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To Impeach or Not to Impeach, part 3

Published on October 5, 2014 By sirrahc

“I want Obama to go through the [impeachment] process because he has it coming…. Obama should be forced to defend his contemptible lies and actions. If for no other reason than his unbearable arrogance, the schmuck should have to pay a penalty.” — columnist Burt Prelutsky On the other hand,… “[W]e should focus our attention […]

To Impeach or Not to Impeach, part 2

Published on September 21, 2014 By sirrahc

“[S]ome provision should be made for defending the community against the incapacity, negligence, or perfidy of the chief magistrate. He might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation [i.e., embezzlement] or oppression. He might betray his trust to foreign powers.” — James Madison, during the debates of the Constitutional Convention (1787) In Part 1 […]

5 News Stories I’ve Been Neglecting

Published on July 13, 2012 By sirrahc

Nobody can be expected to comment/report on every news story. Even the most prolific writers ignore or avoid certain stories, either for lack of time or interest. I certainly make no effort to tackle all the headline stories. (In fact, I try to make many of my blog posts independent of specific events, though they […]

Quote of the Day:

We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just, we forgive everything. For that very reason we ought to discipline ourselves a little; for that very reason we ought to cultivate a little emotion, a little emotional vice, from time to time. It may be hard for us; and among ourselves we may perhaps laugh at the appearance we thus present. But what of that! We no longer have any other mode of self-overcoming available to us: this is our asceticism, our penance.
- Friedrich Nietzsche -

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