Category Archives: Local politics

The stock market spiral. It may not be what you are being told

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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The broadcast media loves a good, tight narrative. Here is the narrative for the stock market downturn for the recent events happening on Wall Street. Congress squabbles over debt ceiling, Tea Party was obstinate about debt and deficit, we came … Continue reading →

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President Obama was a bad man on the twitter yesterday

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Shortly after his speech yesterday morning, President Obama started tweeting out the twitter accounts of the Republican members of the Senate and House of Representatives on his twitter stream. All in all, he sent out about a hundred tweets throughout … Continue reading →

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There is no right or left, only power. The real debt ceiling crisis

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Before I begin, I would like to disclaim that I am not a Constitutional lawyer nor do I pretend to be. But I am an avid reader, one who has read a lot of literature surrounding the pre-Civil War through … Continue reading →

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Politics shut down Minnesota, but beer brought it back

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Politics may have shut down the State of Minnesota, but the threat of having no beer brought it back pretty quickly. The only thing more dangerous than a drunk Minnesotan camping out in a tent in the wood is a … Continue reading →

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Something to think about over this Independence Day weekend

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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This week, the Chinese unveiled the largest sea bridge in the world. It only took them four years to build this at a cost of $2.7 billion dollars. They used Chinese engineers and Chinese labor. No American intellectual capital was … Continue reading →

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How not to do customer service in the medical industry

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Last summer, I developed some neurological symptoms that are more of an annoyance than anything. So I did what any responsible person would do; researched everything on the Internet and diagnosed myself into the worst possible case scenario. When that … Continue reading →

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Is this thing on?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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In a word, yes. This thing is always on. The photo to the right was tweeted out by Jim Long who is a “veteran, Washington, DC based, network news cameraman currently working for one of the original three broadcasters” (@newmediajim) … Continue reading →

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