Sam Rayburn was thinking of people like Rush Limbaugh when he said:
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
Rush Limbaugh has a financial interest in anger and discord. It’s what he thrives on. Serious discussion and sincere efforts to solve problems don’t drive listeners to his radio [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Politics'
Rush is a Jackass
March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
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Happy 200th Birthday, Father Abraham
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Thank God
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
President Obama has issued executive orders closing Guantanamo Bay, ending the CIA’s secret prisons, and requiring all US agencies conduct prisoner interregations according to the US Army’s regulations (i.e. no torture allowed).
Nice to have the grown-ups in charge again.
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The Speeches
January 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Wow, I haven’t updated the blog since Election Day. There are reasons, of course. The big one being the move we made in November. But I’m not here to talk about that tonight. I don’t have much to say about today’s inauguration. I’m deeply pleased that President Obama’s term has begun. I don’t know if [...]
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Did You Vote?
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Election Day is finally here. It’s too early to have much in the way of results but I’ll keep an eye on the TV tonight in hopes of good news. I voted late this morning, around 11:00, and had no problems. No lines, no confusion–everything went pretty well. I’m curious to hear how it went [...]
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Governor Palin Ordered to Preserve her Yahoo Email
October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Quick update on something I wrote about several weeks ago: An Alaska judge has ruled that it was inappropriate for Governor Palin to conduct any state business using her personal Yahoo email account and ordered that the email be preserved so that any messages related to state government can be released in accordance withthe state’s public [...]
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Why We Need to Talk About Sarah Palin’s Email Being Hacked
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Most of you have probably already heard that Governor Palin’s Yahoo email account got hacked. By all accounts, a high school kid used a pretty basic method to change her password. This shows that the password retrieval system in use at Yahoo (and most other free email providers) works reasonably well for normal people but [...]
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Governor Palin Revisited
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
My friend Mary Beth sent me this link to a blog post about Sarah Palin. The author is firmly in the Republican camp so it gives one (not necessarily the only) view from the other side. I must say that I don’t care for the idea that our elected officials are just “empty suits” into [...]
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No Debate for Me
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments
I was planning to write up something with my reaction to tonight’s presidential debate but I didn’t get to see it. As most of you know, Nicole works nights and with two little girls to take care of I cannot just sit down and watch 90 minutes of debate at 8:00 PM. That’s bedtime. So [...]
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I Don’t Understand This Sarah Palin Thing
September 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Sarah Palin. Like her or hate her, you’ve got to admit she has shaken things up. As you probably know, I’m a rabid Democrat so I tend to be a little skeptical about her. But that’s not the point of this post. Others have covered that ground pretty well.
What I don’t understand is the wild [...]
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