Category Archives: america

One Of Millions

August 16, 2012 – 11:13 am

The protracted economic depression plaguing the world has led Hallmark to introduce a line of greeting cards at offering condolences to the jobless. America’s unemployment level is stagnant at 8.2%. Neither of my nephew could find a job this summer and I’m faced with the same fate this month as I return to the States […]

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Shoot Shoot Shoot

August 16, 2012 – 10:54 am

GOP VP wannabe Sara Palin coined the campaign phrase ‘drill, drill, drill’ to highlight her belief that America’s woes could be solved by drilling for oil yesterday, today, and tomorrow with the frozen Bering Sea targeted for immediate exploitation. Her supporters picked up the chant without realizing that commodity speculation by investment banks and Wall […]

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Red Hate Blue

August 15, 2012 – 11:59 am

After two months away in Thailand I’m rapidly re-introducing the chasm between Americans. The rift has many origins, however it’s an election year and the opposing camps are staking claims on the high and low grounds. The complete lack of humor is frightening. None of them can take a joke as witnessed in the following […]

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No Catholics Need Apply

August 13, 2012 – 8:30 pm

When my parents moved to Maine in 1954, my sainted mother asked the realtor if there was a Church close by. “You mean Catholic?” The woman regarded my family of six with anti-Papist disdain. “Yes.” My mother wasn’t one to back away from martyrdom for her faith, however the realtor said, “That’s no problem. We […]

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Rejoice Ryan Cometh

August 13, 2012 – 2:09 pm

GOP candidate Mitt Romney announced his running mate this weekend and arch-conservatives hailed the Massachusetts ex-governor’s choice of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. The media touted the decision as bold gambit in the bid for the White House, while pundits cautioned that the Vice-Presidential candidate’s unyielding commitment to fiscal austerity, privatization of Medicare, revisionist views on […]

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