Tag Archives: McCain

Election Day Pickin

Posted on November 3, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “For the love of God, do whatever in the hell you wanna do about President or Senator, but please vote for Oliver Diaz or Jim Kitchens for Mississippi Supreme Court if they are on your … Continue reading →

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Travellinbaen’s Political Consulting Service (spreading the acorns edition)

Posted on October 28, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. If you’ve got a plumbing business, you’re gonna be better off if you’ve got a … 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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Anybody Else Sick of the Campaigns?

Posted on October 14, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day    “My friends, let’s get out of here. I’ve got a fridge full of beer at the house, if you can just help me find it.”     TB’s fictional John McCain, misquoted How long has this been going on? … 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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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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Catch-up Post–Labor Day Weekend

Posted on September 1, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Weekend     “#%!*&$! Bulldogs!”     –Travellinbaen TB’s been vacationing in sunny Oxford, MS, for Labor Day and away from the laptop, but there’s been lots to talk about over the last few days. First, my ten-cent analysis … Continue reading →

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Let’s Build a Cabinet

Posted on August 1, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day      “Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men.  The other 999 follow women.”    –Groucho Marx The Democratic and Republican political conventions are coming up this month, and as I surf the web … 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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