Orlando city commissioner Fred Brummer says that any economic impact from an MLS team in Orlando will be nominal at best. Orlando Sentinel reports: An accountant by trade, Brummer says the economic impact numbers provided by Orlando City Soccer Club President Phil Rawlins, the man behind the successful effort to get a soccer stadium built… Continue reading
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No More Political Middle
I don’t think I need to tell anyone that the United States is divided. We are more divided than we were twenty years ago and it is not the fault of one individual or one party. Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies, put together a wonderful piece showing the ideological distribution of Republican and Democratic… Continue reading
Fox News Gets it Wrong
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone as Fox News rarely uses facts in its “reporting.” Eric Stern over at Salon did a great job of showing the bias on Fox and how misleading the network actually is, especially one show. I happened to turn on the Hannity show on Fox New last… Continue reading
Shutdown Deal
But is it really? While Republicans seemingly lost their grandstanding effort to stop Obamacare, the Tea Party effort to slash spending at the fastest rate since World War II continues. The shutdown deal only kicks the can down the road. We’re going to be in this same boat in mid January and by mid March,… Continue reading
Reasonable People Compromise
Yes, yes they do. Compromise is a part of life. Compromise occurs every day in your relationships with your significant other, your friends and even strangers. Compromise is not a bad thing: without it, our society would crumble. If everyone was stubborn and refused to compromise, things wouldn’t work, nothing would get done. Wait… isn’t… Continue reading
Chain Emails
I wake up every morning with a handful of messages in my inbox from my 90 year old grandfather. He’s a great man. He’s a World War II veteran, a self taught, intelligent and thought provoking man. And yet, every morning, I can count on a least a few chain emails from him proclaiming that… Continue reading
Ah, But that’s what I’m Talking About
I recently participated in a discussion on capital punishment, the history, legal implications and moral issues. I quickly came to realize that some participants had no clue about the topic and yet, they still wanted to be relevant participants. Deflection! I made a point on morality and how I believe in the old adage, it’s… Continue reading
Government Shutdown not Likely to End Soon
The last time we had a government shutdown, nearly 18 years ago, it lasted 21 days. Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan seem to think the shutdown is not going to end soon: Putting aside the rhetoric, Boehner and Obama have not spoken since a brief conversation Monday evening and Boehner and Reid aren’t speaking either…. Continue reading
Faith and the GOP
As we careen toward a government shutdown, I want to briefly address a related issue: the GOP and its obsession with faith. It is not a bad thing to have faith. I tend to think it grants people time for self reflection. But, the Republican party claims to be a party of religious people and… Continue reading
Ted Cruz and his Not Filibuster
Senator Cruz accomplished his goal with his not filibuster: catapulting himself to the top of the list of Republican 2016 Presidential nominees. He spoke for twenty one hours not citing any coherent reasons for not funding Obamacare. He actually had another hour where he could have stayed to speak but he had to leave so… Continue reading