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Politics and Words That Screw You !

Well this is not your fathers 7 dirty words. In fact I would say they are not dirty at all. Well… it depends on how you use them. This is just one of my lessons on liars and their words and how the political folks have learned how to use them well. OK, one to get started with a warm-up that I’m sure that you will understand as it may not be political at all… well again it depends. A “RECEPTIONIST” is a person to see that you are received, Right… Wrong… A Receptionist is there to see to it that you are not received by the person you are trying to see. Go figure ! This is a way of not telling the truth and make it sound like the truth. Now for all the smudge words you hear the most during an election or when important legislation is on the floor. Its kinda like the weatherman or fortune teller using vague words so he or she is always right or at least 50% of the time. New Laws For Illegal Aliens – With all the talk about them, we have laws that would allow them to become legal if … […]

Taxing The Untaxed

In an effort to keep a campaign promise, the Obama administration states it will now attempt to close tax loopholes that have allowed corporate America to evade taxes by investing overseas. This could be a giant first step in regaining our economic status we once held that has been greatly diminished by many years of congress doing what was in their best interest as far as the lobby groups are concerned. It will do no less than keep it from sinking any further, but can it be done ? The President will face a challenge to this from his own party… […]

Specter Spectacle – Double Faced or Double Faked

Arlen Specter, Long term Senator(R) from Pennsylvania Switches parties and leaves the Democrats one vote short of a filibuster proof senate. Whats behind this?

Arlen has been a very slight maverick on some of his votes but most of the ones that have angered his own party the most. Well, he would be no different […]

Chrysler – A New Lease From Sure Death – GM Take Notice

Not Your Fathers Bail-Out ! Surprisingly a bankruptcy is hailed as a savior. Go figure. It appears that a deal to engage in bankruptcy was needed as everyone involved was taking a cut with the exception of some hedge fund creditors that were holding out for more government bail-out money. By using bankruptcy, the hedge fund creditors are guaranteed nothing as a judge will decide just who will get paid what in debts as it should be the way the law is written. So for once, the greedy may get nothing and… […]

To Torture or Not To Torture

This has a fundamental easy answer if you are a patriotic American. What? there goes someone flaunting that patriotic thing at me again? Well it is true as many before us have fought for a new standard in how a country treats its citizens and prisoners of war and to now go against those principles we held up so dear and flaunted to the rest of the world as we had some moral authority that gave us respect among nations as […]

Clean Coal – Obama vs The Left

President Obama made it a point to support “clean coal” technology during the campaign. Now he is the president, he is speaking of clean coal once again but much to the dismay of his own party and mostly those on the far left. But why should the left be against using the most abundant energy we have in the US that could be the short term answer to energy independence. Especially if it can be made “Environmentally Clean”. After all […]

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