Category Archives: Politics

Another Year, Another Post

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Harold

Today is my blogiversary – seven years off and on, here and there – and I want to mark that. I have things I could have written about; but I just don’t hold out a lot of hope that it would … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Military, Politics | 2 Comments

Public Comments on the Coffee Party’s Position Paper

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Harold

The Coffee Party has floated a draft of their position paper for public comment, and I’m going to share my comments here as well as with them. The fourth paragraph of the Executive Summary reads: “The Citizens Intervention campaign will … Continue reading →

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Updated thoughts about this whole Coffee thing

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Harold

First, I’m kind of liking this whole “Coffee Party”/”Occupy Wall Street” thing. I wrote a little about the nascent Coffee Party more than a year and a half ago, and thought it might be cute but not really practical. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | 2 Comments

Thoughts on the Debt Rating Process

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Harold

Maybe I understand what’s happening with our debt rating and maybe I don’t. It kind of sounds to me as though Standard & Poor’s, which I believe has benefited from our assistance in the not too distant past, has decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics, Rationality | 2 Comments

Thoughts on Balanced Budgets and National Debt

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Harold

Let me say up front that I am not trying to turn over a new leaf by posting more often. It’s just that I’ve been pondering (that was for you, Maggie) the noise coming out of Washington about the Debt … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | 1 Comment

Thoughts on Gerrymandering (and Misrepresentation)

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Harold

I seriously never wanted to be one of those transplants who moves someplace and tries to make it like someplace else (and I certainly don’t want to see more of California in these mountains); but I’m having issues with politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Politics | 1 Comment

In a Nutshell

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Harold

Yesterday a friend asked me, “What does it mean in my language when the government shuts down, and why are they doing this? Is this their way of going on strike?” I replied that government workers can’t go on strike, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Rationality | 2 Comments

Here’s my take on the “compromise” tax bill

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Harold

Here is why, in an up-or-down vote, I want Heath Shuler, Kay Hagan and Richard Burr to vote against what the President is trying to pass off as a bi-partisan “compromise” tax bill: it isn’t a compromise; it’s a capitulation.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | 6 Comments

An Expression of Some Frustration

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Harold

I’m watching GMA as I write this, and that’s probably part of my problem this morning. When did the major networks decide they needed to compete with “E!”? There are more than 300 million people in the United States alone … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Politics, Rationality | 5 Comments

Another Post on Binary Partisan Politics

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Harold

Let me say at the outset that this blog is not moribund.  It can be hard to tell with me, so I thought I’d just put that out there. I just got back from my first road trip since moving … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 5 Comments