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A Requiem for the American Dream

Friday, May 1, 2015

No, it was Wal-Mart's OPENING that "Crippled" Pico Rivera, California

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The business world was aflutter with the recent announcement by Wal-Mart that it was closing five stores around the country due to "pl...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Obama's America (Part 2)

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A couple of days ago I wrote a post assigning a considerable portion of the blame for the Baltimore riots to President Obama in part becaus...
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Monday, April 27, 2015

Obama's America

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I'll admit that by titling this post as I have and tying it to the riots in Baltimore I'm running this risk of being misunderstood....
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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Robert Reich Tells a Late April Fool's Joke About Hillary Clinton

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This late April Fool's joke by former Labor Secretary and "liberal firebrand" Robert Reich is so funny I really did laugh ou...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Mad Men and the "Death of the American Dream"

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During my recent illness I became a huge fan of two vastly different television shows, Breaking Bad and Mad Men , that each in their own w...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Brian Williams: The WORST Kind of Liar

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If as the old adage goes, "the worst kind of liar is the one who thinks he's telling the truth," then Brian Williams is the w...
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Monday, April 6, 2015

Will the Elites "Save" the Democratic Party?

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It should be no secret that the Democratic Party is in deep shit. The 2014 midterm elections were a major disaster, and the party is about...
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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Even Walmart Knows that Homophobia is Bad for Business

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Almost everybody is familiar with the demographic marketing phrase: "the key 18 to 54 age group." As if every human being over o...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

America is Truly the Exceptional Nation

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Looking back upon the last few years, it really is amazing just how great things are going in America these days. President Obama has turn...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

It's Looking More and More Like 2016 Will Be a Reverse Replay of 2008

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It would be perversely amusing if what will likely be by far the most expensive presidential election campaign ever is actually decided by ...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Thousands Protest in Indiana--Should Have Been Paying Attention Earlier

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"First they came for the unions, but not being a union member I did not stand up. Then they came for the black people, but not being ...
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Friday, March 27, 2015

Crisis, What Crisis?

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As I've stated before on this blog I pay next to zero attention to American teevee news, particularly the cable news channels. It was ...
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