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Ed Martin is an ordinary person who is recovering from being badly over-educated. Born in the middle of the Great Depression, he is not affiliated with nor a member of any political, social or religious organization. He is especially interested in the phenomenon of those who view the glaringly obvious with total incomprehension, in other words, out political, social and religious leaders.

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178 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 278 Comments, 48 Diaries, 1 Polls

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       Friday, November 18, 2011
How long will it be?
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Walter Brasch has an excellent article up on OEN about media incompetence in the Penn State affair.
(4 comments)        Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Herman Cain could pass a lie detector test
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Normal people have misunderstood Herman Cain
(26 comments)        Friday, September 9, 2011
Ron Paul's minimum wage
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I just noticed in passing the incongruities in some things Ron Paul has said.
       Tuesday, July 19, 2011
A question about Murdoch style ethics
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This is a question about which is the more unethical, sleazy behavior
       Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Ed's Index
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This index is similar to Harper's Index, with different statistics.
       Thursday, June 23, 2011
Let's help Governor LePage solve his problem with laborers
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Taking LePage at his word, that portraits of laborers is offensive to business owners, here's the solution to his problem.
       Friday, April 29, 2011
Comparisons and Criticisms of Democrats and Republicans
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In one of my recent rants about Republicans, Rob Kall gently reminded me that this is a non-partisan site that is open to criticism of Democrats, too. So, let's do some comparison and criticism.
       Thursday, April 28, 2011
Texas state rep. says hospital denies Obama born there
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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and PolitiFact Texas report that State representative Leo Berman says he has questions about Obama's birth certificate and that the hospital issuing the certificate denies Obama was born there.
       Thursday, April 28, 2011
Birthers congratulate themselves for being wrong
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In the inverted world of the birthers a strange, but entirely predictable thing has happened. They're congratulating themselves for having been proven wrong.
       Saturday, January 8, 2011
According to Professor Bem, I'm psychic
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Professor Bem says that a 53% accuracy rate on a test of an either/or choice proves you're psychic. I did better than that.
       Sunday, January 2, 2011
ACLU guide to how to cooperate in having your civil liberties violated
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The ACLU's article on options that are non-existent at the airport
(1 comments)        Saturday, August 14, 2010
Put the drug dealers out of business by giving it away
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The discovery of a huge marijuana farm in Wisconsin is a lesson in how to end the war on drugs.
       Monday, December 21, 2009
Compromised Out of Existence
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The compromises the majority in Congress have made with the minority who want to kill health care reform has left us right back where we started from, with the same health care system we have now.
(1 comments)        Sunday, December 7, 2008
Rest easy, Condi, I'll take it from here
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What's the difference if Condi does or doesn't take responsibility for the Iraq occupation?
       Monday, November 17, 2008
Wait a minute, Keillor, George Bush is still President
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Garrison Keillor has an article here on OEN, Wow! America is cool! Keillor ignores or forgets the fact that George Bush is still President, and has been for the last eight years. That fact is definitely uncool.
(1 comments)        Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Cal Thomas nails it on what's wrong with Republicans
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Without even realizing that he's done it, Cal Thomas has perfectly described what's wrong with the conservative, Republican ideology that has brought about the financial collapse of the United States.
       Friday, September 12, 2008
George Bush has added another maverick to his herd.
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A maverick is an unbranded wild range animal that belongs to anyone who brands it. McCain and Palin aren't mavericks, they belong to George Bush, hide and hair, heart and mind, bones and sinew, body and soul. They carry the Bush Brand, the Big B, on their rumps.
(3 comments)        Thursday, September 4, 2008
Liberal's urine now a terrorist threat to Republicans
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The Republicans think that liberal's urine is a terrorist threat.
(1 comments)        Friday, June 20, 2008
Landmark decision?
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It wasn't a landmark decision. In fact, it wasn't even a decision.
(2 comments)        Thursday, June 19, 2008
Burning Mansions
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Burning mansions for fun and profit.

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