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It’s Not Our Fault

by Terry February 11, 2009

At least some of the outrage that courses through the American psyche today derives from recognition of our shredded values of justice, and whether we can still claim we are a nation of law when our leaders suffer no consequences for their crimes.

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Plumbing the Depths of Deplankitude

by Michael Hart October 23, 2008

Sarah did a sitdown phone interview with James Dobson.
She may have even had some notes, but they didn’t have anything in them about the very very strong planks that form the floor foundation of the Republikin party. I can’t be sure if these are direct quotes, but ya know, I think they’re viry viry close.

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“REAL” Americans

by Michael Hart October 22, 2008

The “REAL” America Sarah Palin enthuses about to small town America as if she were talking to five year old children can best be understood by its two major differences: yurr Pro-Amerricans, and also yurr Anti-Americans. Pro Amerricans love America, also Anti-Americans hate America. Also, Pro-Amerricans love our flag, Anti-Americans also hate our flag. Pro-Amerricans also hate terrorists, Anti-Americans arrrrrrrrre Terrorists.

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Obama: The Real Deal?

by Michael Hart July 5, 2008

He may as well be a brother from another planet:
“Greetings; Take me as I am— not as you think I should be.”
The “new politics” of Barack Obama are leaving many Americans lost in his dust. Traditionally they may have been categorized— and understood themselves to be— “liberals,” “conservatives,” “progressives,” “Republicans,” [...]

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QURAN PRACTICE

by Michael Hart May 21, 2008

Back in the day in America, we lived in a free country. In America, you could, if you wanted to, rake up a bunch of leaves and burn them, if you felt like it. Or you could burn trash and garbage in your very own trash barrel. You could fire up a chain saw and [...]

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TELL THE TRUTH

by Terry May 7, 2008

In between multiple plugs for natural gas, pharmaceutical companies who want to help me find free drugs, and Preparation H, Timeh the Russert potato-head opined on why the remaining super-delegates are not moved to give The Clint a reprieve on her life support.

The Clint
“If you want my guns you’ll have to pry them from my [...]

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America the Community

by Terry April 24, 2008

There is so little that is close and warm.
It is as if we were never children.
—Wallace Stevens
Those are some of the saddest lines in the whole of American literature, yet they also point to an aspect of America that’s most deeply joyful— the sense of real family, and in a larger sense real community. This [...]

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Living in a Post-American World

by Terry March 17, 2008

PARAG KHANNA writes in “Waving Goodbye to Hegemony“. . .
It is 2016, and the Hillary Clinton or John McCain or Barack Obama administration is nearing the end of its second term. America has pulled out of Iraq but has about 20,000 troops in the independent state of Kurdistan, as well as warships anchored at Bahrain [...]

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