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  • Kakistocracy Rising (updated 10dec2011)

    “Fathom the stupidity of a Government that will require every citizen to prove they are insured……but not prove they are a citizen” George Rebane Today we are reminded again that there are legally sane people out there among and even ruling us who believe that doing the same stupid thing which caused their problems in…

  • The Vocational Technical High School

    George Rebane In today’s Union, James Hinman calls for a new high school in Nevada County that focuses on producing graduates who are able to go directly into the workforce and begin earning a living at a job that can develop into a career path (here)  These pages have long argued that today’s colleges focus…

  • Happy Thanksgiving 2011

    ‘Thank you God for this day, and for this food.’Traditional Rebane family grace.

  • What is a right-wing dingbat?

    [This invited piece by our very own middle-of-the-road cartoonist and regular RR commenter, Bob Crabb, will set us all straight on his introduction of a new moniker to these pages.  In addition to his website, Bob’s work may be seen in the print and online editions of The Union, and is occasionally filched to be…

  • Ruminations – 21nov2011

    George Rebane Two prominent Democrat pollsters argue for ‘The Hillary Moment’ in 2012.  They make a compelling case for Reid and Pelosi to pick up the phone and call Obama to ask him to take the Truman/Johnson moral high ground and bow out.  Their well-stated arguments revolve around The Community Organizer’s horrible record in office,…

  • Hiroshima+66, Detroit+welfare

    George Rebane In 1945 Hiroshima was devastated by the first atom bomb used in anger.  The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved a net of at least two million lives and untold millions of casualties, plus a Japan devastated more horribly than it already was in August 1945 when the bombs were dropped.  The outcry…

  • Threshold of New Progressive Era Hailed

    George Rebane Jeffery Sachs of Columbia University is a very prominent and celebrated far Left academician who writes extensively in the national media.  For example, he is the spearhead of that august Scientific American having been politicized over the last decade or so (it is now also a much thinner magazine with articles that have…

  • Van Jones – he’s baaaack! (updated)

    George Rebane We know that this formerly proud communist has been busy since he had to be jettisoned by Team Obama, but all that has been relatively sub-rosa.  Now the newly-minted Marxist in mufti is on his ascent to the top of the pile located somewhere beyond the American Left.  The man again deserves a…

  • When the Music Stopped…

    [I received the follwing in an email from an old friend and fellow artillery officer with whom I served in Germany many years ago.  gjr] (For those who  are unaware: At all military base theaters, the National Anthem is played  before the movie begins.) This is written from  a Chaplain in Iraq: I recently attended …

  • Obama now ‘The Divider’

    George Rebane The Great Divide (and search RR) has been a subject of interest and debate among readers.  Our friends from the Left honor me with accusations of being a lone rogue in shining a light on the path that appears to be tearing the country apart.  Unfortunately as thinkers and commentators across the country…

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