Jumping to Conclusions – Again (Shirley Sherrod, BP, and the Lockerbie Bomber)
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Last week The Crunchy Conservative had an article about Shirley Sherrod (the woman at the USDA who was dismissed after a tape of her speech before the NAACP was released. This tape apparently exposed her as a racist (anti-white as she is African-American) and using her position within the government to penalize a white farmer. [...]
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How Much Money Should You Leave Your Kids When You Die?
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From time to time, when reading the advice columns, I read articles about parents who are concerned that they are spending too freely in retirement and will have little money to leave to their children when they die. Sometimes, there are even letters from grown children who are concerned that their inheritance is being spent. [...]
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The End of The Casual Observer
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Yes, you read that correctly. The Casual Observer will cease to exist in the near future. In the beginning, the site was a lone Casual Observer (kosmo) expounding on topics that interested him. Over the past 18 months, the staff has grown, and we have people jumping up on their soap boxes to talk about [...]
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Shirley Sherrod, The White House, And The NAACP
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Shirley Sherrod made comments at an NAACP event that were “taken out of context”. She was fired, sorry, asked to resign,wait…fired, from her position at the USDA by the Secretary of Ag (and Iowa’s (my) former Governor) Tom Vilsack. Now, she’s been given a “unique” rehire opportunity back at the USDA. Really? So are we [...]
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A Can of Spam
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We’re going into a short quiet period here at The Casual Observer. Changes are afoot in the near future. What sort of changes? Well, if I told you, that would ruin the surprise! We get a LOT of spam comments at The Casual Observer. What is the point? When people leave a comment, they can [...]
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What Is The Infield Fly Rule?
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Well, that’s a very simple question question. Here’s your answer, according to rule 2.00 of the Major League Baseball rule book. An INFIELD FLY is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive nor an attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, when first and second, or first, second [...]
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What Is Up With Movies These Days?
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I watched two movies with my wife this weekend, both good, but very different in quality. The first we found in the sale bin at the local Wal-Mart; Doctor Zhivago. The second we watched at our local second run theater; Iron Man 2. In the classic, so much more attention was paid to the grand [...]
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