The Ultimate, Inside Baseball – the 2008 Democrat Convention
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John Armor
By John Armor on Apr 27, 2008 - 7:04:15 AM
People who want to read stories about the inside baseball of politics, the little steps behind the scenes which wind up controlling the visible, public results. These are the “Politico” fans.
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˜Bitter"? "Clinging to Guns"? No, "Dumb as a Box of Rocks"
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John Armor
By John Armor on Apr 20, 2008 - 8:35:27 AM
In
San Francisco last week, Senator Barack Obama, Democrat, made a certain statement about people who live in small towns in
Pennsylvania. The
Pennsylvania primary approaches.
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Soylent Green is People!
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John Armor
By John Armor on Apr 13, 2008 - 7:38:06 AM
Charlton Heston died this week at the age of 84. He had two careers and both were “larger than life.” His family used that phrase in the statement they issued about his death. They spoke the simple truth.
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Incredible Vision at Wal-Mart
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By John Armor on Apr 6, 2008 - 7:37:08 AM
I’m grateful to an article in the National Post by Colby Cost for bringing this item to my attention. It is about Wal-Mart, but has nothing to do with the legendary business model of that company. Or does it?
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The Uber-Nigerian Scam
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By John Armor on Mar 30, 2008 - 8:01:10 AM
Be aware of the Nigerian Scam. The amazing thing is that anyone who has the ability to read English and operate a computer on the internet still falls for this scam. The word is out; the scam is obvious.
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Send Lawyers, Guns and Money
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By John Armor on Mar 23, 2008 - 7:15:09 AM
The title of this piece is from a song by Warren Zevon. I had always heard the line as a telegram from a banana republic in crisis; the whole line was "Send lawyers, guns and money; all Hell has broken loose."
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America’s Native Criminal Class
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By John Armor on Mar 16, 2008 - 11:08:33 AM
Mark Twain once remarked, “America has no native criminal class, except perhaps the Congress.” He was exaggerating, but not much. Read on and then ask yourself, "Do we have the government we deserve?"
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NY Times’ Latest McCain Hatchet Job
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John Armor
By John Armor on Mar 2, 2008 - 12:30:05 PM
About half the time when the press falls down on the job, I attack the whole press. But sometimes, I attack the New York Times in particular.
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“Swiftboating” the Swift Boaters
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By John Armor on Mar 2, 2008 - 9:45:39 AM
Senator Hillary Clinton, among others, has begun using “swiftboating” as a verb.
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Bits and Pieces
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John Armor
By John Armor on Feb 3, 2008 - 9:46:15 AM
My favorite professor, philosopher, student of American history, and columnist, is Dr. Thomas Sowell. Once or twice a year he writes a column of individual thoughts
– that are worth writing but not worth a column. I now borrow that idea for this column.
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Snow, Ice, and Lame Tom
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John Armor
By John Armor on Jan 27, 2008 - 8:37:10 AM
It is not just in people and places that cultural divisions raise their ugly heads. It also happens in weather.
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License? We Don’t Need No Steenkin’ License!
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By John Armor on Jan 20, 2008 - 8:24:44 AM
There are a few scenes in classic movies that are so effective that the dialogue has passed into the common language. One of those is in The Treasure of Sierra Madre. Mexican bandits have confronted American gold miners, including Humphrey Bogart. The bandits claim to be federal police. . . . . .
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Brittany, Hillary, and Redemption
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By John Armor on Jan 13, 2008 - 9:54:16 AM
Every time there’s another story about Brittany Spears’ infantile, self-destructive behavior, I condemn the American press for covering that subject like a horse blanket. And I watch as the national I.Q. drops two points in a day because the Brittany story is everywhere, on all channels.
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California Burning
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By John Armor on Oct 27, 2007 - 12:50:09 AM
Most of you may be surprised to hear that my columns are also published in the Canyon News, in Los Angeles.
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Lend Me Your Ears, I’ll Bore You to Tears
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By John Armor on Sep 23, 2007 - 7:53:16 AM
The normal purpose of titles is to lure the reader in. I’ll bet a dollar to a doughnut this title almost sent you screaming into the night. Trust me, this is not as boring as it sounds. You WILL be able to operate heavy machinery after reading this.
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Death by Talk Radio: the Amnesty Bill
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By John Armor on Jul 8, 2007 - 12:25:00 PM
I've done a lot of talk radio beginning with Chuck Boyles on WBAL in Baltimore in 1968. It's a challenging form of communication. You don't know what's coming, yet you must be ready for it. It is true that talk radio killed the amnesty bill in the Senate, for the second and final time, last week.
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Duke Is Not Off the Hook
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By John Armor on Jul 1, 2007 - 10:42:00 AM
This week Duke University reached a "non-disclosed settlement" with the three lacrosse players who were savaged by the District Attorney in Durham, Mike Nifong. He wanted to hoodwink black voters into putting him back in office. That succeeded, but he has now been removed from office, and disbarred.
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Bar Fight in the Blue Ridge:The Coming Battle for NC 11
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By John Armor on Jun 24, 2007 - 11:31:00 AM
You'd think that what happens in western Carolina, in the 11th Congressional District, isn't very important to the powers-that-be in Washington. That's usually so. But not now. And two extraordinary events that have occurred a year and a half before the 2008 election for that seat, prove the point.
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Feudin' Banjos, 'n Writin' Laws
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By John Armor on Jun 17, 2007 - 10:07:00 AM
At the end of every week I take stock of what's happened. Rare are the weeks which have actual bookends - something that was sublime, and something that was ridiculous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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John Edwards: 21st Century Marie Antoinette
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By John Armor on Jun 10, 2007 - 9:41:00 AM
This is my first complete column about John Edwards. I hope it’ll also be the last. The bottom line for us in North Carolina is quite clear. Edwards didn’t run for re-election to the Senate because if he had, he would have lost.
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On Mass Murder
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John Armor
By John Armor on Apr 29, 2007 - 11:56:00 AM
WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC, was one of hundreds of news outlets to publish an AP story on 21 April, entitled "Mass Shootings More Common Since 1960s." The pathetic aspect of this story is that the reporter found and included the truth of the matter in paragraphs nine and ten, but otherwise acted as if he had never seen it.
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Katie Couric, Meet Becky Johnson
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John Armor
By John Armor on Apr 8, 2007 - 1:10:00 PM
Who are these people? Katie Couric used to be on the Today Show, then she fell off the map. You've never heard of Becky Johnson? Allow me to help....
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