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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

Buster Gammons















Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Meet Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz is a brand-new Republican U.S. Senator from Texas, elected in November and sworn in a couple weeks ago.  He's a pure ideologue who proudly campaigned as an extreme-right Tea Partier.  Previously, Cruz was the Texas Solicitor General and an activist lawyer specializing in conservative causes. 

Speaking last week at a National Review meeting, Cruz said, "We've got two pending nominations, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel, both of whom are very prominently less-than-ardent fans of the U.S. military."  Really?

Kerry left Yale to enlist in the Navy.  He requested service in Viet Nam.  He has three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star.

Hagel was drafted and entered the Army.  He saw combat in Nam and Cambodia.  He has two Purple Hearts and a piece of shrapnel still in his body.

Cruz, who has never served in the military, has been on the job for less than a month.  He has a narrow mind, a wide mouth, and a lot of crackpot opinions.

Yesterday, John Kerry was easily confirmed as our next Secretary of State.  The vote was 94 to 3.  And you know it, one of the 3 no votes came from the new guy, Ted Cruz.  What an asshole!

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