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By MrSmith1 on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 1:41pm |
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My sister's rant about men with pensions and Soc. Sec.

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 4:41pm |
My older sister was born in January of 1947. (I was born in December of 1950.) She got married right out of high school. Her first marriage in 1966, lasted 25 years, (although, truth to tell, the last nine and half years...
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What Limbaugh says, should remind us ...

By MrSmith1 on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 8:17am |
,,, that whenever Rush or his minions in the GOP attack President Obama, they are attacking his strength, not his weakness. That is their way. ...
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March Forth for America!

By MrSmith1 on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 9:58pm |
Maybe we took our eyes off the prize too soon ... So ... here's a thought: How about we organize a Stand-up-for Obama day, on  March 4th. We could call it March Forth for America, and we could get a...
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Bizzaro U.S. economy ... a proposal

By MrSmith1 on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 1:59pm |
  Given all the brouhaha going on about the economy and CEOs being paid outrageous salaries and bonuses, perhaps it's time to get out the Gold Kryptonite and turn the U.S. economy into Bizzarro U.S. economy.    In Bizzaro U.S....
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Kathie Olsen "burrows" into TPM ...

By MrSmith1 on Sat, 01/24/2009 - 4:58pm |
That creepy picture of Bush appointee / Stepford GOPer, Kathie Olsen has become a fixture of TPM's front page ... (Her eyes seem to follow you wherever you go in the room and from whatever angle you view her image!...
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Pete Seeger was there ...

By MrSmith1 on Sun, 01/18/2009 - 5:57pm |
There is a photo on the Wikipedia page for Pete Seeger, who'll be 90 this year.  It shows him singing for Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1940's.  Today he was up on stage with Bruce Springsteen, leading the crowd in singing Woody...
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MTA to Disabled: Drop Dead

By MrSmith1 on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 4:01pm |
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority's 2009 budget calls for fare increases:   http://www.mta.info/mta/09/2009_fare_service_notice.pdf   " ... Increase fare for NYCT paratransit service (Access-a-Ride) to as much as $6 per trip ... "   (Fare increases for able-bodied passengers on Subways...
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Bush, a friend to Labor around the world ...

By MrSmith1 on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 3:49pm |
First, he commits to save the auto industry here, then today, he allows a representative of Iraq's shoemaker's union to demonstrate, (smack dab in middle of the MSM), the fine quality of Iraqi leather shoes with an impromptu visual display of their aerodynamics. Bush has...
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A bolt of cynicism ...

By MrSmith1 on Sat, 12/13/2008 - 4:20pm |
A bolt of cynicism struck me a few moments ago, as I read another headline about the Bush administration vowing not to let the automakers go under. How cynical is it to wonder if the whole scenario is a set-up?  Could this possibly...

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