Category Archives: Politics

Obama’s Open Government: Release Abu Ghraib Photos; No Visibility to Tarp Funds

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Thanos

Obama’s Open Government: Release Abu Ghraib Photos but No Visibility to Tarp Funds I would laugh, but it’s not funny. President Obama is still waffling on releasing Abu Ghraib photos five years after the fact, and closing Gitmo, but at … Continue reading →

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Walking to the Elephant Graveyard

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Thanos

Republicans Need a New Strategy III In the last essay I spoke of how we are on desolate shore, our tide receded. The picture is bleaker than the allegory might initially suggest: the tide that put us so far ashore … Continue reading →

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Left Wing Domestic Terrorists Sentenced for Plot to Firebomb RNC Convention

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Thanos

Left Wing Domestic Terrorists Sentenced for Plot to Firebomb RNC Convention The perps had a trailer full of screw-studded plastic shields manufactured from stolen traffic control barrels and molotov cocktails stored at an apartment.  Mckay was perfectly ok with police … Continue reading →

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Drowning the Taxpayer in Debt: Priceless

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Thanos

Drowning the Taxpayer in Debt: Priceless There are some things your tax dollars shouldn’t buy…

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Pelosi Prevaricates

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Thanos

Pelosi Prevaricates Forty briefings: those squawking the loudest about enhanced interrogation techniques knew about it. If President Bush is a war criminal for this then so is Speaker Pelosi. See the video below where the  hypocrisy abounds:

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Dump the Dentist

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Thanos

Dump the Dentist Don McLeroy, Dentist, Discovery Institute shill, and Chairman of the Texas State Board of education is under fire and likely out of a job. He’s a Governor Rick Perry appointee, but the legislature still has to confirm. … Continue reading →

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Pundit Puddingheads Pimp Pandemic Paranoia

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Thanos

Pundit Puddingheads Pimp Pandemic Paranoia You always hate it when radio and talk pundits willingly feed ammunition to our enemies – when media matters can publish just the facts and Joe Scarborough can lay you low with a comment you … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Con

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Thanos

The Art of the Con Here’s an educational video that bears watching in the era of Obama, and a democrat controlled congress. What red meat political issues are the Dems chumming the water with, and which should we really be … Continue reading →

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Republicans Need New Strategy II: The Shores of Desolation

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Thanos

Our tide has receded and we stand amidst wrack and drying foam upon a desolate shore. What’s next for us? Will we starve and shrink, or can we somehow pull that tide back? Continue reading →

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Don’t Drink Foo Foo Drinks, Don’t be Fooled by Foo Foo Budget Cuts

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Thanos

Don’t Drink Foo Foo Drinks, Don’t be Fooled by Foo Foo Budget Cuts I don’t drink Foo Foo drinks except on rare occasions – there’s plenty of good reasons. One is that they are generally more expensive because they are … Continue reading →

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