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Accountability

There’s the people you want to hold accountable in order to correct their mistakes, and those who you want to hold accountable so they never have the opportunity to mess things up that way again. Obama’s team underestimated the impact of the recent, ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George W. Bush,  Bill Clinton

A Response to "Armed and Dangerous"

A person is guilty of criminal threatening if he intentionally or knowingly places another person in fear of imminent bodily injury. Itâs got nothing to do, legally speaking, with the fact that these men were police officers. That just made the ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  16 Nov 2009

My Glenn-Beckian Rant

But seriously, fellows. I am mad as hell nowadays. And I am not so mad at the Democrats as some Republicans might hope that I am. Why? Because I got used to compromise and disappointment long ago. And you know something? If the Republican blockade of ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  Grover Norquist,  Al-Qaeda

Nope. Sorry. Still Sane.

At a signal from the Principal the pupils, in ordered ranks, hands to the side, face the Flag. Another signal is given; every pupil gives the flag the military salute -- right hand lifted, palm downward, to a line with the forehead and close to it. ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  ACORN

Goldman Sachs Bet Against it's Own Risky Products

Personally, I believe in a free market. But a market needs rules so bad faith behavior doesn’t discourage people from engaging in legitimate economic activity. Contributing to WatchBlog helps offset the costs of running the site. Please consider ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Goldman Sachs

Grab the Mop, Hold the Bucket, or Keep off the Floor

"Grab a Mop." Such a simple phrase. A challenge to come up with something different. Not merely to do what was making the old mess all over again, or commit actions that will undoubtedly make the mess worse, but instead to be helpful. So much of the ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress

It Sucks, He Sucks, Everything Just Sucks!

Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and apparently that’s supposed to be a political negative for him. Why? Well, apparently, because it means Europe approves of, prefers his foreign policy. Well, why is that a bad thing? Because Europe- well, what is ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Republican Party,  Bill Clinton

A Losing Proposition

The headline for today seems to be: America Loses The Olympic Games: Conservatives Cheer because it gives the president a mark in the loss column. This shows how Obama-obsessed these people are, and how clueless. This was a disappointment for America, ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  Saddam Hussein,  U.S. Democratic Party

The Rules Do Apply

I remember the scene in the movie The Firm where Mitch McDeere tells the mobsters he’s been unknowingly working for that he is like a ship whose cargo (all the information he knows about their operations) will never reach a port so long as he lives. He’ ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Glenn Beck,  Sarah Palin

Newtonian Reformats

What’s more, prolonged extreme stress impairs memory retrieval. American Special Ops soldiers have been shown to have trouble recalling things they’d learned before being subjected to food- or sleep-deprivation as part of their training. That’s because ...

From STEPHEN DAUGHERTY, WatchBlog,  22 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

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