Author: BooMan

Casual Observation

I’m not interested in the story du jour about people’s junk and so on. I’ll be on a flight next week. If it doesn’t blow up, I’ll tell you how it went. Frankly, there’s a lull in interesting...

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People No-Likey Gridlock

Here’s the story Republicans are telling themselves: Despite the protestations of Democrats, this election was not a mandate for bipartisanship. (Isn’t it funny how the losers always want bipartisanship?) The...

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Hey, Steve King, Bring It On

I don’t know how united the House Republicans are in their dislike of Latinos, so it’s hard to say whether or not the soon-to-be chairman of the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border...

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How Low Can Congress Go?

Be careful what you wish for: While the phrase customarily is taken as a negative, this ABC News/Yahoo! News poll finds that Republican registered voters in fact divide evenly, 42-43 percent, on whether gridlock is a bad thing...

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Time to Leave Afghanistan

I hope the president realizes that our military doesn’t know what the hell they are doing in Afghanistan and it is time to cut our losses and get the hell out. For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and...

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