Archive for the '2012' Category
I’m having a difficult time trying to fashion a coherent point regarding the new Catholic-Contraception uproar with the White House. I was raised in the Catholic faith and attended Catholic school until the fifth grade. I also have no issue with contraception availability as a way to stem the growth of unwanted children. The timing [...]
February 9th, 2012 | Posted in 2012, Health Care Reform, History, Politics | 1 Comment
After last night’s results from GOP Primary Party Train Part Seven, things again look bad for our boy Mittens. But it should be noted that this year’s Republican presidential primary is like the weather in Florida. Just give it a minute and it will change drastically. Last night’s turn had Dan Savage’s favorite Pennsylvania senator [...]
February 8th, 2012 | Posted in 2012, Politics, Sports | Comments Off
Nuance and context are normally things that the modern conservative shuns when it comes to political discourse. When former Tennessee senator and Vice president Al Gore discussed how he’d spearheaded the development of the internet for public use through legislation, conservatives and Republicans spent the next decade guffawing about how he’d claimed he’d invented the [...]
February 1st, 2012 | Posted in 2012, Business Matters, History, Politics | 1 Comment
Today former Utah governor John Huntsman withdrew from the race for the Republican nomination for president. Now, what looked like a crowded race could be over before Florida holds its presidential primary at the end of January. The city of Jacksonville was slated to host a nationally televised presidential debate on January 26th, and the [...]
January 16th, 2012 | Posted in 2008, 2012, Duval (TSE Local), Health Care Reform, History, Politics, Television | Comments Off
The wonder and spectacle of the Iowa Caucuses has come and gone. I was thinking on Tuesday evening that somewhere, out there in the great beyond, Theodore H. White was sitting down to the typewriter and began the first chapter of The Making Of The President 2012. It’s normally my custom to write a post [...]
January 5th, 2012 | Posted in 2012, History, Politics | Comments Off
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October 12th, 2011 | Posted in 2012, Humor, Politics, Television | Comments Off
We are just beyond one year from the 2012 United States presidential election, and at this point the cast of characters are essentially set. The combination of time and contenders who have bowed out, have us set with the incumbent Democrat and his main Republican challengers. The Republican field has some returning faces from 2008, [...]
October 12th, 2011 | Posted in 2008, 2012, Health Care Reform, History, Politics | Comments Off
Last night reviewing the analytics of my website I found that I received one keyword search visit from the term “dixie chicks called bush nazi.” I’d actually not heard the news of Bocephus spouting off about Obama being a Nazi. But I’ve always found it fascinating about the conservative character, that when presented with such [...]
October 4th, 2011 | Posted in 2012, History, Iraq War, Music, Politics, World Affairs | Comments Off
Since the time of Ronald Reagan the modern Republican party has slowly reduced their entire political philosophy to a simple creed, lower taxes. Reagan’s successor staked his entire political legacy on his promise to never raise taxes, and when he acted like an adult to address the ever growing deficit problem he was promptly treated [...]
September 22nd, 2011 | Posted in 2012, Business Matters, History, Iraq War, Politics | 1 Comment