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Joe The Nerd: December 2010
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The musings of a Raging Moderate. "assume stupidity in yourself and others". Friday, December 24, 2010. Want to Come to a Real New Years' Party? Published: Personally 2010-12-24 10:12:41. New York's New Year's Eve a bunch of people stand around in the street and watch a ball drop (oooohhh-aaahhh). They call that a party? Stand over here. No, stand over there. Get crushed. 6 or 7 hours of this? Nah, no way. Been there - done that. You want a party? You want a party that is real? Parts of the city are just...
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Joe The Nerd: Occupy Movement is Animal Farm Herding Cats.
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The musings of a Raging Moderate. "assume stupidity in yourself and others". Sunday, October 16, 2011. Occupy Movement is Animal Farm Herding Cats. Occupy Whatever has become what they are fighting. I went to Occupy Philly and found that an individual cannot petition the government system they have installed. This is the story of how this movement is already off the rails. In my last Huffington Post piece ( Link. The "Working Groups" is where I found resistance. The first wall of resistance was from a "D...
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Joe The Nerd: February 2011
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The musings of a Raging Moderate. "assume stupidity in yourself and others". Monday, February 28, 2011. Why Did Your Rep X Vote With Scott Walker? Published: The Huffington Post 2011.02.28. You are a Wisconsin State Employee who is maxed out. Every month you do the financial ballet. It flows in sync because you are a responsible steward of the family's finances. Your spouse is working, the kids are in school, but you can't take a second job to make ends meet (that working for the State thing). Elections ...
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Joe The Nerd: October 2011
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The musings of a Raging Moderate. "assume stupidity in yourself and others". Sunday, October 16, 2011. Occupy Movement is Animal Farm Herding Cats. Occupy Whatever has become what they are fighting. I went to Occupy Philly and found that an individual cannot petition the government system they have installed. This is the story of how this movement is already off the rails. In my last Huffington Post piece ( Link. The "Working Groups" is where I found resistance. The first wall of resistance was from a "D...
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Joe The Nerd: March 2011
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The musings of a Raging Moderate. "assume stupidity in yourself and others". Thursday, March 31, 2011. And No One Listened. Published: The Huffington Post 2011.03.31. Scroll Down For Update. How would you feel if you went on a hunger strike, emaciated yourself, and then died? And no one listened? That appears to be what is going on in Madison, Wisconsin right now. Matt Schauenburg has been on a hunger strike since March 3rd (Link). We honor those who put their lives on the line for our country. It was a ...
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Joe The Nerd: The NRA Call
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The musings of a Raging Moderate. "assume stupidity in yourself and others". Monday, February 18, 2013. Friday night had a date with the wife. The roads were clogged going downtown Philly. As we sat in traffic my cell phone started singing. It was the NRA! Upbeat Lori had broken through the defense of my number being on the Do Not Call list with an urgent message from Wayne LaPierre! My wife gave me the Hang-up-you-idiot look. I mouthed, "We're stuck in traffic." and said, "OK Lori" . Wayne LaPierre and ...
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Joe The Nerd: Stupid Questions – 28,000 Series: Romney’s Chinese Taxes
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The musings of a Raging Moderate. "assume stupidity in yourself and others". Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Stupid Questions – 28,000 Series: Romney’s Chinese Taxes. Since Mitt Romney and his Bainettes do business in China; how much do they make? Are they paying Chinese Taxes on these profits? Has Mitt and the Singing Bainettes (a Do-Wop group? Figured out how to game the Chinese Tax System the same way they have pushed the envelope on the American System? Got audited by Chinese Authorities could we have a...
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Joe The Nerd: August 2011
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The musings of a Raging Moderate. "assume stupidity in yourself and others". Friday, August 19, 2011. Why $250,000 as the Cutoff? Or WWJD with that Cash? The big fiscal legislative issue of the lame duck session was the extension of the Bush Tax Cuts. Everyone gets something? Do we go in the middle with some number picked out of the air? I guess the $250,000 number was a campaign promise from 2008 that needs to be honored. But seriously, you can't make it on $250,000 PER YEAR? A year starting with a "2".
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Joe The Nerd: July 2011
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The musings of a Raging Moderate. "assume stupidity in yourself and others". Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Sand Castles for the TP and GOPOS. Published: The Huffington Post 2011.07.20. Can the GOP be split by the President into two factions - Tea Party (TP) and GOP Old School (GOPOS)? GOP Old School are moderate GOP Members who are too scared to move without TP approval, but disagree with what the TP is. Until the end of the month, President Obama has some interesting cards in his hand. Are the starting point.