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I’m pretty much out of words to express my frustration about this whole debt ceiling mess in Washington.  So I thought I’d pick a song that, at least in the chorus,  sums up my feelings as a way to shout to the universe.

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This week Michele Bachmann launched her campaign for the GOP 2012 presidential candidate.  In addition to wrongly claiming that John Wayne was from her home town of Waterloo, Iowa, it  was revealed  that she has  said and may actually believe that the founding fathers worked tirelessly  to end slavery.   WHAT?  I’m pretty sure the [...]

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I Quit You

Today, I had to smile, widely, when I heard Newt Gingrich’s entire senior campaign staff resigned en masse.  This included his spokesperson who has been with the man for twelve years.  Newt says he’s still running for president, but one has to wonder who’s going to navigate.  Personally, I think it would be wrong to [...]

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Hip Hop For A Revolution

North American Egyptians salute their homeland.  Enjoy!  

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WTF Moment of the Week

Today, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak came out just to say he’s still not leaving.  Meanwhile, protesters were unequivocal when they shouted in Arabic for him to “Get Out!”  When all this started, I felt a little sorry for the 80+-year-old.  It’s gotta be hard to wake up one morning and be handed your walking papers [...]

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Egypt Rising

It’s amazing to watch all that’s going on in Egypt right now.  Technology has given us a window seat to the groundswell of a political uprising.  I visited Egypt as a teenager in 1988.  That was seven years into Hosni Mubarak’s rule.  I don’t remember a lot of unrest, although I remember being in Alexandria [...]

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In Reflection

Thought this was appropriate in light of the events that occurred Saturday in Tucson, AZ.  Violence is never an answer.  

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I Don’t Buy It

Everyone is so grateful that Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, is allowing two sisters who received double life sentences for an armed robbery that netted $11 to be released from prison.  Surely the punishment appears to be disproportionate to the crime and the sisters have already served close to twenty years, and so I [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

While you are gorging yourself on turkey and all the trimmings, enjoy this little bit of tongue in cheek political commentary from my friends at Our Comedy Disorder (OCD):

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I Got His Back

Did you? Bring on 2012, bitches.

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