance:   Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If yo/Read full post »

Offer them medicine - they cry and say they don’t need it

They only read a few words - but act like they read and understood it all

If they don’t get what they want - they cry and throw a fit

Ask them how something got broken… Read full post »

 

Lubbock Texas county judge Tom Head is responsible for posting Anti-Obama flyers on a bulletin board inside the Lubbock Texas County Courthouse.  The flyers, some which have been considered racist, were posted by Judge Head on a board supposedly for public announcements.  Judge Head/Read full post »

Happy Tricky Dick Day!  35 years ago today; the GOP’s answer to the “future of our country” resigned in shame before he could be impeached and removed from the office of the President of the United States.  It is rather fitting that the Neo-GOP’s most recent answer tRead full post »

It seems that the “thousand points of light” have merely become the flickering torches of an angry mob.  Bush Senior loved Peggy Noonan’s catch phrase and frequently used another by her: “kinder, gentler nation”.  The irony of this is the extremism used by many… Read full post »

AUGUST 6, 2009 10:05PM

How Tricky Dick Ruined Summer Camp

Thirty-Five years ago this weekend marks the very public resignation of President Richard M. Nixon aka Tricky Dick.  

I remember sitting at the dinner table on the evening of August 8th, 1974 as my parents discussed the news.  Rumors of illegal break-ins, lies, wire tapping, and moreRead full post »