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The Decay of Decency in Civil Society

October 14, 2016by lbwoodgate 4 Comments

One of the good things about being a lame duck president is you don’t have to follow decorum as much as you did when you were concerned about getting re-elected.  […]

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2016 Presidential Election, History, political fringe groups, Society and Politics

What Hath the GOP Wrought?

January 22, 2016by lbwoodgate 15 Comments

  On display in the current National Review magazine with wringing hands are 22 conservatives desperately disparaging a Donald Trump nomination for the presidency.  An action that perhaps comes too […]

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2016 Presidential Election, GOP vs. TeaParty libertarians, political fringe groups, Social Discourse

What’s the Matter With America?

October 26, 2015by lbwoodgate 18 Comments

In the vein of Thomas Frank’s book, “What’s the Matter  With Kansas” that illustrates how people tend to vote against their own self-interest, we find that often the worst people […]

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2016 Presidential Election, political fringe groups, Society and Politics, The Plutocracy

How “Breaking Bad” Demonstrated the Weakness of Libertarian Self-Interests

February 24, 2015by lbwoodgate 13 Comments

Anyone who has watched the AMC’s Emmy-winning series “Breaking Bad”  becomes painfully aware of the axiom that actions have consequences.  Consequences that can exceed expectations and most normal considerations.   But […]

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GOP vs. TeaParty libertarians, political fringe groups, Society and Politics

“By their (rotten) fruits you shall know them”

February 9, 2015by lbwoodgate 16 Comments

I no longer associate myself with the institution of the Christian Church and a belief at all that some supernatural power is in control of our lives has faded from […]

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political fringe groups, Religion/Science

Louie Gohmert, the Ebola Virus and a Texas 2nd grader

October 9, 2014by lbwoodgate 3 Comments

We can be glad that the Ebola virus doesn’t spread as fast as stupidity in this country but none-the-less, crazy people are having ill effects on our young children.  Only […]

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political fringe groups

ISIS at Our Border: Because the Gullible Just Can’t Get Enough

September 18, 2014by lbwoodgate 9 Comments

In the style of a typical 1950’s horror “B” movie, the fantasy creators of FOX and the right-wing blogosphere bring you yet another tale of fear and loathing to give […]

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Humor, political fringe groups

Gee Willikers! It’s Sarah – Again?

August 4, 2014by lbwoodgate 18 Comments

  Sarah Palin is back.   “Did she ever leave?”  some may legitimately ask.  Not really but she apparently hasn’t been getting the media exposure she both craves and vilifies simultaneously. […]

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political fringe groups

Sarah Palin – The Bane of American Politics

March 10, 2014by lbwoodgate 13 Comments

Few people better expose the lunatic fringe in American politics than Charles P. Pierce and few people better represent the lunatic fringe than the snowbilly, Sarah Palin.  Throw in the […]

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political fringe groups

It’s the Plutocracy, Stupid!

February 24, 2014by lbwoodgate 10 Comments

“Wall Street … supplies the cash that keeps the political machine quiescent and operating as a diversionary marionette theater. Should the politicians forget their lines and threaten the status quo, […]

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Corporate Influence, political fringe groups

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