Author: BooMan

Am I Supposed to Like the Beastie Boys?

I was never much of a Beastie Boy fan. I didn’t even know any of their names until MCA died this past weekend. I never owned one of their albums or CD’s and I frankly haven’t thought much about them one way or...

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Today in Stupid

Seen in Chester County, Pennsylvania: George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security in 2002 while Barack Obama was a little-known state senator from Illinois. If you’ll excuse my language, the person who owns...

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A Fair View of Jimmy Carter

If you open up a can of worms, someone else might open up a can of whoopass: By contrast, the Obama ad’s brief rebuke of Romney is at least factual and accurate: Not only did he say what the ad quotes, but he also said...

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How Bad is Boehner at His Job?

This is a serious question. The Hill lists nine things that Congress needs to do before the election to avoid bad to catastrophic stuff from happening. Things like keeping the Post Office running and the Import-Export Bank from...

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Casual Observation

I wish Schwarzenegger luck. I really do. But I think that at least in the short term, it is hopeless. We have a two-party system and one of our parties has the political equivalent of rabies. They can’t be put down or...

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