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Confesssion: I Did Not Watch the SOTU Last Night

January 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller I had three good reasons: there wasn’t enough rum, it was past my bedtime and our dogs, fearing for what little remains of my sanity, wouldn’t let me. However, I have read much of the commentary and based on that will provide a post-partisan analysis in keeping with the spirit of the [...]

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Tags: campaign, dull, economy, election, Obama, partisan, satire, SOTU, taxes
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After the State of the Union: Who Can Defeat Obama?

January 25th, 2012

By Tom Carter As I watched the President’s State of the Union address last night, this question was rattling around in my mind: Who can defeat Obama? Based on performance quality in delivering a prepared speech, the answer is that none of the current Republican contenders is up to the task. That highlights a defining [...]

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Tags: candidates, election, facts, Gingrich, Obama, Republican, Romney, SOTU
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Let’s All Vote for President Obama

January 23rd, 2012

By Dan Miller There are excellent reasons! Trust me — Obama supporters told me and they must know. You people make me sad. Sadly, our appreciation of President and Mrs. Obama has not kept pace with reality and we have disappointed them.

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Tags: appreciation, election, jobs, Obama, satire, singing, spending, taxes
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Might President Obama Morph into an el Presidente Chávez?

January 12th, 2012

By Dan Miller President Obama ain’t no el Presidente Chávez. Yet. But what if he gets another four years in office and a compliant Congress? When el Presidente Chávez took office in 1999, he began only slowly to implement his “reforms.” To a casual observer, few changes were apparent in Venezuela between 1997 when my [...]

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Tags: Chavez, Congress, Constitution, election, Obama, Obamacare, poverty
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Ron Paul and Double Standards

January 12th, 2012

By Seth Forman Now that Ron Paul has achieved electoral respectability in the Republican primaries, the media is in high dudgeon over his extremism. Paul, according to the procurators of good taste at the New York Times, “long ago disqualified himself for the presidency” by, among other things, “peddling claptrap proposals” such as “cutting a third [...]

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Tags: double standard, extremism, newsletters, Obama, pastors, race, Ron Paul
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Kim Jong-un Is Really Cool!

January 8th, 2012

By Dan Miller Here is a new video showing North Korea’s newly ascended leader, Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-kool, riding a horse, driving a tank, preparing to fly an airplane and doing other stuff most any guy of his age would enjoy. He even seems happy.

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Tags: DPRK, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Obama, religion, satire, succession
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Support Governor Romney to Preserve the Status Quo

November 28th, 2011

By Dan Miller The Status Quo is Great! Here are the reasons to support Governor Romney: ♥ The transition from President Obama to President Romney will be less traumatic than the transition to any other Republican candidate because they are the most similar; ♥ Governor Romney created RomneyCare, the precursor to ObamaCare, a marvelous thing; [...]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Cain, election, experience, Obama, Romney, RomneyCare, satire, Tea Party
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Is Chris Matthews’ Thrill about President Obama Gone?

November 20th, 2011

By Dan Miller Here is an old video featuring Chris Matthews speaking of the thrill he got when he heard Candidate Obama speak.

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Tags: Chris Matthews, election, failure, Obama, thrill
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The Perry Debate Debacle

November 10th, 2011

By Tom Carter Even those who didn’t watch the debate last night have probably heard about Rick Perry’s devastating lapse. Here’s the video, in case you didn’t see it live or would like to re-live the moment. Personally, I had two reactions to Perry’s inability to remember the third of three departments he would abolish [...]

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Tags: 2012, Cain, debacle, debate, election, Gingrich, Obama, Rick Perry
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President Obama Suggests that the French First Lady Is Pretty

November 5th, 2011

By Dan Miller In this story, of obviously crucial importance about a remark made by our beloved President Obama at the G-20 Summit, it is reported that President Obama said “I want to make mention that this is our first meeting since the arrival of the newest Sarkozy, and so I want to congratulate Nicolas [...]

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Tags: appearance, Carla Bruni, compliment, insult, Obama, Sarkozy, satire
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Will AG Holder Go Under the Bus?

October 11th, 2011

By Dan Miller The headline in this article in the Washington Post opinion section characterizes Attorney General Holder as President Obama’s albatross and then lists some of General Holder’s missteps, some political and some more substantive. The bottom line is that he is grossly incompetent. Some of the comments appended to the article are interesting. [...]

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Tags: AG, campaign, election, Holder, incompetent, Obama, replacement
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Culex Mosquitoes Declared an Endangered Species

October 9th, 2011

By Dan Miller In a long anticipated announcement, the Federal Insect Board (FIB) today proclaimed that the Culex Mosquito is an endangered species. Since the Culex are small and difficult for lay-persons to distinguish from other types of mosquito, urgent steps are being taken to prevent the killing of all mosquitoes. In a related development, [...]

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Tags: children, election, mosquitoes, Obama, satire, Shakira, vegetables
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Why President Obama Is Really No Worse than el Presidente Chávez

September 26th, 2011

By Dan Miller Here are some of the contrasting great leaps forward made or promised by these two astonishing leaders. This article by James Petras, a former professor of sociology at Binghamton University who claims “a 50-year membership in the class struggle,” appeared on September 17 in the Dissident Voice — a remarkable publication with [...]

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Tags: capitalism, Chavez, el Presidente, housing, Obama, oil, satire, socialism
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He Promised Change

September 17th, 2011

By Richard D. Bailey He promised “Change.” In 2008, with a brilliant strategy, Clinton/Bush fatigue, an aspirational biography and a natural grace and eloquence before adoring crowds that brought the media world and popular culture to wistful, teary longings for the time of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Barack Obama mastered the moment and [...]

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Tags: change, defeat, eloquence, failure, hope, Obama, promises, slogan
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TinkerBell Loves President Obama

September 15th, 2011

By Dan Miller During a campaign appearance in North Carolina today, President Obama brought his appeal for passage of the Save Obama Bill (SOB) down to the basics, shouting to the gathered multitude “if you love me you’ve got to clap your hands help me pass this bill.” How on Earth could any reasonable person [...]

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Tags: Congress, economy, jobs bill, Obama, recession, satire, unemployment
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Save Obama Bill

September 13th, 2011

By Dan Miller Let’s find out what’s in it before it is voted on. The Save Obama Bill (SOB) is 155 single spaced pages in length and has more cross references to, and would make more changes in, previously enacted legislation than I could conveniently count. It was obviously a long time in gestation, President [...]

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Tags: bill, Congress, economy, jobs, Obama, partisan, SOB, spending, taxes
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Obama Will Soon Offer Plans to Create Jobs, and Conservatives Must Help

August 20th, 2011

By Dan Miller These novel ideas are all workable and truly bipartisan; they should appeal to libruls and conservatives alike. The country needs productive jobs, not counter-productive jobs. During his bus tour of the hinterlands aboard a new $1.1 million bus made in Canada (“the perfect coach for entertainers, sports stars, NASCAR drivers, executive travel, [...]

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Tags: bus, business, green, jobs, Obama, overseas, plan, satire, unions, vacation
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President Admits To Having Made Mistakes

July 3rd, 2011

By Dan Miller The President of Panamá, that is. According to an article in a local Panamanian news service that reprises articles in the Spanish language newspapers, Martinelli admits to “a lot of mistakes” President Ricardo Martinelli in an exclusive interview with Prensa.com. has admitted to “a lot of mistakes” since he took office, including [...]

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Tags: Martinelli, mistakes, Obama, Panama, President, satire
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Great Medical Discovery – Meniscus and Brain Connected

May 31st, 2011

By Dan Miller A stupendous Venezuelan medical discovery has been announced; this may be a result of the marvels of Cuban medicine as well. The discovery of a previously unsuspected connection between the brain and the knee has reached us via no less an authority than Venezuela’s long suffering el Presidente Chávez, whose knee problems [...]

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Tags: brain, Chavez, Clinton, election, knee, meniscus, Obama, satire
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Is Obama a Serial Liar?

May 10th, 2011

By Nancy Morgan Accusing someone of lying is a serious matter. Especially when that someone is the President of the United States. Charges of that nature should be leveled based only on absolute proof of a deliberate statement, intentionally made, whose sole purpose is to deceive. Based on this criteria, President Obama is a liar. [...]

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Tags: bin Laden, budget, deficits, gas, immigration, liar, lies, Obama, prices, taxes
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