Monthly Archives: April 2012

Nugent Investigation Closed

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Darth Chipmunk

“Metaphors needn’t be explained to educated people“, Nugent said. A nut of truth, if ever this squirrel saw one.

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Thursday Morning News Dump

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Darth Chipmunk

No, Dog-Gate links dammit! I refuse. heh. Call it a Chipmunk Imposed Embargo. Daily Caller: The Coming Conservative Landslide CNN/ORC Poll: Potential VP Likability Fox News: Secret Service Fallout Begins Washington Post: Jim Webb: Health-care law represents a leadership failure … Continue reading →

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Civility – Part 2,418

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Darth Chipmunk

On the way to work this morning the radio guy was talking about Dick Clark’s passing yesterday and listing off some of Clark’s many accomplishments and awards. I don’t know about you, but hearing of the passing of the World’s … Continue reading →

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The Heart of Our Disagreements – Revisited

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Darth Chipmunk

Today, President Obama told students at a community college in Ohio: their program could be cut “to give folks like me a tax cut that we don’t need and that the country can’t afford.” “Understand this is not a redistribution … Continue reading →

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On Nugent

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Darth Chipmunk

There’s a powerful undercurrent of frustration and anger in America today. It was truly palpable during the second term of the Bush Administration when the anti-war movement was hitting its crescendo. I remember actually being relieved that Obama had been … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Afternoon News Dump

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Darth Chipmunk

NYDaily News: Trayvon Judge Bows Out AFP: Secret Service to Interview Nugent after Obama Comments Reuters: Obama Seeks Probe of Soldiers Posing with Afghan Dead | Fox: Panetta Apologizes The Corner: Republicans Need Not Apply Breitbart: Racist Hate From Lefties … Continue reading →

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Progressive Hypocrisy

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Darth Chipmunk

Remember when Rush Limbaugh called 30 year old college student Sandra Fluke a slut and was attacked for it? And when the right called out Bill Maher for the same thing, it was dismissed by the left because Maher is … Continue reading →

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