Posts Tagged paranoia
We’re All Becoming Texas
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on May 8th, 2013
My husband says I’ve been in a bad mood since 2000. I’m entitled. On Monday, the Republican-led Texas House passed HB 1076 , a bill that would ban state agencies from enforcing any new federal gun laws, including background checks. The self-satisfied know-nothings who voted for this bill are very pleased with themselves. Talk about [...]
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And the Black Helicopters Circle Above….
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on January 24th, 2013
Just shoot me now. Indiana has all kinds of real problems. Our education system is pretty much a wasteland. Our per-capita income levels are among the nation’s lowest. College graduates continue to leave the state in droves. Job creation is robust only in the imagination of the Indiana Economic Development agency’s PR flacks. So what [...]
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Our Fictional President
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on March 26th, 2012
Saturday, I opened my IBJ to read a truly paranoid rant from Greg Morris, the publisher, who has a weekly opinion column. Mr. Morris is clearly one of those Second Amendment folks who views his right to bear arms with religious fervor, and his embrace of “one nation, armed to the teeth” was unsettling enough. [...]
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The Monster Under the Bed
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on February 4th, 2012
Parents of small children are familiar with the phenomenon. A few minutes after turning the lights out, a fearful cry comes from the bedroom: there’s a monster under my bed! That is typically followed by a parental “sweep” of the under-bed real estate and assurances that the room is safe for “night-night.” But what do [...]
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Persistent Paranoia
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging, Uncategorized on January 2nd, 2012
Our daughter called me the other day, horrified. She’d somehow gotten on the mailing list of one of the crazy organizations that seem to thrive in our country–a group called “Freedom Watch,” headed by one “Larry Klayman, Attorney.” The letter was, as she said, vile; among other things in its overheated diatribe, it accused President [...]
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