Herd Watching

I’ve been framed

This is what I love about having Political Virgin involved in political blogging this election… articulate, thoughtful responses to questions and issues. This post is no exception. PV took on my challenge (which already puts her above the rank and file) to discuss her reasons for supporting Obama. PV has definitely done a good job of [...]

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VP Debates and science: You’re doing it wrong.

My friend runs the Political Virgin website and in an attempt to be supportive I have agreed not to get overly argumentative and evil in the comment stream there. Honestly it has been worth it because I have really enjoyed viewing this election through her fresh eyes. That being said, I will respond to her [...]

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Palin Deraignment Syndrome (PDS)

If we are being honest, we can all agree on at least this about Sarah Palin: Never in recent memory has the entrance of a single figure into the political discussion driven so many people to lose their minds so completely*. We see otherwise intelligent people spreading deliberate lies, we see those who claim tolerance [...]

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9/11 – Remembered (again)

Once again we are here on 9/11 As I look back on the events of that morning and my reactions I realize nothing has changed. I still stand by my thoughts of the time.  I will keep this entry short, because frankly it does not need to be very wordy. Even now, after 7 years, we [...]

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http://twitter.com/herdwatching

Yup. I created a Twitter account for political commentary. Go ahead and follow it. You know you want to. Popularity: 38% [?]

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Hiroshima: The hard choice, the right choice

08/06/1945 is the date that the United States took decisive action to our war with the Japanese Empire. Three days later the strike on Hiroshima was followed up with a strike on Nagasaki. The loss of Japanese life was terrible – the number of American lives saved incalculable. Make absolutely no mistake – there was going [...]

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The Sex Positive Male Challenge

Someone I never heard of before (Nine Deuce) at a blog I never heard of before called Rage Against the Man-chine put of a fairly amusing example of biased framing on the 27th. The SmackDog Chronicles refer to it as “The Sex Positive Male Challenge” and so will I. The basic core of Nine Deuce’s post [...]

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Hyperdimensional warfare – the pretty people work for the aliens!

You know that hot guy or girl you see on the street? They have no soul and they probably work at least part time as the slave puppets of the extra-dimensional aliens that feed off of your energy. Heck, they might not even be real humans at all! Yes indeed once again a minute or two [...]

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July 4th - Dissent, criticism, pride, guns and freedom

As I write this it it July 03, 2008. This post is not a long, coherent essay but rather the expression of a number of thoughts that have been swirling for a few weeks… brought to a point by a piece of writing by Chris Satullo over at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Understand me clearly… I [...]

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That Crazy Jewish Lobby Problem…

It is no secret that the far left (like the far right) is the nesting place of a whole range of crazies. The difference is that the DNC has been on the outside looking in for so long in many ways that they have become more deeply infested with their parasites than the Republicans have [...]

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