Zay N. Smith

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Labor's love's lost, but Happy Labor Day, anyway!

Sep. 3, 2012
News Item (1980): Average CEO is paid 42 times as much as the average worker. News Item (2012): Average CEO is paid 380 times as much as the average worker. Happy Labor Day!

Not a high-flying flag

Aug. 31, 2012
News Headline: "Romney holds convention party on yacht flying Cayman Islands flag." The tax-dodges of Mitt Romney and his friends are extraordinarily foreign. Why can't these people learn to be Americans?

A little conventional wisdom

Aug. 29, 2012
News Item: "Republicans will weave the theme of Monday’s canceled convention session into the three remaining days’ themes — 'We Built It,' 'We Can Change It' and. . .

The moment we've waited for

Aug. 27, 2012
News Headline: "For Republicans, a 'Convention Without Walls.' " A pessimistic theme for a meeting in a hurricane.

The heavens shall tremble

Aug. 24, 2012
News Headline: "Hurricane threatens to disrupt Republican convention." Uh-oh. And a cautionary note to the Democrats: Your convention will be in a hurricane zone, also.

All with a straight face

Aug. 22, 2012
News Item: "Republican organizers have announced 'We Built It' as the theme for the second day of the party's national convention. . . ." . . .  in a stadium that would not have existed without the help of government funds.

Everybody's a critic

Aug. 20, 2012
News Headline: "Florida first state to surpass one million concealed-weapon permits."News Headline: "Colorado college students allowed guns on campus."These Second Amendment steps are overdue.We haven't had a mass murder in more than two weeks.And much, much more.

A taxing time for us all

Aug. 17, 2012
News Item: Mitt Romney refuses again to release tax returns but says he never paid less than 13 percent in federal taxes, adding that voters will need to take his word for it. Note to Donald Trump and fellow birthers: President Obama was born in the United States. You'll have to take his word for it.

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