Opinion Forum

The Government Shutdown Will Be a Human Catastrophe

April 6th, 2011

By Dan Miller Joe Btfsplk is no longer an essential employee of the federal government. In fact, based on extensive investigations by the Department of No Compromise (DNC), he is now the only non-essential federal employee left standing and hence the only one directly subject to the horrors of the threatened government shutdown. All other […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: essential, jobs, Joe Btfsplk, McDonald's, satire, shutdown, unemployment
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I’m as Mad as Hell, But I Guess I’ll Keep Taking It

April 4th, 2011

By Tom Carter In the great movie Network, the character Howard Beale, played by the late Peter Finch, told his audience: “I want you to go to the window, open it, stick your head out and yell: ‘I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore.’” That’s the way I feel […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: appropriations, budget, Constitution, continuing resolution, CR, shutdown
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Gaddafi’s Stash: Obama Again Finds the Way in a Crisis

March 29th, 2011

By Dan Miller President Obama, well known for his uncanny ability to walk, chew gum and juggle, has found in Libya a solution to the worst crisis facing the United States and has thereby demonstrated that he can indeed do those things and more, all at the same time. El Presidente Chávez of Venezuela has […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: budget cuts, Chavez, Gaddafi, Libya, oil, satire, shutdown, stash, Venezuela
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