February 27, 2010
by Harvey Wallbanger
For seven and a half hours yesterday, our elected officials got together to see if they could hash out a compromise to the health care debate. Yet, at the end of those seven hours, they walked away with nothing. We have not moved forward one inch since this all began LAST summer, and to tell you the truth, dear Bar Flies, I’m done with compromise. I’m done playing nice and hoping that logical thought will prevail.
Imagine you are a runner, and you’re running a marathon. You get to the half-way point and look down at your watch and see you are off your pace. What do you do?
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February 20, 2010
by Harvey Wallbanger
I saw this bumper sticker on the back of a truck as I drove to work this morning. I also saw a McCain/Palin sticker next to it and the number to one of the NASCAR racers as well. I let out a chuckle because the Lead, Follow sticker next to the Republican sticker was just full of symbolism.
For the past eight years our country was run by the worst of the worst. We watched as our Freedoms, jobs, and money were flushed down the toilet and when we finally had enough, we, as a country, threw the bums out-of-town only to be replaced with filthier bums.
We watched as Bush and Cheney loaded the Supreme Court with activist judges while complaining that the courts were full of activist judges. We watched as our Department of Justice was ransacked and purged of the men and women who didn’t agree or toe the party line.
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February 13, 2010
by Harvey Wallbanger
If you were to ask a person on the street how they would define America I’m sure you would get many answers. You might get that we are a proud people and they would be right. Someone might say we are a Democracy and again they would be right. Others would say we are a capitalist country and yes they would be right as well. So lets look at what it means to be a capitalist nation.
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February 6, 2010
by Harvey Wallbanger
This phrase is one of the most popular phrases in America. We consider these three simple things as unalienable rights for every single man, woman and child. Yet in America many people are losing these rights while many are having to choose which right they need the most today.
They are having to choose whether to give up their pursuit of happiness to keep the very expensive health insurance they get with their job. We are giving up the very liberty that people died to give us because we are becoming beholden to large corporations that truly run our government. This truly makes me want to down a fifth of vodka.
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