Tag Archives: partisanship

Let the Other Fellow Be

Posted on December 30, 2005 by John

I don’t talk politics down at the honky-tonk; doesn’t seem to make much sense to me: stirring up a hornet’s nest with some of ol’ Milwaukee’s best and finding out just where we disagree. We both want the same things, … Continue reading →

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Emergency Petition to Save the Courts

Posted on May 22, 2005 by John

MoveOn.org has got a petition drive going that’s worth looking in to. I did, and here’s the message I sent to my Congresspeople: Checks and balances means when one branch of the government is conservative, another is by necessity liberal. … Continue reading →

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Bipartisan Blues

Posted on May 12, 2005 by John

The fascist right … the commie left … the accusations fly, with neither side, in truth, much worried ’bout the little guy; they do not represent him, even though that’s what they claim, ’cause behind all their rhetoric, they’re pretty … Continue reading →

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Democrats … Start Doing it for Yourselves

Posted on March 28, 2005 by John

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) House Minority Leader Dear Congresswoman Pelosi: I recently received a mailer from you that included the following text: >> Dear Friend … why don’t you take the enclosed George W. Bush Disapproval Poll and use it … Continue reading →

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For Stephen Stills

Posted on February 4, 2005 by John

We have become so polarized. The lines are drawn so black and thick between each side, the pickets filled with stark and ugly words that only emphasize a hate that grows when one’s own thoughts have turned to stone fit … Continue reading →

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A Dirge for the Left Wing

Posted on January 22, 2005 by John

So we’ve inaugurated him the Jingo Kid, ol’ Cocaine Slim to serve again as our great chief. Despite the obvious belief of many folks that he’s the spawn of Satan. Soon he will be gone, and who will fill his … Continue reading →

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Neo Politics

Posted on November 17, 2004 by John

Neoconservatism is not a threat to the free-living, free-wheeling, bleeding heart liberal philosophy of us drug-crazed, sex-minded hippie freaks. No, despite its definition as “an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view … Continue reading →

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