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Will Rogers, President Carter and Senator Reid

By Barth on Sat, 09/25/2010 - 12:50pm |

When President Carter returned from his well earned obscurity to again ruin my weekend, a blog post to that effect resulted in some bewilderment about why an argument from 1980 should be so important today.  To me, and I think to others who remember those days, what this twerp, who I voted for twice (holding my nose the second time) said about one legislative battle over health care insurance said so much about today, and why things seem so bleak, that a fuller explanation seemed to be required for those who think that if only Senator Reid would allow the Senate to vote on the extension of

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President Carter

By Barth on Sun, 09/19/2010 - 9:04pm |

I was reminded tonight of how much he disappointed me, and how honored I was to vote for Senator Kennedy in the 1980 New York Democratic presidential primary. Those who think their current circumstance is the same as mine and so many others in 1980 are out of their mind, but it will take me a few days and maybe a week to explain that and specifically what he said tonight that reminded me of what a twerp he was and continues to be.

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Hineni

By Barth on Sun, 09/19/2010 - 10:31am |

If the ten days which have just ended had a message for this Jew, it was in the Hebrew word Hineni: "here I am." This space will not dwell on the spiritual meaning of the word or its significance in a religious sense. This is not the place for such essays.

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Monday morning quickie

By Barth on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 2:07pm |
Don Draper may have decided against a quickie last night, astounding the Mad Men voyeurs, but here is a little post for a Monday morning.  It is based on this and a similar entry on the New Republic site which...
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My third "new home"

By Barth on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 11:45am |

Today's adventure in posting to TPM Cafe resulted in success, but it was not easy and we still assume that out last post there may be on the horizon.  I have been directed to three replacement venues and today signed up here, after also joining TPMaholics and Once Upon a TPM

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Days of Awe

By Barth on Sat, 09/11/2010 - 1:18pm |
It seemed impossible to post here yesterday, and I thought that was curtains for Barth at TPM Cafe.  Today, I find that I continue to exist, so here is what you would have seen here yesterday, if I could have...
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Nine, Eleven

By Barth on Sat, 09/11/2010 - 1:09pm |
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Friends

By Barth on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 7:14pm |
We saw this first during the primary campaign in late 2007 and the first half of 2008, where the dueling factions supporting either Senator Obama, Senator Clinton or even Senator Edwards felt it necessary to demonize the candidates they did...
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September 1

By Barth on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 8:10pm |
A special midweek post:You were not born in 1939, no doubt, and neither was I, but yet this date has great resonance even today. It is the day when, in 1939, Germany invaded Poland and the day on which the...
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The Same Old Thing

By Barth on Sat, 08/28/2010 - 5:27pm |
Well, this was not easy---finding out how to post under the secret identity I have established for myself.  As I have explained elsewhere this assumed identity is necessary only because of how and by whom I am employed, and the...

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