Tag Archives: America

Stephen Colbert: The Congress and the jester

Posted on September 25, 2010 by zingstrom

Stephen Colbert, the conservative comedic news commentary guy from the Comedy Channel’s Colbert Report made a mockery of the United States Congress. During contrived testimony before a House immigration subcommittee most people never knew existed, Colbert departed from his prepared … Continue reading →

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Dave’s Contract With Congress a better alternative to the Contract From America

Posted on September 21, 2010 by zingstrom

Over the past year the Contract From America has gotten little attention and is pretty much viewed by voters as not worth the paper to print it. An alternative is Dave’s Contract with Congress that has real teeth and could … Continue reading →

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Perspectives and contrasts

Posted on September 16, 2010 by zingstrom

“We all had that one moment in our lives,”  David C. Dolby said about his fellow Medal of Honor awardees. Dolby got his medal for actions during one of his five tours of duty in Vietnam. He died in August. An American … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on 9-11

Posted on September 11, 2010 by zingstrom

Pastor Terry Jones might just have well stayed in Florida and burned his stack of Qurans. The pastor’s New York trip seeking Imam Rauf’s pledge to move the Park51 Mosque from Ground Zero in Manhattan will be a failure. The … Continue reading →

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Oh yeah? Prove it!

Posted on June 18, 2010 by zingstrom

     Historically, American and Russian airplane designers/manufacturers have turned out incredibly performing machines. Form follows function and comparable Russian designs often very much resemble American planes. Since the end of the Korean and Vietnam wars, American airplanes have not gone … Continue reading →

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