Category Archives: Politics

Winning Debate Strategies

Posted on October 2, 2008 by travellinbaen

One of TB’s favorite books is The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis. Thanks to Greeg/Satan’s appearance last week, henceforth Screwtape on this page, and thanks to the inanity of the debate I was half-heartedly watching tonight, my mind travelled back … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin, A Fresh New Face….

Posted on September 29, 2008 by travellinbaen

…..with fresh air where the brains belong.  Some clips for you to enjoy on today’s bonus post.   South Carolina Miss Teen USA contestant Palin Talks to Couric Palin Channels SC Miss Teen USA contestant Tina Fey as Sarah Palin … Continue reading →

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The Mississippi Debate in a Bizarro Universe

Posted on September 25, 2008 by travellinbaen

Word of the Day     Truthiness–“truth that comes from the gut, not books” –Stephen Colbert; the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true rather than concepts or facts known to be true  –American Dialect Society TB … Continue reading →

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GOP = Big Government, Big Spending, Socialists

Posted on September 22, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day      “As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for socialism is its adherents.”      –George Orwell It can’t be plausibly denied any longer. During the Bush administration it started with the creation of … Continue reading →

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Premature Jocularity?

Posted on September 9, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day    “It’s not so important who starts the game as who finishes it.“      —John Wooden In college basketball, sixty-four teams have a theoretical shot to win the national championship by winning the tournament held at … Continue reading →

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TB’s Inaugural Ten Cent Analysis

Posted on August 23, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.”      –Colin Powell TB has the idea that I can … Continue reading →

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Presidential Runnin Mates

Posted on August 23, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president.  All he has to do is get up every morning and say, “How is the president?”      —Will Rogers TB posts from … Continue reading →

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Spending Money

Posted on August 20, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “It’s clearly a budget.  It’s got a lot of numbers in it.”     George W. Bush Paul B. Farrell is a financial columnist with over 1000 articles to his credit.  He appears regularly on all … Continue reading →

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Global Warming Slowed by Manmade Global Cooling?

Posted on August 15, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.”       –Yogi Berra I was forwarded an email today including the transcript of a NOVA episode from PBS.  To confirm its validity, I went to the NOVA … Continue reading →

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Guantanamo Terror

Posted on August 6, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “We can only trust that the next subjects … will include cooks, tailors, and cobblers without whose support terrorist leaders would be left unfed, unclothed, and unshod, and therefore rendered incapable of planning or executing … Continue reading →

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