Category: False Patriotism
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“Republican Leadership” Is An Oxymoron
George Carlin used to do a great bit (almost everything that man did was great!) about words that really don’t belong together like “jumbo shrimp” or “military intelligence”. Add “Republican leadership” to that list. As we stand here today, we can point to the people in the Republican Party whose job titles assert they’re “leaders”…
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And To Think – All This Started With “Mexicans Are Rapists…!”
Did ya catch Vladimir Putin doing his best Donald Trump impersonation the other day – right down to the paid attendees? Pacing the stage (more like a caged animal than the prize fighter he probably sees himself as), Putin rambled and grieved for himself, made wild, unsupported and unsupportable accusations, and did his best to…
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The Republican Party IS “The White Man’s Burden”
Rudyard Kipling wrote his fawning poem “The White Man’s Burden” in response to America’s takeover of the Philippines after winning the Spanish-American War in 1899. Now, to be fair to Kipling himself, he came from a particular time and, in his case, from a very particular place (he was born in British India in December…
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Back Channels To The Kremlin
If Vladimir Putin has a “battle plan” in mind, it goes by the title “All Or Nothing”. Was Putin merely sabre rattling when he put nukes on the table? Or was he being brutally honest: if this doesn’t end the way he wants, he’s perfectly happy to take the whole world with him? Considering Putin’s…
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What If The Russian Military Isn’t The “Threat” We’ve Told Ourselves It Is?
As of this morning, four days into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has not achieved any of what we in the West assumed were his objectives. Taking Kyiv, for instance. Taking ANY Ukrainian city for that matter. As of right now, all Russia can claim to occupy is Ukrainian farmland. Whatever’s planted in those fields…
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Are Republicans Rootin’ For Putin?
On Friday night, the Republicans began their CPAC convention in Orlando, Florida. If you want to know what Republicans are “thinking” – something lizard brains actually can’t do – this is the place to be. Unfortunately for the GOP, world events keep interfering with their coup attempt. Let’s not forget – as our news media…
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There’s No Such Thing As “Alternative Reality” – There’s ONLY Reality & Those Who Refuse To Live In It
Republicans are like the Calvin character in Bill Watterson’s brilliant comic strip “Calvin & Hobbes” – except without any of the charm, innocence, humor or likeability. They’re the version that plays “Calvinball” the game where Calvin makes up all the rules as the game goes along. Perversely, it’s almost like Watterson anticipated Donald Trump –…