Category Archives: Ethics

Donald Trump: No Sympathy For Servicewomen

Posted on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by Amanda Sheppard

No one can deny that Donald Trump has more money than brains but now he has taken a swipe at female military personnel with the following tweet Tuesday night: This is in response to the report released this week by … Continue reading →

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Early Reflections On Francis The First

Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 by Ken

Warning:  The following post delves into Ken’s take on the Pope and various religious issues.  Anyone not interested in such matters is fairly warned. I am not Catholic, but freely admit that I am somewhat taken with the new Pope.   Quite frankly I … Continue reading →

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Cheney Dishonored

Posted on Saturday, March 2, 2013 by Ken

 The World According to Dick Cheney is a documentary based upon a multi day 20 hour interview with the former vice president.   Cheney justifies the torture of suspected terrorists with the following quote:    Tell me what terrorist attacks you would have … Continue reading →

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Connecticut State Rep. Ernest Hewett Needs to Go

Posted on Saturday, March 2, 2013 by Cindy Rose

In one of the more disgusting public displays by an elected official, Connecticut State Rep. Ernest Hewett (D) made a lewd comment to a high school student who spoke during a state Appropriations Committee hearing in February. The student, a … Continue reading →

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

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Gerrymandering, Jury-Rigging and Judicial Rewriting Are the Wave of the Future, Conservative Soldiers!

Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 by Marc Belisle

Greetings and salutations, fellow captains of industry and our Republican lapdogs!  I’m wiring you this electronic mail-o-gram from the deck of my mega-yacht Duchess’ Bounty.  What wizardry is this, you may ask, that such a feat is possible from the … Continue reading →

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I Will Not Use the Words I Want to Use For This Woman

Posted on Friday, January 25, 2013 by Cindy Rose

While Republicans are holding their little feel-good focus groups on how to appeal to more voters across race and gender lines, the party faithful out in New Mexico are taking a blowtorch to the women’s vote. While I have struggled … Continue reading →

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To Thine Own Self… Lie

Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 by Cindy Rose

If you’ve ever wondered why Conservatives continue to fall for the over-hyped b.s. that they belong to the “family values” crowd, I just might have the answer. Consider the Christian organization “Alliance Defending Freedom” (ADF). The ADF describes itself this … Continue reading →

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The GOP Needs to Move Further Right and Suppress the Vote Better: A Modest Proposal

Posted on Thursday, November 8, 2012 by Marc Belisle

It would appear that many of these “voters” gathered the wrong message from our pitch.  As he poured my wine, Reginald observed that Romney, old boy, convinced the commoners he’d had such an illustrious career in the private sector that … Continue reading →

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Still Undecided? the Romney Recap for Voters, Part 4: The Character Issue

Posted on Thursday, November 1, 2012 by Cindy Rose

“A man’s reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is.” – Jack Miner There are seven types of lies as laid out by Eva Rykrsmith, an organizational psychology practitioner; five of them describe … Continue reading →

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