Category Archives: current events

For My Republican Friends

Posted on February 19, 2009 by travellinbaen

As a patriotic American, the last thing I want to see is a major political party fail. GOP leaders will eventually have to come up with their own ideas to get us out of the mess we’re in and I … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Day

Posted on January 20, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.”     –former President George W. Bush (blank stare) Barack Obama was sworn in as President of … Continue reading →

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Russian Spy Predicts US Civil War in 2010–TB Reacts

Posted on January 13, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “American will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”        –Abraham Lincoln Editor’s note–Click here for a link to … Continue reading →

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Are You Feelin It Yet?

Posted on December 16, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”     —Warren Buffett They say the economy is … Continue reading →

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Things That Give Me a Charge (the celestial list)

Posted on December 3, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day      This picture and others of the same subject can be found here. TB takes great pleasure in staring up at the night sky. I touched on this back in June in “Things That Give Me a … Continue reading →

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Innovative Ideas

Posted on November 26, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, … Continue reading →

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Obama Wins, TB’s Ten-Cent Analysis

Posted on November 5, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our … Continue reading →

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The Last Debate

Posted on October 15, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “I don’t know what they call themselves doing but it ain’t debating.”     Smily in the previous post (here) Does anybody need to watch this “debate” tonight? Are you undecided? If so, please respond … Continue reading →

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The End of Cool?

Posted on September 29, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day       “Never revisit the past, that’s dangerous. You know, move on.”     Robert Redford I guess Bogey was the first cool guy from a mass appeal standpoint. And there was John Wayne, the original … Continue reading →

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TB’s Guide to Life (in the event of a Second Great Depression)

Posted on September 17, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”     Franklin D. Roosevelt The U.S. Government this week “bailed out” the largest insurance company in the United States, AIG, … Continue reading →

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