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• What should Congress do about the auto industry?

  Wed Nov 12, 2008
  • It would be tatamount to national suicide to let the big 3 fail, but throwing money at them will not solve the problem.

• Top court backs Navy in dispute over sonar use

  Wed Nov 12, 2008
  • Yay for the Supremes! With surplus diesel boats being sold by every major power and the Russians peddling nuclear subs to India, et al, our navy needs to maintain readiness.

• What are the chances a major news event will change the trajectory of the presidential campaign before Election Day?

  Thu Oct 30, 2008
  • I doubt we'd be told anything that might hurt the Big O until too late.

• How much power will the new president have to help the economy?

  Tue Oct 28, 2008
  • Presidents come and go. Bureaucrats and fatcats are forever.

• How much attention are you paying to the presidential campaign polls?

  Thu Oct 30, 2008
  • I personally have never been, "polled," nor do I know anyone who has. I strongly suspect most are deliberately skewed.

• Effigy of noosed Palin prompts visit from feds

  Wed Oct 29, 2008
  • Thing is, the national media chose to downplay the Ohio effigy-hanging incident because it didn't fit the, "Everybody loves Obama," they're determined to convey, but figured (wrongly) that a, "Hanging Sarah," story would help promote their, "Hate Republicans," credo.  Had the Ohio …

• How to be the star at your election party

  Wed Oct 29, 2008
  • There will be no election night party at my house -- only a profound relief that, however it turns out, it's finally over!

• Are you going to watch Sen. Barack Obama's 30-minute prime-time infomercial on Wednesday?

  Wed Oct 29, 2008
  • Bullstuff is much less odorous in smaller doses.

• Microsoft: Next Windows won't be as annoying

  Tue Oct 28, 2008
  • Microsoft should try test-maketing at least one "cut-down" version without all the bells and whistles most home users never use and wouldn't know how to even if they tried.  They seem more interested in making it impossible to use our old reliable software and replacing it with clunky …

• An msnbc.com guide to presidential polls

  Thu Oct 23, 2008
  • Has anybody out there ever been polled? Know anybody personally who has? Have a coworker or casual aquaintance who has? I haven't and don't, and I'm old enough to remember when the polls said Dewey would whip Truman's socks off.