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Liberal Gun Toter Talking Points

Mike — Tue, 07 May 2013 03:48:20 +0000

First off, I don’t really tote my gun much. And I do have more than one. In fact I have three: two rifles and a pistol. They rest quietly in the closet, disassembled, no good to anyone but me. I don’t fear for my life and have no plans to keep a firearm beside my bed, ready to [...]

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A few thoughts on Boston…

Mike — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:03:03 +0000

I listen to the conservative talk show hosts jumping up and down all excitedly as they rush to be the first to assign blame for the tragic attack during the Boston Marathon. Of course they point to Islam as the perpetrator. And we may discover they are right. Or we may discover that it was [...]

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Small Town Hate-Sign Guy Strikes Again

Mike — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:34:26 +0000

I live in one of the most beautiful small towns in America. However, just about every visitor to our town has to drive by this sign just as they enter. The owner of the sign puts up a new angry message every few weeks. Here is the latest. The shame of it is that we [...]

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Market Solutions in Education Reform: Panacea or Hoax?

Mike — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:06:42 +0000

It is a great formula: Lobby the nation to go to war over false pretenses. Stir up as much fear as possible. Ignore and discredit those who claim the threat is misrepresented. Destroy the target with impunity. Give huge government contracts to the predetermined private think-tanks and publishing houses and multi-national firms who have some [...]

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Cool Bear Photos?

Mike — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:20:49 +0000

My 23 year-old son took these photos in the woods on the south side of Mt. Adams. He and his friends spend an awful lot of time hiking the woods and four-wheeling the mountain roads around here. Few people get the opportunity they do to see large, wild mammals up close. Even those of us [...]

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Ed Reform: Seductive Arguments and Attractive Solutions

Mike — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:48:31 +0000

Today, all fifty states are under fire from a well-organized effort to totally discredit public education. The efforts come in a variety of guises: No Child Left Behind followed by Race to the Top; Standardized testing with built in failure; ridiculous attacks on science education with a push for pseudo-science teaching, such as Intelligent Design; [...]

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Redefining Majority: The Conservative Crusade

Mike — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:58:47 +0000

Lately I have been reading an increasing number of blogs and comments blaming President Obama for not compromising more with the Republicans. I call BS. I want to start moving forward economically, environmentally, socially and globally as much as the next guy, but to place the fault at Obama’s feet is to disregard the will [...]

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Another Example of the Oxymoronic (or just Moronic) Economy

Mike — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:51:31 +0000

Sequestration begins, cuts have already begun, and the Dow closes at its highest level this year. Hmmm…

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Pretty Cool Cougar Photo?

Mike — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:39:20 +0000

My son took this photo in the Mt. Adams area of Washington State. It was getting near sundown. Those eyes are not retouched. I don’t know, but I think it’s a pretty good shot. He tells me he was about fifty feet away standing on a steep hill, just about even height with the cat.

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The Small Town Hate Sign Strikes Again

Mike — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:04:44 +0000

This guy really doesn’t like Democrats. I just wonder if he gets his messages from a service or if he thinks these up all by himself. I give him a little credit for being witty, sort of. What is it about people who make them want to go out of their way to insult more [...]

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