(Political Ramblings from a Little Left of Center)
<sigh> I recently received a blast email from the Democratic Party suggesting nine candidates to whom I should donate to help flip the House. Great timing, since I just did my own research. However, only one of those candidates is on my Top 20 list of target races. Another looks likely to win without much…
While I refuse to waste my time responding to each latest edition of Trump’s Trite Tweets, I will leverage one recent missive as a starting point to address a topic that has been front and center since the 2016 campaign: The Border Wall. First, the tweet: I would be willing to “shut down” government if…
While I don’t have the personal wealth to make a huge dent in any political campaign, I do feel the personal need to contribute … something … to assist the Democrats in taking control of … something. Or, more accurately from my own perspective, to help wrest control of any section of the federal government…
I wrote and sent this a while back. I stand by it and thought it appropriate to share in this venue. Dear Mr. President, While I didn’t vote for you, I acknowledge you as the duly-elected President of the United States. I accept that we will never agree on most issues and I will count…
So. I once had this blog. A political blog called Political Ramblings. I started it way back in ’03 from my remarkably non-Beltway vantage point in Austin, Texas. I wasn’t necessarily looking to influence others’ opinions; I merely needed an outlet to express my own. Rather than just rant, the blog forced me to put…