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Vegetarians and Nazis
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Ed Brayton has a post up regarding a WND column by Ellis Washington which is off-the-map weird. In it, Washington links vegetarianism and fascism because, well, Hitler was a vegetarian. I’m a vegetarian, so I guess by those standards … In any case, this reminded me of another column back in 2006 which claimed that…
When Will Teachers Sacrifice like Wall Street Execs?
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A very funny clip from The Daily Show: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Crisis in Dairyland – For Richer and Poorer – Teachers and Wall Street www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily Show on Facebook I would normally have a serious problem…
Need a License to be Smart?
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Apparently Kevin Lacy, chief traffic engineer for the North Carolina DOT thinks you do. When a citizens group challenged his decision on a couple of traffic lights, and provided substantiating data they collected and compiled themselves, he said it was “engineering-level work” and reported it to the state licensing board. This one speaks for itself,…
Voter Ignorance about the Iraq War
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The Pew Research Center has published a poll, reported on CQ Politics that indicates amongst other things that only 28% of the voters can pick the number of casualties we have incurred in Iraq to the nearest thousand (4,000 as of the poll time). Here’s where I tend to feel more of an affinity for…
Malpractice or Malpraxis?
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Here is another interesting view on the pastoral malpractice post relating to PSA.
Barack Obama’s Income Redistribution Plan
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In a recent ad we hear the following: “A windfall profits tax on big oil to give families a thousand-dollar rebate,” an announcer in the ad says. (Source: MSNBC.com.) The entire energy debate seems to have become a pandering game, with each candidate dulling any responsible suggestions he might make with various bribes to the…