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Category Archives: History

Repost of an old Daily Kos Diary: Dick Cheney, Acting President

Sunday, August 19, 2007

I wrote this in December of 2006 to amuse myself. I had posted it on Daily Kos, but I have decided to revive it for kicks. Recently Dick Cheney became Acting President for the second time while Bush was out cold having things removed from his colon, and I was reminded of this piece. Here […]

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Federal Minimum Wage vs. Congressional Salaries

Sunday, August 5, 2007

I created this chart to offer a quick visual comparison of how the Federal Minimum Wage stacks up against Congressional Salaries since the creation of the Minimum Wage. I have converted the hourly wage to per annum, and I have adjusted all dollars to 2007 USD.

Here’s a chart that shows the history of Congressional […]

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…no indication of any connection to terrorism” Take that, GWOT!

Saturday, August 4, 2007

“…no indication of any connection to terrorism…”
These seem to be the words we’ll be hearing every time something awful happens now that we live in the age of the global war on terror. Law enforcement, the military, and the press all seem to be in on the same game. There have been many terrible events […]

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Two Films: NO END IN SIGHT and THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK

Sunday, July 29, 2007

It was a rainy day in NYC today, so I went to see some serious films to match the mood of the city: NO END IN SIGHT and THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK. Neither of these are feel-good films. But they are both essential and you should watch for them when they open near you.
NO […]

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“…and we have declared war on tyranny and aggression.”

Sunday, July 15, 2007

“…and we have declared war on tyranny and aggression.”
President Lyndon Johnson said those words in Errol Morris’ devastating film The Fog of War.
“Mr. McNamara, you must never have read a history book.”
The parallels between the war in Viet Nam and the war in Iraq are obvious and heartbreaking.
Who is going to end the tyranny and […]

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Wendell Wilkie Words W Wiped Away

Saturday, July 14, 2007

This plaque hangs on the south wall of the grounds of the New York Public Library on W. 40th Street. Wendell Wilkie ran against FDR in 1940 and lost his bid for the presidency as an opponent of the New Deal. The quote on the plaque is merely quaint these days:
“I believe in America because […]

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Goodnight, New York, Goodnight

Thursday, July 5, 2007

When I moved to New York City three years ago, I had little in mind other than to disappear. My wife Siri died in April 2003 and I spent the following year trying to kill myself indirectly via substance abuse and then cleaning up my act by going sober. In February 2004 a friend of […]

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