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To Mosque or not to Mosque

Posted on September 9, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

I had hoped that this would be over by now but it looks like it’s going to be with us for a while so I feel obligated to expand what I said the other day.  Feisal Abdul Rauf has an absolute right

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Posted in Politics, Social Commentary Tagged Feisal Abdul Rauf, Muslim Mosque, Rick Lazio, sensitivity, World Trade Center

Beck Blew it

Posted on September 6, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

Glen Beck had a great opportunity last weekend and he blew it.  Sure he stood up in front of a couple of hundred thousand of is closest friends and made an absolutely self aggrandizing speech but because of the extensive media coverage

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Posted in Politics Tagged Glen Beck. religious right

The Economy is Politics

Posted on August 27, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

The Republicans are already bragging about how they will take back the house and how that will allow them to have hearings on everybody and everything that the Democrats have touched. That would be a good thing if the object were to

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Bits and Pieces

Posted on August 18, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

I just don’t get these intrusive bigots who have nothing to do but go around trying to keep people from getting married.  Acquire a life! What difference does it make if the couple is of the same or different sexes? They love

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Posted in Politics, Social Commentary Tagged Afghanistan, economy

Let’s Talk About War

Posted on August 10, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

So let’s talk about war. It’s a common word, found around the house. People have been at war ever since there were people. Sometimes it was just a rock fight, sometimes a full-scale nuclear barbacue. Looking at the human races history of

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Posted in Politics Tagged Afghanistan, Karzai, military waste, Pakistan, spending, war

Liberals Not Doing Their Job

Posted on July 21, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

Today’s issue will not, as you have come to expect, be framed as an attack on the far right but as a show of disgust for the left for turning on a President who has been doing exactly the things they elected

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Posted in Politics Tagged banking, Cornyn, Liberals, Libertarians, ndependents, Sessions, taxes

Whose War is it Anyway?

Posted on June 30, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

This issue’s topic is going to be the war in Afghanistan but before I get into it, I’d like to touch briefly on a topic from a few issues back about getting what we vote for. Last Sunday, listening to Joe Barton,

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Posted in Politics, Social Commentary Tagged 911, Afganistan, Al Queda, taliban, war

Obama’s Problems Are a Bush Legacy: Just Look

Posted on June 26, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

I’m watching Senator Cornyn, R-Texas on Meet the Press, complain about how the Democrats blame Bush for everything that’s wrong in a country the Democrats are running. It would be a viable complaint if it held water but it doesn’t. Yes, the

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Posted in Politics Tagged Bush, Cheney, constitutional violations, economic collapse, national debt, war

A Country Built On Immigration

Posted on June 15, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

In the last few weeks the immigration bruhaha, because of the actions of the Governor of Arizona has reached a peak not seen since the last presidential election. Now this is a very important problem , nowhere near as important or maybe

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Posted in Politics Tagged immigration, police brutality, what's legal?

You Get What You Vote For

Posted on June 5, 2010June 5, 2010 by The Urban Curmudgeon

I’m sitting here on a Sunday morning watching the politicians on TV and wondering how anyone can vote for any of them. It isn’t bad enough that the Democratic Attorney General of Connecticut lies when he doesn’t have to about things that

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Posted in Politics Tagged enablers, Politics, stupid people, voting

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