Daily Archives: 02/25/2011

Government Shutdown?

Posted on 02/25/2011 by Dr Underhill

Not Really….    WASHINGTON — Social Security checks would still go out. Troops would remain at their posts. Furloughed federal workers probably would get paid, though not until later. And virtually every essential government agency, like the FBI, the Border … Continue reading →

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Union Jackasses

Posted on 02/25/2011 by Dr Underhill

The Stalin Effect In America you don’t normally see encomia to Joseph Stalin, unless Pete Seeger drools it out in one of those fatuous, adoring Public TV retrospectives on himself, or from a drug-addled, upper-middle class sociopath protesting oxygen exploitation in Berkeley (see Zombietime). Then … Continue reading →

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The new populism in Wisconsin and the US

Posted on 02/25/2011 by Peccable

The Democrats don’t get it. Not all of the GOP understand what’s happening either. Certainly Obama has no clue as to what is occurring. He and the Left/Progressives view this as a strict class warfare issue. The après bailout populist … Continue reading →

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“America” made in China

Posted on 02/25/2011 by Peccable

Want to bet the middle man is Wal-Mart? At Smithsonian, Americana ‘Made in China’ Tens of millions flock to the Smithsonian museums in Washington each year to see Americana — everything from Abraham Lincoln’s top hat to Archie Bunker’s chair. … Continue reading →

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Legal Immigrants

Posted on 02/25/2011 by Peccable

These farm workers are from Jamaica, travel up the east coast with the fruit picking seasons, then go home to Jamaica for the winter. These photos were made at the Douglas Orchard in Shoreham, Vermont in 2005.If it wasn’t for … Continue reading →

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