Blue Collar Muse @ May 5, 2008 # 4 Comments
In 1998, the several states which comprise our grand experiment in representative democracy found themselves on the receiving end of a windfall!! After years of abuse and under threat of continued litigation financed from the state’s deep pockets, the tobacco industry made peace with its enemies.
It was an easy choice considering the alternative was […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ April 29, 2008 # One Comment
For those of us that spend inordinate amounts of time online, there is a new danger out there for those foolish enough to browse without practicing “Safe Surfing”. Increasingly, the potential for porn to be stored on your computer’s hard drive without your knowledge or consent is becoming reality.
In early 2007, news broke about […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ March 27, 2008 # 5 Comments
This is one of those stories that makes me immediately think of Glenn Beck and his advice that one wrap their head in duct tape before exposure as it will make the pieces of one’s head easier to find after it explodes. What’s the deal with Oklahoma? First Paul Jacob and now this? […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ March 24, 2008 # 8 Comments
One of our most cherished rights is to petition our government. If there’s a problem, we want our representatives to know so they can fix it. Imagine, however, if a top law enforcement official denied this right to citizens. Imagine he arrested them, threatening them with fines and imprisonment. Imagine it’s being driven by partisan […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ March 6, 2008 # One Comment
Cross-Posted from The Tennessee ConserVOLiance.
[UPDATE 3/5/8 @ 13:10] - I spoke to AG Cooper’s office a few moments ago and was informed that General Cooper is not in town today. The lady I spoke with helpfully gave me General Cooper’s email address and connected me to his voice mail. I’ve left him a […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ February 22, 2008 # 3 Comments
There’s an old story about frogs. I hear it’s true although I’ve never tested it. If you toss a frog into boiling water, he’ll do his best to jump out. But it’s said if you put a frog in room temperature water and turn the heat on, the frog will stay there […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ February 14, 2008 # One Comment
68 Senators voted for it. The President will sign it. Most of the House of Representatives supports it as well. Bi-Partisanship at it’s best is what it sounds like. Except we’re talking about FISA.
And a small group of House Democrats is holding up the process of renewing it. They’re offering […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ January 27, 2008 # One Comment
TSA is at it again. First it’s pulling 80 year old women aside for special attention. Now it’s vacationing families with toddlers and strollers. And what do you know … they found a 5 oz. bottle of lotion - two ounces more than the maximum allowed. It was confiscated. Did […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ January 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Identify a problem, devise a solution, implement the solution, problem solved. That’s they way you normally think of it going. But if you think it’s always smooth sailing, you’d be wrong. Sometimes when someone tries to accomplish a goal, the very tactics he employs to accomplish it work against him. Thus […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ October 19, 2007 # No Comment Yet
A friend’s recent email alerted me to the case of a Mexican national, in the USA illegally, who was convicted in 1994 of kidnapping, brutally raping and strangling to death two Texas teenage girls. His name is Jose Ernesto Medellin and he was sentenced to die by a Texas court after confessing to the […]
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