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Category Archives: Hypocrisy

I didn’t think he had it in him

Saturday, March 3, 2012

The non-apology apology is an American art form. I don’t know if it exists in other cultures, but my guess is that if there are analogs, they reflect the various cultures in which those foreign non-apologies are delivered. Here in the U.S.A., where hypocrisy is itself an art form, the non-apology apology usually consists of […]

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The leeches condemn the leeched

Sunday, February 12, 2012

 This article in the New York Times has already engendered a lot of comment. Dean Baker says that the economics of the piece are a bit off (worth reading), but the real importance of the piece is the fact that governmental benefits are used most where they are condemned the most. Our blue state money […]

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Catholic Bishops running interference for Republicans

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

 This is must reading. The folks at Hullabaloo make a compelling case that all the moaning and groaning from the Catholic Bishops is just anti-Obama politics. The Catholics have been paying for birth control and even abortions in several states under similar insurance mandates for years. Somehow, they’ve found a way to mollify their tender […]

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Republicans attack the Fed

Saturday, February 4, 2012

 From the Times: Republicans Sharply Question Bernanke for Fed’s Focus on Job Market Summary:   Why are you trying to block our attempts to tank the economy? Don’t you know we have an election to win?

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Newt defends the poor

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Newt’s still in it. Sarah says that a vote for Newt will annoy a liberal and all I can say is that I’ve never enjoyed being annoyed so much. You have to love the guy. He lives in the eternal present, totally lacking in self awareness or shame. Today he lectured Mitt Romney for saying […]

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Hilarious

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Colbert on Rick Santorum The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Indecision 2012 – Rick Santorum’s Senior Pandering www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive

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Intellectual Honesty at the Cato Institute

Thursday, January 12, 2012

My wife just sent me a link to this article by a troglodyte named Daniel J. Mitchell, of the Cato Institute. Frankly, I’m not sure why she sent it. She’s in bed at the moment, so I’ll find out tomorrow. I found it interesting in that it illuminates the right wing mind, especially its propensity […]

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God starts the New Year

Monday, January 2, 2012

The Catholic Church, always looking out for the main chance, is recruiting bigoted Episcopalians to swell the ranks of the priesthood.    Meanwhile in Israel the Orthodox Jews are proving they have something in common with the Catholics here and Muslims almost anywhere. Like the Catholics here they believe that their religious freedoms are infringed […]

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“Religious Liberty” redefined

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

John Lennon once opined that “Everything is the opposite of what it is, isn’t it?”. Personally, I hesitate to embrace this aphorism wholeheartedly, but it certainly appears to be the right wing point of view, where, in true Orwellian fashion, no dictionary is safe. Like Humpty Dumpty, they insist that words must do their bidding, […]

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A Double Standard?

Sunday, October 2, 2011

From this morning’s New London Day (via the AP): Southington state Sen. Joe Markley is asking state auditors to review how the Connecticut Department of Social Services handled the recent distribution of payments to needy people who sustained losses from Tropical Storm Irene. The ranking Republican leader of the General Assembly’s Human Services Committee said […]

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