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By Dave Hitt on Mar 13, 2008 in Politics | 0 Comments
If a man is not a liberal when he is twenty, he has no heart. If he is still a liberal when he is 40, he has no brain. – Variously Ascribed All of us (at least all of us who read blogs like this one) continually seek to better our understanding of humanity. Anthropologists […]
By Dave Hitt on Mar 12, 2008 in Politics | 2 Comments
Media bias is seldom this obvious. Most of the mainstream media (MSM) doesn’t mention that Spitzer is a democrat. NBC, ABC and CBS ran headline stories without once mentioning his party affiliation. The New York Times originally mentioned it in the third paragraph of their article, but then quietly moved it to paragraph 15. USA […]
By Dave Hitt on Mar 11, 2008 in Politics | 2 Comments
I’m am experiencing schadenfraude. Oh sure, we’ve all experienced it from time to time – when the bitchy runway model stumbles in front of an audience, when a moralistic preacher is caught having gay sex, when the smug neighbor totals his shiny new car – but this time it’s the deepest, most satisfying bout of […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 24, 2008 in Politics | 2 Comments
I have a very simple political campaign that can be used against Hillary by Obama. And, if the democrats are foolish enough to nominate her it can also be used by McCain with absolutely no changes. When it’s time to elect a candidate (or a president), most Americans carefully consider the options, compare voting records, […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 14, 2008 in Big Brother, Politics | 2 Comments
I’m on too many mailing lists and get too many newsletters. I just skim most of them. One of the few that I always read all the way through are the Downsize DC mailings. They’re always well written and informative, and often maddening because of the information they contain. This one was so good I […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 13, 2008 in Big Brother, Politics | 0 Comments
The senate has just removed more rights from American citizens, and as an extra bonus have provided immunity to the telecoms who broke the law and violated our rights at the request of King George.From the NYT article: Democratic opponents, led by Senators Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, argued that […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 3, 2008 in Nanny Nation, Politics | 1 Comment
Here’s yet another example of how difficult it is to write satire or parody in today’s world. Back in 1999 I wrote an article that ended with fast food workers being forbidden to serve fat people. It was intended as a joke. Now, from the brilliant brain trust that is Mississippi, comes proposed legislation to […]