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Category Archives: Politics
The Death Tax
I support the so-called “death tax”. I pay sales tax, income tax, excise tax, gas tax, FICA and property tax. But one tax I will never pay is the death tax. Why? Do I plan to live forever? No, but … Continue reading
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Secret Al Qaeda memo uncovered…
A secret memo has been uncovered, documenting a high-level planning meeting of Al Qaeda before the 9/11 attacks. One terrorist argued that they should send a plane to Washington DC, targeting the US Constitution, the symbol of the great Satan … Continue reading
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Homeland Security [sic]
Open letter to Congressman J. Gresham Barrett: Hardly a week goes by without my reading of yet another debacle at the Department of Homeland Security. Last week it was Congressional investigators smuggling in enough nucler material to build a bomb … Continue reading
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Crime and Punishment
I’ve been thinking a little about prior restraint. That lead to thinking about different kinds of crime and punishment. It seems that there are actually two kinds of crime/punishment schemes. The first relates to crimes society wants to prevent. The … Continue reading
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Open letter in support of Public Broadcasting
Nobody else I know of in broadcasting is providing such in-depth coverage of important topics… Continue reading
Where is Cheney?
So I read that President Bush is heading to the Vatican for the Pope’s funeral. Was Vice President Cheney tied up or something? But that leads me to the question of just where is Cheney. I haven’t heard pea turkey … Continue reading
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Common Ground on Abortion
A number of years back there was an organization called “Common Ground” that got pro-choice and pro-life people together for dialog. From all accounts at the time, it was a very useful dialog between people who routinely demonized each other. … Continue reading
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