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Herb Van Fleet SECOND AMENDMENT? WHAT SECOND AMENDMENT?

I don’t understand all the fuss about the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms. A simple reading of it against its historical context and using eighteenth century semantics reveals pretty clearly that the right granted in this Amendment no longer exists; at least not in the way the founders intended it. Here’s the entire text of the Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be inf… Continue

Posted by Herb Van Fleet on March 10, 2010 at 4:53pm — No Comments

JOHN Discrimination based on Wealth and Income: The health care debate

Regarding the Health Care debate- Senator Harkin (D) Iowa spoke about discrimination based on health in relation to the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions, being placed in a high risk pool. He and President Obama articulated that this mechanism was basically unfair because the cost for insurance to those in this pool would be too expensive. This brings up an essential problem regarding health care within a Capitalistic economy. The problem is that discrimination based on income and… Continue

Posted by JOHN on February 25, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Mark Sawant sexy costume for u

Ho Ho Ho! This jolly Flannel Santa Suit comes with a jacket and pants. The red pants have pockets. There is soft white trim on the bottom of the legs. The pull over jacket is red with long sleeves. Soft white trims the wrist cuffs, center, and along the bottom. A black belt with a silver buckle is vinyl. The boot tops are black vinyl. The hat is red with white trim and a white pom pom. The gloves are white. (Beard set not included). Shipping & Handling $12.95 and Standard Size fits most adul… Continue

Posted by Mark Sawant on February 11, 2010 at 6:38am — No Comments

Steve Lee One Of The Problems With The Federal Income Tax

is that Americans have to pay high fees to file their Federal Income Tax Returns After the New Year's champagne bubbles have all burst comes the cold dark before the dawn realization that your federal income tax returns ahve to be filed when you receive your income information from your employer. There are many companies that will fill-out and file your income tax forms for you for a price… Continue

Posted by Steve Lee on February 5, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Wesley Anderson Hair Salons Hiring

Back To Da Napp Salon Cafe is a family oriented salon with great entertainment and fun for our clients. Right we are in need of great hair stylists around Los Angeles County. We have a high standard of quality and professionalism for our clients. If you act now you can take advantage of our current incentive: Booths for rent at $75 per wk for the first two months.... We are in need of those who specialize in lock retwist, twist, corn rows individuals, shampoo press and curl, deep conditionin… Continue

Posted by Wesley Anderson on January 29, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About A Change Of Heart And Mind On Health Care Reform.

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Posted by Toriach on January 23, 2010 at 3:42pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Four Main Reasons Why Most People Don’t Embrace Progressivism.

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Posted by Toriach on January 22, 2010 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Time Has Come For A Bold New Experiment In Democracy!

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Posted by Toriach on January 21, 2010 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About Martha Coakley Deserved To Lose And So Do All Democrats!

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Posted by Toriach on January 20, 2010 at 8:41pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About Closing Of The Only Grocery Store In McLean Texas Has Potential For Huge Repurcussions For Residents.

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Posted by Toriach on January 10, 2010 at 2:29am — No Comments

Toriach The One About If You Want To Be Really Safe Go Live In A Bubble!

(This article originally appeared at The One About...) Okay folks, I'm taking a little break for a couple of days from The Twelve Days Of Blogmas. It will resume though I promise. It's just that in some ways doing reposts can end up being more work than original posts. Funny but true. Plus, well no matter how much I may despise most of our politicians, it seems like they always manage to do something to get my attention. This time oddly enough th… Continue

Posted by Toriach on December 31, 2009 at 6:45pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Seventh Day Of Blogmas: The One About I Hate To Break It To Our Corporate Masters But This Is The Twenty First Century Not The Nineteenth.

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Posted by Toriach on December 30, 2009 at 3:10pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Sixth Day Of Blogmas: The One About Here's A Tip For You.

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Posted by Toriach on December 29, 2009 at 10:42am — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Fifth Day Of Blogmas: The One About Hey Neil Oliver The 19th Century Called They Want Their Backwards Assed Thinking Back!

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Posted by Toriach on December 28, 2009 at 9:45am — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Fourth Day Of Blogmas: The One About The Death Of One Of My Last Few Illusions.

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Posted by Toriach on December 24, 2009 at 8:27pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Third Day Of Blogmas: The One About Erroneous Assumptions.

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Posted by Toriach on December 23, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Second Day Of Blogmas: The One About Why PETA, And Michael Vick Are Both Synonyms For Suck.

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Posted by Toriach on December 22, 2009 at 2:54pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The First Day Of Blogmas: The One About Why I Have A Big Fat Problem With The Republicants.

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Posted by Toriach on December 21, 2009 at 11:52am — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Twelve Days Of Blogmas!

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Posted by Toriach on December 20, 2009 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About Moderation In The Pursuit Of True Reform Is No Virtue And Extremism In The Defence Of Progressivism Is No Vice.

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Posted by Toriach on December 19, 2009 at 10:08am — No Comments

Toriach The One About Attaching Domestic Needs To The War Bill.

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Posted by Toriach on December 18, 2009 at 1:31pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About Here's Why We Don't Trust You Congress, Not That You've Asked.

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Posted by Toriach on December 17, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Poor Can't Afford To Care About Climate Change And The Rich Don't Have To.

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Posted by Toriach on December 16, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

Toriach The One About I'm Sorry Mr. President But That Ship Has Sailed And Then You Sunk It.

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Posted by Toriach on December 15, 2009 at 5:09pm — No Comments

Lance Winslow Global Trade Issues in Asia and CO2 Emission Tie Ins - By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow If China really wants to someday be a global superpower and someday soon they definitely will become just that. It certainly will not be more than a couple of decades away. Today, they wished to be recognized in the rest of the world as one of its leading nat… Continue

Posted by Lance Winslow on December 7, 2009 at 8:07pm — No Comments

Lance Winslow Whistleblower or Challenge to Our Republic - A Look at Ron Paul - By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow Congressman and Dr. Ron Paul has been warning US citizens that our monetary system is a fraud and a fake and that the Federal Reserve needs to be audited because things are not well. Unfortunately, in doing this he is destroying in… Continue

Posted by Lance Winslow on December 7, 2009 at 6:25pm — No Comments

Lance Winslow Diplomacy, Politics, and Presidential Administrations Discussed - By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow Presidents always make lots of pre-election promises to us. For instance our current leader promised that he knew how to deal with foreign governments, and that the Bush Administration had put the United States in more danger, due to the so-called unilateral decis… Continue

Posted by Lance Winslow on December 7, 2009 at 5:58pm — No Comments

JOHN A path toward freedom

Toward an effort to understand one aspect of discontent most of us experience I will utilize a oversimplified categorization process. As perhaps too often done I will group humans into two distinct groups. Those who own money and those who money owns. Almost everyone the average person comes to know either in their personal lives or throught the media falls into the group that is owned by money. This includes Oprah, Bill Gates, atheletes, movie stars all celebrities. Regardless of what the medi… Continue

Posted by JOHN on December 6, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About A Business I Don't Mind Seeing Wal-Mart Take A Bite Out Of.

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Posted by Toriach on November 19, 2009 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About To Hell With You (Health Care Reform Edition).

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Posted by Toriach on November 18, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About Well Mr. Schaeffer That Depends On Your Definition Of Bad.

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Posted by Toriach on November 17, 2009 at 2:46am — No Comments

Toriach Every Time I Think I'm Done Talking About Michael Vick.

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Posted by Toriach on November 16, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

JOHN A Positive Thought

Watching Charlie Rose last evening I was pleasantly engaged while listening to Barbara Ehrenreich- author, essayist and columist. She reminds us of the ill effects this culture holds for positive thinking; the kind peddled by motivational speakers one many times finds in corporate america. Her ideas and comments on this topic are akin to my own considerations. The push to deny certain realities many times promulgated by our economic and class system, is the cause for much harm to people. Many… Continue

Posted by JOHN on November 14, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About Sometimes A Basketball Game Is Just A Basketball Game.

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Posted by Toriach on November 13, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Toriach The One About Worthless Versus Pointless.

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Posted by Toriach on November 11, 2009 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Danger Of Blind Allegiance.

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Posted by Toriach on November 10, 2009 at 11:31am — No Comments

Toriach The One About Has The Sleeping Giant Been Awoken At Last?

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Posted by Toriach on November 9, 2009 at 1:53pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About Someone Out There Finally Gets It!

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Posted by Toriach on November 6, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Toriach The One About The Next Time You Think State Government Is Automatically Superior To Federal Government Look At The Income Tax Forms.

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Posted by Toriach on November 5, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Toriach The One About I Don't Want To Sound Like Sir Boring Old Fart Here But...

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Toriach The One About Let Me Be Sure I Read This Right.

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Posted by Toriach on November 3, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Toriach The One About Even A Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day.

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Posted by Toriach on November 2, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Toriach The One About What's Coming This Week.

Hi all. As you may have noticed I am returned to these environs and happy to be here. Because of not having internet at the house I am going to be running a week behind posting here. Here's a preview of what you'll be seeing from me in this coming week. The One About Even A Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day. So, out of a clear blue sky, comes the news that Rush Limbaugh had been hoping to invest in the St. Louis Rams, and was turned down by the NFL for one or two off the cuff comments t… Continue

Posted by Toriach on November 1, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Toriach The One About A Real American Hero!

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Posted by Toriach on October 30, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Lance Winslow How Government Regulators are Crippling America's Growth - By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow October 23, 2009 Most people believe that the business regulations which are put into place are done so to help the consumer and the public from unethical business people and for fraud. Well, it turns out that many who work in the government actuall… Continue

Posted by Lance Winslow on October 23, 2009 at 2:27pm — 2 Comments

Lance Winslow Are Angry Young African Americans Recruitment Target for Islamic Radical Home Grown Terroists?

It seems highly un-politically correct to mention this, but it also seems highly unfortunate if it is ignored. So I ask the question; Are Angry Young African Americans Recruitment Target for Islamic Radical Home Grown Terroists? The answer would of course be a Yes or No answer, and it is a matter of national security, even if it is a sensative issue due to Political Correctness. So, let's discuss this and leave your emotions, political correctness, race, and politics at home. Otherwise; click… Continue

Posted by Lance Winslow on October 23, 2009 at 5:02am — No Comments

Matthew J. Rettick The True Cost of Free Health Care

Less than a year into his presidency, Barack Obama has proposed a major reform to our health insurance system. While most can agree the current system is broken or soon to be, why is President Obama pushing so hard and fast for health insurance reform? A decision that inflicts such huge “change,” impacting every man, woman and child in the nation, should not be made so hastily. Even if health insurance reform is approved this year, the policy would not take effect until 2013, so why should we h… Continue

Posted by Matthew J. Rettick on October 16, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

JOHN The Rising Obama Democrats

About the emerging dichotomy in the Rebulican party between those who wish to connect to and those who wish to be dis-connected from the so- called tea parties, town hall meetings and the paltry amount of people who protested at the Washington mall last weekend. It is many times purported that the average American citizen is moderate in relation to issues and does not fall into the extreme catergories of the left or right. However if one observed the protest against healthcare reform in Washing… Continue

Posted by JOHN on September 20, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About McNulty's Law.

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Posted by Toriach on September 9, 2009 at 4:07pm — No Comments

PETA In a fog? It could be the fish

If your hair is thinning and you can't remember where you left the car keys, last night's fish fillets just might be to blame. According to a new study released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), over a seven-year period, scientists found mercury in every single fish they tested from streams across the country. This study should put to rest once and for all the old fish story that fish is a "health food." From 1998 to 2005, USGS scientists tested more than a thousand fish collected from nea… Continue

Posted by PETA on September 8, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About I'm Sorry Mr. Schaeffer But Many Of Us Don't Have The Luxury Of Trusting President Obama Too Far For Too Long.

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Posted by Toriach on September 4, 2009 at 12:25pm — 2 Comments

JOHN JOHN Ready to continue soon

I am back and will write much more once I re- work my computer- I have much to say- and will say it. I am currently having difficulty with my computer and attempting to iron out the problems. I hope the most "powerful" man in the world goes in front of the tide and demands it to wait. Good luck as it waits for no man- all of us alienated- abstract- removed -dis-intergraded- beings think we have it made- well we better take our diamond rings and pawn them- we better wear diamonds on the soles o… Continue

Posted by JOHN on September 3, 2009 at 11:18pm — No Comments

Wesley Anderson Nice Jeans For Cheap

Getting Nice jeans for cheap are becoming very popular since we are in a recession. They are also some of the most convenient types of clothing to shop for as well. If you have ever tried to find nice jeans for cheap, you know how frustrating it can get trying to locate these great brands without compromising your style. I'm sure that you have traveled countless times far and abroad trying to find these great bargains. Thanks to the internet and the help of great outlet stores to go to, I will b… Continue

Posted by Wesley Anderson on September 2, 2009 at 9:26pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About I Am Sam Bell!

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Wesley Anderson Super Mario Brothers Flash Games

I love playing online flash games for free that is very entertaining and challenging as well. Sometimes the games can be a little outrageous too. However, there is only one game that I love playing online and that is the super Mario brothers flash games. These games not only have very nice quality for them to be free online but they also allow you to put them on your blogs, websites or on your desktop for future play. If you are anything like me, then I'm sure that you like to play games like t… Continue

Posted by Wesley Anderson on September 1, 2009 at 9:37pm — No Comments

Wesley Anderson Cheap Muffler Scarves

It's getting close to that time of the year where everyone is going to have to dress a little warmer. Summer is getting closer to the end and the climate is getting a little colder. Therefore, some of us have to go back to the store and get sweaters, jackets, and scarves. However, some people spend a lot of money every year buying new clothes for each season of the year. Thanks to the internet, people can find some cheap merchandise, like scarves, online. Many people are turning to the internet… Continue

Posted by Wesley Anderson on August 30, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

PETA What marine-mammal parks don't want you to know

By Lisa Wathne Dolphins are dying to entertain us. That's the message of a devastating new documentary, The Cove, which sheds light on a dirty secret of the marine-park industry. Every year between September and March, more than 2,000 dolphins are slaughtered in the small fishing village of Taiji, Japan, where The Cove was secretly filmed. Most of the dolphins are butchered and sold for meat. A dead dolphin is worth about $600. But a few live dolphins—about two dozen each year—are sold… Continue

Posted by PETA on August 28, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About I'm Sorry But I Don't Think It's Going To Change One Damn Thing.

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Posted by Toriach on August 27, 2009 at 3:25pm — No Comments

John At what cost- money

I want to say something, what it is I do not yet know. Hopefully it will come to me. I hope I will not "Sigh" after my idea is put in words as in Nietzsche's aphorism- Sigh- "I caught this insight on the way and quickly seized the rather poor words that were closest to hand to pin it down lest it fly away again. And now it has died of these arid words and shakes and flaps in them-and I hardly know any more when I look at it how I could ever have felt so happy when I caught this bird." I remain… Continue

Posted by John on August 25, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

John setting the record straight- being nice

To become ad hominem in ones rhetoric is not tasteful nor is it respectful of oneself or the one who is being attacked. Regardless of this admonition I shall proceed as follows: 1) Karl Rove- does not look like a pig. 2) George W. Bush does not look like a clown or Alfred E. Newman. 3) Mitt Romney does not look or speak as if he was helpless as a rich man's child. 4) William Kristol does present as a pampered, overly protected middle class chicken hawk. 5) Rush Limbaugh is not a big fat idi… Continue

Posted by John on August 23, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About Conservatives Are Choosing NOW To Worry About The Dignity Of The Office?

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Posted by Toriach on August 22, 2009 at 3:51pm — 4 Comments

Toriach The One About The "Sammich" Award For "Best" Person.

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Amy Domestico California Assembly member Joan Buchanan

Women Count welcomes California Assembly member Joan Buchanan, the only female Democrat in the crowded special election for the open Congressional Seat in California's 10th Congressional district.http://budurl.com/womencount Continue

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Toriach The One About The "Sammich" Award For "Best" Television Show.

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PETA To truly help the environment, try cash for 'cluckers'

Car dealers are breathing a sigh of relief now that the popular "cash for clunkers" program has been extended by $2 billion. With the new funding, as many as a half-million more Americans will be able to junk their gas guzzlers and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. I'm not impressed. If we are serious about wanting to put the brakes on climate change, we should be offering "cash for cluckers." Encouraging meat-eaters to trade in their chicken for chickpeas and their pork chops for "fib ribs" is… Continue

Posted by PETA on August 20, 2009 at 12:14pm — No Comments

John Needy

The theme in this post is being repeated as I wrote a previous one with this same theme several months ago. The denotation of "greedy" to describe Wall Street Brokers, Investment bankers and other people who strive to make billions per year is doing a great disservice. These immature humans require a term that is more precise and accurate. The term Needy would be more accurate. Now let me explain why"Needy" fits the bill. In Western Civilization, the monotheistic concept of "God," can be desc… Continue

Posted by John on August 19, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The "Sammich" Award For "Best" Movie.

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Toriach The One About The "Sammich" Award For "Best" Song.

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Posted by Toriach on August 18, 2009 at 2:01pm — 2 Comments

PETA Hot cars can be death traps for dogs

By Lindsay Pollard-Post The dog days of summer are here, and many people are traveling with their canine companions or driving them to fun places like the beach or the dog park. But unfortunately for dogs, a joyride can quickly turn into a death sentence if their guardians leave them in a parked car, even for a minute or two. It doesn't take much time for disaster to strike, and it does not help if the windows are cracked or there is water in the car. It's simply too hot for Spot. Every… Continue

Posted by PETA on August 17, 2009 at 4:07pm — No Comments

John A dis-connect

A note about celebrity. Most of our celebrities [ not all] are entertainers. Centuries past, entertainers performed- that is "sang and danced" for the "royalty." These days celebrities perform for all of us for their feed. Another note- Centuries past a symbol of wealth- as pictured in Baroque art- was heavy pale white women- On the other hand- the peasants- were hard bodied and darked by the sun. These days a symbol of wealth is hard bodies darkened by the sun- Humans - go figure. Amid all th… Continue

Posted by John on August 13, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Toriach The One About The First Annual "Sammich" Awards!

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Toriach The One About What's A Brotha Gotta Do?

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Toriach The One About John Hughes.

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Free Lance RNC Internal Memo #1

RNC Memo (as leaked by an unnamed MesSNBC reporter) To the Republican Mob Capos: Reiterating the election strategy for 2010 which was discussed at our last strategery session: 1. Run on a platform promising to REPEAL any Obamacare legislation which has been enacted and STOP any Obamacare provision which has not yet begun. 2. Win the hearts, minds and votes of the majority of Americans who oppose this madness to their last dying breath (PS. We will coincidentally delay that last dying breath… Continue

Posted by Free Lance on August 12, 2009 at 12:18pm — No Comments

John A Public option- amid Private interest

Regarding a public option for health care one may propose a national proposition- This would by pass congress which may or may not be the way to go. However, there was a national proposition on this issue it was the 2008 election. Most Americans; regardless of the silly media town hall non-sense- voted for President Obama- and he articulated his proposal regarding this issue. In order to pay for a public option, President Obama would have to make enormous cuts to the military budget. Now a prov… Continue

Posted by John on August 11, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Stephen Twelker A non-argument in support of health care reform

Recently a friend asked me why I think health care is a right rather than a privilege. My friend is on the conservative side of the aisle, and we’ve had a few constructive, interesting, online discussions about politics. My initial thought – and, like many other initial thoughts, one that was best left unvoiced – was “It just is; why wouldn’t it be? Isn’t it obvious?” Not exactly the most convincing argument for health care being a right. Several weeks have passed as I’ve thought about the ques… Continue

Posted by Stephen Twelker on August 11, 2009 at 1:01am — 2 Comments

Herb Van Fleet Of Morons, Minotaurs, and Muppets

Of Morons, Minotaurs, and Muppets I once quipped that if all the members of Congress doubled their IQ’s, they would still be morons. Enter Sam Brownback (R-KS) who, on July 9th, along with Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA,) introduced Senate Bill 1435, "Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2009." Brownback, a Christian fundamentalist and young-earth creationist, is obviously doing his part to help keep God’s creatures from mixing with, well, you know, God’s creatures. If signed into law,… Continue

Posted by Herb Van Fleet on August 10, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

PETA If you love your cat, keep her inside

By Paula Moore I recently read a heartbreaking story about a cat named Hadley who had been deliberately set on fire. Hadley suffered painful third-degree burns on his face, ears, neck, back and legs. A photo in a Michigan newspaper shows Hadley's blackened ears, which vets say will probably fall off because they are so badly burned. The orange-and-white tabby is also missing half his whiskers, and much of his fur will likely never grow back. After the attack, Hadley's distraught guardian… Continue

Posted by PETA on August 10, 2009 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Free Lance Obamacare - Do Not Resuscitate

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is a health policy advisor to B. Hussein Obama, and is incidentally the brother of his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Ezekiel Emanuel advocated the withholding of scarce healthcare resources from the elderly, infirm and others he term 'unfit'. We just can't afford it. These unfit individuals must be sacrificed for the common good. Eugenics certainly sounded more ominous in the original German, but it is no less dangerous in Obamacare. Seniors will not tolerate any government… Continue

Posted by Free Lance on August 7, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Toriach The One About I Hate To Break It To Our Corporate Masters But This Is The Twenty First Century Not The Nineteenth.

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John Too much ignorance from Fox

Please excuse the use of '"Irish'' as I attempt to excoriate Sean Hannity in this post- I am utilizing it mostly as a tool to criticize him. Sean Hannity needs to be removed from the air waves- First reason is a personal one: I am also of Irish decent being that my great-great grandparents came from Ireland and he is giving Irish people a very bad name. I hope that most Irish people are not as stupid and ignorant as he is- but I have known some pretty stupid ones in my own experience. His boor… Continue

Posted by John on July 30, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Toriach The One About A Word On Healthcare From A Nobody.

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PETA Why would starving monkeys want to live longer?

By Alka Chandna, Ph.D. Imagine the horror of eating, sleeping, relieving yourself and sitting with nothing to do in the same tiny room for decades. You can never go outside and feel the sun on your skin or smell the fragrance of blooming flowers. Your days are drained of color, scent and almost every other form of sensory stimulation. Imagine, too, that you are never fed quite enough and feel constant hunger pangs. Worse, you are deprived of the one thing that might bring you some small c… Continue

Posted by PETA on July 30, 2009 at 9:26am — No Comments

PETA Exotic 'pets': suffering for sale

By Jennifer O'Connor A toddler is strangled to death by her family's pet python. A woman lies in a coma, her face and hands ripped off, after being attacked by her friend's pet chimpanzee. A 9-year-old girl is dead after an attack by her stepfather's pet tiger. Thousands of people all over the country—most recently in Florida, where the horrific python attack took place—have been bitten, mauled and killed by exotic pets. How have we reached the point where lions and tigers live in baseme… Continue

Posted by PETA on July 27, 2009 at 3:23pm — No Comments

Toriach The One About The Call For Passionate Inclusive Progressivism.

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Posted by Toriach on July 25, 2009 at 3:37pm — 2 Comments

PETA The saddest show on Earth

By Ingrid E. Newkirk Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind. They use tools to sweep paths and even to draw pictures in the dirt and scratch themselves in inaccessible places, and they communicate subsonically at frequencies so low that humans cannot detect them without sophisticated equipment. Imagine, then, what it must be like for them to be told what to do, courtesy of a bullhook—a rod resembling a fireplace po… Continue

Posted by PETA on July 23, 2009 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Free Lance Obama Health Care Reform Nightmare #1

Hang onto your tonsils, kids. President Obama says that evil doctors are out to make a buck by pulling yours out of your throat unnecessarily. "Get the specimen jar ready... I've got another one ... MWAHH HAAA HAAAA!" Evil doctors are just the latest of Obama's big bad bogeymen, joining Evil Bankers, Evil Corporations, Evil Insurance Companies, Evil Cambridge Police Officers, Evil Republicans, Evil Moderate Democrats, and the source of all the evil he inherited, Evil-incarnate Bush 43. Axis o… Continue

Posted by Free Lance on July 23, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

John Wondering about squirrels

It is a beautiful day and you are driving to the local supermarket. You arrive at the parking lot looking for a place to park and what happens? There are others who are also either parked or looking for parking. And yes while you were driving there were others on the road getting in your way. What happened to the beautiful day?--- If one stops and looks around they will observe certain behaviors in themselves and others. Look at the way people guard their prize possesion, their car. Some commo… Continue

Posted by John on July 23, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

John A Watchful Eye

It occurred to me that there are many honest people who live in our communities. The word, "Honest," as most words, can become quite complicated when one begins to delve deeper into its' meaning. However, for the purpose of the point being made here I wish to keep it simple. We all know honest people among our friends and families- But more than likely these honest people are not the primary political or economic decision makers within our communities; be it large cities or towns. This is mostl… Continue

Posted by John on July 21, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

John Having it made, no need to change here.

It very much appears that most people live very mundane lives. This opening sentence, eleven words, if left to stand by itself would bring about two basic understandings. For the mundane- they would more than likely see a life where husband and wife who live in a multi-million dollar home, both drive cars each worth over $60,000.00, take three vacations per year including one overseas, eat at expensive restaurants, wear expensive clothes, seek out friends who share the same life style and taste,… Continue

Posted by John on July 15, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

PETA Giving farmed-animal abusers their due

With so many high-profile stories in the news lately—the passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, the Gov. Sanford scandal, post-election protests in Iran—you may not have heard about the historic victories for animals that are taking place in American courtrooms. It’s worth noting that two of PETA’s undercover investigations of factory farms have just resulted in groundbreaking animal abuse convictions—convictions that are both highly significant and long overdue. All too often, the abuse… Continue

Posted by PETA on July 15, 2009 at 4:46pm — No Comments

John A goodbye and perhaps another chance for a good lesson

The very dynamics that bring about such extreme adulation and emotion when a celebrity dies are the same that create the distortion in the minds of many of these celebrities. The need for modern man to exhault popular figures is an indictment upon civilization itself. The lack, loss, disintegration, unreality of modern life requires a vessel toward which we as a collective may project our hopes and aspirations upon. But these so called hopes and aspirations are more a mourning of a great loss t… Continue

Posted by John on July 7, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

John S The fundamental flaw with the American health care system and how to fix it.

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Posted by John S on July 7, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

John Lower than Peter King? Impossible!

I see Congressman Peter king from New York has an opinion regarding low lives. Hmm- Is he looking in the mirror? Anyone who is familiar with this man knows he is basically a bag boy for his local power wielding purse string holding idiots. His current assignment has been to bring home the bacon based on fear. He is fond of touting terrorism crap- The new message is simple- people want JOBS living wage JOBS. Give it up low life Peter King. People want the economy to bring living wage jobs. Pete… Continue

Posted by John on July 7, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

PETA Declare dog Independence Day

By Lindsay Pollard-Post This Fourth of July, Americans will celebrate their freedom with picnics, trips to the beach and time spent with the people they love. But America isn’t a free country for everyone who lives here. In nearly every community—perhaps even on your own street—Americans’ best friends, our dogs, are kept chained and deprived of every freedom. These dogs will spend our nation’s birthday as they spend every other day: pacing their tiny patch of dirt, panting in the heat,… Continue

Posted by PETA on July 2, 2009 at 3:12pm — No Comments

Daniel B. Kline Maybe we should remember the actual man in the mirror

By Daniel B. Kline Exactly how many hit singles does a singer need for people to forget that he was likely a child molester? If you only have a couple is it okay to rob a store or maybe to beat your wife? Perhaps Huey Lewis gets a free pass on a speeding ticket but Paul McCartney could murder a hobo with nobody thinking negatively about him. Michael Jackson recorded a lot of hit songs many years ago, but he hardly deserved the fawning praise he has received since his death. Though never… Continue

Posted by Daniel B. Kline on June 30, 2009 at 7:32am — 2 Comments

PETA Slaughterhouses: Where racehorses go to ‘retire’

Every spring in the U.S., as many as 50,000 thoroughbred mares give birth. Perhaps every thoroughbred owner dreams that, this year, a champion will be born. The odds are against it. Only a fraction of all these foals will go on to compete. And only a fraction of this fraction will become as successful as Charismatic and War Emblem. Charismatic won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness—the first two legs of the Triple Crown—in 1999. But during the Belmont Stakes, Charismatic’s left front leg brok… Continue

Posted by PETA on June 25, 2009 at 12:31pm — No Comments

John Too Tired of the Lie are We

The late local ABC New York Eyewitness News anchor Roger Grimsby would end his broadcast- "hoping your news is good news." Roger was erudite, wise and did not say these words meaninglessly. What he meant was: What you just witnessed on TV is a commercial driven, directed, edited, scripted, staged and lighted for the camera performance that is designed to fire your imagination. Your personal news, the news in your life is what actually matters. This message remains important- and within the ess… Continue

Posted by John on June 24, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Daniel B. Kline Let comedians not politicians make the jokes

By Daniel B. Kline When we start letting politicians set the standards for humor, then we have accomplished something not even Carrot Top, Jay Leno or even Larry The Cable Guy has managed to do. We will have killed comedy and what will remain will be as sad as knock knock jokes as pathetic as the "humorous" riddles on Popsicle sticks and about as funny as that wall plaque of a fish that sings. If we take humorless dolts like Sarah Palin seriously when they get mock outraged at a late ni… Continue

Posted by Daniel B. Kline on June 23, 2009 at 7:23am — 1 Comment

PETA Looking at the World Through a Fly’s Eye

By Ingrid E. Newkirk It was the swat heard ‘round the world: President Obama caused something of an international incident when he killed a fly during a CNBC interview on Tuesday. I like to think of it as a sign of the times that the life—and death—of a fly registered, at least for a moment, on the public consciousness. While we all may argue ‘til we’re blue in the face over when and if it is justifiable to swat a fly or shoot a rampaging bear, there are millions of animals out there wh… Continue

Posted by PETA on June 21, 2009 at 3:42pm — No Comments

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