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Larry Ray : (Tea) Party Hats and the Great American Snake

Photo by Oliver Douliery / Abaca Press.Nonplussed in Naples:Party hats and the Great American Snake By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / August 29, 2010 I talk with friends in Italy almost daily and this past year it has … Continue reading

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Larry Ray : Amazon: Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

Graphic, with a tad of Photoshop by Larry Ray, from Mobile Reference.Amazon: Don’t call us, we’ll call you(Or: Dude, my shoe’s got a square toe) By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / August20, 2010 OK, I should never have … Continue reading

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Larry Ray : Hitting the Pause Button

From the land of the ‘oil geezer’:America’s round-the-clock ‘churnalism’ By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / July 21, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — This column has been on pause for almost a month. The disgust and distraction from smelly, greasy … Continue reading

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Payoff Time in the Gulf : Hitting the Petro Jackpot

Everyone loses:Hitting the Petro-Jackpot The gulf is carpeted with long wide dark and slimy rainbow slivers and miles of weathered henna colored crude oil mousse… By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — Winds, … Continue reading

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Oil and Politics: Reality Comes Home to Roost

Photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Deregulate this!Oil, politics, and the Tea Party I must ask the tea-bag draped folks who insist our government should take a hands-off approach to ‘their lives’ what their reaction is to the … Continue reading

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Larry Ray : BP Means You ‘Better Pray’

Time warp photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Blessing of the Fleet:Oil spill anxiety accompanies annual ritual By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / June 2, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — The uncertainty of the huge BP oil … Continue reading

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Larry Ray : Killing and Dying in Vietraqistan

Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Vietraqistan:One, two, three, four…What are we fighting for? By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2010 “We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has … Continue reading

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Conspiracy Theories : Exhaust Fumes from the Angry

Photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Conspiracies:Exhaust fumes from the angry What better way to divert attention from the catastrophic eight years of the Bush-Cheney administration than to fan the flames of discontent with renewed conspiracy theories and … Continue reading

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2010 Census : $400 Billion Handout With 10 Questions

And our hands have 10 fingers. 2010 Census:That’s $40 billion per question… By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / March 18, 2010 The 2010 Census form came in the mail Tuesday morning, March 16th. I made a cup of … Continue reading

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Realm of the Census : Partisan Fundraising Fracas

Bunch of partisan baloney?GOP census knockoff and Dem rejoinderBy Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / March 12, 2010 ‘Breaking News: House Bans GOP FAKE Census Surveys’The headline on the email sent by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, DCCC, forwarded … Continue reading

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Wild Pitch : Jim Bunning Plays the Fool

Graphic by Larry Ray, with apologies to the horse. We ran this image with Larry’s March 13, 2009, Rag Blog story about Jim Bunning — but we couldn’t resist using it again.Jim Bunning of Kentucky:Completely batty his last time at … Continue reading

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Messina Earthquake of 1909 : The U.S. and the ‘Great White Fleet’

“The Great White Fleet” Comes to the rescue in Italy, 1909.American ships, sailors and soldiers:A history of sea power and disaster relief By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / February 14, 2010 America’s leading role in emergency assistance following … Continue reading

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