Category Archives: politics

The Big Dog Barks

Posted on September 6, 2012 by mero

This, without a doubt, is one of the best speeches the big dog has ever given. Absolutely amazing.

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Whereby John Roberts Makes a Point

Posted on July 2, 2012 by mero

I would be remiss to not spend a few minutes talking about last week’s huge news that The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act as constitutional. I have some (uneducated) thought to add to yonder discussion: I think that … Continue reading →

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Free At Last

Posted on January 16, 2012 by mero

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when allof God’s children, black … Continue reading →

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Disgraceful

Posted on November 15, 2011 by mero

I’ve been kind of quiet about the whole Penn State affair, because a lot of what I think has already been said by plenty of others with far more eloquence than I could offer. However, I cannot stand quiet on … Continue reading →

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What Do They Want?

Posted on October 13, 2011 by mero

That’s from a great cartoon from Tom Tomorrow that’s up at Daily Kos which I think succinctly sums up a lot of the media coverage that the Occupy Wall Street protests are getting. When you’re little more than an arm … Continue reading →

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A Teacher’s Son

Posted on August 22, 2011 by mero

It says a lot that we’ll hear this kind of passionate defense of teachers from Matt Damon, but not our politicians, from either party. This is the kind of speech you’d expect from one of his movie characters, but instead … Continue reading →

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Sorry It Took So Long

Posted on May 1, 2011 by mero

There is, of course, a lot of things to say about the amazing news of Osama bin Laden’s death, but that’s for another time. Right now, I think this macro puts a lot of current events into perspective very nicely.

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Shutting It Down

Posted on February 27, 2011 by mero

Frank Rich hits it out of the ballpark (as usual): The real goal is to reward the G.O.P.’s wealthiest patrons by crippling what remains of organized labor, by wrecking the government agencies charged with regulating and policing corporations, and, as … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse of Truth

Posted on February 24, 2011 by mero

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuuUV94bOW0 It’s telling when the most unvarnished truth in this whole Wisconsin debate is coming from one of the guys at Fox News. It doesn’t happen all that often, but even these guys sometimes do offer a glimpse of truth. … Continue reading →

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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Posted on February 20, 2011 by mero

It would be nice if more Congresspeople had the stones that Anthony Weiner has. Imagine if they would call out the Republicans who fatten themselves at the trough while telling the rest of us that we are the problem with … Continue reading →

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