Category Archives: Political thoughts

First came the rib, then the chicken, then the egg; Waffle House humor

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A few weeks ago, I drove by the Bolts Sports Café in Englewood, Ohio (not really a café… more like a local bar with sorta good ribs, wings and no loud music like the BW3 across the street) and saw … Continue reading

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The real voting fraud in America

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About two months ago, my 20-year old daughter needed to get a replacement driver’s license. I didn’t ask why because she came home, very excited and told me “I registered to vote. Now I can vote against SB-5.” A few … Continue reading

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Are you sure about that?

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Years ago, I was hired in from a field management job to a corporate training job. My job — or so I was told when they transferred me — was to take the training I had developed that produced rapid … Continue reading

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

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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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The debt ceiling discussion as a household family meeting

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Friday, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the rating on the United States of America from AAA to AA+. Regardless of how you spin this or what you believe in the reputation of S&P’s ratings in light of their performance during the … Continue reading

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President Obama was a bad man on the twitter yesterday

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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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A rebuttal to the debt ceiling speeches

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I was fidgeting around on what my response was to the speeches last night by the president and the speaker when this tweet by @SeanDFrancis popped into my stream. In 138 characters, Mr. Francis summed up the mood of the … Continue reading

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