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Traditional Liberals and Conservatives Need to Resist their Neo-imitators

July 31, 2011by lbwoodgate 9 Comments

In political parlance for some time now there has been the distinction between liberals and conservatives and their extreme fringes.  But this political dichotomy no longer fully serves what’s being […]

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Corporate Influence

Why Grover Norquist’s “Taxes Are Evil” policy is Killing the Middle Class

July 30, 2011by lbwoodgate 6 Comments

How the illusion of one thing can can deceive us about a more important issue There ‘s an enticing and yet deceptive ad going around many commercial internet websites that […]

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2012 Presidential Elections, Budget Crisis, Economy, Jobs

An Ode to Life, or, It Is What It Is

July 27, 2011by lbwoodgate 9 Comments

Every  once in a while a poetic chord strikes me, as it did on my daily morning walk today.  Age is on my mind a lot and the deteriorating affects […]

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Our crazy and wonderful world, seniors/aging

Did Murderer Anders Behring Breivik Channel Glenn Beck?

July 26, 2011by lbwoodgate 13 Comments

Showing once again that there is little brain matter in his skull, Glenn Beck has insulted the victims and parents of those who were killed by Christian right-wing extremist Anders […]

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Journalism/Media, People, Wedge Issues

Both Sides of the Fiscal Equation

July 25, 2011by lbwoodgate 6 Comments

When Republicans, right-wing radio talk show pundits and FOX news commentators tell you that our deficit is a “spending” problem, they’re not being totally honest and they’re doing it on […]

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2012 Presidential Elections, Budget Crisis, Economy, Jobs

Ann Coulter: “Poor Rupert Murdoch”

July 23, 2011by lbwoodgate 12 Comments

It will of course come as no surprise to many that Attila Ann Coulter is quick to Rupert Murdoch’s defense and comparing the hacking of phone messages by NewsCorp’s News […]

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Journalism/Media

Some Things Never Change

July 22, 2011by lbwoodgate 3 Comments

Because some things remain constant, they can serve the self-interests of people in positions of power and wealth to the disadvantage of the very people who are unable to change. […]

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History, Society and Politics, Wedge Issues

Job Loss and Government “Over Reach”: A False Choice

July 19, 2011by lbwoodgate 4 Comments

I think many of us have learned by now that when politicians and corporate CEOs speak against what they refer to as “federal over reach” and how that will “increase […]

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2012 Presidential Elections, Business/Jobs, Jobs, Texas/Local stories

Religious “values” group says slavery was better for black children.

July 16, 2011by lbwoodgate 5 Comments

Sometimes, you can be too extreme for your own good.   Why aren’t these children smiling? Bob Vander Plaats is “a thrice-failed Iowa gubernatorial candidate who successfully led a campaign […]

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Social Discourse, Wedge Issues

“Founding Fathers” is Not a Single Entity

July 13, 2011by lbwoodgate 11 Comments

Who and what are Tea Partiers and others referring to when they speak of the original intent of the founding fathers? I’m often perplexed by those people who refer to […]

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History, Social Discourse, Society and Politics

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