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Roger Simon: Moron? Or the Biggest Moron Ever?

By oleeb on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 3:40pm |
I was surfing the net and came to yahoo and saw the headline: "In politics, does race race trump gender?"  So, I checked it out.  Turns out yahoo was shilling an article by Roger Simon, well known wingnut dumbass, that...
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LEAKED! Secret Memo to DC Democrats on Health Care Reform Strategy

By oleeb on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 12:29pm |
FROM: YOUR BENEFACTORS IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND YOUR VERY SMART DC DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANTS TO: CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS AND OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OPERATIVES You are, of course,  generally familiar with how the game works but this memo should serve as a refresher...
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Either we are a nation of laws, not of men or we are not

By oleeb on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 3:33am |
Regardless of what anyone thinks of Gov. Blago of Illiniois, he remains the Governor and therefore retains all the powers of the office undiminished in any way.  It is very clear that he has full authority to appoint anyone who...
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Does knowing you die affect how you live?

By oleeb on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 6:22pm |
In another post, TheraP asked the following question:   "So, how do you value your life?   How do you value what is most precious but cannot last?  Does it affect how you live, knowing you will die?"   This is...
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Time to party like it's 1929... cause it is

By oleeb on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 11:58pm |
Take a good look at the calendar folks. It's 1929. The ride has just started. Better hold on tight cause it's gonna get pretty rough. I just pray people don't wait terribly long before they realize that drastic changes...
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The fastest stimulus and the best long term stimulus: pass em now!

By oleeb on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 1:54am |
While the media and our elected officials obsess about how to make sure the rich stay rich, the ordinary American family is being heaped with the debts they are generating to do this.  Problem is, throwing money at the perptrators...
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What if the crew saved itself first and let the passengers drown?

By oleeb on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 1:27pm |
As I observe all the absurdities and shenanigans going on in Washington to save the very people and organizations that created the financial catastrophe we are now in it seems to me as though we have a situation analgous to...
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Just exactly what would it take for the Democrats to grow a pair?

By oleeb on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 12:26am |
Headlines on TPM as I write this indicate that Democratic leaders will recommend a slap on the wrist to the vile and reprehensible Joe Lieberman and that Obama will not pursue any sort of meaningful investigation or prosecution of the...
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Yes, some compromise will be necessary but Obama should not compromise on his priorities/agenda

By oleeb on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 12:29pm |
Discussion in the media is now beginning to focus on the transition, how much they will tackle initially, and which issues will take precdence.  Clearly, the most successful modern Presidencies focus on just a handful of major items and stick...
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Both parties responding nimbly to the woes of the wealthy and both equally deaf to and slow to respond to the cries of the common people

By oleeb on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 4:23am |
The economic crisis was caused in large part because millions of Americans could not pay their mortgages when interest rates kicked in that were far too high for them to be able to maintain payments on their home loans.  As...

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