Category: Politics
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Friday Open Comments
Paulie K. is always good for a laugh when you don’t have anything else for the OC: “Have you left no sense of decency?” That’s the question Joseph Welch famously asked Joseph McCarthy, as the red-baiting demagogue tried to ruin yet another innocent citizen. And these days, it’s the question I find myself wanting to…
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The Peter Principle Presidency
What happens when you combine Affirmative Action with the Peter Principle? Barack Obama becomes president. Peter Principle – In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. In any government structure, the Peter Principle is amplified. Think of the classic example of the DMV. People who would normally be fired for…
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Thursday Political Chicken Open Comments
Well, Obama decided to make his “jobs” speech on September 7th. Boehner gently suggested that he delay the speech until the next night. “The House will not be in session until Wednesday, September 7, with votes at 6:30 that evening,” Boehner wrote in a three-paragraph retort. Boehner cited “the significant amount of time — typically…