Many of you have probably seen this political commercial:

It combines an interview with a lady who lost her house to foreclosure with some shots of John McCain’s multimillion dollar properties of which he has several. For a good measure they also throw in some of his quotes where he says that people in this predicament [...]

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Before I go back to posting about irrelevant subjects, I’d like to recommend a recent article by one of the few America’s  remaining journalists with balls - Matt Taibbi. Matt is a vocal critic of the current President and voiced his opinion in print and TV, frequently appearing on the Bill Maher Show.
For a careful [...]

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Sitting around last Sunday afternoon we were bored and decided to go the movies to see Step Brothers - the latest display of retarded comedy (sorry, retarded people) by Will Farrell, who sucks, always sucked and will always suck. But my daughter liked his previous movies, I had a free ticket so I thought it [...]

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I am not an avid reader of the KC Star’s website but, but if you live around here it’s hard to avoid. I understand that they don’t charge for the pleasure of using their website so I didn’t mind all the horrible looking blinking ads they place everywhere, thinking that they have to make money [...]

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This article appeared in the Kansas City Star this morning. I am not linking to them anymore since their links expire and I have to delete them, so I am copying the full text here. Please pay attention:
Mother scolds child, crashes car
A 29-year-old Lawrence woman suffered minor injuries when she crashed her car while scolding [...]

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If you’d like to see the results of my previous polls you can check them here.
This somewhat bugged me for the past few weeks: when someone with unknown phone number calls but doesn’t leave a message, do you get an urge to call back and ask “did you just call me”?  I am not talking [...]

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When people ask me what do I want for such-and-such occasion the answer is always the same - nothing.  I don’t want any presents, gift cards or cash. Do not spend hours in the mall lovingly picking something for me- I will not like it. I can buy something for myself; it will be exactly [...]

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I tried to write about things that concern me but the posts come out long, winded and accompanied by pompous titles. I will instead try to write shorter posts appropriately titled “What Grinds My Gear-skiy”.
A recent article in Consumer Reports discussed how some Americans are getting too much health care and, contrary to popular belief, [...]

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With local highways in permanent state of repair I am reminded of my long time pet peeve - late mergers. These are the smart asses who ride the closed lane all the way to the merge point and then try to force themselves between the drivers who actually obeyed the signs. Apparently there are technologies [...]

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I’ve spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind [...]

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