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Wall Street Journal sez Progressive Government is a Failure

By MrSmith1 on Thu, 10/31/2013 - 8:01am |

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303618904579167671265894490

This looks to be the next big GOP talking point. (sigh)

A Chilly Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon ...

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 10/25/2013 - 6:10pm |

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

Grandma used to say,
"a house with no back door
has something to hide."

(Photo by: Kristina Rebelo)
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Settle the deficit by selling Federal land?!

By MrSmith1 on Sun, 10/20/2013 - 6:56pm |

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/10/18/heavily-in-debt-millennials-now-must-foot-the-federal-deficit-bill-too/

A Conservative friend posted this article from Forbes magazine's website on my Facebook page as a rebuttal to something I posted.about the deficit. The article is full of the usual GOP talking points, but I found this quote fascinating:

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A Re-opened BiPartisan Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 10/18/2013 - 3:49pm |

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

Feds to open refuge areas for hunting ...

By MrSmith1 on Wed, 10/16/2013 - 1:15pm |

http://magicvalley.com/news/local/feds-to-reopen-refuge-areas-for-waterfowl-pheasant-hunting/article_b458e804-32c1-11e3-b652-001a4bcf887a.html

To which the GOP said: "Time to grab our huntin' rifles and go shoot us some peasants ... errr, we mean, pheasants. Yeah, that's it ... pheasants ... And we get to Foul the water too? Great! What's that? Oh. Waterfowl. Never mind.

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A Drizzily Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 10/11/2013 - 3:06pm |

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

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A Picturesque Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 10/04/2013 - 4:46pm |

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

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Fall Foliage Peaks on a Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 09/27/2013 - 2:02pm |

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An Autumn Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 09/20/2013 - 2:56pm |

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Chuck Todd gives up on being a Journalist, ... now comfy being a GOP apologist

By MrSmith1 on Wed, 09/18/2013 - 3:39pm |

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chuck-todd-it-s-not-media-s-job-to-correct-gop-s-obamacare-falsehoods-video

Todd asserts that it's not the job of the media to correct false information being spread about Obamacare ... Really? Excuse my language, but isn't that the whole fucking point of journalism? Not anymore, I guess. America, dig your own grave, you're over.