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Figureheads Change but the Song Remains the Same
Progressive World Review | August 12th 2008 by Paul
When former Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales resigned in disgrace last year, it was hoped that his successor, Michael Mukasey would return professionalism to the Justice Department. The Department of Justice traditionally sidesteps the partisan p read more
Citizens Deserve Explanation for Ron Thornburgh's Actions
Everyday Citizen | July 1st 2008 by Everyday Citizen
Is Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh playing politics with the November ballot? Ballot Access News reports: The ballot-qualified Kansas Reform Party held its state convention back on May 31, and nominated candidates for office, including presi read more
Democrats…Learned Anything in the Last 8 Years?
Miscellaneous Concepts | June 22nd 2008 by LK
By: Bob MillerMentioning John McCain and war hero in the same sentence is an oxymoron. Since I was shot down twice in Vietnam, I did at one time respect McCain until I started checking with those who spent time with him in North Vietnam. His nickname read more
Cheap, Cheap, Cheap
Right Commentary | June 8th 2008 by Right Commentary
Today in the GOP.com blog: Today, in a cheap effort to bash John McCain, the DNC has issued a “Myth Buster” press release on the subject of the Gulf Coast’s woes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This is too bad. Back in 2005, D read more
If Howard Dean was a farm animal he would definitely be a pig.
Bolson on... | May 4th 2008 by Bolson on...
Hopelessly hollow Howard Dean’s desperate distortion of Sen. John McCain’s statements continues. And why not? After all, a pig knows the mud he loves to roll in. While appearing on FOX News Sunday earlier today, the failed one-time candi read more
18 cent gas tax holiday?
Logic And Politics | May 4th 2008 by Dude
Any candidate who thinks this is a good idea should be removed from the ballot. They have sufficiently demonstrated no intellectual skills required to be leader of the free world. They really shouldn't be leading a guided tour of the zoo from the s read more
The Wartime Economy of the U.S.
TNTalk! Smarter Thinking for Better Times. | April 23rd 2008 by TNTalk
“The United States economy has steadily lost steam and appears to be stalled. Prices have shot upwards at the fastest pace in thirty years. Energy prices further threaten the equilibrium of an already shaky national platform along with unprecedente read more
WHERE THE HELL ARE MY ROSE COLORED GLASSES?
reflections on a life in medicine and art | April 16th 2008 by william f renzulli
Gray Landscape Oil Pastel 7x10"It is getting increasingly difficult to be the optimist that I am. This morning my usual routine was cut short because I could not bring myself to read the “papers”. ( Every morning around 5-5:30 I enjoy about an read more
Big government v Small government=BS
reflections on a life in medicine and art | April 2nd 2008 by william f renzulli
Bull shit, this is what we get when partisans attempt dialog. Republicans accuse democrats of wanting big government to smother the country with its bureaucracy, and democrats counter with republicans wanting to give the country away to corporate gr read more
It’s Not Easy To Be Non-Partisan
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | March 17th 2008 by Brad Bright
I received an email from a reader last week calling me out for not being so PurpleMinded. “I went to your blog because the title purple minded led me to think of a blend of all things blue and red. Yet when I read your articles it appears pretty ap read more
Don’t Blame Hillary - Look Over To The Right…
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | February 26th 2008 by Brad Bright
A PICTURE of Barack Obama dressed in Somali garb has sparked a war of words between the Democratic presidential front-runner and Hillary Clinton. The photograph shows the Illinois senator outfitted as a Somali elder during his 2006 visit to northeast read more
Memo To MSNBC: Drop Ken Blackwell From Your Broadcasts!
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | February 16th 2008 by Brad Bright
Ken Blackwell appeared as a talking head on Hardball with Chris Matthews the other night. He was introduced as a Senior Fellow at the Family Research Council. Of course he’s best known as the former Secretary of State of Ohio, where he spent preci read more
The Sorry State Of The Union
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | January 29th 2008 by Brad Bright
Thomas Jefferson fulfilled the State of the Union obligation by sending written text to the Congress that was read aloud by a clerk. This was actually the common practice until 1913 when Woodrow Wilson went back to personally delivering the address, read more
I Was Wondering When Hillary Would Get Around To This
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | January 26th 2008 by Brad Bright
In another classic Clintonian move, Hillary has called for the seating of Michigan and Florida Delegates at the Democratic convention. A little background in case you missed it: Michigan and Florida, like so many of the states objecting to the dispro read more
Mortgage crisis has personal side for speaker
91701: MyWatch | January 25th 2008 by Michael Foxworth
Mortgage crisis has personal side for speakerSacramento Bee - CA, USA"If you look at where the foreclosures are happening, this is clearly neither a Democratic issue nor a Republican issue," Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez said .............GOOGLE S read more
In Mike Bloomberg’s Own Words
Unite For Mike | January 3rd 2008 by Citizen Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5YFe2wW2Tw Mike Bloomberg reveals that he absolutely is disgusted with politics as usual. Domestically and Internationally the national leadership is not delivering on its promises. It’s time for change read more
The Next Swift Boat Attacks Will Come In Your Email
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | December 21st 2007 by Brad Bright
In 2004, T. Boone Pickens spent millions of dollars funding the swift boat ads attacking John Kerry – many people would argue that these television commercials sufficiently undermined Kerry’s candidacy to cost him the election. In 2008, it won read more
The Separation Of Sport And State
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | December 10th 2007 by Brad Bright
I have the parental controls on my DirecTV box set to block access to the FOX News Channel. I don’t want to risk exposing my grandchildren to that sort of thing. Until yesterday, FOX Sports had been a model citizen, never letting the political lea read more
The Separation Of Sport And State
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | December 10th 2007 by Brad Bright
I have the parental controls on my DirecTV box set to block access to the FOX News Channel. I don’t want to risk exposing my grandchildren to that sort of thing. Until yesterday, FOX Sports had been a model citizen, never letting the political lea read more
Partisan Politics’ Posterboy Retires Early
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | November 20th 2007 by Brad Bright
S.W. Anderson over at Oh!pinion wrote a great piece the other day on former Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert. Here are the first few paragraphs: Hastert takes the hypocrite’s way out Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., who served as speaker of the Hou read more
Political Hatred’s Double Standard
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | November 15th 2007 by Brad Bright
I’m tired of Bush Haters getting unequal treatment. Why should they get all the headlines while the Hillary Haters get only passing mention, usually in polling data? Why is it that if you’re a Bush Hater, you’re painted as a mental midget so wo read more
What Are You? A Democrat Or A Republican?
PurpleMinded - A Political Blog | November 12th 2007 by Brad Bright
I got an email from a reader last week, and something he said has been ringing in my ears all weekend: …I’m about 10 years behind you, and was liberal when younger, turned conservative while older. Notice I purposely avoided “Republ read more
Valerie Plame Finally Has Her Say On Both 60 Minutes And In Her N…
Gun-Toting Liberal | October 22nd 2007
Our friends at Crooks and Liars have the entire 60 Minutes Interview of Valerie Plame Wilson, conducted by the (at times) “testy” Katie Couric. All in all, nothing new here for anybody who has followed the treasonous outing of the former read more
Copywriter Whacked By Law Of Unintended Consequences!
ROI Copywriting | October 3rd 2007 by Walter Terry
It looks like I really stepped in it this time! Just noticed this . . . In response to my earlier comment and subsequent post to this blog (read it here if you haven’t already), Steve Klein, the owner of the Yelm Community Blog posted this whil read more
Selling The Reverend’s Ideological Pinata
ROI Copywriting | October 3rd 2007 by Walter Terry
It’s 1984 . . . do you know where your real-facts are? I came across this little rant while on a research project and decided to address it here because it is after all, about marketing. In this case, it’s the marketing of ideologica read more
Michael Bloomberg Sees the Light
The Transpartisan Times | September 5th 2007 by Steve Barr
I'm so excited to see New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg register as unaffiliated. It demonstrates that individuals from all walks of life are facing the cold hard facts. As Bloomberg said on Monday, "The politics of partisanship and the resulting read more
Hyperbole
The Gun Toting Liberal Blog | August 2nd 2007
I had to chuckle when I read that John Edwards’ $400.00 haircut was all a-muss and his tightie-whiteys were in a wad because the woman who would be Supreme Empress, that would be Ms Hillary Clinton, had accepted a 20 K contribution from News Corp; read more
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