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August 5, 2011

Return to the Great Montana Dude Ranch Sleepover: Padre Steve’s Cure to Politics as Usual

I wrote this about a year ago and after the fiasco that we have endured during this long and all too painful year think that it is time to revisit the topic. Since I have been rather morose of late … Continue reading →

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August 1, 2011

We won’t let this Happen again….Until the Next Time

“I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail.” Brigadier General John Buford The news is abuzz tonight about the bi-partisan deal that has been agreed to by the President, the Speaker of the House and … Continue reading →

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July 31, 2011

Be Careful…there is a point of no return and we may have crossed it

Be careful with your thoughts because they turn into words Be careful with your words because they turn into actions Be careful with your actions because they turn into habits Be careful with your habits because they become your character … Continue reading →

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July 29, 2011

A Physically Painful Thursday Night in DC: Dinner with a Classmate and watching Our Government Implode

I took this picture and then…. I have spent most of the day in some bad physical pain. Last night while walking around the National Mall taking pictures I hurt myself. I was walking from the Washington Monument toward the … Continue reading →

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April 17, 2011

Blazing Saddles and Contemporary American Life and Politics

The affairs of state http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiF0M4uOhgI&feature=related What’s a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this? Sometimes a film can capture the spirit of a society. If there is an iconic film that captures the spirit of America … Continue reading →

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April 7, 2011

Dumb Guy Things: The Male Hormone Causes Brain Damage….I’m Proof of It

Last night my friends I violated “Shafer’s Law” which is “let’s not do dumb things.” The etymology of term goes back to my Commanding Officer while I was the Brigade Adjutant at the Academy of Health Sciences back in 1988. … Continue reading →

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April 6, 2011

An Unnecessary Condition of Affairs

“The war… was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forbearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.” Robert E. Lee I am always attracted to military leaders with a tragic and honorable history, men … Continue reading →

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April 4, 2011

The Unchristian Christianity of Modern America

I cannot and will not recant We live in an era where religion and politics especially in conservative circles have become one just as they were in the days following Constantine’s granting of religious freedom to all in the Empire … Continue reading →

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April 1, 2011

Egads! The Whole Country is Offended by Each Other!

We live in a country that has transformed itself into one of the thinnest skinned, easily offended and offendable bunch of folks in the world. It doesn’t seem to matter what political affiliation, religion, race, gender, socio-economic group or Dodger’s … Continue reading →

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December 5, 2010

Passionate Moderates Arise!

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” Thomas Jefferson The Reign of Terror, the End Result of Extremist Ideologies Everywhere I look I see extremism winning. It doesn’t matter which corner … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: republican party

Return to the Great Montana Dude Ranch Sleepover: Padre Steve’s Cure to Politics as Usual

We won’t let this Happen again….Until the Next Time

Be Careful…there is a point of no return and we may have crossed it

A Physically Painful Thursday Night in DC: Dinner with a Classmate and watching Our Government Implode

Blazing Saddles and Contemporary American Life and Politics

Dumb Guy Things: The Male Hormone Causes Brain Damage….I’m Proof of It

An Unnecessary Condition of Affairs

Egads! The Whole Country is Offended by Each Other!

Passionate Moderates Arise!

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