Tag Archives: democracy

Democracy Held Once Again

Posted on November 10, 2022 by ends and beginnings blog

Way back in 1912 former president Theodore Roosevelt lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to incumbent president William Howard Taft. Roosevelt formed a third party called The Progressive Party which was also referred to as the Bull Moose … Continue reading →

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Vote like your life depends on it

Posted on November 4, 2022 by ends and beginnings blog

“Let’s say you’re at the airport and you see Mr. Walker and you say, ‘Hey, there’s Herschel Walker, Heisman winner, let’s have him fly the plane.’ You probably wouldn’t say that. You would want to know; does he know how … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Bitch

Posted on February 25, 2022 by ends and beginnings blog

“No two countries that both had McDonald’s had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald’s” – Thomas Friedman Imagine waking up this morning to the sound of artillery shelling. Seeing tanks, military jets, foot soldiers, invade … Continue reading →

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Trump Flu

Posted on January 8, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

“Trump and I, we had a hell of a journey. I hate it being this way. Oh my god I hate it … but today all I can say is count me out. Enough is enough. I tried to be … Continue reading →

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What we know

Posted on November 5, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

“History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.” – Thomas Jefferson Today is Thursday, November the 5th and this country is still waiting for an answer to the question who will be the next President of the United … Continue reading →

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We’re lower than the world

Posted on August 6, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

Hyperbole – exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. In 1984 an 81-year-old manicurist named Clara Peller starred in a Wendy’s television commercial proclaiming “Where’s the beef?”. Last week reporter Jonathan Swan of Axios asked Trump the same rhetorical … Continue reading →

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Joe Biden

Posted on March 4, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

As I think I have written before, my wife and I asked our kids, young adults but still kids in my eyes, who they wanted us to vote for in the primary. Their candidate, Elizabeth Warren, so that is the … Continue reading →

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The only way out is to vote

Posted on January 21, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

From the junior Senator of South Carolina Tim Scott: On July 25, 2019, President Donald Trump spoke with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to congratulate him on winning the Ukrainian presidential election. From this conversation, a whistleblower made a complaint alleging that … Continue reading →

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Fall back

Posted on October 18, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief… For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” – Wendell Berry It’s Friday in America. In … Continue reading →

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It’s a Coup!

Posted on October 2, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“As I learn more and more each day, I am coming to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a COUP, intended to take away the Power of the People, their VOTE, their Freedoms, … Continue reading →

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