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On The Question Of Virginity, Or, “Starter? I Can’t Make Her Stop!”

December 10, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

I got a weird little story about my friend Blitz Krieger to bring to you today. He’s had a crazy car problem, he has, and over the past few months he thought he had found a solution – in fact, he thought he had found the solution of his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: comedy, congress, culture, Eagle SX/4, education, elections, gop, humor, Ignorance, politics, satire, snark, Virgin, white-house

On The Emergence Of China, Or, Zhou Knew This Was Coming

December 3, 2011 By fake-consultant 3 Comments

After doing a bit of mountain hiking a few days back, I had a chance to get involved in a great afternoon conversation with the Alliance for American Manufacturing’s Mike Wessel, who also serves as a Commissioner with the U.S.-China … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: china, congress, economics, international, labor, Mike Wessel, politics, white-house

On Punishing The Job Creators, Or, “The Poor Have It So Good Today”

November 8, 2011 By fake-consultant 14 Comments

You know what the problem is with America? The poor don’t get just how great they have it. I’ve hear this a lot lately; the basic thrust of the discussion is that all those cars, TVs, DVD players, refrigerators, and stoves that have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bailout, congress, economy, elections, Haircut, OWS, white-house

On Doing Better Than 50%, Part Two, Or, Is “Made in USA” A Jobs Program?

August 22, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

When last we met, it was to discuss a Big Idea that the Obama Administration might apply to get some job creation going, despite a difficult Congress; the Big Idea was to look at the “Buy American” provisions that exist in our laws, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Buy American, congress, economy, elections, jobs, labor, Made in USA, unions, white-house

On Doing Better Than 50%, Or, Could More “Made In USA” Mean More Jobs?

August 15, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

We gotta grow some jobs, and that’s a fact, and we probably aren’t going to be able to do it with big ol’ jobs programs funded by the Federal Government, what with today’s politics and all, and that means if this Administration wants to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democrats, economics, elections, jobs, labor, Made in USA, obama, tsa, union, white-house

On Organizing Anger, Or, Could Olbermann Primary Obama?

August 4, 2011 By fake-consultant 19 Comments

It was just a couple of nights ago that Keith Olbermann was challenging us, in one of his “Special Comments”, to rise up in the streets and take back this country. He pointed out that the only way those on the left were going to be able … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democrats, elections, obama, olbermann, politics, primary, white-house

On Speaking To Power, Or, When Sanity’s Gone, There’s Always Satire

August 1, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

So everybody’s hearing the news, right? There is a tentative debt ceiling deal, and this Administration and Congressional Democrats seem to have won everything they wanted: Republicans get to have multiple “we don’t approve” votes before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #thanksalot, action, comedy, congress, debt, Debt Ceiling, democrats, economics, elections, humor, medicare, obama, politics, republicans, satire, snark, social-security, twitter, white-house, whitehouse

On Reopening For Business, Or, What? No Flying Cars?

June 26, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

So I took a bit of a break this past month, and I figured by the time I came back y’all would have things sorted out: people would be surely by flying around with jet packs by now, God would have sent fires and floods to smite the … [Read more...]

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On Hole Cards, Or, “Drill, Baby, Drill”? Why? Is Canada Out Of Sand?

May 25, 2011 By fake-consultant 3 Comments

In America, today, there are three kinds of drivers: those who look at the other gas pumps down at the ol’ gas station and think: “Oh my God, I can’t believe how much that guy’s spending on gas”, those who look at their own pump down at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Automotive, cars, congress, economy, election-12, energy, environment, green-energy, international, national-debt, science, transportation, white-house, wind-energy

On Sunday Drinking, Or, Has Satan Been Rendered Irrelevant?

May 17, 2011 By fake-consultant

I know better than to go drinking on Sundays, but it’s just been one of those weeks, and I figured I’d grab a few beers, no big deal, and then head hone and get some real work done. Of course, the reason I don’t drink on Sundays is … [Read more...]

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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