tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50243242011-04-21T12:41:52.090-07:00The Rational VoiceA tonic for public illogicmikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959632094261946484noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024324.post-1108766965849562382005-02-18T14:08:00.000-08:002005-02-18T14:49:25.850-08:00The Rational Voice is back after a long hiatus. A hiatus much longer than my actual blogging time before, but with a world so interesting, how could I keep away. But why now, you may ask? Why did I remain silent during the campaign, the war in Iraq, the election smack down of all things yucky-lefty, but return now? The answer is one word WONKETTE! CNN has a painful and awkward MSMtype series on mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959632094261946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024324.post-1074744731898686252004-01-21T20:12:00.000-08:002004-01-21T20:14:12.106-08:00THE PRESS MOVES TO THE NEXT FLAVOR.
Well, it didn't take long. OverLawyered has a brief (pun intended) piece about how Mr. Edwards made his millions. It is not a pretty sight, a fortune built on the misfortune of others. Even worse when one considers the degree of intellectual dishonesty that accompanied it. Andrew Sullivan takes note, perhaps rethinking his earlier interest in Edwards. John mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959632094261946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024324.post-1074632324518338072004-01-20T12:58:00.000-08:002004-01-20T13:00:42.293-08:00HAWKEYES SPEAK!
And they say "No" to Dean and Gephardt. Here's a break down of how the candidates stand
Big Winner- Edwards. Looking like a New Democrat Clinton clone. Has "optimistic" message, avoids getting dirty in Dean/Gephardt mud fight. Avoids the war, works "its the economy, stupid" angle. He had very little organization (compared to Dean and Gephardt), very little money (compared to mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959632094261946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024324.post-1074479772255984662004-01-18T18:36:00.000-08:002004-01-18T18:38:08.060-08:00Howard's End?
Dean has finally plummetted in the Iowa polls. It was to be expected with the combined weight of the press and the old guard Democrats turning against him. The press is especially interesting. Like a mob in Reign of Terror France, they were lauding him one day and crying for blood the next. Even Maureen Dowd, who is uncanny in her instinct for supporting idiocy, turned against him.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959632094261946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024324.post-1073967452236236982004-01-12T20:17:00.000-08:002004-01-12T20:19:20.513-08:00Greetings after a long hiatus. My old home computer is a Mac and could not easily interact with the blog software. I now have a PC and can blog freely from home. There are many important topics to mouth off about, but let me choose one close to my heart, Howard Dean.
Described by Peggy Noonan as "an angry little teapot", Howard "the duck" Dean has all the qualities one would want in a Democrat mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959632094261946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024324.post-906576142003-03-13T10:01:00.000-08:002003-03-13T10:01:30.013-08:00THE POWER OF THE BLOG:
Wow, talk about results! On 3/10/03 The Rational Voice issued a cry for changing the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries. Less than 24 hours later Congress made it happen. That's right, knoshers in the Capital building will now get tasty Freedom fries with their lunch. While I would like to take full credit for this change, the congressman who proposed this rechristening mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959632094261946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024324.post-904662972003-03-10T09:28:00.000-08:002003-03-10T09:32:29.000-08:00Freedom Fries!
In the dark days of WWI there was a back lash against all things German. Many German families (including mine) anglicized their last name and many German foods were given more American sounding names. As such the frankfurter became the hot dog and sauerkraut became Liberty Cabbage.
Now there is a backlash against the very nation whom we saved during WWI, the weaselish French. In amikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959632094261946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024324.post-886667022003-02-06T13:04:00.000-08:002003-02-06T13:07:11.000-08:00Welcome to The Rational Voice. The purpose of this weblog is to challenge the conventional wisdom concerning politics, religion, societal issues, and science. I look forward to reasoned counter arguments and corrections, but I hope my fact checking will obviate the need for the latter.
Michael Thomas Millermikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959632094261946484noreply@blogger.com