http://www.partialposts.com Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:37:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You all know the story. A shepherd boy gets bored with his duties and craves something more exciting than watching a herd of sheep graze, so he cries "Wolf!" and the townspeople come running. That ruse worked so well that he tries it again and again and again, each time ... http://www.partialposts.com/?p=127 Decorum indeed! "You lie!" http://www.partialposts.com/?p=118 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 ... http://www.partialposts.com/?p=113 How do these guys manage to run a campaign, let alone the country, with their foot always planted firmly in their mouths? First, second, third, and fourth (etc.) it was Coakley, now it's Van Hollen's turn. Hollen, chairman of he Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, had this to say about how ... http://www.partialposts.com/?p=105 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 ... http://www.partialposts.com/?p=100 Hey, I'm running to Kmart to pick up a Nobel Peace Prize. Want me to pick one up for you? http://www.partialposts.com/?p=95 And so my question is, with nearly 700,000 used cars off of the market, what has happened to the cost of used cars--the cars people of meager means might buy? http://www.partialposts.com/?p=93 Well, it's been what, over a month since the State Department started the process to determine whether the events in Honduras amounted to a coup, legally speaking, as opposed to, you know, Presidential or Secretary of State speaking. The answer, as of the August 3rd Daily Briefing at the Department of State, ... http://www.partialposts.com/?p=82 What I want to know is whether those who say this is racist also say the makers of the blue Obama poster are Communist. http://www.partialposts.com/?p=80 This is maddening. In a July 1, 2009, State Department "Background Briefing," an unidentified "Senior Administration Official One" responded to a reporter's question/statement that "earlier this week, Secretary Clinton gave us to understand that you were holding off on a determination on whether [the removal of President Zelaya] was indeed ... http://www.partialposts.com/?p=71