Category: Election 2016
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Does Anything Epitomize Conservative Thinking Better Than ‘A WALL’?
We stand on a precipice — one of many precipices we seem to end up standing on here in The Age Of Trump — being held hostage by Donald Trump’s campaign slogan ‘Build The Wall’. It’s absurd on it’s face. If you tried to WRITE this — as a script or a novel — you’d…
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What Republicans Forgot: INTEGRITY Matters
Regardless of how we’re all physically ‘born’, we all arrive in this world with 100% of our Integrity intact. Whether or not we get to the end of our lives with it STILL intact — that’s entirely up to us. The ‘thing’ about Integrity is, it’s an ‘all or nothing’ proposition. Ever meet someone with…
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What Did YOU Do In The Culture War, Daddy?
There are times — at the beginnings of wars usually — when one side knows a state of war exists while the other side doesn’t. Pearl Harbor comes to mind. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the residents of Hawaii — Pearl Harbor in particular — slept soundly in their beds, unaware that they…
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Dear Main Stream Media – No, Both Sides DON’T Do It
I’m dying to know. Which class is it in America’s Journalism Schools that’s confusing everyone? Which class is instructing American Journalists that if you can’t write anything else, fall back on ‘Well, both sides do it…!’? Whichever class it is, it’s screwing up American Journalism to the point where American Journalism is HELPING undermine the…
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Our Retail Politics Are Killing Democracy
In theory anyway, Democracy’s simple: In self-government, the majority of the people get to call the shots. It’s understood that the majority is made up of a multiplicity of views because it includes so much of the citizenry. “What do the citizens want?” That’s the first question. But it needs to be accompanied by ‘But,…
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Never Mind ‘Winning The War’ If You End Up ‘Losing The Peace’ That Follows
History is littered with the lamentable stories of Cultures that ‘won wars’ but lost the subsequent peace that should have been the spoil of their victory. Case in point: The Union (The United States of America) v The Confederate States of America. Grant accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. The Civil War ending was the Union’s…
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‘Both Sides Do It’ Is As Dubious As It Is Dead End
American journalism has multiple issues that prevent it from doing its job correctly. Corporatism’s up there but we can’t blame corporatism for ‘Both Sides Do It’. I’m curious — Is ‘Both Sides Do It’ (the market version of ‘False Equivalence’) actually taught at American journalism schools? Is that where the Chuck Todds & Alex Witts…
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America Has A ‘Body Image’ Problem: Why Gerrymandering Is Our DYSMORPHIA
What does America ‘look like’? Imagine us sweeping into a dressing room for a fitting. How shall we ‘dress’ going forward (through the door of the next election — there, that’s the whole metaphor)? Turns out we have the whole world’s attention as we twirl in the mirror. They all see us how they see…
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‘MAGICAL THINKING’ isn’t ‘Thinking’, It’s BULLSHIT; That’s Not A Revelation…
There’s a phrase I’m fond of saying here: “BACK IT UP OR IT’S BULLSHIT”. I appreciate that it’s just easier to let other people think for you — especially where the Bigger Questions In Life are concerned. Where did ‘This’ all come from? Why are we here? What is the point? ‘Cos god’ is what…
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Wouldn’t Ya Just LOVE To Give Conservatives The World They REALLY Want?
Remember this guy? The Crypt Keeper? Friend of mine actually. For real. He used to say “Be careful what you wish for, kiddies, you may just get it!” Then the Crypt Keeper would laugh — kinda like this — And then he’d get on with the episode. Now, of course, when the Crypt Keeper warned…