Blue Collar Muse @ April 18, 2008 # One Comment
Susan Crane, the University of Maine at Farmington student who conceived of a social conscience art project which involved putting American flags on the floor in a high traffic hallway of the University’s Student Center and seeing who walked on them and who avoided them, says it was hard to do and was difficult to […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ April 17, 2008 # 5 Comments
I’m not sure where I was but I must have been doing something VERY important. Otherwise I’m pretty sure I would remember where I was when higher education became synonymous with ignorance. Kind of like remembering where you were when we landed on the moon; when Challenger blew up and when Kennedy, Kennedy, […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ March 3, 2008 # One Comment
I read a post the other day which said we no longer needed political Conservatives because the issues they care about and which the people also care about have already been addressed, making them outdated. The issues Conservatives care about which the people oppose make them unpopular. The author even listed a few […]
Popularity: 67% [?]
Blue Collar Muse @ February 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Taxes … if we are smart, we hate them. They should be rare and low. They should collect just enough to do what the government is mandated to do by the Constitution and nothing more.
The Left loves taxes, especially tax increases. The Right used to love tax cuts and hated tax increases. […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ February 18, 2008 # 3 Comments
I’ve been visiting a blog Media Lizzy turned me on to. It’s called ‘Obamacans 2008 Unite!’. It’s for Republicans who support Barack Obama to testify as to why they do. My involvement there has been to opine that self-styled Republicans now supporting Obama couldn’t have been much of a Republican to begin […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ February 15, 2008 # One Comment
A friend recently wrote me a lovely recommendation in which he described me as one-in-a-million. It was, of course, very gratifying to hear that he held such a high opinion of me. The idea, of course, is that out of a million people, I rank at or very near the top when applying […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ February 11, 2008 # 2 Comments
Since just before Super Tuesday there has been something of an aura of inevitability surrounding the candidacy of John McCain. It now appears likely he will be the GOP nominee for President in 2008. This scenario is not sitting well with many rank and file Republicans, particularly those of the Conservative persuasion.
The problems […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ February 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
My post from yesterday has occasioned a great deal of passion. Mostly in favor but there are some dissenters. In its incarnation at RedState, it has garnered the most passion. It’s been in the top 5 recommended posts for over 30 hours now.
There are a number of other folks that have written […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ February 4, 2008 # 4 Comments
2007 marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of one of my favorite novels, Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”. I first read it over a decade ago. It was then, and remains, one of the most influential pieces of literature in my personal and professional development. It’s the story of a small group […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ January 26, 2008 # One Comment
Given the furor over billions in earmarks loaded into the Omnibus bill passed by Congress, it’s nice to know not all federal legislators are unconcerned about the matter. Congressman Jack Kingston (GA-01) released a statement yesterday that highlighted legislation he crafted along with fellow members of the Republican Conference Frank Wolf (VA-10) and Tennessee’s […]
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