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October 2012

October 04, 2012

Government of the People, by the People, for the People

Here's a story which rivals the Tuskeegee Experiments in terms of sheer "hunting poor people...

October 03, 2012

Sleep Well

A reader writes: A good friend of mine works for a large agency in another...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Nice to See Another Christian Think Different

...and get off the Duopoly's Reservation. One of my African-American readers noted some time ago...

September 25, 2012

Dante, Usury, Sodomy, and Our Financial Management Class

A reader writes: Today's makers do not even "make" anything. They are Warren Buffets or...

September 20, 2012

Ross Douthat is Right

Mitt Romney, who is the moral equivalent of tofu, does not tell us who he...

September 19, 2012

About those parasites on the dole…

that our hard-working productive GOP candidate and his rich pals are so worried about. Let...

September 14, 2012

A $16 trillion deficit…

...is not nearly enough to stop Caesar from erecting a vast police state face recognition...

September 13, 2012

Obama DOJ Quietly Closes Door…

...on Bush/Cheney Torture Murders. Obama to his worshippers: "Suckers! Now vote for me again because...

September 13, 2012

Teddy Roosevelt: Filthy Commie

If the rich cannot buy America and bend the poor and weak to their will...

September 05, 2012

Dems Formally Plump…

...as the Cultured Despisers of Religion Party. You already knew that, of course, just as...

August 2012

August 14, 2012

Shameful

Troubled vets left without health care benefits. Every member of Congress should have their pay...

August 10, 2012

And while Americans were still quaintly obsessing….

...(on the Right) over how some guys in a cave in Afghanistan and (on the...

August 08, 2012

Our Ruling Class Hate Us for Our Freedom

Our nation's top military planners are now discussing plans for fighting Americans on American soil....

August 01, 2012

A Conservative Blog for Peace…

...tries to read the tea leaves. He thinks Romney's going to win. I think his...

August 01, 2012

Because we don’t live in a police state or anything

“Currently,” said McCaul, “there are about 200 active Certificates of Authorization issued by the Federal...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Our Incestuous Ruling Class

A reader writes: “One of Obama’s top campaign financiers – Jonathan Lavine – is also...

July 20, 2012

Finding the Right Reaction to Different Sins

The other day, I posted a link to a piece I wrote about what to...

July 19, 2012

Because Our Ruling Class Cares So Much About our Troops

Thousands of sick Marine veterans and their families might be on the verge of taking...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

Tolerance is not Enough

Children *MUST* approve of homosex and parents WILL be punished if they attempt to stand...

June 25, 2012

While our troops pay in blood…

we are ruled by bickering cliques of Mean Girls from your sophomore year in the...

June 19, 2012

One gets the impression the wise elders of Philly…

see no essential difference between people and pigeons. "Feeding programs". It's the sort of language...

June 18, 2012

Two Points

1. Billie Harris and his widow represent all that is best about this country. 2....

June 14, 2012

Works like a charm

State provides corporation with taxpayer funded bailout. Grateful Corporation then thanks taxpayers by firing them...

June 14, 2012

Yes, yes, yes. I *know* the site is ritually impure…

...but still, read this and tell me Orwell is not incredibly prescient--and that we are...

June 11, 2012

Christian Ohnimus throws a spanner in the works…

...of the GOP's attempt to gin up the de rigeur "YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR...

June 08, 2012

Suicides are surging

among our troops. Our grateful Ruling Class' solution: Keep them in Afghanistan, launch more wars,...

June 05, 2012

Perhaps they should build a wall

A reader writes: It strikes me as something of a turning point in a nation's...

June 01, 2012

Rich Man Saved from Mob of 12

Justice prevails as another extremely wealthy politician is saved from having to face any consequences...

June 01, 2012

The GOP: Staunch Defender of Traditional Marriage!

...appointed the judges who just struck down DOMA. But we urgently *must* vote for Romney...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Rich to our Troops

Self-sacrifice for thee, but not for me. Thanks for defending our country while I got...

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