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I just don’t get it. Here we are the most powerful nation on the planet and we continue to squander one opportunity after another. To keep this malaise intact by muddling around in the politics of class warfare and fear mongering is just too much.  Maybe the class warfare we should highlight is the political [...]

Well gee wiz… Am I a thought leader? Nope. Am I a movie reviewer? Nope. Carl first gave me the nudge via my contact page to check it out…So I did. I’ve got to throw in my two cents. I can’t help myself this time. I’ve had this brought to my attention two times now [...]

Things aren’t looking good based on the most recent news coming forward only minutes ago…What an incredibly dysfunctional administration. Still constructing arguments over a budget that was “supposed” to be done last year but it wasn’t politically expedient to do so then and now it’s a high drama news story. What a bunch of assholes…Pardon [...]

Hi again, it’s Cindi, Dan’s sister. Yep, we are both in our 50s and struggling to survive in this economy. In fact, the other day, I sent him a long rant about all the things that are going wrong in my life right now. I was feeling pretty durn sorry for myself. He replied with [...]

I just read a USAToday.com article (read it here) on pay and benefits for federal workers. These folks have had wage and benefits increases 33% higher than inflation over the last nine years.  That includes the last two years while we were all suffering (and continue to suffer). They are now paid an average of [...]