Category Archives: Progressives

Bill Hicks’ Last Words, Written Feb. 7, 2012

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin

{Republished from Fishink, August 28, 2011] Bill Hicks wasn’t a stand-up comic like Jerry Seinfeld, and he didn’t tell jokes; he used spike-in-the-eye satire to make his philosophical points, and he told the raw truth as he saw it, which … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quotes: Epicurus

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin
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Today’s Quote: Listening, Mitt?

Posted on January 28, 2012 by admin
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Sullivan May Be Right About ‘Sun Tzu’ Obama

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

I’m not Andrew Sullivan’s biggest fan, but he does have some interesting points to make regarding Obama’s ‘long game’ strategy. Despite Obama’s apparent weakness and indecisiveness at times, I remember when Obama was in state government in Illinois, long before … Continue reading →

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Why Won’t Black People Let Newt Gingrich Help Them?

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

A brilliant piece of satire by Tommy Christopher at Mediaite. Why Won’t Black People Let Newt Gingrich Help Them? by Tommy Christopher Mediaite.com January 18, 2012 Like many liberals, I have long bemoaned the use of racial politics by Republicans … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quotes: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 16, 2012 by admin

And these quotes from MLK: “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.” — Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, December 10, 1964. “Nothing … Continue reading →

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Memo from The Soros Society of Socialist Islamo-Atheists

Posted on January 2, 2012 by admin
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Political Jokes for the New Year

Posted on January 2, 2012 by admin

The Pot of Gold A progressive, a Wall Street economist, and a Republican are asked to find a pot of gold that doesn’t really exist in a closed room with the lights off. The progressive spends hours methodically trying to … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quotes: The More Things Change…

Posted on December 31, 2011 by admin

“Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street. The great common people of this … Continue reading →

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Video: The Allegory of the Cave

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin

Although the current news is John Boehner and the House GOP caving on the two-month extension of payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits, the major difference between the left and the right has to do with another type of cave, … Continue reading →

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