unspun1966

  • I know I write about the Demcrats here quite a bit. I am not a Democrat, but if you have read my previous posts, you know that I routinely pull for them to get themselves together. Sadly, it seems that will not happen anytime soon. I don’t know if it is because of a short

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  • I am pulling for the Democrats – I really am.  I have written in the past about how I am not a huge fan of the Democrats and most of their policies.  That has not changed.  I am also not a fan of uncontested one-party dominance in the legislature.  I believe we as a nation

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  • I understand the Democrat Party is a political party.  I also understand they seem to be in complete disarray after their losses in the House, the Senate, and the White House.  I am not a Democrat, but I firmly believe that America needs a strong, thoughtful, reasonable dissenting voice in the halls of government.  Sadly,

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  • Bear with me here.  The phrase “OK Boomer” fits here when slightly modified to “OK Democrat.” We hear every day from younger folks that Boomers are the cause of the many issues Generation Z and Millennials face.  Boomers are blamed for the state of the economy, the attitudes of corporate America, driving up the prices

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  • Today is October 26, 2024. Two nights ago, at a town hall meeting sponsored by CNN, Vice President Kamala Harris labeled former President Donald Trump a Fascist and “dangerous”.  She went on to reference former President Trump’s Chief of Staff, retired Marine Corps General John Kelly.  General (Ret.) Kelly has stated that former President Trump

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  • “shem hitaskanu beanyanim harurim shlanu”  This is a Google translation into Hebrew of the saying, “There we were, minding our own damned business”.  Today is the eve of the anniversary of October 7, 2023, arguably Israel’s iteration of America’s own September 11th.  In the early hours of that day, the military wing of the terrorist

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  • 31 December 2023 Updated 02 January 2024 Whether you prefer the term “Illegal Immigrant” or Undocumented Immigrant”, both refer to foreign-born persons who have either entered the United States without permission or have overstayed their legally allotted time in the country.1 If all politics is local, as Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill and others have claimed,

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  • The Biden administration wants to phase out oil in favor a green energy, and at the same time is upset about rising gasoline prices, because it understands that rising gasoline prices is directly tied to the pocketbooks of ordinary Americans.. Gasoline prices as of this writing are somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.00 more than

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  • Cancel Culture

    The Inquisition, The Salem Witch Trials, The Red Scare, and now Cancel Culture are seemingly unrelated, yet all have something in common; Fear and pressure to conform, at least publicly, with popular or populist ideas. Additionally, they have something else in common, they require an unwavering acceptance and support of a particular dogma and rely

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  •   There is significant gun violence in America. It seems as if each day, when I turn on the news, I see another story about a shooting. Many are local, some are national news, and some barely get a 30 second mention. Much is made about the need to do something, anything to stop “the

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