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OK, I guess if anyone was looking for a sign that the Bush presidency has hit ground zero, I think we have found it. Of all people, our esteemed president now wants to jump on the bandwagon and criticize CEO pay. I am not saying that CEO pay is out of control and that it […]
Written by randomfool on January 31st, 2007 with no comments.
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The Police are reuniting for the Grammy telecast so I guess I will actually have to watch it.
Written by randomfool on January 30th, 2007 with no comments.
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I get the whole loyal soldier routine but I really think the public debate (if it really even deserves to be called that) needs a voice of experience and moderation and I wish Powell (who has at least some stature) would stand up and advocate for a viable solution in Iraq.
Written by randomfool on January 30th, 2007 with no comments.
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Hillbillary’s “Evil Men” comment is the first of what I hope to be a regularly entertaing cycle over the next few months. Now that the Superbowl is about over, I need something to watch for sheer entertainment.
Written by randomfool on January 29th, 2007 with no comments.
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Well, it’s the first Sunday since Labor Day weekend without the NFL and, but for the fact that the Bears are in the Superbowl this year, I would be heavy into my annual off-season depression.
Written by randomfool on January 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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The Man Law commercials are strangely funny and, despite their popularity, have not helped their sponsor sell their product. Universal health care, I think, is probably a very popular idea but our own stupidity (in the form of our political process) prevents us from implementing it. It’s kind of embarassing being an American sometimes.
Written by randomfool on January 26th, 2007 with no comments.
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Norm MacDonald once announced the first and second worst jobs. Do you know what the third worst job is?
Written by randomfool on January 26th, 2007 with no comments.
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The Duke Lacrosse scandal, and the recent 60 Minutes story on it, point out the abuse that is so easy to perpetrate by prosecutors who have way too much power in our legal system with insufficient checks and balances on that power and an incentive to abuse it.
Written by randomfool on January 25th, 2007 with no comments.
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After spending seven years in state and private higher education followed a few years later by two more years in an Executive MBA program, I could not agree more with a recent Wall Street Journal editorial by Charles Murray, What’s Wrong with Vocational School.
Written by randomfool on January 24th, 2007 with no comments.
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I follow politics for the sport of it and I take it about as seriously as I take sports (very interested during the game for the sport aspect of it but, at the end of the day, I turn off the TV and go about my daily life because I have realized that it doesn’t affect my life all that much) and reading stories like this makes me realize that the political process deserves little more respect than that.
Written by randomfool on January 24th, 2007 with no comments.
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