Politics – A necessary evil
Many, maybe even MOST, Americans say they have no interest in politics.
After all, it’s a dirty business and we’re all busy living our lives and taking care of business.
Yet, all Americans 18 and over should VOTE, and voting responsibly means getting a little dirty understanding politics and what politicians have in mind for your future and present life.
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Watch Your Six, Part IV
November 11, 2012 You still here? Good, let’s continue with our examination of what pressure might be applied to kill the newly renegotiated arena lease deal between the City of Glendale and Hockey Partners. I’ve decided to start using the more correct Hockey Partners moniker for the Jamison group so we’ll all get used to…
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Watch Your Six, Part III
November 10, 2012 We briefly discussed the reappearance of Ken Jones and his repeatedly stated intent of derailing the Coyotes deal. He and his then partner, Joe Cobb, tried once before waaaaay back in June of 2012. This blog is full of descriptions of their antics and those of their compatriots, the Goldwater Institute (GWI) who “represented”…
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Watch Your Six, Part II
November 9, 2012 Gather your beanbag chairs around the screen, boys and girls, and let’s try some predictions for the next couple weeks regarding our favorite hockey team, the Arizona Coyotes. There was a blog post this morning on a local business web site that was predictable. As faithful readers will remember, we predicted somebody…
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Watch Your Six, Coyotes
November 14, 2012 By now we all know that Joyce Clark has lost her city council seat to a guy that can neither pronounce library nor do the simple math on a campaign report. I mean, really, it’s just addition and subtraction. That’s a bad thing for the City of Glendale. What’s better than “Neil…
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Patriot? Not So Much
Merriam-Webster and other definitions of “patriot” (n): One who loves his or her country and supports its authority and interests One who loves, supports, and defends one’s country A person who vigorously supports his country and its way of life You get the idea. There are people, let’s get specific and say it’s the “Tea Party…
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AZ Free Enterprise Club Spends 10k Attempting to Defeat Joyce Clark
August 28, 2012 Ten THOUSAND dollars in a PRIMARY election, and not to support a candidate but in opposition to one single candidate. WOW! Several days ago a gentleman he said his name was Peter, but I’m sure he is Bill or Billy, Mac or Buddy, was on this blog and bragged about how he was…
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20 Questions For Goldwater Institute
I have tried several avenues to get a chance to ask a representative of Goldwater Institute a few questions that would help clear up what I think are anomalies in reality versus public statements, mostly regarding the now over three year Coyotes fiasco. There has never been a clear statement from Goldwater regarding what their…
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Goldwater Institute Blows It
July 24, 2012 Early in the morning, deep in the Sawtooth Wilderness of Idaho during the twilight hours normally reserved for the dark struggles of nocturnal hunters and their prey, our hero the aging yet young at heart curmudgeon awakes with a startling realization that promises to ruin his much needed vacation slumber for the balance of the…