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Reflections in a Dark Room – Part 2 »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Feb 12, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Note: I wrote this before the SOTU and waited to see if I needed to change anything – I didn’t. Obama is not the problem – we are. OK, what does that mean? It means that Obama is just a symptom of whatever the disease is. It means that he was obvious, even elementary, and [...]

Obama Revealed! »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Jan 22, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

The intrepid sleuths at “The Heraclitan Fire” have made a truly astonishing find (dumpster-diving outside the offices of a well known image manipulation and PR firm). They have discovered an unfinished document which answers many questions we have all had about Obama and provides a peek into the inner workings of the Obama ‘operation…

Reflections in a Dark Room – Part 1 »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Jan 11, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

I’ve always had a consuming curiosity about the psychology of charismatics – especially where it affects me, like politics (probably a need to justify my old psychology major). I’m also frequently startled to find that personality traits and behaviors that seem transparently obvious to me are obscure or invisible to folks I would usually consider [...]

An Eloquent Voice Raised »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Dec 20, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

A friend sent this copy of a letter she wrote to her Senator. I think it eloquently lays out a key argument against this atrocious health “care” bill. Dear Senator _____, Thank you for voting against the Nelson-Hatch Amendment. I appreciate hearing from you. More needs to be done. In regard to federal funding of [...]

A bone to pick with Charles Krauthammer »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Dec 13, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

I have a bone to pick with Charles Krauthammer – especially with his most recent article for the Washington Post “The Environmental Shakedown”. (See original article here ) First off I should say that I like Charles Krauthammer, I like his intelligence and his acerbic wit, I like his refusal to suffer fools, I like [...]

Truth and Consequences »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Oct 26, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

I have been accused by some of my more radical colleagues, of being a ‘moral relativist’ ( trust me, they’re using the term pejoratively). Like most things in life that’s both right and wrong: some things are relative to time and circumstance, others are pretty much set in stone so far as I’m concerned. In [...]

Healthcare letter: for viral distribution »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Sep 1, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

I’ve written a sample letter I’m hoping to get out to as many people as possible. This is the last week of the Congressional recess and your Senators and Representatives may think they can relax. We need to keep the pressure on to make them painfully aware that we – their constituents – are mightily [...]

The Days of Our Lives »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Aug 29, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

These are the days we have, the ones we number, the ones we’ll always remember, the ones we want to forget, the ones we’ll never forget. There are some we don’t talk about – ever. Some are painful, some are hilarious, some hurt, some make us cry- every time we think of them. They come [...]

Remembrance of Things Past – Part 3 »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Aug 21, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

What’s it all mean? The truth will set your fee… Well, you’re not paranoid if they really are after you. In 2008 David Rothkopf published a book called “Superclass” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) wherein he discusses the 6,000 or so people who run the world, how they got to be there and what they intend [...]

Remembrance of Things Past – Part 2 »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Aug 20, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Crud Layer 2 The intention of it all. What a catastrophe, they cried. What a horrific financial debacle, the sky is truly falling and we must have all your money right this instant lest even more dire events come to pass… how could this have happened? Who could have foreseen this… Whoa!, wait just a [...]

Remembrance of Things Past – Part 1 (of 3) »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Aug 19, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

I think we need to remember how we got into this domestic politico/economic mess. We have a tendency to put one foot in front of the other and just Keep on Truckin’, but sometimes it pays to turn around and review what’s been happening – gives you sense of perspective. This is a multi-layered mess, [...]

Healthcare Followup »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Aug 15, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

My Congressman held two teleconference townhall meetings this week and I got to listen in but wasn’t able to get to ask a question. That was probably better in the end because I would likely have used bad language and offended a lot of the little old ladies who were also listening. The meeting was [...]

The Penny Drops »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Aug 11, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

“The Health Insurers Have Already Won” reads the Business Week title. Go here for article. “Is Obama Punking Us?” reads the title of Frank Rich’s column in the NYT. Go here for article and please see Ani’s post here for a more in-depth look at Rich’s column. Rich actually has an epiphany: “The larger fear [...]

ObamaBots Anonymous »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Mar 11, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

I think it’s time to start preparing to ease the Obamabots back into the real world. The signs are starting to appear here and there, like signs of Spring. Living, as I do, in The People’s Republic of Portland (Hawthorne Soviet, Richmond Collective) I’ve been in the thick of Obamabot zombieland. During the primaries there [...]

Ragnarök »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Oct 17, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Ragnarök – the world tree, Yggdrasil uprooted, the road to Hel opened, the Bifrost bridge destroyed and Asgard forever rent asunder from us, Jörmungandr, the Midgard serpent bound around the world – writhes free, Fenris breaks his mighty chains and Garm, the Helhound is loosed at last. Heimdall sounds his horn as the Aesir assemble [...]

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