More about the nuisance that Democracy is November 18, 2021 In my last post I described how happy so many college educated Trump haters were when they could avoid a referendum on the Red… Continue Reading
Could I support Elizabeth Warren? October 18, 2019 The 2020 election is a little over a year away but I raised chuckles of appreciation not long ago at the Chamber of Commerce’s… Continue Reading
Give’m Harry July 15, 2019 I read the following wonderful summary of Harry Truman on Facebook today. Then I looked at the apparently pro-Trump author’s Facebook Page. He didn’t… Continue Reading
Piss n’ Vinegar isn’t everything… March 10, 2019 I am especially fond of the early Charles Schultz Peanuts cartoons. Here is his first introducing Charlie Brown: And here is a delightful retrospective… Continue Reading
Piss n’ Vinegar Politics March 10, 2019 There is an asinine level of outrage on the American right over some female Congresswomen who have dared to tweak cherished tropes. For years… Continue Reading
Psalm 10 and Octopus Ink July 29, 2016 In the six months since I’ve returned from Jerusalem I’ve managed to get over half way from Genesis to the last of the minor… Continue Reading
Ten years after my speech… August 13, 2013 …I was still stubbornly attending Republican activities. I did however, have the chance to vent a little as I did on Apr 21st. 2002,… Continue Reading
Why head lice are more popular than Congress January 10, 2013 By way of Sullivan: The HuffPo’s Ryan Grim and Sabrina Siddiqui obtained a PowerPoint presentation given to incoming Democratic freshmen legislators by the Democratic… Continue Reading
He’s coming out from behind the teleprompter… February 28, 2012 …and looking for a fight. Continue Reading
Would some Democrats prefer a fictional sell out President… February 16, 2012 to a real President who has weathered even more mean-spirited Republican attacks than his television counterpart? Continue Reading
Why the Hell didn’t I think of that? February 9, 2012 We’re talking some serious gravy train here. Oh yeah. Now I remember. Roger supported the Red Plan too when he could have guaranteed a… Continue Reading
Took me long enough to edit that last post. February 6, 2012 I don’t recall why I hurried to upload that last post five or six hours ago. I think I was afraid that if I… Continue Reading
Kiss him? January 24, 2012 Someday the Dish will decline and I will no longer feel compelled to check it out on a near daily basis. It will joke… Continue Reading
My “my buddy” is not “a Republican Sympathizer” December 26, 2011 My Buddy and I have had a great many words over my continual abuse of the GOP. My Buddy is not affiliated with either… Continue Reading
The woman with the little girl voice October 10, 2011 I was in 4th grade in 1960 when JFK beat my family’s candidate Richard Nixon. The Democrats back then were as busy letting the… Continue Reading
Pt.2- Obama is the worst Democrat ever… September 16, 2011 …but the Republican Party today is even worse: Apropos the last post on Jason Johnson’s angry unhappiness about voting for Obama is this assessment… Continue Reading
Pt.1- Obama is the worst Democrat ever… September 16, 2011 …but I will vote for him. I almost didn’t read this letter to the Editor from Jason Johnson. I’m glad I did. Jason outlines… Continue Reading
What’s sauce for the goose September 7, 2011 I must have missed the rhetoric coming out of Detroit. I know Obama was there recently. My Buddy asks in an email: Harry: Are… Continue Reading
In a story about Israel a writer puts the finger … August 9, 2011 …on what’s wrong with American politics. In the United States, because the Republican Party refuses to ever raise taxes and the Democratic Party refused… Continue Reading