20 Jan
Maybe Santyana looked into the past to predict the future. Maybe he read that
. . . in the twenty-nice years since the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, Americans had already risen in revolt three times, and on each occasion over taxation (A Darn Good History of the United States, 161).
Maybe Congress and the President should [...]
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16 Jan
Last night my wife and I were watching the talking heads–can’t remember who–and someone quoted someone else about how we need to raise taxes to pay for the war in Afghanistan, and my wife says, and I quote (loosely):
I am so sick of this! How dare they! Why should they raise taxes on us to [...]
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08 Nov
As I wrote the other day, Obama is my President. I will not call him Hitler. I will not call him stupid. I will not say he is a fascist. And I will hope and pray for him to do his best for us. That said, I will express my concerns here and again. And [...]
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16 Oct
Joe the Plumber is famous. And so is Barack Obama’s response to Joe’s question:
Barack Obama told a tax-burdened plumber over the weekend that his economic philosophy is to “spread the wealth around” — a comment that may only draw fire from riled-up John McCain supporters who have taken to calling Obama a “socialist” at the Republican’s [...]
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