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Tea Party Advocates Spending Taxpayer Money to Save Tax Payer Money

September 29, 2011by lbwoodgate 8 Comments

Social chaos will only grow in this country if we continue to let a narrowly focused group of people continue to dwell on non-issues that do nothing to recover our […]

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political fringe groups, Wedge Issues

A Campaign of Derision

September 27, 2011by lbwoodgate 12 Comments

So I get this campaign donation letter from the Republican National Committee, stamped “past due” on the envelope with my member status marked as “LAPSED” on the statement inside and […]

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2012 Presidential Elections, political fringe groups, Society and Politics

George Will: Tilting at Windmills

September 26, 2011by lbwoodgate 8 Comments

The only instance of “overreach” by anyone found in this story is not government’s but the renowned columnist’s efforts to use this as an example to belittle government regulation. Nothing […]

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Corporate Influence, political fringe groups, Society and Politics, Wedge Issues

Are the Patients Taking Over the Asylum?

September 22, 2011by lbwoodgate 16 Comments

When some amongst us are calling for more of the very things that have thrown our economy into chaos and put our social standing in the world at a lower […]

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Our crazy and wonderful world, political fringe groups, Society and Politics

So You Think You Want to Dump Social Security for a Private Retirement Account? Think Again.

September 20, 2011by lbwoodgate 8 Comments

There appears to be an attempt by those on the political right to divide and conquer voters amongst older and younger generations in an effort to eliminate the Social Security […]

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Social Discourse

Redistribution of Wealth

September 17, 2011by lbwoodgate 9 Comments

Back in December, 2009 when I first wrote this piece, the Tea Party element in this country was continually ranting against what they saw as the “socialist agenda” of Barack […]

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Corporate Influence, Economy, Society and Politics

Rick Perry Invokes “God” Status

September 16, 2011by lbwoodgate 7 Comments

How dare they over rule me. In an LA Times news report by David Savage we learn that the “U.S. Supreme Court stopped Texas officials Thursday evening from executing a Houston murderer who was sentenced to […]

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Humor, Satire, Social Discourse, Texas/Local stories

John Prine’s “Spanish Pipedream”

September 14, 2011by lbwoodgate 7 Comments

I first heard this piece on John Denver’s 1971 album, Aerie.   It was not until much later that I discovered it was written by country folk singer John Prine.  Prine’s music, […]

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Music

Should We Be Concerned About Deeper Cuts to the Payroll Tax?

September 13, 2011by lbwoodgate 7 Comments

One of Obama’s points in his speech Thursday was that he would be asking Congress to cut more on the payroll tax from what was cut already in the compromise agreement between […]

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2012 Presidential Elections, Economy, Jobs, seniors/aging

Self-Interests, Special Interests and the General Welfare: Whose Holding Who Hostage?

September 10, 2011by lbwoodgate 5 Comments

“Everyone knows that in a hostage situation, the reckless and amoral actor has the negotiating upper hand over the cautious and responsible actor because the latter is actually concerned about […]

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2012 Presidential Elections, Corporate Influence, Social Discourse, Society and Politics, Wedge Issues

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