Archive for the 'Politics' Category
I find it amusing that Republicans by and large are most un-nerved by the president for the most Republican things he’s done. When he reformed health care by way of private insurance companies and the Heritage Foundation’s mandate to prevent free riders, they called him socialist. A Republican was the first presidential candidate to forgo [...]
May 15th, 2012 | Posted in 2012, Health Care Reform, History, Politics | No Comments
Today marks the one year anniversary of SEAL Team 6′s successful raid in Abbottabad that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. The man ultimately responsible for the deaths of nearly 3000 people on September 11th, 2001 was finally brought the justice he deserved, and most would think that this would be a moment [...]
May 1st, 2012 | Posted in 2008, 2012, Afghanistan War, History, Politics, Quotes, Television, World Affairs | 1 Comment
On both Twitter and Facebook I have seen several postings of an article from Forbes regarding the University Of Florida eliminating its Computer Science department. The article also mentions, as if related, that the UF athletic budget will be going up by roughly $3 million as well. The basic insinuation is UF gave up on [...]
April 23rd, 2012 | Posted in Business Matters, Politics, Sports | 2 Comments
Guns are woven into the fabric of American society. The right to guns was the second pillar enshrined in our Bill Of Rights. But what a right to guns really means in our modern society is one of the central political arguments of our time. Advocates of gun control feel that there are certain weapons [...]
March 21st, 2012 | Posted in Duval (TSE Local), History, Politics | 2 Comments
In the past Republicans have always been masters of setting the terms of a national discussion and then forcing Democrats into mealymouthed hours of legalese discussion and defense. The GOP would charge, “Democrats are defending terrorists” and Democrats would drown themselves in hours of high minded ideals. Republicans would then win the news cycle. This [...]
March 6th, 2012 | Posted in 2008, 2012, Health Care Reform, History, Media, Politics | 2 Comments
It's episode 5 time and we discuss everything from the state of the GOP race for president, Rush Limbaugh's Slut-gate, and drunk hippies at Daytona gas stations. MP3 File
March 4th, 2012 | Posted in 2012, History, Humor, Podcast Empire, Politics | Comments Off
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March 1st, 2012 | Posted in 2012, Humor, Politics, Television | Comments Off
In the winter of 1992, then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton found his way back to second place in the New Hampshire primary. He’d climbed back from the brink of oblivion after revelations of marital misconduct and declared himself that night, “The Comeback Kid.” Last night former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney came back from behind to [...]
February 29th, 2012 | Posted in 2008, 2012, History, Media, Politics | Comments Off
In February of 2008 former oil man and then president George W. Bush was asked about the coming prospect of $4.00 a gallon gasoline. His response to what he would advise working Americans was a basic, “That’s interesting, I hadn’t heard that.” President Bush’s conservative defenders at the time were quick to point out that [...]
February 21st, 2012 | Posted in 2008, 2012, Business Matters, Politics, World Affairs | 1 Comment