Nanette Lepore

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Obama's Stimulus: in the end, a disappointment that will make matters worse.

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(Actual picture of a woman heating her home with a wheelbarrow of Deutschmarks. The German financial collapse that precipitated WW2) When th...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

Spending vs. Saving: Washington's attempt to cure a Hangover with more Booze

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The current economic recovery proposal before Congress is a mixed bag, and attempts to use Reagan's formula: marry Supply-Side tools (wh...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

"Bad Bank?" Bad Idea.

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SCENARIO 1: I tell my son that if he washes the car, he can use it on the weekend. Will he be more or less likely to wash the car? SCENARIO...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

San Francisco Wrong to Tax Roman Catholic Church

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In San Francisco, Tax Assessor Phil Ting has decided that the Roman Catholic Church owes over 15 Million dollars in taxes because the Archdi...
Sunday, December 07, 2008

"Big 3" Auto Bailout? How many mistakes can one Congress make?

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A step back in History: It's 1979, and Lee Iacocca, Chairman of Chrysler, has successfully convinced Congress to guarantee 1.5 billion i...
Wednesday, November 05, 2008

The Republican Party - Which Way Now?

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The Republican Party – my party – has just been delivered a well-earned knockout punch. Reliable “red” States in the west and south have be...
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Thursday, October 02, 2008

Why the Bailout is wrong.

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Listening to some of our nations top political leaders, one gets an uneasy feeling that The Great Depression II is right around the corner, ...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Christian singer Ray Boltz Comes Out....

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Popular Christian Singer Comes Out by Kilian MelloyEDGE Contributor Monday Sep 15, 2008 Gospel singer Ray Boltz has come out of the closet.T...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Palin, Pregnancy, & Puritanical Sexism

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So Sarah Palins 17 year old daughter is pregnant. So what? Maybe I've been blind all these years, but I have never seen such a shrill ma...
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Sunday, August 31, 2008

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There is an old bit of prose about how the Nazis came for the Jews, the Gypsies, gays, the handicapped, etc., and when they finally came fo...
Saturday, July 05, 2008

The Reasons for Rebellion: July 4, 1776

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What follows is a partial list of the reasons set forth in the Declaration of Independence for our dissolution of the bands which connected ...
Monday, June 02, 2008

Cyndi Lauper's "True Color Tour:" Great performances and clueless commentary

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Yesterday I jumped in the car with my partner and drove down to Jones Beach Theater on the south shore of Long Island to see the True Color ...
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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Shame on Dunkin' Donuts

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I have been a Dunkin' Donuts junkie my whole life. Living across the street from one (on several occasions) helped develop and solidify ...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Tyrant State runs Amock....

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It just keeps getting worse. Over 400 children, ripped away from their mothers and fathers and homes, and placed in foster homes. No Charges...
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Monday, April 07, 2008

Raid on El Dorado & Government abuse of power: State-sponsored Kidnapping & Fishing Expeditions

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400 children have been forcibly removed from their homes in ElDorado, Texas. Members of a Mormon-breakaway religious sect called the Fundame...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

New Powers for The Federal Reserve?

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The Federal Reserve System is arguably one of the most powerful (and least understood) institutions in America. Treasury Secretary Paulson...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

NY Governor Eliot Spitzer and a Prostitution ring....

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I have never liked Eliot Spitzer. The Governor of New York was too much of a crusader, the kind who dribbles saliva from the mouth as he...
Thursday, March 06, 2008

Re-thinking jails, prisons, and crime....

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News Items: "...More than one in every 100 American adults are in jail or prison, according to a recent study by the Pew Center for the...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The Hallmark/Westland Meat recall: Blind Hysteria

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To date, 37,000,000 lbs of meat, sold in 36 states, over the course of 2 years, has been recalled। That's a lot of meat. Meat used in sc...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

On Kosovo Independence Day - Happy Birthday, Kosova!

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My first 'contact' with Kosova (the Albanian spelling) came in the form of its people. As a teacher, I had a very diligent, hard-wor...
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Monday, January 07, 2008

How Ron Paul blew it in New Hampshire

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I will vote for Ron Paul on Primary day here in New Hampshire. I have been a Ron Paul fan for a very long time. But he and his supporters ...
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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Once Again...Steroids and Baseball in the News. (When will the Neo-Puritans give it a rest?)

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According to the New York Times, “… Former Sen. Mitchell's 300-plus page document on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, 21 months ...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Massachusetts Highway Bureaucrat is Clueless...

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My award for the most ridiculous, petty, ivory-tower Fiat pronounced by a Bureaucrat goes to Louisa Paiewonsky, the Massachusetts Highway Co...
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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Emotion and Bad Law: The Snyder v. Westboro (Phelps) verdict

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So, the US District Court (Baltimore) has awarded Albert Snyder $10.9 million dollars. The verdict came against the Westboro Baptist Church ...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

A Random Collection of my Favorite Quotes

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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in si...