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I am a lifelong resident of the Chicago suburbs, with a several year hiatus to serve in the Navy when my Vietnam era draft notice turned up. I had been told that guys with last names like mine were among the preferred cannon fodder in the Army, so the additional time required for service in the Navy seemed well worthwhile.
After military service, I worked variously in petroleum refining, for myself as an architectural illustrator just in time for electronic media to displace the ink and watercolor images that were my specialty, and doing electronic technical drawing.
To more important issues, I married lucky, which is to say once and forever, and after thirty years still marvel that she keeps me around. We have two children, a daughter with a daughter of her own, and a son who is just coming into his majority.
My wife did tire of my shouting at the television set and suggested that if I feel so strongly about politics, I should be involved. That is when I started a prolific run of commentary on this site interspersed with a few articles, and joined my local Democratic Party organization. To my wife's chagrin, I still shout at the television set.
I believe that the liberal values I hold are the result of a proper upbringing, and those values are simply what my mother, like most mothers, taught to their children. Among those values was a love of country and an admonishment to stand up for those who couldn't stand up for themselves. I still hold the part of my military oath to "defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic", to be sacred.
I keep the Jr. in my name to spare my father, whom I am fortunate enough to still have in this world, from being misidentified as responsible for my rants.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 7:04:50 PM
Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"
It's instructive to note that...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 8:11:36 AM
Quicklink : "Romney Gives Bush Neocons Another Chance - 15 of 22 Advisors"
It may not even be an active role...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 7:16:16 AM
Article : "The Fraud of 'Voter Fraud'"
Voter I.D. laws from ALEC...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 9:24:40 AM
Quicklink : "Thomas Friedman: We Need a Second Party"
Of course, we all are hanging on to every syllable...
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 6:36:56 PM
Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"
Your point about conservative Democrats is a very good one.
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:41:55 AM
Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"
We are not discussing a vested interest...
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 9:18:05 AM
Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"
Spoken like...
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 8:02:46 AM
Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"
Nixon engaged in treason...
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:42:59 AM
Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"
When was the last time...
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:28:38 AM
Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"
Ahhh,...
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 5:42:16 PM
Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"
Sorry,...
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 9:00:51 AM
Quicklink : "Andrew Breitbart Confronts Occupy Crowd At CPAC, Demands The"
Andrew Breitbart is, and always has been,...
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 11:15:00 AM
Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"
A big part of the problem lies in the perception.
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 10:21:10 AM
Article : "Congress OKs 30,000 flying drones spying on Americans across"
I don't see why...
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 9:11:46 AM
Poll : "Poll: How'd Obama Do With His Contraception Compromise?"
When Republicans are waving around...
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 7:00:31 AM
Article : "The Irrefutable Case for Barack Obama's Second Term: Supreme"
Hmmm...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 9:18:29 AM
Article : "The Cancer in Occupy"
Yes, the Occupation should detail their own security...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 8:13:09 AM
Article : "The Downward Mobility of the American Middle Class, and Why"
Mitt Romney is simply the poster child...
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 2:04:16 PM
Quicklink : "Karen Handel, Susan G. Komen's Anti-Abortion VP, Drove Decis"
Here is another example...
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 1:48:25 PM
Quicklink : "Mouse to Elephant? Just Wait 24 Million Generations, by the "
No wonder elephants are afraid of mice.
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 7:53:32 AM
Quicklink : "Did Obama make the economy worse? Not according to most stat"
Let's not forget that...
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 4:40:43 PM
Article : "Clueless about Capitalism"
We must understand that...
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 6:01:19 PM
Article : "Anonymous Finds Ron Paul under Supremacist Rock"
It certainly wouldn't be by repainting Ron Paul...
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 5:58:26 PM
Article : "Anonymous Finds Ron Paul under Supremacist Rock"
Ralph Nader's failure to discern a difference...
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 2:21:07 PM
Article : "Anonymous Finds Ron Paul under Supremacist Rock"
That's right,...
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 1:05:20 PM
Article : "Anonymous Finds Ron Paul under Supremacist Rock"
A Script for Paulistas
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11:14:46 AM
Quicklink : "Bait And Switch: GOP Leaders Renege On Debt Limit Deal Defen"
Obama already promised a veto...
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11:08:45 AM
Diary : "Ahhhh, Those OEN Ads You Love to Hate."
I would venture to guess that readers at OEN...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:43:35 AM
Article : "Dead Men Talking"
You probably shouldn't react so stridently.
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:25:49 AM
Article : "What the Gunners Want: What's in Rick Perry's Pocket, Unlimi"
As an NRA member,...
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 3:13:13 PM
Article : "How Fox News Is Destroying The Republican Party"
Whew!
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 1:38:06 PM
Article : "How Ron Paul Could Win"
As I have said before,...
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 12:31:02 PM
Article : "How Ron Paul Could Win"
Those IOU's that the right loves to lie about...
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 9:50:10 AM
Article : "We Must Stop This Corporate Takeover of American Democracy"
Sure, but they get full employment!
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 9:35:23 AM
Article : "How Ron Paul Could Win"
Why liberals should not take a Republican ballot...
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 9:18:28 AM
Article : "How Ron Paul Could Win"
There is, indeed, scarcity of resources;...
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 9:14:00 AM
Article : "How Ron Paul Could Win"
Libertarians...
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 9:07:25 AM
Article : "How Ron Paul Could Win"
There are two things that maintain the economic status quo.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 2:23:10 PM
Article : "The Golden Age of Late-20th Century Photography"
That last one...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 8:15:55 AM
Article : "Complete Barack Obama #SOTU State of the Union Address"
The problem there is...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 8:08:10 AM
Article : "Complete Barack Obama #SOTU State of the Union Address"
I suppose that I was most entertained...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 11:59:04 AM
Quicklink : "Tennessee Tea Party 'Demands' That References To Slavery Be "
George Santayana said,...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 8:54:17 AM
Article : "More On Ron Paul"
"Where are the smears of Romney and Gingrich?"
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 8:32:19 AM
Article : "More On Ron Paul"
Now that is the sort of empty-headed analysis...
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 10:13:56 AM
Article : "More On Ron Paul"
Once again,...
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 9:58:33 AM
Article : "We Must Stop This Corporate Takeover of American Democracy"
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 2, clause 2
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 6:02:43 PM
Quicklink : "Newspaper Editor: Israel Should Consider Assassinating Obama"
An Israel that would countenance such a thing...
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 8:34:20 AM
Article : "With South Carolina Victory, Gingrich Rides Adelson Money Tr"
H.L. Mencken's Validation
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 1:38:41 PM
Quicklink : "Iran to return US secret drone... as a toy"
Let's take that cue!
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:09:19 AM
Article : "Why I'm Suing Barack Obama"
Benedict Arnold was a war hero.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 7:40:08 PM
Article : "Stop Internet Censorship. Oppose SOPA and PIPA"
What do these bills,...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 7:19:34 PM
Article : "Stop Internet Censorship. Oppose SOPA and PIPA"
I think SOPA is supposed to be an acronym for...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 9:03:23 AM
Article : "Why I'm Suing Barack Obama"
I grow weary...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:51:43 AM
Quicklink : "White House Locked Down after 'Smoke Bomb' is Tossed Inside"
Wha'? Huh?
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:20:27 AM
Article : "Why I'm Suing Barack Obama"
Even subversive Republicans should support this lawsuit...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:00:08 AM
Article : "Why I'm Suing Barack Obama"
Even Obama's supporters should support this lawsuit.
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 10:37:20 AM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
Perhaps you hold the treason to be self-evident,...
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 10:23:13 AM
Quicklink : "Huntsman expected to leave GOP race Monday and endorse Romne"
This development will cause...
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 7:55:18 AM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
If Ron Paul is the only hope...
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 9:41:13 PM
Article : "Mitt Romney Desperate to Hide Truth - Debate to take place"
My first impulse,...
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 9:20:49 PM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
Regulating the value of foreign coin...
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 6:48:04 PM
Article : "A New America: Rocky Anderson's Vision and Acceptance Speech"
Let's all be sure that progressives...
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 4:50:11 PM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution reads,...
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 4:28:30 PM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
The last unopposed sitting president...
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 4:20:53 PM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
If you wish to vote for alternative parties,...
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 5:25:57 PM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
The framers,...
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 5:19:39 PM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
It really doesn't sound like anything that Franklin said,...
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 2:03:18 PM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
Ron Paul will not end the Fed...
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 1:56:58 PM
Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"
Is it possible...
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:32:03 AM
Quicklink : "Credit Card Firms: They Don't Just Steal From Cardholders"
What we can argue with is...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 8:22:49 PM
Quicklink : "Credit Card Firms: They Don't Just Steal From Cardholders"
As you pointed out,...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 8:25:32 AM
Quicklink : "Super Bowl Viewers Will See Graphic Anti-Abortion Ads With P"
I would think that this sort of grotesque propaganda...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 8:16:04 AM
Quicklink : "Credit Card Firms: They Don't Just Steal From Cardholders"
Cash transactions...
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 9:15:56 AM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
I'm still waiting...
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 9:06:28 AM
Quicklink : "Earth's climate unraveling? Winter disappears across portion"
It is no more valid...
Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 7:54:45 AM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
I wish I could remember who it was that pointed out,...
Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 7:44:32 AM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
Name one single instance...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 10:29:14 PM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
As an astute judge of presidential talent...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 10:25:14 PM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
Thank you...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 3:58:19 PM
Quicklink : "Keystone XL pipeline: API oil chief, Jack Gerard, threatens"
According to the USA Patriot Act...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 3:44:14 PM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
I can understand how frustrating it must be...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 3:28:06 PM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
I did not mean to suggest...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 11:40:36 AM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
Rocky Anderson...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 9:00:19 AM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
It is distressing to see...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 8:45:49 AM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
Libertarian/Progressive alliance...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 8:36:06 AM
Article : "Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives"
Thank you...
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 7:39:37 AM
Quicklink : "Keystone XL pipeline: API oil chief, Jack Gerard, threatens "
This is a fascist, seditionist and subversive...
Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 7:36:26 AM
Quicklink : "New Hampshire GOP Bill Mandates That New Laws Find Their Ori"
It seems to be a counterrevolutionary measure...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 10:17:11 AM
Article : "A Triumph of Democracy"
Normally, I'd handicap the brokered convention,...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 9:41:17 AM
Article : "It's Official: Gov Stats Shows the Middle Class is Dead"
Speculative price inflation...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 8:51:55 AM
Article : "Puny Krauthammer Ambushes a Science Giant"
It was through Carl Sagan's book and television series...
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 7:57:12 PM
Article : "Has America's stolen election process finally hit prime time"
We need to differentiate between voter fraud...
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 7:45:22 PM
Article : "Has America's stolen election process finally hit prime time"
There is no need for you to apologize.
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 11:58:30 AM
Article : "Chief Justice's Annual Report Ducks Judicial Ethics Scandals"
Of course the courts function honestly.
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 11:50:36 AM
Article : "Has America's stolen election process finally hit prime time"
But the most often tendered excuses...
Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 10:48:08 PM
Article : "Has America's stolen election process finally hit prime time"
Collective public action?
Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 7:36:18 AM
Article : "Has America's stolen election process finally hit prime time"
No doubt the people working to impose fascism...
Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 7:57:51 AM
Article : "Has America's stolen election process finally hit prime time"
I didn't say that there isn't a difference...
Friday, December 30, 2011 at 11:51:32 AM
Article : "The U.S. Muscles its Way into China's Backyard; Misguided, D"
It is impossible to successfully argue...
Friday, December 30, 2011 at 9:44:58 AM
Article : "The U.S. Muscles its Way into China's Backyard; Misguided, D"
It is a dangerous situation,...
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