Tag Archives: Conservatives

Hag, the Russians, and a Spot of Tea

Posted on April 22, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: The video ain’t much, but it’s a new release so I was happy to find this tune at all. Haggard’s still got it friends. I’ve been wondering when a musician would capture a sense of the … Continue reading →

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Reinventing Football With Modern Day Politicos

Posted on October 5, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think its important. –Eugene McCarthy What drives TB batty about political discourse is … 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 Fly in the Ointment of Conservative Theory

Posted on October 27, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholder equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief.”     Alan Greenspan, last week Henry Waxman asked former Fed … 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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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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A Political Conversation

Posted on July 26, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day      “When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.”       –Will Rogers As closely as I can recount it, here is a lunch time conversation I was involved in this week.  Enjoy. Person1–What was … Continue reading →

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