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My Country is Breaking my Heart

By Ramona on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 7:50am | Politics

Nearly every morning lately I wake up feeling as though my heart is ripping out of my chest. My loves are still my loves, my health is okay, and it looks like there's a chance my measly but adequate bank account may outlive me, so for a while there the cause of these major palpitations was a bit of a mystery.

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FRIDAY FOLLIES: Big News about Osama, Bad News for Trump, Wacky news from Bloomberg

By Ramona on Fri, 05/06/2011 - 12:44pm | Potpourri

Well, okay, I guess you've heard the big news of the week--the finding and killing of Osama bin Laden. Most of us thought the whole operation was pretty impressive--the stealth helicopters, the brave Navy Seals, the efficient execution of the world's worst enemy--it was all good. But for ex-presidential candidate Donald Trump it was the worst news possible after a really, really horrible weekend. First, on Saturday night he arrived at the

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Bin Laden is Dead. Twitter scooped Everyone.

By Ramona on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 9:32am | Politics

It took me years to finally venture over to Twitter to see what all the fuss was about. I was one of those who thought everything about it was silly, including and especially the name. And what was with that 140 character limit? Anything I wrote would be called a "Tweet". Uugh. No!

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FRIDAY FOLLIES: The Royal Wedding, of course.

By Ramona on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 8:27am | Potpourri

Thursday, April 28 10 PM: Is anything else going on these days besides the Wedding of the Century, The marriage of Katherine ( Kate) Middleton and William (Will) Mountbatten-Windsor? (This time the wedding of the century really is the wedding of the century--the century is young and until another big wedding comes along this is it.)

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We're Michigan and Most of Us Don't Deserve This

By Ramona on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 2:51pm | Politics

Michigan, our wonderful, beautiful jewel of a state--the only state in the union that looks like a mitten reaching up to grab a leaping rabbit, the only state surrounded on three sides by three different really Great Lakes, the only state that can lay claim to both Vernor's Ginger Ale and Sanders Hot Fudge Sauce, has been in the news a lot lately.

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FRIDAY FOLLIES: Earth Day, Beautiful Danger, Buseyisms, and Oh, by the Way. . .Jesus is coming

By Ramona on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 7:10pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

Today is Earth Day. Ever since 1970 we've been setting aside April 22 to celebrate the birth of the earth. (It also happens to be Lenin's birthday but I promise there is absolutely no connection. I only mention it because some subversive with a tea cup is sure to bring it up, and I want to be able to say I got there first.)

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FRIDAY FOLLIES: The Cheesiest and the Choicest

By Ramona on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 9:12am | Politics, Humor & Satire

My pal Jan started this yesterday on Facebook with a "Hooray! Hooray! It's Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day". I'm shocked that I didn't know about GCSD. I love those things! But when Jan crabbed about her favorite sammich getting the recognition it so richly deserves for only one day, I wondered what I could do to make her feel better.

Here it is!

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The People's Budget: Yes Virginia, there are Decent Democrats

By Ramona on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 11:02pm | Politics

The Republican budget will wreak havoc on hard-working Americans. They have proven, once again, their unwavering commitment to taking trillions of dollars from the pockets of the middle class and giving ever more generous windfalls to millionaires and large corporations. They want to throw seniors off Medicare. Their slash-and-burn tactics will throw hundreds of thousands of people out of work. They will eliminate health care for children and those with disabilities.

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FRIDAY FOLLIES: Maine again. Gospel Teens, Homeless Artists, and all that's Rich

By Ramona on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 12:26pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

FRIDAY FOLLIES: Maine again. Gospel Teens, Homeless Artists, and all that's Rich

Oh, man! Maine's rookie Tea Party governor, Paul LePage can't get a break. He's still getting all kinds of flack for taking down those nonessential murals showing nothing but the damned hoi polloi, but on top of that, he got word that 63% of the mural was paid for by a Federal grant and the Feds aren't looking kindly on his hotshot actions. Seems he broke an essential clause in the contract that clearly stated he was supposed to notify people and give them a good reason for pulling those murals from those walls, and then those essential people would have to agree. So if the Feds demand their money back at current market value, which would be higher now with all the attention, it's the taxpayers who would have to foot the bill.

But once again, Big Business demands the action and the taxpayers get stuck. Life just keeps imitating life.

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