Tag Archives: Voting

Goodbye, Uncle Joe

Posted on 2024-07-22 by TPOL Nathan

Well, not quite. That won’t happen officially until 20 January 2025, but we now again have a lame duck at 1600 PA. Y’all have probably seen this, but here it is anyway. Another historic first for 2024. As resignation letters … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen reasons not to vote in the 2024 election for massa

Posted on 2024-04-04 by TPOL Nathan

Editor’s note: Hopefully, all readers will see this as the satire it is intended to be.But these do make us think about this activity. Provide your own reasons to, or not to, vote this year. A Baker’s Dozen reasons NOT … Continue reading →

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Fearmongering, lying, and deception – Politics 2023

Posted on 2023-08-29 by TPOL Nathan

MSN recently published a teaser of an article in The Daily Beast, one of the more rabid of Woke on-line publications. (We couldn’t read the whole article because the electronic rag has an “account barrier” and the gist of the … Continue reading →

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Is election reform possible?

Posted on 2022-12-03 by TPOL Nathan

There have been more and more claims, particularly over the last election cycles (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and now 2022), of massive fraud and corruption. Both old parties claimed that happened several times before 2016, but that year it … Continue reading →

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Galloping insanity – and it is catching!

Posted on 2021-06-27 by TPOL Nathan

The news headlines – accurate or not – tell us an intriguing (even terrifying) story. Society may or may not be worse – due to the actions of individuals – than in the past. But we certainly know a lot … Continue reading →

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Does the fate of the Republic depend on Georgia?

Posted on 2020-12-30 by TPOL Nathan

To listen to the politicians, the talk shows, the pundits, and the news stories, you would certainly think so. Depending on your political stance, the future of the Fifty States rests on the voters (legal, illegal, absent, mail-in, walk-in, and … Continue reading →

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E-Day: evolution or revolution?

Posted on 2020-11-03 by TPOL Nathan

Today is E-Day: the official election day for thousands of political offices, hundreds of election issues, and millions of voters. Supposedly, as many as 90 million people have already cast their ballots, before the polls opened this morning. In some … Continue reading →

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Election day blues, redux

Posted on 2018-11-10 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It’s only been three days, so we are all still digesting the election results. But it is clear, whomever and whatever measures DID win. In the 2018 national and local elections, generally, liberty lost. I understand that … Continue reading →

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Election day blues

Posted on 2018-11-05 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton As this commentary is posted, “election day” is just hours away.  That is increasingly meaningless, as more and more people use early and absentee voting procedures to cast their vote.  And as hacking methods improve to “massage … Continue reading →

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The color of politics

Posted on 2017-11-17 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Reality is a difficult concept for many people to grasp. And those who are “reality challenged” seem to be on the increase, these days. One of the areas where this seems to be a particular problem is … Continue reading →

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