Tag Archives: freedom

Bitter Clinging is Back!

Just when you thought it was over, Obama has brought back a beloved meme from the 2008 election. Bitter clinging is back for a repeat performance! I — I do think that it’s important for us to recognize that right … Continue reading

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Color vs. Content: Reflections on MLK day in the age of Obama

Today is the day set aside to celebrate and honor one of many heroes of the American Civil Rights movement: the Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Jr., who was assassinated during the height of the political turmoil in the late … Continue reading

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The Rage of the Common Man

H/T to the Black Informant for finding this bit of information… As readers may or may not know, I was in my youth, much closer in ideology to being a full on socialist (though with reservations) than a right winger.  … Continue reading

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Hey, let’s punish countries for honoring the rule of law!!

Well it isn’t enough that the Obama administration has backed the subversion of the Honduran constitutional order by backing the ousted would be dictator Zelaya.  He is now moving ahead in aggressively punishing the small Central American nation for daring … Continue reading

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Why I support single payer Universal Health Coverage but not really

Despite much of the chatter to the contrary, not everyone who opposes Obama’s health “reform” proposals are against it because it seems like a sneaky way to introduce a single payer “socialized” system.  And despite Mr. Obama’s protestations to the … Continue reading

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Servility and freedom

With the Republican party leaderless and in backbiting disarray following its destruction by the ideologically incoherent George W. Bush, Democrats are apparently eager to join the hara-kiri brigade. What looked like smooth coasting to the 2010 election has now become … Continue reading

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Order Now!! Operators are standing by…

Order Now! New & Improved! Unbelievable results! If you call in the next 30 minutes….! These are a few of the most easily recognizable catch phrases for those night owls like me who get more than their fair share of … Continue reading

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Timeless Truths

This video (H/T to Letters to a Dying Dream) was produced near the end of the 2nd World War. For those of the Obama generation too young to remember, we were for the better part of the twentieth century locked … Continue reading

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DPRK not yet enlightened by Obama’s awesomeness

People around the world continue to swoon in the presence of “the One’s” awesomeness. From Paris it has been reported: When dining out Saturday night at a no-star bistro, La Fontaine de Mars, the presidential party was served water, Coke … Continue reading

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Escape from Massa’s plantation…

I have finally escaped the plantation!! After a harrowing journey along a figurative underground railroad, I am finally free.  Free to succeed or to fail.  To live or to die.  Free to support or criticize.  I am finally free from … Continue reading

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