Political Certainty

Over the past several months I have been preoccupied with training and preparation for my seasonal job with Jackson Hewitt Tax Service here in Tampa. The result is that I have neglected Orble and this blog.

I have been keeping up to date with politics, the fight for health care reform and the so-called upset election in Massachusetts. I say "so-called" because the election is a manifestation of the disappointment on the part of many Americans with Government and those of both political partries that govern us. The disdain for the Bush years swept in Barack Obama. President Obama has not corrected every reason for unhappiness and frustration in his first year of office and, as a result, the independent voters in Massachusetts expresed that frustration

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Thanksgiving rejuvination?

November 28th 2009 18:36

Our annual family gathering was smaller this year than in the past.

Some family from New Jersey didn't come south this year, a brother-in-law went to his children and one son-in-law and a grandchild were in Detroit for a family affair and to watch the Detroit Lions get whipped by Green Bay. (Who would voluntarily leave Florida and go to Detroit in cold weather

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A great sandwich pub comes to Tampa

November 23rd 2009 17:09

A northern New York staple has come to Tampa, the “beef on weck” sandwich; the area is better with the sloppy, messy and oh so delicious treat. The new venue is Honey's on North Dale Mabry Highway and it is very welcome

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Reflections on revolution

November 7th 2009 20:38

What are the implications of the New Jersey and Virginia Gubernatorial elections this past week? What is the significance of the election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District? In my opinion, both Republicans and Democrats have read too much into the results according them far too much significance. Both parties have characterized these races as determinative of the direction the American voter is leaning; both parties are so busy perfecting the “spin” that some essential truths are being ignored.

I suggest that both Democrats and Republicans have allowed their respective parties to split into factions; the schism within the GOP has been far more obvious but Democrats have similar, although not so severe, issues. Both parties have examined the results of the elections without considering Tip O’Neill’s maxim that all politics are local. This is especially true in the New Jersey and Virginia races

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Some protesters are self-defeating

October 22nd 2009 19:58

Back at almost the same time I became old enough to vote, a candy manufacturer, Robert Welch looked at the world and saw interconnected conspiracies all with one goal: the destruction of the United States and its being replaced by something he called the “New World Order”, a force dominated by Communists, the threat of the day. Mr. Welch saws things in “black and white”; there was no room for nuance, no allowing any differing opinions. There were only four groups into which all Americans fell:

"Communists, communist dupes or sympathizers, the uninformed who have yet to be awakened to the communist danger, and the ignorant."

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Let's go and kill a RINO

October 16th 2009 18:07

Let me tell you about a Republican whose positions are diametrically opposed to those in which I believe. For example, my subject

has been a military prosecutor and has little sympathy for persons accused of a crime and, indeed, often considers accusation and conviction as a unit;

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Take a reactionary to lunch.

October 14th 2009 00:57

You really have to feel sorry for the Right fringe; perhaps we should each pick an acquaintance who believes that the President was born in Kenya, is a fascist, socialist, commie dupe of evil traitors and evil-doers and that any government operated health care option or program is a program that should be eliminated (but please don't touch my Medicare) and invite them for lunch. They have had a bad couple of weeks and warrant sympathy.

The heroes and spokesmen of the far Right have, in their desperation to find fault with Barack Obama, “jumped the shark”; they have demonstrated to the world that they are buffoons at best and racist at worst. All of their protestations that they are patriotic Americans and sincere advocates for the principles of freedom and liberty that are part and parcel of the American history and experience have been shown to be false

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Engaging in discussions with the far right fringe? Impossible.

October 11th 2009 23:52

But they cannot be allowed to be unchallenged!

If I have, finally, learned anything by writing political blogs it is that it is impossible to engage in rational discussions with those on the rabid right fringe. Fortunately, all the evidence seems to point to the impotency of their rants. Glenn and Rush and the stalwarts at Fox News spew irrational and inconsistent garbage, but garner only a miniscule proportion of voters and have no real influence in elections

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Please send this to your favorite nut-job

October 9th 2009 21:14

There are many loony fringe folks on this site, all devoted to faux News, paranoia and sheer hatred. None of them will read this post, upon fear of being exposed to a contrary thought -- or any thought at all.

There are a few readers who have a "foot in the door" of these other sites. Perhaps one of them will pass this on to the most rabid -- and then stand back

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I simply cannot resist this!

October 9th 2009 14:32

One of the limitations of the fringe right is that the members have no sense of humor and cannot stop the demagogue stuff even for a moment. I respectfully ask all liberals, progressives, independents and, even, S.L., to check this out

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