Monthly Archives: March 2009

The administration's plan to crush Louisiana economically

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Rick

Well sort of. I only recently realized the possible significance of the current administration’s proposed budget. With its $30 billion in new taxes on the oil and gas industry. Now tell me. Which states would this affect the most? In … Continue reading →

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"Hereville" – Troll-fighting Orthodox Jewish girl comic

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rick

Dude – you had me at “orthodox”. Not in my wildest dreams would I have imagined or looked for or found anything like this. Via a banner ad at Day by Day. Might I recommend scene 4 which is shabbat? … Continue reading →

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In the church the one and the many are not in conflict

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rick

I was struck a few weeks ago by this what Vladimir Lossky wrote in the chapter “Two Aspects of the Church” in his book The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church: This [the Church or Christian society] is the only … Continue reading →

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Jim Cramer exposes the hypocrisy of "insider insight"

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rick

Jim Cramer is a liberal Democrat. Always has been and still is. That makes him an “insider” right? (I will come back to this.) So what happens when he just can’t take it any more and roundly criticizes how Team … Continue reading →

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Betwixt the Scylla of liberalism and the Charybdis of conservatism

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Rick

The title is deliberately provocative. The last two years I have been experiencing increasingly a silent and surprising shift. For the last 14+ years I have identified with – how can one put this? – the not-so-conservative wing of the … Continue reading →

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Charles Krauthammer – "Fixing" the economy is not Obama's agenda (or) The big bait-and-switch

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Rick

One of Charles Krauthammer’s more masterful pieces. I have thought (and on one forum argued) that all the things President Obama is doing and proposing are not about the economy. Not really. Let me chase a bunny rabbit here for … Continue reading →

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Liberal fixation on Rush Limbaugh (or) Your concern for the opposition is touching – not!

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Rick

I have not listened to Rush Limbaugh on the radio in about 15+ years. During this time I assumed his audience was dwindling. He was getting older. That addiction to pain killers thing. Where was the fellow anyways? But since … Continue reading →

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