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Conservative for Harris
With only 13 weeks to go before the election much of what I say as I start sharing my thoughts online again will be to make the case for why Kamala Harris can win this election and why, from the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024, campaigns, candidates, Kamala Harris, thoughts
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The Issue of Secession
Is the lack of a constitutional provision for secession a problem? What would such a provision look like? I would like to explore these questions to see what it reveals about secession and about our nation. Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, secession, states rights, thoughts
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Repeal vs Lawsuit vs Nullification
photo credit: Smabs Sputzer Ever since the passage of that rancid piece of legislative sausage labeled health care reform Republicans have been talking about repealing the bill. Some even talk about “repeal and replace” as their goal. Alongside that rhetoric … Continue reading
Multi-Dimensional Political Perspectives
photo credit: mkandlez Jane Hamsher wrote about the 11 Dimensional Chess approach to health care legislation that the Obama administration tried. That sent me back to some earlier thoughts I had shared about how we visualize the political spectrum. The … Continue reading
Posted in culture, General, pictures
Tagged civic participation, connections, discourse, Elevated, political philosophy, thoughts
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Abolish Earmarks
photo credit: Skrewtape For some time I have been internally conflicted on the issue of congressional earmarking. Many people, including such diverse characters as President Obama and Congressman Chaffetz, have been vocal about calling for an end to earmarks. Others … Continue reading
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Tagged earmarks, Elevated, government, Jason Chaffetz, Jim DeMint, money, Obama, reactions, Rob Bishop, thoughts
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Taxes: Supply vs Demand
The bulk of the discussion at the legislative town hall meeting last week was focused on fiscal issues of one kind or another. One thing that was briefly touched on was the potential return of sales tax on unprepared food. … Continue reading
Posted in State
Tagged Dan Liljenquist, economics, House 20, Senate 23, taxes, thoughts, town hall
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Ensuring Personal Independence
Last week Charles D. left a short but challenging comment stating: I will be interested to read what steps you believe one can take to insure personal independence in the event of an economic collapse. Today I will attempt to … Continue reading
A New View on the Flag and Pledge of Allegiance
photo credit: eschipul I had some interesting thoughts this morning after reading an article I would normally not bother to read. It was talking about a specific historical flag, but my thoughts were turned to the flag generally and then … Continue reading
Public to Private is a One Way Economic Street
photo credit: taberandrew A post entitled The New Robber Barons got me thinking about what happens when public and private enterprises compete in a marketplace. Thinking about that led to some interesting observations. The first of which is that progressives … Continue reading
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Tagged connections, economics, Elevated, free markets, government, KVNU FTP, questions, thoughts
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GOP Sheep with No Shepherd
Yet Another Fire Dog Lake post led me to this Progressive Change Campaign Committee poll. My interest in the poll focused on the results of two questions: Would you favor or oppose a health care bill that does NOT include … Continue reading