tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58340362011-04-21T13:57:23.708-07:00Plain speech about idiots, traitors, fools, phonies, and demagogues <a href="mailto:xoffnews@yahoo.com">xoffnews@yahoo.com</a> <br><br> This Blog Continues at <a href="http://www.instapunk.com/">InstaPunk.com</a>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852412498221592918noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834036.post-1069181576710452082003-11-18T10:52:00.000-08:002003-11-18T11:05:26.660-08:00

The Dinosaur Perspective This latest entry requires a bit of setup because it began as a dialogue across the divide between conservatives and liberals. I discovered, on a "right-wing" website, a link to Pussification, a deliberately outrageous satirical essay by one Kim du Toit (kimdutoit.com), who delights in playing the unreconstructed male chauvinist gun nut. I found the piece funny, sharp

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Al Franken is a Big Fat Splotchy… What? The claim seems to be that Al Franken writes satire. It’s a claim worth examining because it leads to deeper questions about Franken and liberals in general. And the answers to those questions are more illuminating than anything Franken offers in his so-called satire, which is also revealing. First, I should explain I have had a lifelong interest in

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Enough is enough. It's time to recognize what Democrats call political debate for what it is: vicious, unprincipled demagoguery that provides aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States. I am by no means a kneejerk defender of the policies of the Bush administration. I believe there are many issues about which reasonable people can disagree, and I believe the country would benefit from a

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In Response to the Question (in November 2000): What is going on with this crazy presidential election? All right. The election. From An Amerian Glossary: Law. An enormous pile of books containing very specific, very carefully chosen words describing what is legal and what is illegal, thus providing a platform for lawyers to argue that whatever the words mean, they're just not clear enough to

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The First Blog? Writing America Down A Hot Summer Diary (1997) Saturday, June 6 Today, after finishing up at the Pet Palace, I met with my friend and partner Patrick Raymond. As it often does, our conversation moved rapidly beyond business and personal matters to current events. The penalty phase of the McVeigh trial is underway, and we talked about it seriously for the first time.

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