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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.

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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Buster's 2013 In Twelve Bites


Another wacked-out year in the old blog books.  Happy New Year to all!  May all your troubles in 2014 last as long as your New Year's resolutions.








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M.Naz@Mozi_N.  BREAKING:  Koch brothers warn that higher taxes on them would force them to lay off as many as a half-dozen Congressmen.  #RightToWorkForLess
(The Tweet Of Truth -- January 9th)

If you are confused by the notion that those least able to pay are singled out to pay the highest rates, welcome to the American medical marketplace.
(The Real Problem With American Health Care -- February 26th)

Would Portman have changed his [anti-gay] tune if he hadn't suddenly "discovered" he has a gay son? -- Buster Gammons
I wish the senator could summon that empathy and imagine how he'd feel if his son had been brutally murdered at age six, at school, by a gunman with an assault rifle. -- Dave Girves
(Portman's Epiphany X 2 -- March 16th)

Speaker of the Ohio House Bill Batchelder said he'd rather shoot himself than expand Medicaid in Ohio.  The idea of Batchelder offing himself because more low-income people have health coverage is appealing on both counts!
(Rally For Medicaid At The Statehouse -- April 11th)

That's great, just friggin' swell!  We have no idea where we're supposed to go.  We are lost on an island in a foreign country, and no one in our golf cart can habla the Espanol.
(Cancun Highlights -- May 2nd)

"To be honest, we don't want black people to vote if they're going to vote 9 to 1 for Democrats." -- Dallas Tea Party leader Ken Emanuelson.
("We'd Never, Ever Try To Suppress The Vote" -- June 5th)

Myrtle Beach Sun News -- Two women were arrested around 3:45 a.m. after a fight in which one of the women threw small dogs at the other, according to authorities.
(News Of The Southland -- July 12th)

"He comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable."  Not a bad epitaph!
(John J. Gilligan -- August 27th)

I'm not Catholic, but I hope our local gay-bashing Bishop and some of my 'fraidy-cat conservative Catholic friends pay attention to their new head honcho, who appears to be a sort of progressive Pope.
(Frankie Goes To Rome, Says "Relax, Don't Do It" -- September 19th)

For the past four 4 years, the GOP has been indignant about the possibility of people signing up for Obamacare.  Now they're all pissed off because some people can't sign up!
(The Inexcusable Job-Killing Trainwreck Atrocity Of The HealthCare.Gov Website -- October 25th)

Claiming that "Right To Work" is about workplace freedom is like calling a slave owner a job creator.
(Tom Suddes On Right To Work (For Less) -- November 18th)

Note that the very first thing you do as a financially astute, budget-conscious McDonald's employee is get a second job.
(Tips On Working And Living From Corporate America -- December 2nd)



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