Nation of Whiners

The Phil Gramm Debating Society

Phil Gramm says we are a nation of whiners. God. He ALWAYS says that. But maybe he's right. Whine away, pro or con.

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When Howard Zinn passed away on January 27 at age 87, the nation mourned the loss of a pioneering historian and social activist who revolutionized...

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Robert R. Frump

King George III: "Colony of Whiners....!" 6 Replies

Started by Robert R. Frump. Last reply by Robert R. Frump Sep. 2, 2008.

Robert R. Frump

Anonymous Whiner Nation Citizen: Gramm is correct! 6 Replies

Started by Robert R. Frump. Last reply by Maggie Jul. 28, 2008.

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Maggie

Dear Redacted

Dear Redacted
(Wednesday, July 25, 2007)


We are home in Arizona as of 1 am July 24. EXACTLY one year after we arrived..to the day...from our terrible war adventure.

It was a long hard trip (redacted). Good and bad...mostly closure of some things. Letting go of the ideal of "expatriatism" for now. It has been my central motivation and I realize now that I must move forward and I must move in this direction and at this pace.

What to do. The Middle East is a downright catastrophe and as… Continue

Posted by Maggie on August 3, 2008 at 9:06am

Maggie

Borderline Psychoses

Irish Muslim Mo'lasses from the Passes

(for Ogden Nash)

I am the blossom of the X Generation
now watch me go to seed.
Not born in the fifties, unable to really read.

This is true blue flag waving
in a yellow polka dot bikini.
This is me who never watched a single flick Fellini.

Here I am Tonto bound
a prize in a box of carmelled corn.

Up on the mantle is Maya Angelou
she's talking to Big Bird
yet her friend Dr. Seuss thinks deterrence an itsy bit absurd.

Here is a train stub from
Continue

Posted by Maggie on July 28, 2008 at 8:30am

Maggie

Why Me?

What About Mars?
May 11, 2006

No more problems says the package
the cure came in, no more
warning labels and the price tag
no longer legible. It began
with flashy children and fast cars
then people started talking
about the leftover stuff
after the move out,
wondered what would happen
to the crystal ball and Japanese flag.
Where to put Mars now?
Whose house next?



Yesterday it was exactly two years ago that I began my exile in my own hometown. The irony of that nearly drove me ma… Continue

Posted by Maggie on July 25, 2008 at 10:30am — 4 Comments

Braised Cod

The End of Supply Side Economics

Each in our own way are coming to the realization that Reaganomics was indeed, Voodoo economics. The concept that greed is good coexisting with the self regulating discipline of the marketplace only served to reveal and amplify the worst of human nature. From the ashes of supply side economics rises the phoenix of Wall Street Socialism, whereby profit is for the top 1% and the risk is distributed to the taxpayers. The new meme thrust upon us is that, in the words of Animal Farm, some pigs are mo… Continue

Posted by Braised Cod on July 20, 2008 at 5:23pm — 7 Comments

Robert R. Frump

Gamm is gone, but John and George are more than here.

Was Gramm out of touch? He was not alone.

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/inyourhead.html?id=13273-9510288-SDxq7Fx&t=3

Posted by Robert R. Frump on July 19, 2008 at 6:10pm — 6 Comments

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"Nation of Whiners Website" Launched to Consider Phil Gramm Comments

Nation of Whiners website goes public to consider Phil Gramm statements. Weigh in with your opinions, but in our opinion, whining isn't what it used to be.

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 11, 2008 -- Race Point Productions, Inc., launched a new public social website today devoted to discussing Phil Gramm's assertion that we are a nation of whiners.
Reaction from the nation to Nation of Whiners was swi… Continue

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