A Running Commentary

“These jobs are going boys, and they ain’t coming back to your hometown”- Bruce Springsteen, “My Hometown” (playing today on Dougie’s iPod)
This week Dougie is puzzled about “globalization”. As near as he can tell, the term means we ship American jobs to China and get poisonous toys in return. That his customer service […]

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(see previous post and RE: The Dougie Watch for background on the continuing thoughts and adventures of Dougie)
Well Dougie, the ‘why’ is simple; what to do about it is the hard part.
The absurd need to fuse all of your political positions into one presidential candidate is due to the grossly concentrated power of the American […]

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(see RE: The Dougie Watch page for background on the continuing thoughts and adventures of Dougie)
Dougie doesn’t understand why he is stuck synthesizing all of his political views into one Presidential candidate.
In 2004, for example, Dougie may not have been thrilled with President Bush’s handling of the war, but John Kerry’s murky position […]

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