Tag Archives: Ronald Reagan

GOOD RIDDANCE, MARGARET THATCHER

April 9, 2013  By Jack Jodell. The United Kingdom’s former Conservative Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, passed away from a stroke on Monday. She was 87 and had been in declining health for many years. Thatcher had been a very powerful … Continue reading

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CAPITALISM NOW CREATES MISERY INSTEAD OF WEALTH!

March 17, 2013  By Jack Jodell. “The needs of the many far outweigh the wants of the few.” – Star Trek’s Mr. Spock -  Those words, so profound and eloquent even today, were first uttered by a fictional TV character … Continue reading

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R.I.P. REPUBLICAN PARTY – YOU WILL NOT BE MISSED!

December 14, 2012  By Jack Jodell When the Republican Party first captured the White House in 1860, with the election of Abraham Lincoln, it was a far different party than the one we see today. For back then, it was a bold … Continue reading

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CRACKS IN THE REPUBLICAN WALL!

November 15, 2912  By Jack Jodell The once-solid Republican Party is now locked in what will prove to be a bitter civil war between its reactionary Tea Party wing and its merely ultra-conservative wing. GOOD! The longer and more severely … Continue reading

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9 QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE ANSWERED BY THE RIGHT-WING!

July 14, 2012  By Jack Jodell So far, it’s been a very hot summer. Things have seemingly slowed to a crawl as we have all been wilting in the severe heat. I heard this past week that the temperature reached … Continue reading

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CHAMBER OF HORRORS!

July 9, 2012  By Jack Jodell From its very inception in 1912, as a counterbalance to the then-nascent labor movement in this country , the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has opposed the creation of labor unions and therefore the betterment of … Continue reading

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“FREE MARKET” CAPITALISM IS FAILING US BADLY! (PART 1)

By Jack Jodell, Aug.7, 2011 PART ONE OF A TWO-PART SERIES All one needs to do is to look at recent headlines to know beyond the shadow of all doubt that capitalism, as it is being badly-mismanaged today with its winner-take-all-and-to-hell-with-everybody-else “free … Continue reading

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