When I was a kid, my dad was fond of saying things like this: If someone calls you a duck and you know you’re not a duck, you can ignore them. If a second person calls you a duck, you can probably ignore them, too. About the third time someone calls you a duck, you […]

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After yesterday’s post, two people sent the same article, titled “A Can’t Do Government” to me. Steve Malm posted it as a follow-up comment to my article and one of my former philosophy professors, Terry Winant, also sent it, saying, “Here is a succinct statement.” The part of the article that immediately struck me was […]

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If the reaction to the flags over Club One is any indication, the Bush Administration is completely out of synch with both the American public and the Press. The President’s biggest and “most successful” project has been the interminable war in Iraq; here at home, Americans no longer care about a flag some of us […]

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Click to Enlarge I thought it might be a good idea to update you all on the “progress” that’s been made towards convincing Club One to stop making a mockery of our nation’s symbol. If you read my last post, you know that the flag pictured here is flying not-so-high above Club One, a gambling […]

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Click to Enlarge Here in the Fresno-Clovis area of the Central San Joaquin Valley, people are more than a little proud of the fact that we’re a Red city in the midst of a Blue state. And we’re saddened that those wussy, liberal, unpatriotic, American-hating, stupid Democrats occupy enough of the rest of our state […]

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According to George Bush, the United States of America — once a proud leader of the world and still its number one bully — is actually just the largest Third-World Country.

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You know those ribbons many people are sticking on the back of their cars — actually, I’ve seen them more often on trucks and SUVs, which says something in itself — that say “Support Our Troops”? Well some entrepreneur has figured what’s good for the goosed is good for a gander. There’s a website up […]

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The National Anthem Project has started a program of workshops, school programs and public service announcements to get more people singing the national anthem. Seems most Americans don’t know the words; not a few don’t even know which patriotic song is our national anthem. Big surprise there. I wonder how many people even know we […]

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For those who got excited seeing the title, thinking that this was the follow up to last week’s “The New Fascism,” I’m sorry to disappoint. My next-to-the-last Professional Responsibility class is tonight and I’v work to do. One of my readers pointed out to me that freelance journalist (a real journalist; not one of those […]

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The last couple of days, I’ve visited a number of blogs discussing the idea that America has gone fascist. I’ve left comments here and there; I’ve exchanged email with a couple of people. As I was writing the response to one email, it occurred to me that it could be today’s blog entry.

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