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Comment on What good is an open mind, really? by Brian D. O'Leary

Brian D. O'Leary — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:32:23 +0000

Thanks for your time, but I think you are reading more into it than what is there.

Comment on What good is an open mind, really? by kettlemoraine

kettlemoraine — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:21:21 +0000

Your “Apathy and Sam Adams” article was the most conservative, gay-hating (though well-disguised) religion-dominated (very much not disguised), pointless editorial I have ever read in the O – and that speaks volumes!

Why don’t you take your hate message to a more receptive place, like East Texas? You are really dispicable. I thought Christians were supposed to love thy neighbor…

Comment on The Half-wit’s Logic by Brian D. O'Leary

Brian D. O'Leary — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:50:58 +0000

The My Oregon post is getting some feedback. It is worth checking out.

Comment on Happy New Year! … and annotated links by O'Leary

O'Leary — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:58:50 +0000

Another column worth checking out... Le Dernier Mot: Washingtonian Madness by Srdja Trifkovic (yes, that is his name, he is Serbian) Dr. Trifkovic comes donw on the bipolar/duapolistic foreign policy problems we have in Washington. I tend to agree with his takes, but even if one doesn't, it is certainly worth a read, in my opinion.

Comment on New York Sugar by O'Leary

O'Leary — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:42:03 +0000

The first letter here is a good response to this issue. The second, not so much… myopic in scope, melioristic in attitude, and idiotic on all levels.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/opinion/l20kristof.html?_r=2

Comment on Links by O'Leary

O'Leary — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:11:23 +0000

To be fair, the thesis of PJB’s book, Churchill, Hitler, and “The Uneccessary War” actually goes a little more like this: if not for the blunders of British statesmen—Winston Churchill first among them—the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins. Half a century of murderous oppression of scores of millions under the iron boot of Communist tyranny might never have happened, and Europe’s central role in world affairs might have been sustained for many generations.

Comment on Links by kevinobrien9

kevinobrien9 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:50:28 +0000

What can I say about Pat Buchanan? I have always had a hard time taking him seriously especially after he wrote a book whose premise was that Britian and the United States should have let Hitler take control of Europe and he would have left them alone.

He does provide some interesting thoughts particularly with regard to what President Reagan did to help out the US economy but he never seems to get to the heart of the problem. That being that it does not make a lot of sense to pay someone roughly $75 an hour to put together a car, that is why the Big Three are in so much trouble coupled with the fact that the unions are paying un-employed workers 80% of their salary not to work.

Overall not a big fan of Buchanan but I liked the article especially when he got off a blast about the fact that the big 3 did not bomb Pearl Harbor yet the government has had no problem providing incentives to Japanese auto makers to open plants in the US.

Comment on Some links by O'Leary

O'Leary — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:12:26 +0000

The Sox gear looks pretty sweet. The new road grays hearken back to the days of yore (from 1936 to 1989 while forgetting the awful 1972-78 unis). The font on the front looks to be like the home font rather than the old block print. There is also a nice navy alternate jersey and a cool-looking alternate cap (though the navy “B” hats are tough to beat).

For the history buff:

http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/uniforms.asp?league=AL&city=Boston&lowYear=&highYear=&sort=year&increment=9&=Display+uniforms