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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: Satire Becomes Impossible . . . No, No, Not Yet!
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Friday, October 9, 2009. Satire Becomes Impossible . . . No, No, Not Yet! Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize. Better now than later. Later it could have been construed as a political statement. Now it is patently absurd - a product of delusion. Satire becomes impossible, again! Obama wins Kentucky Derby! Obama wins Car of the Year! A Barton Hinkle, if that's his real name,. Has a full article.
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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: Is American Politics REALLY Worse Than Ever ??? -- Part I
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Thursday, September 24, 2009. Is American Politics REALLY Worse Than Ever? I have asked myself this question and now will attempt to answer it. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Is American politics worse than ever? Think of the Hayes-Tilden election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877 link . What, if anything, is worse than ever about American politics? Simplify, then Exaggerate!
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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: The W Legacy . . .the Reagan Legacy and Presidential Legacies, in General
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Wednesday, September 9, 2009. The W Legacy . . .the Reagan Legacy and Presidential Legacies, in General. However, legacies are more complex. I'll give away my plot here:. Reagan didn't plan for a successor; I don't think he cared, but Daddy Bush was there to pick up the opportunity. Clinton thought he would go on in power forever, in one form or another. Down to find out how and why.
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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: News for the Blues - Stuff I Couldn't Have Made Up
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Tuesday, October 27, 2009. News for the Blues - Stuff I Couldn't Have Made Up. From Reuters: Kremlin Warns Against Wrecking Russia With Democracy. Who would have imagined this? From Foreign Policy : Theory of International Politics and Zombies. Bureaucrats dialogue while the zombies prevail. From the National Security Archive:. Is Playboy's November playmate of the month. Care of the Soul.
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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: Fake Statistics for a Spectacular Recovery - Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Fake Statistics for a Spectacular Recovery - Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain. Aug 1, 2009 - headline:. US Recession Worst Since Great Depression, Revised Data Show. Courtesy of Drudge and Bloomberg. Behind the curtain and nearly un. Reported was this boring July 31 news release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the Dept. of Commerce:. The tip...
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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: Another Take on the Decline of Empire
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Another Take on the Decline of Empire. Today, I post a rather long paragraph, written in 1930 by W. Somerset Maugham. In a travel book entitled “The Gentleman in the Parlour,” upon the decline of the British Empire. Did he go through Burma and not see how the British power was tottering because the masters were afraid to rule, did he not meet judges, soldier...
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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: Headline: FDIC closes 9 banks in one day . . .Oct. 30, 2009 . . .
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Headline: FDIC closes 9 banks in one day . . .Oct. 30, 2009 . . . What you don't see behind the curtain is . . . Image from FBOP's home page. All banks were owned by FBOP Corp. of Chicago. The Chicago Tribune covered the situation comprehensively here: http:/ www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fbop-seize-oct30,0,502486.story. 3) The Park National shutdown occu...
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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: The Untold Story of Geo.H.W.Bush and Ronald Reagan
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Wednesday, September 2, 2009. The Untold Story of Geo.H.W.Bush and Ronald Reagan. Geo HW.Bush was the son of a senator. He went to Phillips Exeter and Yale. He gave heroic service as a pilot in WWII. He campaigned for the GOP nomination in 1980 and lost to Ronald Reagan. Reagan invited him to be the vice-presidential nominee. And, they never talked to one another again. I'm not a fan of ...
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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: Obama White House War with Reality: we report - you decide!
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Obama White House War with Reality: we report - you decide! For the Obama White House to go to war with Fox News over ACORN scandals. Was bizarre, in that it should have been beneath the purview of the Presidency. For the Obama White House to go to war with Edmunds. Now comes comic calculations of jobs saved and created by the Obama Stimulus. Ed DeSeve, who o...
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Opinions on Our Lives & Times: Presidential Legacies - Part II
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Opinions on Our Lives and Times. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock - Will Rogers. Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Presidential Legacies - Part II. The historical legacies are like a series of matryoska dolls, going back to the War for Independence. We have to begin somewhere. We’ll begin with Ronnie . . .and save the earlier administrations for a cold winter day when there’s nothing current to think about. In his mind, he was President and then he was going home. That...