politics – Page 3 – JAMES D. MACDONALD

Fairness for Politicians

Congress wants to take away health insurance from Americans? Cool. Let’s take away government-subsidized heath insurance from Congress and their families. They’re all millionaires; they can afford to buy insurance on the economy. Sign the Petition.

I Like Reality…

…I live there. It’s where I keep my stuff. Now comes the news that Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him.Continue reading “I Like Reality…”

I’d Thought I Was Done with Politics

After reprinting the Whig and Republican songbooks from 1844 and 1888 I thought I’d be done with this. But hey, it’s time to stand up for truth. Who knew that Teen Vogue would be a bastion of hard-hitting journalism? The CIA officially determined that Russia intervened in our election, and President-elect Donald Trump dismissed theContinue reading “I’d Thought I Was Done with Politics”

Index of Titles and First Lines: 1888 Harrison Song Book

“And when some jubilant son-of-a-gun Yelled, ‘What’s the matter with Harrison?’ A voice replied, far up the height, ‘He’s all right.’” Songs from The Harrison log cabin song book of 1840 : Revised for the campaign of 1888, with numerous new songs to patriotic airs, together with explanatory notes, links to music, amusing illustrations, &c.Continue reading “Index of Titles and First Lines: 1888 Harrison Song Book”

Farewell to Ben and Grover

And here it is, the last entry in the 1888 Harrison Log Cabin Song Book: SET HIM THERE K-SOCK. And they’s still another idy ‘at I ort to here append, In a sort o’ nota beany, fer to taper off the end, In a manner more befittin’ to a subject jes’ in view,Continue reading “Farewell to Ben and Grover”