by Bill O'Connell on May 9, 2012
As they sit in the warm sun and listen to the celebrity speakers tell them about their bright future a grim reality will set in once the graduation cakes are cut and consumed.
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by Bill O'Connell on March 7, 2012
When you try to manufacture a campaign issue it requires some deception and in the more extreme cases outright lies. This is because the truth doesn’t have to be manufactured. It stands tall on its own.
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by Bill O'Connell on February 21, 2012
As the Democrats bid a tearful farewell to using abortion as a winning campaign issue, they need to manufacture a replacement. So they have come up with contraceptives and how those mean Republicans want to restrict a women’s access to them. It’s a lie and they know it, but hey, elections are at stake.
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by Bill O'Connell on February 20, 2012
Congress passed yet another extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. The Republicans did it to take the political issue off the table for the election. Tim Bishop and the Democrats passed it because they think it is good governing.
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by Bill O'Connell on February 13, 2012
President Barack Obama has a new budget. So it’s time to suspend reality and listen and nod your head and pine for four more years.
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by Bill O'Connell on February 12, 2012
Rick Perry at CPAC 2012
At CPAC this week, Rick Perry visited the Blogger Lounge and while there spoke briefly about the Keystone Pipeline.
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by Bill O'Connell on February 10, 2012
At CPAC Marco Rubio showed some of the traits that make him a leading candidate for Vice President no matter who the Republican nominee happens to be. He mixed humor and personal narrative.
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by Bill O'Connell on February 8, 2012
President Obama is trying to walk back from the war he started with Catholics by trying to cram down their throats his dictates that go against their core beliefs. His administration says they are open to work something out. I am glad to hear that. The fix is simple.
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by Bill O'Connell on January 10, 2012
As if sitting on a couch with Nancy Pelosi talking about global warming wasn’t enough, Newt Gingrich seems to have taken a seat next to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, to attack free market capitalism.
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by Bill O'Connell on December 14, 2011
Congressman Tim Bishop held an online town hall meeting to hear questions from constituents and give his answers. Perhaps he thought this a safer forum than a live town hall meeting. Last year’s meeting in Setauket did not go well and was soon viral on You Tube.
I will comment on three of the topics from that meeting: the payroll tax cut, regulations, and manufacturing jobs.
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Sandra Fluke – Putting the Lie in Play
by Bill O'Connell on March 7, 2012
When you try to manufacture a campaign issue it requires some deception and in the more extreme cases outright lies. This is because the truth doesn’t have to be manufactured. It stands tall on its own.
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