Monthly Archives: June 2013

What if Melville Were Alive Today?

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Chip Murray

“Look ye Starbuck, all visible objects are but a pasteboard mask. Some inscrutable yet reasoning thing puts forth the molding of their features. The White Whale tasks me…he heaps me. Yet he is but a mask. It is the thing … Continue reading →

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The Rising Tide of Insanity

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Chip Murray

“We don’t have time for a meeting of the flat earth society.” ~ Barack Hussein Obama Yesterday the world went from crazy to insane in two fell swoops. One on this side of the Atlantic with the ruling from the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Between Barack & a Hard Place

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Chip Murray

I was at a graduation party over the weekend. It was a very nice group of people, most of whom happened to be Jewish Liberals. Much of the conversation among the adults centered primarily around the activities of the board … Continue reading →

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The Iniquity of Inequity

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Chip Murray

in·eq·ui·ty  [ in ékwetee ] 1- unfair treatment: lack of fairness or justice 2- unfair situation or action: a situation or action that is not fair Synonyms: unfairness, injustice, discrimination, inequality, bias, disproportion, imbalance There are many ways to explain the unacceptable condition of … Continue reading →

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The Brandenburg Bully & Rope a Dope

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Chip Murray

I dream of the day when my pen will flow in happier directions. That day seems very far off from where I stand. There are days I truly envy the “bread and circus” crowd…and I’m not saying that I don’t … Continue reading →

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Bieber-Babies & Boobs

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Chip Murray

“One of the virtues of being very young is that you don’t let the facts get in the way of your imagination.” — Sam Levenson, humorist I spent a couple of years in my prime in Bacliff Texas just a … Continue reading →

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Courage

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Chip Murray

“One man with courage is a majority.” ~ Thomas Jefferson Once upon a time I lived in the San Fernando Valley of California. One day in the middle of the afternoon I heard the dog next door barking and smelled … Continue reading →

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NUTS!

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Chip Murray

“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand!”~ Milton Friedman There are simply no words to describe the stark contrast between our lives twenty years ago with … Continue reading →

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One Nation Under…Carlyle?

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Chip Murray

I spent this past weekend in Syracuse with family I haven’t seen in forty years, sat in the same church in the same pews I once sat next to my Grandparents in and visited their graves with my cousins and … Continue reading →

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Progressive Compassion & Willful Blindness

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Chip Murray

Transparency & the Rule of Law will be the Touchstones of this Presidency. ~ Barack Obama, January 2009 How many of us pulled the lever for Obama five years ago hoping for a kinder, gentler, more open and inclusive America? How … Continue reading →

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