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Month: February 2013

Privilege Dies Hard

Posted on February 26, 2013 by gar

So we all know the story now.  The Onion made a series of irreverent, snark-filled tweets during the Oscars.  And then they demeaned a nine year old. The joke, so say knowledgable comics, was to take someone innocent who is doted on and then turn that very innocence on its head, to say, in effect,…

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Full of Busters

Posted on February 23, 2013February 24, 2013 by gar

A month and a half ago, I wrote about the need to reform the filibuster so that the minority Republican caucus in the Senate would not use it as a bludgeon to stop any and all legislation it did not like.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decried the abuse of the filibuster during much of…

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An Ideal Heaven – Part III (Conclusion)

Posted on February 10, 2013 by gar

The man stood.  He did some stretches, side-to-side, back and forth.  He clasped his fingers and stretched his hands in front of him.  He turned around and looked out the window. “Not much of a view,” he said.  Mr. Little said nothing.  The man turned around to face him again. “You said something about living…

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Real Men Don’t Bash Dead Teenagers

Posted on February 5, 2013 by gar

{Warning:  Offensive language below.} Trayvon Martin would have been 18 today.  Some sicko decided to “celebrate” by defaming him. A Mr. Todd Kincannon, former GOP chairman from South Carolina tweeted during the Super Bowl: This Super Bowl sucks more dick than adult Trayvon Martin would have for drug money. – Quoted from Wonkette Right, so…

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