The Professor’s Notes

It didn’t take long before I saw the (incorrect) drawing of a connection between the Burmese government’s refusal to allow relief to enter Myanmar, and the US response to Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast region.  (Note, it was far more than New Orleans.)  I knew it was coming.  In fact, when I heard Laura [...]

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(apologies to our British friends for the lame play on words in the title)
Alternate Title: Confused About Race in 2008 America
A recent imbroglio on another blog got me thinking. Not about intellectual fascism (which set the whole thing off), but about the ObamaNation defending Reverend Wright by saying “Jerry Falwell is Just As [...]

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Far be it for me to attack Obama. Hey, he’s the one Democratic candidate I have liked so far. But I have to go after what is quite honestly either the sloppiest math I have seen, or the most disingenuous campaign rhetoric to cross through this campaign cycle.
I was reading the blog over [...]

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It has become common fare for politicians, on both sides of the aisle, to rail against the evil “special interests” that run Washington. Obama has even made it a major component of his advertising that he doesn’t take money from Washington special interests. For instance, the Washington Post reports on one campaign ad for [...]

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I am confused by recent events surrounding the running of the Olympic Torch through major cities around the globe. As the reader no doubt has read, the Olympic Flame’s “torch relay” has been the target of protests against the Chinese treatment of Tibet. The Guardian reports that, as the torch made its way [...]

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The regular reader will recall that I have no love lost for Randi Rhodes. She is a conspiracy minded wacko, that generally gets facts wrong, and even gets basic science wrong, saying that a basic element, lithium, is composed of charcoal and water.
I find out today, quite by accident (someone with the Army found [...]

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I like Huckabee, and after much thought, I have decided I will be voting for Mike come our primary, even if his nomination becomes a “mathematical impossibility.” Why? Well, I do believe in miracles (nod–Katherine Kuhlmann). But also, I believe a primary should be the event where we register what, and who, we [...]

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The trap was set (by the Demmicans), was fully entered (by the Republicrats), sprung, and now we all get to watch.
It has been High-Larious watching the Surprise, Shock, and Outrage! at the Scurrilous Left-Wing Dominated MSM (TM) for daring to issue a negative (albeit only from a certain viewpoint?) “smear” story about candidate McKooky.
Surprise?  Get a [...]

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Full Disclosure:  I have been involved in my fair share of flame wars since I was rapping through a 300 baud acoustical coupler “back in the day.”   Have personally been the victim of some pretty scurrilous, underhanded, unethical, and somewhat disturbing personal smear campaigns.  [eg crossposting threads after removing the home thread; allowing the protagonist [...]

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I was originally going to title this post “John McCain on September 5th 2008″ but thought that would give away the “spin” of the article too much! (insert appropriate emoticon here)
I am unable to listen to my favorite drive-time AM talk radio anymore. I know you’re all crying for me. It seems like [...]

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