Political Parody As a Weapon Part LIX

Political Parody As a Weapon Part LIX; Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. Previously, in Part LVIII, Joe Biden’s achievements as The Worst President in the World were listed. Today, there will be some punching down at an oversized target. On the second Tuesday in January of 1974, television viewers were treated to a midseason replacement …

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Sam The Salesman

Sam the Salesman Previously I introduced you to my great friend and Army buddy Sam. I’ve written about our fishing adventures, the time we messed up Valentine’s Day and the time he tried to have me arrested in Kuwait. Still and all, he’s a great friend. His wife Sweet Allie, is the big sister I …

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Political Smears in 2022 are Tame Compared with the Past

As the 2022 midterm elections draw ever nearer, the slurs and mud-slinging are picking up. Liberals are calling conservatives domestic terrorists and white supremacists. Conservatives are calling liberals leftist lunatics and depraved communists. Pretty nasty stuff, right? Not really, not when you look at the kind of mudslinging gutter politics that existed in the 19th …

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Sweet Home Alabama

    My husband grew up in Florida and I grew up in Mississippi. We met in Georgia when we were both “early middle-aged,” and shortly thereafter, we retired and moved to Alabama. We are often asked why the heck we moved to the Cotton State. After all, the word “Alabama” is usually prefaced by …

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