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Ted Asregadoo
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Razor-thin win in election for a (mostly) white working-class agenda
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Ted Asregadoo
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They say there are strangers, who threaten us/In our immigrants and infidels
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Why do politicians make racist comments? Because it can get them elected.
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Ted Asregadoo
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The stock market crash leads to the inevitable question: is the sky falling?
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Ted Asregadoo
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The Democratic Party’s Strategy for the 2014 Midterms: “Run Away! Run Away!”
Ted Asregadoo
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The election of Scott Brown to the United States Senate has been the sexy political story of the week, but it’s also a reminder to the Democratic party — and…
Ted Asregadoo
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Á¢€Å“Wow, these grapes are sour!Á¢€Á‚ A fitting epitaph for Republicans as they try to grab the spotlight to bitch and moan about Obama, the Democrats, and spending while really only…
Ted Asregadoo
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The Á¢€Å“hit the ground runningÁ¢€ strategy the Obama Administration has adhered to since the inauguration has an unfortunate side effect:Á‚ It’s making people impatient for positive change in the economy,…
Ted Asregadoo
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As the news about the global economic downturn goes from bad to worse, we’re at a point where government inaction is not a palatable option. Something needs to be done,…
Ted Asregadoo
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Even if Barack Obama was just another in the long line of white males who have been elected to the presidency, this would still be an historic moment in the…
Ted Asregadoo
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Watching President BushÁ¢€â„¢s final press conference yesterday reminded me of the phrase Á¢€Å“failing upward.Á¢€ Never in recent (and not-so-recent) history have we had a president so thoroughly unqualified for the…
Ted Asregadoo
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If you’re a Republican Party stalwart, and say you went to the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami hoping for a good answer to the question of “Now what?” you…
Ted Asregadoo
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ItÁ¢€â„¢s been said that a political campaign is run on the poetry of promises, while the task of governing is about the prose of policy. As President-Elect Barack Obama sheds…
Ted Asregadoo
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When I was growing up, I remember my father used to keep a credit card hidden in the back of his closet.Á‚ It was one of those Á¢€Å“In case of…
Ted Asregadoo
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I donÁ¢€â„¢t know if you remember the days when newscasters would routinely smile when the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day in positive numbers. It was a not-so-subtle sign…
Ted Asregadoo
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ThereÁ¢€â„¢s a phrase made famous by Thomas Hobbes, used to great effect in Hannah ArendtÁ¢€â„¢s The Origins of Totalitarianism, and that is: Homo homini lupus. That Latin phrase roughly translates…
Jon Cummings
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Jon Cummings: My junior year at college I took a creative writing class in which all the students received copies of each otherÁ¢€â„¢s short stories and offered critiques in a…
Ted Asregadoo
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Between the Devil and the deep blue sea. Those are our options in dealing with this financial mess — or so it seems if youÁ¢€â„¢ve been following events since the…
Ted Asregadoo
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The current breathless Á¢€Å“Sarah Palin WatchÁ¢€ going on in the mainstream and not-so-mainstream media is one of those political phenomena where the accuracy of her claims doesnÁ¢€â„¢t really matter to…
Jon Cummings
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Dw.: Well, John McCain is in a pickle now, isn’t he? Last week he chose a running mate that would satisfy certain weak sectors of his ticket – the Christian…
Jon Cummings
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Dw. Dunphy: Yes! I have been waiting for this all week: Palin Time! Do you think they’ll do the Dead Parrot sketch? Maybe even … the Cheese Shop?! I can’t…
Jon Cummings
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Dw. Dunphy: I thought IÁ¢€â„¢d start things off tonight with a joke: So Á¢€¦ Judas, Benedict Arnold, and the dude from Raiders of the Lost Ark who gets the spikes…
Ted Asregadoo
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An Open Letter to Hurricane Gustav By Ted Asregadoo Damn you, Gustav!Á‚ I mean, how could you have the audacity to downgrade from a Category 3 to the Category 2…
Jon Cummings
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Jon: Well, so much for the Á¢€Å“civic dutyÁ¢€ I believed would guilt the Popdose community into following the political conventions: Even my heretofore partner in blogging crime, Ted Asredagoo, abandoned…
Jon Cummings
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Jon: Our frequent commenter Á¢€Å“ElaineÁ¢€ is eager for us to objectify Hillary tonight. Are we Á¢€Å“upÁ¢€ for it? Ted: IÁ¢€â„¢m gameÁ¢€¦ Jon: So, Mark Warner looks pretty good. I keep…
Ted Asregadoo
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Jon: What were your impressions of Ted & the Kennedys? He looked pretty good, considering. Ted: He did a very good job. Kennedy finished probably his last political speech, and…
Jon Cummings
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Jon Cummings: Welcome to the first installment in a Popdose political adventure that wonÁ¢€â„¢t require you (or us) to leave the computer! HereÁ¢€â„¢s my little secret, Ted: A few months…
Ted Asregadoo
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics for July states that 5.7% of Americans are unemployed. Percentages are sometimes difficult to visualize, so how about this number: 8.8 million people are officially…
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