Gary Ater
Gary is now regularly published as an Opinion Writer in a number of On-Line news magazines. Those publications include the American Chronicle, Los Angeles Chronicle, California Chronicle and the World Sentinel as well as available via Google News. Gary hopes you are encouraged by his articles to respond on-line with your own comments, ideas and perceptions.
He also offers his "left-of-center" views on his Internet BLOG: "Uncommon, Commonsense" at: http://commonsense-gater.blogspot.com/ , which is also listed as one of the best BLOG's on the web at:
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Articles by Gary Ater
February 08, 2012
It´s not that I´m calling Karl Rove and Rush Limbaugh ignorant...well, yes, I guess I am.
February 06, 2012
Yes, unfortunately we are all getting to know the "real" Mitt Romney.
February 02, 2012
Will the "Independents" be the final "Deciders" in the November elections?
February 01, 2012
It´s important to follow the lies as reported by the far right, just to see what they are trying to falsely sell.
January 30, 2012
Want to understand what each political party stands for and what America thinks about them? Just read the daily funnies and the editorial cartoons.
January 23, 2012
CNBC should be ashamed for only presenting one side of the argument on who pays US taxes, and why.
January 27, 2012
Mitt Romney still has the money he needs to stay in the game, but will the "anybody but Mitt" voters eventually force him out.
January 22, 2012
Sometimes with luck, all the positive political events of a single day can just fall into an organization´s lap.
January 19, 2012
But why doesn´t the main-stream media just tell the truth to the American public about this issue?
January 14, 2012
Southern primary elections are more like Chicago politics, instead of the civilized elections of New Hampshire and New England.
January 12, 2012
If you just watch the election campaigns on TV, you don´t see how turned off average Republicans are to the current Republican choices of presidential candidates.
January 10, 2012
This is only a small nutshell of political and social reasons for looking elsewhere for a "real" conservative presidential candidate.
January 11, 2012
Leverage buyout investment companies are not "Job Creators".
January 09, 2012
Even though the Iowa Caucus is usually insignificant to the final election results, it does offer some messages that some of the candidates should heed.
January 05, 2012
The House Majority leader Cantor tried, but failed to change how he is viewed by the voting public.
January 04, 2012
Voter ID laws, massive campaign contributions and the main-stream media not doing their jobs are the biggest and most important issues.
January 02, 2012
The Obama White House says it´s "going on the offensive"…..Well, it´s about time!
December 31, 2011
You know it´s really bad when the major conservative writers and the radio & TV pundits are holding their noses.
December 29, 2011
If the current Republicans in Congress were adolescent children, it would now be appropriate for them to be given a major, "Time-Out".
December 21, 2011
In math, "1+1=2". In Republican economics, "lower taxes = more jobs". Well, at least the math equation is correct.
December 17, 2011
The Citizen-United decision has thrown a huge monkey–wrench into America´s elections.
December 12, 2011
This article shows that there is only one individual that is qualified and that should be seriously considered by the GOP for 2012. And that one candidate doesn´t stand a chance in hell.
December 14, 2011
It´s amazing how the far-right is so totally unable to see the truth, or " the forest for the trees".
December 07, 2011
President Obama this week made it clear that the US is going through many of the same issues that Theodore Roosevelt, the previous Republican president, spoke about in his famous "New Nationalism Speech" of 1910.
December 06, 2011
The GOP declared war on America´s labor unions over 100 years ago. Now, just why is that?
December 05, 2011
Occupy is a very large national group of seriously pissed-off middle-class Americans.
November 30, 2011
An implied declaration from the current Republican Party is: "To hell with the average working American".
November 25, 2011
Candidate or economy? Which one should Obama focus on?
November 18, 2011
Agreeing with a conservative op-ed columnist? Did pigs just grow wings?
November 20, 2011
Those American millionaires that want their taxes increased got absolutely no where with Grover Norquist.
November 22, 2011
There was never a chance that the Republicans would agree to any revenue plans that included taxing wealthy Americans.
November 17, 2011
Now that the tents are gone from Liberty (Zuccotti) Park in New York, where does the OWS protest go from here?
November 15, 2011
Mitt once again shows why he should not be the next occupant in the White House.
November 14, 2011
Once again, Senator Jim DeMint demonstrates why he should not be representing even one patriotic American.
November 11, 2011
GOP candidates, CNBC debate, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Jon Stewart, David Letterman
November 09, 2011
You should ignore the media ads from the oil industry´s claims of safe drilling and safe "Fracking".
November 06, 2011
It doesn´t take the proverbial "Rocket Scientist" to understand the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations that are appearing all over the country.
November 04, 2011
You can´t make-up the stuff being offered up by this bizarre group of political odd-balls.
November 02, 2011
The OWS Movement has made the "Tea Party" look even more obvious as the right-wing radicals they have become.
October 28, 2011
These groups are definitely not the dirty, smelly, militant agitators that those on FOX claim.
October 25, 2011
Finally, the president has given up on working with the Republicans in Congress and he´s now going to use his "Executive Orders" whenever possible.
October 19, 2011
It continues to amaze me how some people have no clue as to what´s going on around them every day.
October 17, 2011
Between Cain´s "9-9-9" Plan, the candidates wanting to have Barney Frank arrested and consideration of Newt Gingrich as a potential cabinet officer, it was a bizarre couple of hours.
October 14, 2011
As the head of Bain Capital, Romney was "five for five" in scoring his corporate bankruptcies.
October 12, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are "scaring the be-Jesus" out of the 1%er´s that are currently running this nation.
October 11, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street protesters´ declaration of Wall Street as a destructive force, economically, politically & ecologically is completely correct.
October 05, 2011
This movement now has a good start. Let´s hope it gets the attention it deserves from the corporate media for achieving its goals.
October 04, 2011
Obama states a basic truth and the conservative pundits go crazy.
October 02, 2011
As with most Republicans & conservatives, governor Chris Christie is apparently incapable of presenting the facts of any given political situation.
September 29, 2011
Many political observers have come to the conclusion that the Republican party is a "party of total insurrection", not just "political opposition".
September 26, 2011
Will Governor Romney be the final & "least offensive" GOP candidate?
September 14, 2011
Even the Republican´s two major historical party icons would be rejected by today´s GOP.
September 28, 2011
The Republican's total hypocrisy in the US Congress regarding the Solyndra disaster is classic GOP strategy.
September 07, 2011
Whatever it recommends, it must be presented by no later than the day before this Thanksgiving.
September 11, 2011
And once again, it is shown that the Bush administration was responsible for the pain, suffering and even the deaths of many of the responders to 9/11.
September 08, 2011
Secret Koch millionaire luxury get-together in Vail is outed, as the Koch's refer to the 2012 election as "the mother of all wars".
September 06, 2011
Tens of thousands of factories have left the US for other, lower-cost labor nations, and they are never coming back.
September 02, 2011
The Tea Party and the conservatives would be very surprised if they actually got what they seem to wish for.
September 01, 2011
Cheney´s new "memoir" should be located in the "pure fiction" section at Barnes & Noble.
August 30, 2011
The concept that the president is a compromiser, not a fighter, could eventually become his final demise.
August 30, 2011
While the members of the US Congress continue their gridlock for not helping fix the nation´s economy, some European countries "get it" and are today moving forward.
August 26, 2011
Tax cuts for the rich? The GOP thinks that´s great. But, tax cuts for American workers? We can´t have that!
August 24, 2011
The Republican´s uncompromising attitude is a negative sign of a much more serious issue.
August 22, 2011
Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay fought long and hard to maintain the negative status quo of the poor and indentured "Guest Workers" on the island of Saipan.
August 18, 2011
Trying to sell Texas as a "Success Story" is like putting "lipstick on a pig".
August 15, 2011
With all the Republican congressional members pledged to "never increase taxes", the super committee may be a lost cause from day one.
August 11, 2011
Forget compromise and "shared sacrifice", the Republicans don´t care about Americans, so just forget them and let´s move on
August 10, 2011
Due to the Republican´s insistence on "spending cuts only", they are now, "damned if they do, or damned if they don´t".
August 08, 2011
The "Buyer´s Remorse´ in Allen West's Florida district continues to grow, based on Mr. West´s seven months of questionable representation.
August 03, 2011
The GOP's plan goes back to Nixon, but it really got going with Reagan and "Dubya".
August 02, 2011
Come the 2012 election, will the Tea Party and the GOP pay for their poor judgments over the past months...one would hope so.
July 29, 2011
Not only have the Republican´s been wrong on the economy for the last 30 years, now they want to "Double-Down" on a pair of Deuces.
July 26, 2011
Individuals that would normally support the conservatives are offering their opinions against the latest actions of the GOP.
July 20, 2011
An old-fashioned newspaper scandal may end up being Rupert Murdoch's undoing...we can only hope.
July 17, 2011
A GOP Senator has admitted that the Republicans had blown-it with their childish, "cut spending without increasing revenue" approach.
July 14, 2011
Mr. Cantor´s disrespect for the president, some members of his own party, and the American people in general goes well beyond an acceptable level.
July 13, 2011
How and why the conservative media pundits are helping to keep the US economy from improving.
July 11, 2011
The bill for the GOP´s recognition of the Tea Party has now come due.
June 27, 2011
Ignorant talk radio callers are now demonstrating the disappointing results of our children being subjected to an NCLB standardized education.
June 29, 2011
The Republicans don´t seem to care if Americans know that they would prefer for US workers to suffer, just to get rid of Obama.
June 30, 2011
Representative Bachmann´s run for the presidency may go much further than some nay-sayers expect.
July 05, 2011
What other kind of "Pandora´s Box" would a presidential executive order to solve the debt ceiling crisis also open?
June 23, 2011
Using the political fact-checking efforts of the non-partisan "Politifact", comedian Jon Stewart shows why his show continues to have better news ratings than Fox News.
June 22, 2011
Why is an illegal Senator allowed to stay in office, but a legal Representative must go…? There are explanations…sort of...
June 20, 2011
The Republican´s first candidates, running for the GOP presidential nomination square-off on CNN, saying much, but offering nothing.
June 15, 2011
The GOP has kept the nation´s attention where it will do the Democrats no good, but it could seriously help the Republicans in 2012.
June 12, 2011
After looking closely at Ayn Rand´s "Objectivist" philosophy, understanding today´s conservative thinking is even more confusing.
June 10, 2011
Regardless of all the positives that have occurred over the past 2½ years, a 2nd term for the president will all depend on only two issues.
June 08, 2011
Well, the very opinionated and conservative Mr. Charles Krauthammer has once again, blown it big time.
June 06, 2011
Both U.S. political parties are making some big mistakes in how they are dealing with America´s economic issues.
June 02, 2011
With what´s been going on with today´s Republicans, the party´s founding president Lincoln must be turning over in his grave.
May 31, 2011
Has Blackwater's Erik Prince made a new "deal with the devil" for his new mercenary army operating in a Muslim oil monarchy?
May 25, 2011
Once again a previous government regulator has moved over to serve a private corporation that she use to regulate.
May 30, 2011
GOP Rep. Paul Ryan: A perfect example of the "Pot Calling the Kettle Black".
May 27, 2011
The insurance companies fought it "tooth & nail", but they are now laughing all the way to the bank.
May 26, 2011
Medicare is the "tip-of-the-iceberg" in the people´s voting statement in New York´s "Ruby Red" district.
May 23, 2011
GOP Senator Coburn & his co-harts continue to demonstrate their real goals against the American way of life.
May 12, 2011
Is this the proof, so that you can now say? "I´m a conservative, but I can´t help myself!!!!!!"
May 11, 2011
Instead of acknowledging what Bush had failed to do in over 10 years, all the GOP can do is "bad-mouth" the president.
May 18, 2011
Years ago, my father worked on a number of the giant WPA and CWA projects. He would be very disappointed if he were alive today.
May 16, 2011
His recent New York speech just proves that the Speaker, "Knows not of which he speaks."
May 15, 2011
As usual, Republican politicians continue to have trouble recognizing the truth.
May 09, 2011
Why would Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon no longer be allowed in today´s GOP?
May 04, 2011
Because it was over 10 years ago, many Americans have forgotten what Osama bin Laden´s goals were for the United States.
April 27, 2011
The GOP keeps focusing on the deficit and spending, when their so called "mandate" was for creating "Jobs".
April 29, 2011
Weiner´s long –term goal is for running and becoming the Mayor of New York City. Unfortunately for him, that opportunity is a long way off.
April 25, 2011
The Texas Governor, Rick Perry keeps saying he wants Texas to secede from the union. Should South Carolina do it first?
April 20, 2011
The party that got us into this financial mess is still trying to blame it all on the Democrats.
April 04, 2011
Seems like only yesterday, but it has taken 37 years to finally present the Watergate scandal honestly while in defiance of the Nixon Library´s board of directors.
April 06, 2011
Congressman Ryan has no clue as to what to do about health care for seniors or for improving the US economy.
April 17, 2011
Republican´s had called Budget Chairman, Paul Ryan´s budget proposal "daring and brave", but upon closer examination, it´s a real loser for America´s future seniors.
April 13, 2011
It will not take much for democracy to become just a faint memory in American politics.
April 12, 2011
US Politics......It´s déjà vu….. all over again.
March 31, 2011
The 60 MINUTES News Program on the US corporate exodus was only partially correct.
March 24, 2011
For decades now, the GOP has been unable to honestly use the term "Conservative" in describing their political party.
March 21, 2011
Mr. Krauthammer please note: the Social Security Trust Fund is NOT in an "empty lockbox".
March 22, 2011
As Santayana had said, "He who forgets their history will live to repeat it".
March 16, 2011
Why are the GOP´s proposed budget cuts not making us feel any better?
March 14, 2011
Those on the right only know how to govern by giving tax cuts, regardless of whether the cuts actually help the average American.
March 10, 2011
As expected, the GOP wants to use the keys to "Drive the US Economy-Car back into the ditch.
March 07, 2011
As emotional and important as "collective bargaining" is for all working Americans, it is only one item in the long-term master plan for the Republicans and the conservatives to rid America of a strong working middle class.
March 04, 2011
The GOP is trying very hard to make average American workers suffer and for them to then blame the Obama administration for the GOP´s negative efforts just before the 2012 elections.
March 02, 2011
Wealthy Republicans and right wingers from Wall Street are spending millions on nation-wide advertisements that blame the economic down turn on unions, teachers and public employees.
February 28, 2011
The fake David Koch phone call seriously brought out the Wisconsin governor´s true colors. And they aren´t very pretty.
February 24, 2011
Even the conservative columnist, George Will, has come down with "foot-in-mouth-disease" regarding the Wisconsin governor.
February 23, 2011
Is there a "Method" to Obama's "Budget Madness"?
February 18, 2011
The 2010 voters were not demanding less spending. It was a serious demand for "jobs, jobs, jobs".
February 17, 2011
The GOP´s budget cut proposals would drop the country back into an economic recession.
February 15, 2011
Comparing real high speed rail to Amtrak is like comparing a new Corvette to a 1937 Studebaker.
February 14, 2011
America´s conservatives continue to push for two separate classes; the very wealthy and the working poor.
February 10, 2011
GOP supporters fail the Kaiser Medical Foundation´s "Pop-Quiz" on the new health care act.
February 04, 2011
The Reagan appointed federal judge wants US health decided by a single conservative vote in the US Supreme court.
February 08, 2011
Why was there a 100 year national birthday celebration for the past #1 enemy of America´s middle-class?
January 30, 2011
The Minnesota Representative Bachmann is increasingly becoming a real positive for the Democrats in 2012.
February 02, 2011
Only in the "Bible Belt" states can the concept of a religious theme amusement park be expected to succeed.
January 26, 2011
One more nail-in-the-coffin for burying "Truth in America".
January 23, 2011
The polls are showing that Americans may be slow in coming to the party, but with the right information, they usually make good decisions.
January 19, 2011
A conservative columnist would rather have the United States default on its debt, instead of working to turn around the nation´s economy.
January 13, 2011
"Talking-Points", distractions and out-right falsehoods are all the GOP has to offer today´s middle-class Americans.
January 14, 2011
Darrell Issa (R-CA), this ex-auto thief and possible arsonist is a
representative example of the new GOP US Congress.
January 12, 2011
The Arizona shooting killed six innocent by-standers and injured another fourteen including the local congresswoman.
January 11, 2011
In the 1970´s, a rarely recognized justice of the US Supreme Court started the eventual transformation of the American business system.
January 07, 2011
Seasoned Republicans should be proud that the new GOP Freshmen in Congress truly are, "chips off the old block".
January 05, 2011
Is the overall health & wealth of the world's population that much improved?
December 29, 2010
The GOP is currently reading Herbert Hoover´s play book. Let´s just hope Obama is reading FDR´s.
December 28, 2010
Is "Ebenezer Scrooge" the real symbol of the GOP?
December 28, 2010
Another legitimate news source calls out Rupert Murdock´s fantasy news channel.
December 21, 2010
It´s rumored that Representative Bachmann is from a galaxy, far, far away...
December 20, 2010
WILL AFGHANISTAN BECOME OBAMA´S VIETNAM? This is a question that is being asked much more often today.
December 13, 2010
The data shows that the above head-line is usually true.
December 14, 2010
The latest tax-cut proposal wins far more than it gives up.
December 03, 2010
A true Republican from the 1950´s would probably be referred to today as a "Centrist Democrat".
December 07, 2010
Obama & Company didn´t have the stomach, but a corrupt Nigeria called it like it is.....
December 02, 2010
What does "Waste Paper" have to do with America´s first Secretary of the Treasury?
November 29, 2010
The real message from the mid-terms may have been very different from what the political parties are trying to sell.
November 23, 2010
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) currently serves as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
November 22, 2010
A recent article stated that, "Minnesota's Michele Bachmann finds herself atop the Tea Party movement.."
November 17, 2010
The "Watergate" scandal was only a bump-in-the-road when compared to the damages inflicted by the Bush administration.
November 22, 2010
There continues to be more and more rhetoric for supporting the famous quote from the political satirist, Will Rogers, who had said, "I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat..."
November 15, 2010
Appointing a past GOP Senator, such as Alan Simpson, to be a co-chair of a commission dealing with Social Security, is like putting a hungry fox in the hen house.
November 09, 2010
Republicans are planning a "no holds barred" approach with all the "stops" being pulled on their mountains of "Dirty Tricks".
November 03, 2010
Should the wife of a Supreme Court justice run a partisan group that receives huge anonymous political donations?
November 08, 2010
Having one of the three Houses of government under a different party´s control is the more normal situation.
November 02, 2010
American´s will see in the next two years that the Republicans are very vindictive, and they are not "here to save the day".
November 01, 2010
Private sector unemployment is definitely suffering, but it´s not because of the US government or the "Stimulus".
October 26, 2010
Being on "Dancing With The Stars" won´t help the former House Majority Leader this time.
October 28, 2010
It seems that most of the Tea Party candidates are, "A few bricks short of a full load".
October 25, 2010
Karl Rove, also known as "Bush´s Brain", his past illegal election activities actually pale when compared to those of today.
October 20, 2010
The conservative´s war against American workers has done more than just reduce their numbers.
September 27, 2010
John Boehner continues to prove that he is totally qualified to lead a bunch of losers like the current Republicans in the House of Representatives.
October 18, 2010
As an American, Mr. Dinesh D´Sousa, should normally be against the Indian caste system of the ruling wealthy.
October 06, 2010
Even the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) has condemned the decision by the small Tennessee Fire Department that allowed the local family´s house to burn as they watched.
October 04, 2010
It is amazing how quotes from a 1920´s to 1930´s political humorist are just as true today as they were back then.
September 23, 2010
This national op-ed writer misses the whole point regarding the GOP´s disgusting new "Mourning in America" political ad.
September 21, 2010
In the 2010 mid-terms, the Democrats could just "whine" themselves out of the House and the Senate.
September 10, 2010
Even though many of the major American comic strips are translated into many languages, they are all very truthful about real American life styles.
September 20, 2010
Ms. O'Donnell, the new Republican Senate candidate in Delaware is just the latest in a long list of Republican nut cases.
September 07, 2010
Does this explain what the White House Chief of Staff really thinks about American workers?
August 31, 2010
Beck´s become an evangelist and talks to God, Palin lives on another planet and the Dems are drinking their own Kool-Aid.
August 27, 2010
The conservative Krauthammer just loves to take Republican "talking points" and present them as "gospel".
August 26, 2010
Why is there no sign that FOX´s big-bucks donation to the GOP will change their front-row seat status at the White House?
August 21, 2010
Financial banking guru's ignore the basics.....why is that?
August 19, 2010
The US Constitution. Why do the conservatives want to do away with that which made us the greatest nation on the globe?
August 10, 2010
Obama tells Atlanta supporters very funny, but also very true stories.
August 08, 2010
Being #1 in some things is not always the best place to be.
July 29, 2010
The FOX Network & Hillsdale College prove that "Birds of a Feather" really do "Flock Together".
August 03, 2010
You won´t get any of the real truth about the stimulus funds if you only watch the FOX Network and their "Faux News".
July 22, 2010
FOX starts a political fire-storm, and then blames President Obama……….typical for FOX!
July 19, 2010
It may be a bit too early for the Republicans to see real progress in their "Just say NO" to the Democrats approach.
July 12, 2010
If you have any commonsense, you will not be an acceptable political candidate for the far right or for the FOX Network.
July 09, 2010
Starting with an 1886 Supreme Court "screw-up", our democracy is currently headed down a frightening and dangerous path.
July 07, 2010
Big oil is the biggest winner in tax-cuts, tax incentives and tax-payer subsidies.
July 05, 2010
Dealt with properly, the November mid-terms might not be nearly as bad for the Democrats as previously predicted.
June 30, 2010
It´s bewildering why President Obama would appoint someone that would vote to "privatize Social Security" to co-chair the Fiscal Responsibility Commission…?
June 29, 2010
History has shown that Herbert Hoover had mistakenly claimed that raising taxes and cutting spending would expand the economy. Some European nations have apparently now decided to take the late president´s mistaken approach.
June 27, 2010
McChrystal may be gone, but his replacement, General Petraeus, also believes in the same COIN (counterinsurgency) military approach.
June 24, 2010
Once again, the RNC Chairman, Michael Steele: opens mouth, inserts foot.
June 23, 2010
Republican congressional leadership learned that they needed to immediately distance themselves from the "apology to BP" approach.
June 21, 2010
Haley Barbour was a DC lawyer, a DC lobbyist, a GOP White House political director, the RNC Chairman and is the current Chairman of the Republican Governors Association. So why not run for President of the United States?
June 20, 2010
Obama´s speech was shy on specifics, but he did touch on the important issues for those in the Gulf Regions.
June 16, 2010
Since when does being a wealthy, previous CEO, qualify anyone for being a competent "Public Servant"?
June 11, 2010
After such a bizarre primary season, the elections in November should be expected to produce great material for "Saturday Night Live".
June 08, 2010
Who would have thought that such a small piece of painted pot-metal could cause so much discussion?
June 06, 2010
It would be hilarious if it weren´t so devastating.
June 03, 2010
Republican leadership either has no clue, or they are purposely ignoring what their constituents really want.
May 31, 2010
Charles Krauthammer seems to have joined his thinking along with the history revisionists of the Texas Board of Education.
May 28, 2010
Many of those that were demonstrating against "too much big government", are strangely quiet today.
May 26, 2010
Based on the numbers, America is no longer, "The shining city upon a hill."
May 24, 2010
It seems that neither those that caused the oil disaster ,nor the current administration, seem to want the public to fully understand the vast devastation caused by the deep-sea "oil-volcano".
May 22, 2010
Will this new law finally bring the immigration issues to the "top of the pile"?
May 19, 2010
Republican extremism started back in the early 1980´s and it now controls the base of the Republican Party.
May 17, 2010
On one hand, the Republicans criticize the Democrat´s spending, on the other hand they say, "We still want our earmarks!".
May 14, 2010
The "Citizens United" case can now be called the "foundation of all future US political elections".
May 10, 2010
The GOP, big business, lobbyists and "purchased politicians" are removing "democracy" as a definition of a once great nation.
April 30, 2010
The country is just starting to realize what "too big to fail" actually means, and how important it is to fix the problem.
May 06, 2010
The lack of US jobs is keeping illegal immigrants from coming to the US, while the highly profitable drug war continues to escalate.
April 22, 2010
The Fox Network is the only media network where their employees actively raise money for a political party.
April 29, 2010
Mr. Will´s latest Washington Post column totally ignores the real issue with illegal immigration.
April 26, 2010
The affect of this new state police law is going to get very ugly.
April 21, 2010
Most Americans are disgusted by the blatant greed and the arrogance of all of Wall Street´s financial houses.
April 15, 2010
Just take a look at the party´s leadership and you´ll see exactly why the party is failing.
April 13, 2010
Did this divide between these two concepts occur by human nature or are they just manufactured opposite approaches for government and community?
April 12, 2010
It is becoming apparent that to be a member of the GOP, you must swear to an "Oath of Hypocrisy".
April 06, 2010
This time the violence is not Americans against a military draft of young Americans for an illegal war.
April 02, 2010
The world and the nation look very different, when the view is from the top of the mountain.
April 08, 2010
After the health care bill passed, the conservatives are now digging up anything they can find, no matter how dumb, in going after the president.
March 31, 2010
With all the misinformation being offered on today´s broadcast, cable and Internet venues, having a rule for presenting the "truth" would be more than just "a nice idea".
March 28, 2010
Both fiscally and morally, the Republicans have hit the bottom of the barrel.
March 25, 2010
With today´s lack of real moderates in the Republican Party, have they become so panicked that they are reverting back to their prior days as strong segregationist?
March 23, 2010
Making "Laws" and "Sausage" weren´t the only things that were very ugly over these past weeks and months.
March 22, 2010
As per the New York Times: "The Triple-A rating is meaningless, as the credit ratings agencies handed out these ratings like Kleenex at an asthmatics convention."
March 16, 2010
Fox Cable has become the "real satire network" as was portrayed in the 1976 academy award winning "Network".
March 15, 2010
National pollsters should at least "try" to look like they are being unbiased.
March 12, 2010
The conservatives on the US Supreme Court are now eligible to be criticized as if they were elected by US voters.
March 11, 2010
Without a White House willing to fight hard for the appropriate reforms, new jobs will continue to not be created.
March 10, 2010
The long-time senator from Utah has a very big problem with telling the truth, whether on TV or in a Washington Post article.
March 08, 2010
Social Security is in pretty good shape, when compared to Medicare and Medicaid, but it still can be made better.
March 05, 2010
The GOP really knows how to treat their wealthy friends.
March 03, 2010
Senator Bunning, Mr. "OK to not pay for tax cuts, Senior´s drugs and two foreign wars", but the angry senator from Kentucky still wanted America´s unemployed to do without their benefits.
March 01, 2010
Mr. Beck and the CPAC attendees tended to lean forward on radical ideas for curing the nation´s economic ills.
February 28, 2010
Per Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX): "Never have so many members of the House and Senate behaved so well for so long before so many television cameras.
February 25, 2010
Unfortunately, today´s public image of conservatives is being falsely presented by Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin.
February 23, 2010
The "Voting Booth" isn´t the only place to get the truth of how Americans really feel.
February 21, 2010
CPAC resembled an AARP Convention, not the future of a young, "up and coming party".
February 19, 2010
A non-partisan organization has documented with Republican video and announcements, the total hypocrisy of 111 GOP members of the US Congress.
February 18, 2010
The real "3rd party" is actually not that new, but at least now it has a name.
February 16, 2010
34 years ago, a prize winning movie predicted today´s trash and shock television for both regular and news programming.
February 14, 2010
The American public deserves real leadership. When the party of "no" prevails, anarchy reigns.
February 10, 2010
Will "Tancredoism" become the new "McCarthyism" ?
February 08, 2010
How can the past Republicans, that left Americans with the largest deficits in history, decry Democrats for spending to save the economy?
February 07, 2010
Mr. Krauthammer continues to show that his conceit is well above the average American.
February 03, 2010
Both parties could copy speeches from the 1920´s and 30´s, change the dates and give the same speeches today.
February 04, 2010
Many past Republicans are so embarrassed that they now call themselves, "Independents".
February 01, 2010
Key Republican leadership continues to show that they have major issues with telling the truth.
January 31, 2010
Apparently, some Supreme Court Justices had their fingers-crossed when they swore their oaths of office.
January 31, 2010
Unfortunately, we Americans will never get the same opportunity for asking Bush & Cheney about Iraq.
January 29, 2010
Not exactly yelling "you lie", but just as obvious.
January 27, 2010
Bin Laden´s organization is much more sophisticated than we have been led to believe.
January 25, 2010
Time to remove some of Obama´s "Chicago friends" and replace them with qualified staffers that support "Main Street" along with "Wall Street".
January 24, 2010
This bad decision by the US Supreme Court could be the beginning of the end of our democracy as we know it.
January 22, 2010
Both Democrats and some Republicans agree that the Supreme Court´s latest decision would not have been supported by America´s founding fathers.
January 21, 2010
The "Cowboy Bush Decade" deserves a different name.
January 20, 2010
Obama´s first 12 months was very full and he did pretty well considering the hand he was dealt, but he does need a course correction.
January 15, 2010
As expected, the 5 conservatives on the US Supreme Court voted to not televise the hearing on California´s Prop 8, same-sex marriage ban.
January 13, 2010
The terrorists make the rules, while we Americans keep falling in line.
January 12, 2010
Are we losing control of our government agencies and their basic functions?
January 11, 2010
The Washington Post´s op-ed writer, Michael Gerson, needs to re-channel his comments to Mr. Brit Hume´s profession as a newscaster.
January 08, 2010
Many of Osama bin Laden´s strategic goals were seriously assisted by the previous Bush Administration.
January 07, 2010
President Obama was "steaming" when the details emerged as to how the Nigerian bomber had made it onto a US airliner.
January 06, 2010
Great leaders should demonstrate both their knowledge and their real emotions.
January 05, 2010
The 9/11 attacks started the long, down-hill slide of America's "Decade 2000".
Having the former VP Cheney around is good, as it reminds us daily as to what "not" to repeat over the next decade.
December 23, 2009
>"Ike" Eisenhower would have also made an excellent president for the Democratic Party.
December 21, 2009
Once again, the GOP demonstrates that they have little or no real concern for Americans in uniform.
December 17, 2009
Passing the drug reimportation bill should have been a positive "no brainer" for the Obama Administration.
December 16, 2009
Kentucky Senator and Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell has no problem supporting the failed concepts of America´s conservatives.
December 15, 2009
A very bitter, one-time Democratic Vice Presidential candidate and strong McCain supporter is taking out his bruised ego on the American public.
December 13, 2009
Whether it´s Condoleezza Rice, Rumsfeld or Hanson, their "Doom & Gloom" message is always the same.
December 11, 2009
Unfortunately, the Washington Post gave Sarah Palin more legitimacy for running for a national political office.
December 07, 2009
FOX Cable´s screw-ups continue to make big news…… again.
December 04, 2009
If Obama is wrong, Bush´s poor decisions on Afghanistan could haunt Obama´s presidency to the very end.
December 03, 2009
The English conservatives of the 1800´s and today´s American conservatives are "peas-in-a-pod".
November 30, 2009
They keep calling "Foul" regarding the Democrat´s health care reform bill, but the GOP´s alternatives are nothing but "smoke & mirrors".
November 24, 2009
Since the beginning of this great country, the basic goals of the conservatives have never really changed.
November 26, 2009
Illness or medical bills now contributed to 62% of the US bankruptcies in 2007.
November 22, 2009
Charles Krauthammer at the Washington Post has already assumed that the 9/11 Mastermind trial in New York will be their "Broadway Stage". He ignores that it was the Bush Administration´s Gitmo, Abu Ghraib and prison torture that has made this American "Show-Trial" even necessary.
November 19, 2009
The antics of the politicians in Washington would be laughable if they weren´t so tragic.
November 17, 2009
Public Education and the American worker, neither looks very "robust" today.
November 14, 2009
Was Dr. Hasan´s attack an attempt at committing an "acceptable" Muslim suicide?
November 13, 2009
When will the Republicans learn that the new electronic age won´t let them get away with not telling the truth?
November 12, 2009
C-SPAN during the House vote on the health care bill showed exactly why the Republican party just continues to shrink.
November 10, 2009
Definition: CONSERVATIVE: Favoring traditional views and values; restrained; moderate; cautious. Sure doesn´t sound like any current Republican I know today.
November 11, 2009
Health care for all Americans is both possible and affordable, regardless of what the "right-wingers" claim.
November 08, 2009
The Republican´s Health Care Plan actually was written by the insurance company lobbyists.
November 06, 2009
A version of an idea from the right-wing conservative, George Will, just might be the best approach.
November 04, 2009
More proof that there is a group of far-right zealots out there that is frighteningly for real.
November 04, 2009
A successful Congressional vote on the health care reform plan could theoretically bring an end to the Republican Party.
November 03, 2009
Well, here we are again. One more time we get to ask ourselves why did this man get elected as VP…and then get re-elected?
November 02, 2009
Just more examples showing why Fox Non-News is just a tool for the right-wing, "wing-nuts".
October 31, 2009
The opposition should remember their own past before accusing the Obama Administration of power abuse.
October 30, 2009
The Republicans just hate it when the other side uses the same tactics that they use.
October 29, 2009
The party of "NO" continues its journey toward insignificance.
October 28, 2009
Conservatives continue to push a fable about America that the GOP has been nurturing since Ronald Reagan, but it´s actually just that, a "fairy tale".
October 26, 2009
A request for more troops for Afghanistan sat on Cheney´s and Bush´s desks for 8 months before their political terms ended, and Cheney, in his recent speech, now has the gall to accuse President Obama, who is trying to decide on the right strategy, of....."dithering".....?
October 26, 2009
As long as Fox continues its misinformation campaign and to sponsor and organize the right-wing organization´s "Tea Parties", Fox must then stop trying to market themselves as a real "News Network".
October 22, 2009
If we follow the current policies of America´s conservatives, the American "middle-class" will disappear by 2020.
October 21, 2009
Had the balloon boy´s father just been Googled before the story went public, the "hoax" idea would have immediately popped up for the authorities to take a closer look.
October 19, 2009
One survey was looking for real responses to America´s current economic situation, the other was for spouting their party´s bizarre philosophy. Guess which was the GOP?
October 18, 2009
Are you ready to hear about one of the largest insurance hoaxes being played on the American public?
October 15, 2009
Many grown up Republicans are now acting like a child that needs to be given a, "Time-Out".
October 14, 2009
During the Great Depression of the 1930´s, many small-town banks closed. That is the same issue today.
October 13, 2009
The Europeans recognized the potential promise of an Obama Administration, long before the Americans.
October 11, 2009
There's much more for the government to do before we declare "Mission Accomplished".
October 08, 2009
Republicans would now seem to be the ones that hate America.
October 07, 2009
Just one more study that proves that you are not getting good information from FOX NEWS.
October 06, 2009
This author´s predictions as to the near-term future of America´s jobs and the US economy.
October 05, 2009
The New York Times David Brooks tells it "all" about the right-wing media.
October 02, 2009
When you go through the details of the proposed heath care "Public Option", it´s hard to find a reason for voting "no"
September 29, 2009
FOX News & the GOP are counting on ignorant Americans to continue their misinformation program on the Democrat´s health care reform plans.
September 28, 2009
There is no military solution in Afghanistan. It´s time to step back, review and consider another approach.
September 24, 2009
President Reagan always said "government is the problem". But George W. Bush proved beyond a doubt that it wasn´t "the government", it was those "running the government".
September 22, 2009
Did the Wall Street, "too-big-to-fail" companies become, "to-big-to-regulate" organizations?
September 21, 2009
Bush´s appointment of John Roberts as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court may eventually "trump" the current Democratic control of the House, the Senate and the White House.
September 17, 2009
The US Federal Reserve says that the weak US labor market makes the US economy "highly vulnerable".
We have finally realized that the overall US "jobs market" has been in jeopardy for decades.
September 16, 2009
Canadians many times feel overwhelmed by the US, but not about their health care for all.
September 15, 2009
The latest unbiased poll results on the views of both political parties still show a wide divide between them.
September 13, 2009
With all the right-wing crazies out there, the "Drugster" Limbaugh is still the "King of the Mob".
September 11, 2009
Republicans in congress showed their true colors on nationwide TV, and it wasn´t pretty.
September 09, 2009
The past empires of Greece, Persia, France and Russia all tried to unify and control Afghanistan, and they all failed at an unbelievable expense to their militaries and their fortunes.
Will it be any different with the United States?
September 07, 2009
Those that can only dwell on the senator´s tragedy at Chappaquiddick must never have made a bad judgment call of their own.
September 04, 2009
Some ups and some downs, but the report is mostly about positive change so far.
September 02, 2009
America must not be confused about the question of, "How should we deal with captured terrorists?"
September 01, 2009
Southern evangelical Christian & Blackwater USA owner and founder, Erik Prince, blamed for deaths of 20 innocent Iraqis.
August 30, 2009
Just as the "making of sausage" is difficult to watch, a final health care plan will take many ugly forms before it´s finished.
August 26, 2009
Even a "Pulitzer Prize" winner thinks that the Attorney General should not be held to a one issue investigation.
August 25, 2009
Just when you think he cannot get any lower, Michael Steele gets in even deeper with his latest lies and mistruths regarding health care
August 23, 2009
Facts are Facts, right? Apparently they aren´t if you´re a Republican.
August 17, 2009
According to the GOP, a panel of "Dr. Dooms" will be deciding the fate of "Granny".
August 20, 2009
At a time when the president should be absolutely "crystal clear", confusion abounds, the White House staff is off-point and the right-wing talkers appear to be gaining ground.
August 14, 2009
The political cartoonists always get it right, and Sr. Advisor, David Axelrod, also tries to set the health care record straight using the Internet.
August 12, 2009
The Republicans got us where we are today, but the protesters are showing up at the wrong Town Hall Meetings.
August 11, 2009
Yes, making law is ugly, and the GOP is working hard at also making it messier and even more difficult for all Americans.
August 10, 2009
After a closer look, there´s more in common between Obama and Lincoln than both just being junior Senators from Illinois.
August 06, 2009
There´s a good reason that less than 25% of today´s voters call themselves "Republicans".
August 04, 2009
The health insurance ideas of Minnesota´s Republican Governor, Tim Pawlenty, are out-dated and have no imagination for today´s Americans.
August 02, 2009
Misinformation & misunderstanding could kill Obama´s health care reform efforts.
July 30, 2009
Many of the GOP´s members are becoming real jokes, but many of them do have the material needed for stand-up comedy in Vegas.
July 29, 2009
The "Blue Dogs" seem to be even more confused than the GOP.
July 28, 2009
Why Wall Street and the US banks should both be regulated the same.
July 23, 2009
The Republicans realize that if Obama is successful in finally bringing all of America a public health care plan, the GOP knows that they could be out of office well beyond two Obama terms.
July 21, 2009
The former party of "family values" appears to have no values at all and very little commonsense.
July 20, 2009
We expected that it would be bad, but the Inspector General's Report has confirmed some of our worst nightmares.
July 16, 2009
When will Americans start remembering what happens every time the Republicans are given control of the government?
July 15, 2009
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions was born in the wrong century. He truly belongs back in the days well before Abraham Lincoln.
July 13, 2009
The law is now coming at the Bush Administration from two very different directions.
July 08, 2009
Not having universal health care is making America into a "third world nation".
July 07, 2009
The jury is still out as to whether US troops leaving Iraq´s major cities will actually work out for Iraq in the long run.
July 06, 2009
Most political pundits think her quitting is a stupid move, but do we know the whole story…?
July 02, 2009
Bush´s former Ambassador; John Bolton, makes John McCain look like a pacifist.
July 01, 2009
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's idea about American public versus private business is beyond bizarre
June 29, 2009
Actions by the GOP continue to be "too little too late,".
June 25, 2009
At 25% approval, the Republican party is less popular than Dick Cheney, and conservative talker, Rush Limbaugh, is even less popular with a 21% approval rating.
June 24, 2009
Looking for work? I understand the Washington lobbyists are hiring.
June 23, 2009
Of course, the GOP has jumped all-over this CO-OP concept.
June 22, 2009
America has made some big mistakes in dealing with Iran over the past 60 years. But the Iranian theocracy needs to know that the whole world is watching closely on how they deal with their own citizens.
June 19, 2009
Over 70% of Americans have said that they want a single-payer plan, but so far, the lobbyists are winning this war.
June 17, 2009
Higher health care costs can in some cases be due to questionable hospitals and doctors.
June 16, 2009
The Great Depression´s "Hooverville shanty towns", that are today referred to as "Bushvilles", are alive and well in many American communities.
June 15, 2009
It´s laughable that the Republicans in Congress are questioning that the CIA, with their tainted history, could have actually lied to Nancy Pelosi.
June 12, 2009
Wall Street and big business knew better about taking big risks, but they just couldn´t seem to help themselves.
June 10, 2009
It´s time to look at the "Good", the "Bad" and the "Ugly", of the past five months.
June 08, 2009
Most of the political GOP negatives that have evolved, including America's issues with Osama bin Laden, were started during the Reagan Administration.
June 04, 2009
"Live Free or Die", the official motto of the state of New Hampshire, is from a toast made by the state´s most famous General, John Stark, in 1809. However, I don´t think his phrase applies to how it is portrayed by today´s American conservatives.
June 01, 2009
And the market and the recession are only a part of all the US automaker´s problems.
May 29, 2009
The Pentagon´s face is red once more due to the poor efforts of a "no-bid" contractor.
May 28, 2009
Dick Cheney"...He´s the "gift" that just keeps on giving…especially for the Democrats.
May 25, 2009
As a typical Republican, all they know is "tax cuts and deregulation" for giving us the same problems they´ve given us since 2000 and before.
May 21, 2009
America must start doing what Americans do best: "Take a negative and turn it into a positive.
May 19, 2009
The Republicans have once again learned that "What goes around, certainly did come around...and it keeps biting them."
May 18, 2009
The issues and the discussion of America using torture are getting totally out of hand.
May 14, 2009
We should all take note when a devout, "real" conservative, makes it very public that Dick Cheney & Company are continuing to seriously "screw up"
May 11, 2009
More states keep getting on the band wagon. Will this continue?
May 13, 2009
Why does the GOP want the world´s greatest nation to be in the "Dark Ages" regarding health care?
May 08, 2009
If we were safer under Bush, it was because of a combination of dumb luck and by accident.
May 06, 2009
Having a lack of good ole "commonsense" is one of those
reasons.
May 05, 2009
Yet the Republicans have no suggestions as to just how this billion dollar "Tax Scam" should be dealt with today.
May 04, 2009
If there eventually is a Bush torture investigation by Congress or the Justice Department, things could get a lot more than just "tough" for the former Secretary of State.
May 01, 2009
Newsweek magazine once characterized the presidential Office of Legal Counsel as "the most important government office you've never heard of".
April 29, 2009
I continue to wonder how members of the GOP are able to go to sleep every night.
April 28, 2009
The Bush Administration attempted the destruction of State Department memos that disagreed with the legalizing of America´s use of torture.
April 27, 2009
Even though the conservatives still claim that the New Deal failed, they still can´t demonstrate or show any facts to prove their claim.
April 23, 2009
The Democrats are starting to see many of the misdirected statements of certain Republicans as major assets to the future growth of the Democratic Party.
April 20, 2009
The memo´s were disgusting to read, but further actions need to proceed against those that gave the orders to torture.
April 16, 2009
The notables that will be missing at the Dallas planning session screams volumes about the negative status of George W´s. "Legacy".
April 14, 2009
It took a middle American University Study to show how large US corporations have skewered the American taxpayers.
April 13, 2009
With so few "moderate Republicans" left in the party, it seems that only those from the far-right still call themselves "Republicans".
April 10, 2009
The so-called "conservatives" have been obstructionists to America´s progress for decades.
April 08, 2009
The country´s top military secrets will soon be more secure than they were under the Bush Administration.
April 06, 2009
In 2005, 43% of those members that had left the US Congress, are now registered to become lobbyists.
April 03, 2009
Current and former Justice Department lawyers predict a major overhaul in the department´s Public Integrity Section.
April 01, 2009
The demise of America´s major newspapers and the democracy that requires a responsible media is in serious danger for the country´s long-term political future.
March 31, 2009
Glenn Beck´s viewership is growing, but that´s because Fox News is the only place for American conservative TV viewers to go.
March 30, 2009
And please note that America was warned that we would have another economic crisis.
March 26, 2009
"Meghan McCain could become the next "Maverick McCain".
March 25, 2009
Conservatives criticize the Democrat´s actions, but they offer no other alternatives, just expressions of future doom and gloom.
March 23, 2009
However, there are alternatives to these "War Mongers" who never seem to learn from their past experiences?
March 20, 2009
...Dick Cheney on CNN
"It was easy to "de-bunk" Cheney´s responses to John King´s CNN interview questions."
I was amused and pleased that Obama´s Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, immediately responded to the previous vice president Dick Cheney´s recent...
March 18, 2009
The issues brought up by Jon Stewart & Jim Cramer are only the tip of the iceberg.
March 17, 2009
The "human development index" is now more revealing for Americans than the US GDP.
March 16, 2009
Critics want the new president to "focus" on the financial and banking problems, but the Obama administration doesn´t have that luxury.
March 12, 2009
Yes, there is life after the GOP……
March 11, 2009
People that live in glass houses, shouldn´t throw stones.
March 10, 2009
Republicans are starting to be referred to
as "Hooverites".
March 09, 2009
Lack of action on fixing the US banks could take down the president´s whole master plan for a decade.
March 06, 2009
Limbaugh, the other "talking heads", and the GOP are just now starting to understand what´s going on.
March 05, 2009
Yes, a thorough investigation is called for, but will probably not to be called for by the new chief executive.
March 04, 2009
With no oversight, such as that lack of the past GOP, the future waste of taxpayer dollars could get way out of control.
March 03, 2009
It looks as if the GOP is going to have to "start from scratch" in order to return to power.
March 02, 2009
Obama´s budget proposal is pretty straight forward, but it will bring a serious debate to Congress.
February 27, 2009
Tom DeLay; the Republican "Pin-Up Boy" for the GOP's example of total political corruption is at it again.
February 26, 2009
Republican governors don´t seem to think much about their citizens that are in need.
February 24, 2009
Even the conservatives from "down-under" don´t quite know what to do.
February 19, 2009
Obama´s focus on "just looking forward" may translate into leaving Bush, Cheney, Rove, et all, alone.
February 18, 2009
But it´s hard to tell whether some of his political moves are accidental or intentional…?
February 17, 2009
Being a public school teacher today is nowhere near the well respected profession that it was in the past.
February 16, 2009
It continuing to seem that perhaps the new Obama administration can´t see the forest for the trees.
February 14, 2009
As with most so-called conservatives, Rush & Co. refuse to admit that perhaps their concepts have some major "flaws".
February 12, 2009
Well, the president did say that it was an American "spending and jobs plan", and that´s what a "stimulus project" is…..!
February 11, 2009
Mr. Castellanos talks good but has no concept on how to fix the economic problems that his GOP team has wrought over the past decade plus.
February 09, 2009
Obama´s had a pretty good start, but it will take a lot of effort to reverse what Reagan and both of the Bushes & Company have done.
February 06, 2009
And Limbaugh now vows to "ruin Obama´s honeymoon"……….let him try!
February 05, 2009
"Ronald Reagan is directly responsible for America´s homeless problem." Per The Nation Magazine
February 02, 2009
Is America once again regaining the ideals and spirit that originally founded this great nation?
January 30, 2009
Guantanamo needs to be closed ASAP, no matter what issues have to be dealt with going forward.
January 28, 2009
Rove, Bolton, Miers and Rice should appear under oath and finally tell the whole truth.
January 27, 2009
If Bush and Co. are allowed to have broken the law, Obama´s oath to protect the US Constitution will be violated.
January 26, 2009
It´s a figment of imagination to give George W. Bush this bogus credit for keeping America safe
January 23, 2009
By saying he "wants Obama to fail", says more about Rush than it does about Obama…..
January 22, 2009
Some inauguration spectators were expecting a rousing speech, but instead they received a statement of today´s truth on America´s future.
January 21, 2009
Living up to the public´s expectations will be a very tall order.
January 19, 2009
Just because Bush II, Cheney and company are gone, doesn´t mean we should now just wave good bye and then move along.
January 13, 2009
Conservatives, and everyone else, have two different views of US history.
January 14, 2009
IT WILL BE DECADES BEFORE AMERICA'S VALUES ARE BACK TO NORMAL
January 12, 2009
Setting a goal of keeping the plan under one Trillion dollars could become a big mistake
January 07, 2009
Will Afghanistan become Obama´s "Vietnam", or "Iraq", or worse?
January 05, 2009
The issues that started the conflict after the war in 1948 are still the basic problem.
December 31, 2008
Some of the key nomenclatures of the George W. Bush Legacy are very painful to endure, even when just hearing about them or seeing them in print or on TV. This article will review the key Bush "decisions", starting before 9/11.
January 01, 2009
The "Surge" has shown an improvement in lowering the violence in Iraq, but the mayhem is far from over. And bringing home all of the US troops is still a big question.
December 21, 2008
GEORGE W. BUSH: WITHOUT A TRIAL, IT COULD FOREVER TAINT AMERICA´S HIGHEST ELECTED OFFICE
December 22, 2008
WHY CHENEY BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL & WORST US VICE PRESIDENT EVER
December 19, 2008
CONSERVATIVES STILL SUPPORT THE REMOVING OF MORE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
December 14, 2008
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December 11, 2008
WHAT WAS THE "BIG DEAL" OF FDR's "NEW DEAL"?
December 09, 2008
COMPARING AUTO BAIL-OUT TO THE AIRLINES IS "APPLES TO ORANGES"
December 07, 2008
COMING SOON: THE REVISIONIST HISTORY OF "GEORGE W. BUSH"
December 04, 2008
ALASKAN SENATOR, TED STEVENS: "GOOD-BYE & GOOD RIDDANCE!"
December 02, 2008
IS A "NEW" "NEW DEAL" WHAT AMERICA NEEDS?
December 01, 2008
BOTH PRESIDENT- ELECT OBAMA AND FDR EXPERIENCED; "DIFFICLT PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION PERIODS"
November 28, 2008
A FUN LOOK AT WHERE & ON WHAT, AMERICANS SPEND THEIR HOLIDAY MONEY
November 26, 2008
OBAMA'S ECONOMIC CURE MAY RESEMBLE FDR's, BUT THE AMERICA OF THE 30´s WAS VERY DIFFERENT
November 24, 2008
DETROIT: IT´S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S WRONG
November 20, 2008
FDR & OBAMA: SIMILARITIES, YET VERY DIFFERENT
November 18, 2008
CAN BUSH ISSUE A BLANKET PARDON FOR ALL HIS SUPPORTERS?
November 17, 2008
REMEMBER WHEN THE WAR IN IRAQ WAS GOING TO DECIDE THE ´08 ELECTION?
November 14, 2008
BUSH SAYS: "OK TO SAVE WHITE COLLAR JOBS………..FORGET BLUE COLLAR"
November 13, 2008
OBAMA´S PLAN TO DEAL WITH BUSH´S ARROGANT LEGACY
November 12, 2008
THE LATEST FINANCIAL CRASH WAS PREDICTABLE?
November 07, 2008
AFTER THE ELECTION: "WHAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS TO SAY"
November 06, 2008
OBAMA´S AGGRESSIVE GAME PLAN WILL DEPEND ON PICKING THE RIGHT TEAM
November 05, 2008
OBAMA'S PLANS TO "FIX" AMERICA WON´T BE EASY
November 05, 2008
NOW, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO CLEAN-UP THE LEFT-OVER BUSH DEBRIS?
November 03, 2008
ILLEGAL VOTING ACTIONS BY THE GOP IS ALL THEY HAVE LEFT
October 31, 2008
THE "PALIN EFFECT" CONTINUES TO DIVE AND DIVIDE
October 30, 2008
TODAY'S US ECONOMIC STATUS IN SIMPLE TERMS
October 30, 2008
CONSERVATIVES HAVE A BIZARRE ATTITUDE TOWARD TELLING LIES
October 28, 2008
BUSH: HE STILL WON´T ADMIT HE MADE A MISTAKE
October 11, 2008
WHAT ARE THE REALITIES OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY?
October 13, 2008
IGNORANCE IT APPEARS IS "BLISS" FOR McCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTERS
October 09, 2008
McCAIN-PALIN: HOW TO MAKE BUSH-ROVE POLITICS "LOOK CLEAN"
October 08, 2008
"TRICKY DICK CHENEY" IS TRYING TO HIDE ALL THE EVIDENCE
October 05, 2008
A 2004 S.E.C. RULE CHANGE CAUSED WALL STREET´S CURRENT PILE-of-DEBT
October 03, 2008
WHY JOHN McCAIN'S HEALTH SHOULD BE A MAJOR ISSUE FOR VOTERS
October 06, 2008
GET READY FOR NASTY POLITICS FROM McCAIN, PALIN & THE GOP
October 03, 2008
WHY PALIN'S APPROVAL HAS ALREADY DROPPED FROM >80% to 68%
September 24, 2008
THERE IS SOMEONE THAT THINKS; "BUSH HAS A GOOD ECONOMIC RECORD!"
October 02, 2008
McCAIN: A GAMBLER THAT DOESNT "KNOW WHEN TO FOLD-EM"
September 30, 2008
SIMPLY STATED: "WHY THE BAIL-OUT DIDN´T PASS IN THE HOUSE"
September 29, 2008
McCAIN SHOULD CALL HIS CAMPAIN "LOBBYISTS- R-US"
September 26, 2008
AT LEAST TV´S PRESIDENT BARTLET CAN TELL THE "REAL TRUTH"
September 22, 2008
PAST GOP MISMANAGEMENT CAUSING DRAMATIC INCREASE IN DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
September 25, 2008
IF YOU SURVIVE AN EARTHQUAKE, WILL YOUR LOCAL HOSPITAL ALSO SURVIVE?
September 23, 2008
BAILING OUT THE "FAT-CATS" ON WALL STREET IS "DEJA VU", ALL OVER AGAIN
September 20, 2008
GOP STILL BACKS FLAWED ECONOMICS AS THE "TITANIC" US ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SINK
September 19, 2008
A DISASTORUS WEEK FOR THE McCAIN-PALIN CAMPAIGN
September 16, 2008
McCAIN & PALIN ARE DEFINITELY THE "DREAM-TEAM" FOR BIG OIL
September 18, 2008
THIRD PARTY CONFIRMS THAT McCAIN & GOP MISREPRESENT OBAMA, AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN
September 17, 2008
A LIST FOR "NOT" SELECTING A McCAIN / PALIN TICKET
September 14, 2008
AS USUAL, THE GOP USESTHE "KARL ROVE BOOK OF DIRTY TRICKS"
September 05, 2008
REPUBLICANS......HOW THEY JUST DON"T GET IT!
August 28, 2008
IT"S AMAZING HOW MANY NEGATIVE "FIRST PLACES" WILL BE IN G.W. BUSH's PRESIDENTIAL LEGACY
OR, "WHY AMERICA SHOULDN'T GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN!"
August 27, 2008
BUSH & THE GOP, THEY: "SUPPORT THE TROOPS"..YEAH, RIGHT....
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT & THE GOP CANDIDATE HAVE SHOWN NO SHAME IN THIR LACK OF TROOP SUPPORT.
August 26, 2008
THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO MAKE A "BIG DEAL" OF THE GOP's FILIBUSTERS. ONCE AGAIN, THE GOP "PLAYS" THE DEMOCRATS LIKE THEY OWN THEM.
August 24, 2008
BIDEN CAN HELP OBAMA AGAINST FORCES FROM THE "DARK SIDE". BIG BUSINESS AND McCAIN'S COMMITMENT TO BUSH & "REGANOMICS" WILL STILL BE FORMIDABLE FOES.
August 22, 2008
WHERE'S THE TRUTH THAT SHOWS WE SHOULD TRUST McCAIN & THE GOP???
August 20, 2008
APPARENTLY, SEAN HANNITY AND FOX WILL NEVER LEARN THAT CONTINUING TO TELL LIES WILL EVENTUALLY BITE YOU BACK
August 19, 2008
ONCE AGAIN, DOCUMENTS SUPPORT BUSH"S MANY LIES TO ALL AMERICANS
August 17, 2008
FOX NEWS: DOES IT HAVE A "CULT" FOLLOWING? "Fair and Balanced?.....hardly"
August 15, 2008
McCAIN: IT"S NOT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A "TRIGGER HAPPY" POTUS
August 13, 2008
THE "FOX NEWS CHANNEL": A HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE CABLE TV CHANNEL
August 13, 2008
MORE IRAQI CITIZENS APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS
August 11, 2008
HAS THE GOP DESTROYED AMERICA'S REPUTATION AS THE WORLD'S "BEACON OF HOPE"?
August 08, 2008
CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK, RAND CORP. SAYS BUSH's "WAR ON TERROR" DOOMED TO FAILURE
August 06, 2008
MAJOR DROP IN 2008 GOP VOTER REGISTRATIONS.
IS NIXON'S "SOUTHERN STRATEGY" FINALLY DYING?
August 05, 2008
PERHAPS IT'S FINALLY IS IT TIME TO FINALLY FOLLOW THE PROCESS USED IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA & THE UNITED KINGDOM. IS IT TIME FOR "INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING"?
August 03, 2008
A US PRESIDENT CAN BE DECIDED BY ONE, SINGLE US CITIZEN.
It's happened before, it can happen again.
August 02, 2008
McCAIN PASSES TEST FOR BEING A CHIEF EXECUTIVE. HE NOW LIES, JUST LIKE BUSH!
July 31, 2008
FORGET OIL SPECULATION! HERE'S WHY GAS IS OVER $4.00 A GALLON!
July 30, 2008
FOR A SUPPOSED; "NATION OF LAWS", BUSH'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS A BIG JOKE
July 28, 2008
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY
July 23, 2008
WILL "SCOOTER LIBBY" BE THE FIRST OF MANY PRE-EMPTIVE PARDONS FROM BUSH?
July 21, 2008
GOP & McCAIN TELL BLATANT LIES TO ALL AMERICANS
July 19, 2008
REPUBLICANS SET NEW RECORD FOR BLOCKING ANY & ALL LEGISLATION
July 18, 2008
MORE PROOF THAT AMERICA MAY HAVE LOST IT'S "GREAT NATION" STATUS
July 17, 2008
JUST WHO IS PRESIDENT BUSH EXPECTED TO PARDON BEFORE HE LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE?
July 16, 2008
TOTALLY "FREE" MARKETS HAVE NEVER WORKED & THEY NEVER WILL!
July 15, 2008
McCAIN'S ADVISOR CAN CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR BILLIONS IN FINANCIAL LOSSES
July 13, 2008
HISTORY EXPLAINS WHY VOTER TURN-OUT TODAY IS SO IMPORTANT FOR NOVEMBER '08
July 11, 2008
The Bush Administration Continues Looking Like that of Richard Nixon
July 09, 2008
Time for Congress to Charge Rove, Miers and Bolten with "Inherent Contempt"
July 07, 2008
The 2008 Election Is About the Supreme Court and Much, Much More
July 06, 2008
Do Obama's Position Movements Really Compare to McCain's total Flip-Flops?
July 03, 2008
McCain's Tie to Lobbyists with Tainted Money Continue
June 30, 2008
McCain's Major Flip-Flops and Poor Voting Record. It's Not a Good Resume
June 27, 2008
China Wags its Finger at the US on the Management of its Economy
June 24, 2008
Wearing "Blinders" Seems to Be a Republican Requirement for ignoring the "real" economic issues for most Americans.
June 10, 2008
Based on the Senate's Report, Democracy Requires that Someone Answer For Iraq
June 05, 2008
Media Reform Is Finally Getting Some Attention.
June 03, 2008
Market & Political Management by the Republicans; It Just Doesn't Work!
May 20, 2008
John McCain Says Americans are "Better Off"! Are we?
No! And it gets worse before it gets better.
May 17, 2008
Let's Get Real About the Realities of "Global Warming"
May 12, 2008
< Right.....
Karl Rove was born December 25, 1950, in Denver, Colorado. Although he attended the University of Utah, the University of Texas at Austin and George Mason University, he does not hold a degree. Rove reportedly dropped out of the University of Utah to become the executive director of ...
May 08, 2008
Is John McCain the New "King of the Flip-Floppers?"
May 06, 2008
American Leaders Could Learn Much from Its Past Presidents
May 04, 2008
A Day in the life of "Joe" Republican and why "Joe" just might want to re-think his negative attitude toward those "horrible liberals".
May 04, 2008
Positive References to President Ronald Reagan Are Misplaced
April 30, 2008
"Conservatives" and "Liberals" Should Instead Be Called, "Brand A" & "Brand B"
April 27, 2008
The U.S. Military, The Big Picture Is Not Good
April 22, 2008
McCain's Economic Plans For the US: More Than A "Few Bricks" Short of a Load
April 18, 2008
Muslim Negotiations: No Changes in the way they do business over the Last 1000 Years
April 16, 2008
Iraq Fraud Whistleblowers Say, "It's Just Not Worth It!"
April 15, 2008
Corruption In Iraq May Account for More Than 1/3 of the Total Cost of the US-Iraq Occupation
April 13, 2008
Hooverville's In 1930, Bushville's in 2008..........?
April 11, 2008
Will the Democrats, Once Again Snatch Defeat Out of the Jaws of Victory?
April 09, 2008
Roosevelt or Reagan......Is THAT the Choice for America?
April 04, 2008
Our Next President Had Better Understand Domestic and WW Economics. At no time, since the Great Depression of the 1930's, has it been more important than now for our political leaders to have more than a basic foundation in world wide economics.cs.
April 06, 2008
A Vote For McCain.......It's Even Worse Than We Thought!
April 03, 2008
As devastating as the human costs have been in the Middle East, the big bills are just now starting to come in for replacing US military gear, equipment and vehicles.
April 01, 2008
Could A Return To FDR's Approach Work for America Today?
March 28, 2008
Here's the proof for why Right Wing Media continues to promote their hosts for mis-stating the facts.
March 23, 2008
A modern Nuclear Plant in Europe
A good friend recently sent me an article published in Canada that was based on a recent college lecture by award winning veteran journalist and author, William Tucker. The focus of the lecture was based on his forthcoming book entitled: Terrestrial Energy: How ...
March 17, 2008
The Republicans have been leading us down the wrong path for the past 20 years. Here's the proof.
March 13, 2008
Losing another military expert is par for the course with President Bush.
March 11, 2008
Job losses are the real issue of the current recession.
March 01, 2008
With all the activity going on in choosing the next candidates for the 2008 election, one would probably think that's what I would be writing about. However, in order to relate to those who have responded to my past feature articles, both the "lefties" and the "righties", I have decided to answer so...
February 11, 2008
A vote for McCain is a vote for the status quo.
February 09, 2008
North American Union. Is it in the works?
January 29, 2008
Bill O'Reilly, you are wrong again! Homeless US Vets are NOT all drug addicts and mentally ill.
January 21, 2008
Bush's list of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors".
January 15, 2008
The response to my series of three articles on the damages done by the conservative Republicans over the past four decades had an interesting mix of reader responses. Most of the comments were positive with mentions of thanks for the insight and information. Some were from people th...
January 08, 2008
The White House
In the Part II of this series, I tried to demonstrate how, that for the last 4 decades, the conservatives, when in power in the Executive Branch have worked to make the federal judiciary just another arm of the government for supporting their conservative politics. Through the ef...
December 31, 2007
Supreme Court
Many US Citizens don’t understand that the 3 branches of US Government are actually referred to by number. As the two houses of Congress are those for representing the American people, they are referred to as the 1st Branch. The President and his administration is the ...
December 24, 2007
Congress in Session
Since I began as a political feature writer and blogger, I have been taking on the current administration for their various political, and quite often illegal activities. To date, I have been especially focused on the loss of personal freedoms that have stood for decades or i...
December 19, 2007
Could you have been born as one or the other?
For years we have been hearing the different definitions of a conservative versus a liberal. We have all heard that conservatives believe more in the individual, smaller government, diffused local government, risk avoidance, less taxes, no entitlemen...
December 14, 2007
"Enhanced Interrogation"
In a recent response to one of my articles, I received the kind of comment hat has become so common from the ultra-conservative side of the equation. This individual said, “You’re not the centrist you claim, you’re nothing but a pure lefty that just says he’s in the mi...
December 10, 2007
New Years Eve, Times Square, New York City
As a weekly feature writer on the Internet, I receive a lot of responses to my columns and opinions. As one would also expect, some responses come with a bit of praise and some are not very nice, (to say the least). I did receive one this week that s...
December 04, 2007
The Tower of Iran
For the last four years, most Americans and the US intelligence community have been asking the question: “How could we have gone so wrong that we would go to war on totally useless intelligence information regarding Iraq’s WMD’s?" And now today, why should we believe what was...
November 29, 2007
Ed Schultz, Progressive Radio Talk Show Host with Wife Wendy and Senator Barack Obama.
(See end of this article for more background info on Ed Schultz)
Over the past year, I have come down pretty heavy on most of the national conservative talk show hosts, and for the most part, I still believe...
November 27, 2007
The Holidays @ Rockefeller Center, NYC
Years ago in our family, it became a tradition to “get into the holiday spirit” on the day after the big family Thanksgiving event by going to wherever the local shopping cacaoughony was occurring and the Christmas decorations were the biggest & brightest. ...
November 19, 2007
In my quest for trying to be a political moderate and to be as fair as possible with my writing, I have continued to read their columns and to listen to right wing talk shows just to understand what they are dealing out to the public. Actually, when comparing the right wing articles and shows with ...
November 15, 2007
Hy-poc-ri-sy, noun
Pronunciation: “hi-‘pa-kre-se”
From the Latin; “hypocrisies” The act of playing a part on the stage.
Definition:
1. The false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion.
This has obviously become the acceptable positioning word of the Republican Party since t...
November 08, 2007
When George W. Bush was barely elected in 2004, most of the major news papers spared no insults or comments in describing how he won and to declare that there was a vast chasm between the “Bushies” and the “Progressives”. New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd summarized it at the time by saying; “...
October 31, 2007
Last week, Bill O’Reilly made a statement in one of his “Factor” show announcements that: ”There was not a single military casualty — Iraqi or U.S. — in Iraq this week. This is the first time since March 2003 that this could be said.” After a commercial break, O’Reilly came back on the show to sa...
October 15, 2007
October 15, 2007:
Bill O’Reilly may continue to promote his “No Spin Zone” on Fox News so called “Fair and Balanced” news channel, but outside sources are continuing to demonstrate that it all depends on ones definition of “Fair and Balanced”. As the Fox News Channel has continued to grow over the...
October 11, 2007
Back in early March, I was one of the earliest writers to report on the horrible treatment of our injured veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Based on the many internal investigations at Walter Reed that have been in process, I decided to revisit the...
October 04, 2007
Until recently, only a small number of US citizens were aware of the role played by the private security contractors such as Blackwater USA in Iraq. However, on September 16th, as a heavily guarded Blackwater convoy was speeding down the wrong side of a rode in Baghdad with a senior US State Depart...
October 03, 2007
As a recovering Republican, I feel fairly qualified to write this article about the current GOP. When people ask me just what a “recovering Republican” is, I always answer that as I was growing up and becoming aware of the American political process, I became a firm believer in the Republican Party...
September 25, 2007
As is usual, when a large task (such as the occupation of a nation) is not properly planned for, the inherent problems will continue to compound as they have in Iraq. After WW II, tremendous thought and effort went into the planning and execution of getting the losing nations back on their feet and...
September 21, 2007
After last year’s election that changed both the House and the Senate, many of the people that voted for change have expected major changes in the occupation of Iraq. Unfortunately, as of the latest Democratic proposal by Virginia Senator, Jim Webb, once again the Republicans have joined with the P...
September 13, 2007
No, that’s not a misprint and I’m not smoking anything illegal. In many ways the President and Osama are and have been quite dependent on each other and both of them have there own reasons for sending each other a special thank you card.
Let’s take a look from the President’s point of view.
...
September 10, 2007
One thing the Internet has done for many writers is to give us a look at what information is available around the world that would not normally be available in the US. As an example, in the UK the restrictions on their “freedom of the press” is much less sterilized than the so called “freedom” that...
August 30, 2007
As a feature writer, I spend much of my time in different levels of research for my weekly articles. This means that I must read many published articles, listen to local & national broadcasts and cable news programs, listen in on conservative and liberal talk shows, read items published by politici...
August 27, 2007
As critical as I have been on the Bush Administration’s overall poor management of Americas business, I was very surprised in the President's speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars that he chose to compare the war in Iraq to the past US wars with Japan, Germany and Vietnam. As my father, a veteran ...
August 19, 2007
Many of you have seen the headlines regarding the military suicides that have reached the highest level in 26 years. There were 99 confirmed Army suicides in 2006 (2 additional deaths are pending investigations),up from 88 in 2005 and the highest since 1991 during the Persian Gulf War. The rate of...
August 13, 2007
One of the key areas to determine whether a country has good health care programs is the on-going results of the public’s life expectancy. Unfortunately, due mainly to the lack of a comprehensive universal health care program, US longevity has slipped from 11th to 42nd over the past two decades. C...
August 08, 2007
I guess it was inevitable that the Bush Administration would end up being compared to the Nixon Administration and the Watergate debacle. And just as the names; Nixon, Haldeman, Erlichman, Mitchell, Hunt, Liddy, Colson, Clausen, McGruder, McCord, Stans and Segretti became the house-hold Republican ...
August 02, 2007
Unfortunately, one of he most popular shows on American TV today doesn’t say much on a positive note with regard to our society. That show is the MSNBC’s Dateline program, To Catch a Predator with Chris Hansen. For those that have been living in a cave and aren’t aware of this program, it is a TV ...
July 26, 2007
A friend of mine loaned me a recently published book that takes a serious look at Western culture and how it relates to the values of the traditional Muslim family. Upon handing me the book, my friend went on to say that whether or not I agreed with the author’s overall conclusions, the basis prese...
July 21, 2007
Many people, especially today’s conservatives, continue to talk about the “good old days of the Reagan era”. As a previously registered Republican (I’m now in a 12 step program), I remember how everyone felt about the “Great Communicator” and how the public, myself included had felt that he brought...
July 17, 2007
I find it interesting that on June 1st, the US Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales said in a speech that newly announced legislation would require federal judges to sentence criminals to at least the minimum term provided by federal guidelines. In fact, this new legislation will restore the binding ...
July 15, 2007
I recently wrote a feature article and a Blog item regarding a recent Supreme Court decision. The Court’s 5-4 decision had let Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. off the hook in a discrimination case where they were sued for paying a 20 year female Goodyear employee the equivalent of what was eventually 40...
July 14, 2007
Anyone who has been reading my frequent articles or has visited my BLOG knows from which direction I come regarding the current administration and the war and occupation of Iraq. I still believe it was wrong to have a pre-emptive strike against a sovereign nation. And it was even worse to NOT have...
July 13, 2007
I found it interesting that just recently the long-time symbol of American Freedom, the American Bald Eagle was removed from the endanger species list. Upon this announcement, there were a number of wonderful video news briefs on the broadcast and cable networks showing the magnificent bird and the...
July 10, 2007
Even though I am not a big Michael Moore fan, I am a believer in providing universal healthcare for all Americans. For that reason, I decided to see Michael Moore’s new movie “SiCKO” over last weekend. What surprised me after seeing the movie was not just the realization of the poor US healthcare c...
July 08, 2007
I recently received an e-mail from a friend that contained a letter that is being circulated on the internet. The letter was originally presented as a satire of a “proposed final speech” for President Bush which was purported to be written by an American citizen from Maine. Even though the idea wa...
June 25, 2007
Having a “quick trigger” President and Vice President such as Bush & Cheney, it is not unusual to hear the rhetoric about the US possibly having to bomb Iran to stop its nuclear weapons development program. With all this talk, I decided to dig into offering some possible future scenarios. These vi...
June 15, 2007
I recently wrote a column about US hospitals closing and what the current US “non-health care program” was costing American tax payers and why the country needs a comprehensive universal health care program. Just one day after my article was published, two articles appeared that demonstrated these i...
June 11, 2007
It continues to amaze me how the neoconservatives are so vocal about their views on illegal immigration and what they continue to call the “amnesty bill” that was recently defeated. When at the same time, one seldom hears a word from them about the overall devastating effect that the undocumented al...
May 21, 2007
A question that was to become inevitable; “Is Iraq another Vietnam for the US?” And another question that is starting to arise at the water cooler and on the talk shows; “After the US leaves, could Iraq go toward capitalism as has Vietnam?”
Let’s take a look and address both to see if Iraq is in ...
May 15, 2007
May 15, 2007:
Back in 2003, most US citizens assumed that right after the successful two month War with Iraq, they would see similar progress in Iraq as was seen in the occupations of Japan and Europe after WW II. Only now are people understanding that the administration, military and congress that...
May 12, 2007
Most US citizens don’t realize that unprecedented activities are occurring within the high levels of our current and former military commanders. There is overall agreement that the current military is the finest team that the US has ever provided for fighting a foreign war. They also believe that th...
May 09, 2007
One positive item from being a feature writer for an on-line news magazine is the ability for anyone that has read your article to immediately respond directly to the author via e-mail. Having this capability has allowed me to receive some harassing comments (mostly from neocons and irate Bush suppo...
May 04, 2007
Over the past many months, I have written a number of articles about the on going war in the Middle East between the Sunni and the Shi’ites. This is a war that started in 632 A.D. after the death of the Prophet Mohammed. The original conflict began due to a disagreement between the tribes as to who ...
May 01, 2007
Many of you are aware of the recent terrible accident and tanker fire at the SF / Oakland Bay Bridge freeway approach. This event, where a gas tanker truck, traveling above the speed limit at 4:00 AM Sunday morning, hit a guard rail on an elevated section of the freeway connection “maze”. It then...
April 30, 2007
When the average Judeo-Christian person hears about different Muslim sects murdering each other day after day, the Death Squads in Baghdad collecting the dead Iraqi’s every morning with their tortured bodies, it is very hard to understand how anyone can justify this carnage. Most religions in the so...
April 26, 2007
Some months ago, I wrote an article about the Bush Administration and their track record over the past seven years (AmChronicle 02/20/07).
Needless to say, it was not a list of outstanding successes. In fact, after looking at it, it was more of a tribute to how NOT to run a government. Now Dick...
April 24, 2007
As this administration continues into the “Dark Side”, they don’t seem to understand how, what they say in public comes across to the average American. They are now beginning to use terms from the past that are totally against the concept of a democratic society. They then make absurd statements to ...
April 17, 2007
It’s time to get past all he hype on Anna Nicole’s baby, Rosie and Don Imus. Let’s now look at what the current Bush White House would really like all of us to just ignore. This time I am not referring to the current illegal occupation of Iraq or all the screw ups with FEMA, the hurricanes and the W...
April 09, 2007
Sunday, April 8, 2007
I have a real problem today in understanding how the western countries over the past many decades have seriously thought that they could change the direction of fundamental Muslim regions and countries. If we go back, only as far as the 1950’s with the US support of the Shah o...
April 02, 2007
As the business of war continues, the Pro-Iraq War factions continue to preach that; "If we weren't fighting in Iraq, we would be fighting al Qaeda in the streets of America." I sometimes wonder what thought process drives these big thinkers when all the evidence around them says something quite dif...
March 28, 2007
We are all hearing a lot of unhappiness from both major US political parties about what is going on today with the residents currently in the White House. This is one of the reasons that this is the earliest time ever for the general public to get this involved with the political process for the nex...
March 26, 2007
As my previous American Chronicle Magazine article (March 6, 2007) that caused quite a rousing response had stated: the "Team Abramoff" connections within the Republican administration and the overall business community has reached heights that will hopefully be known to all as the scandal's Senate ...
March 25, 2007
Already 4 Years?
Last year I remember when we came upon the 3rd anniversary of the War in Iraq and it hit me then to ask "how did it get to 3 years so quickly". It then dawned on me that with a rubber-stamp congress for the Republican president, they really had been sitting on their hands and letti...
March 14, 2007
It is very difficult for most Americans and other western cultures to fully comprehend the concept, much less the reality of living under a system where the basis of the government is defined as a theocracy. In other words, it is very difficult for anyone raised in any secular western country to con...
March 12, 2007
One must wonder what kind of newspapers President Bush reads or where he's getting his intelligence from regarding the latest results on the troop surge in Iraq? Last week the President stated that "there are encouraging signs that the deployment of additional US troops is working in Iraq". Is that ...
March 07, 2007
Everyone that watches TV and the news has seen, over and over again, the repairs and the clean up that is going on at Walter Reed Medical Center. There is no doubt that it is a shame and a travesty that this has occurred to our wounded troops, but the issues go much deeper than just Walter Reed and ...
March 06, 2007
My recent article on the Abramoff lobbying dealings with Microsoft really struck a nerve (AmerChron Mag, Feb. 24). I have received responses from both irate lobbyists and those that have been affected by the lobbying efforts of "Team Abramoff". Specifically the negative affect due to the efforts and...
March 03, 2007
After all the devastating screw-ups by the current administration, such as a "no WMD's war" that shouldn't have happened, poor responses to Hurricane Katrina and Rita, the lack of implementation of the 9/11 recommendations on Ports & Borders, taking away various American freedoms, no armor initially...
February 28, 2007
With all the various problem issues in Washington DC today, after 5 years of war, the country should not be continuing to hear about a lack of properly armored military vehicles.
The Right Vehicles:
With President Bush's current plan to go against his general's advice, the public's desire and mo...
February 24, 2007
Even though most people today feel that they were lied to about going to war with Iraq, no one seems to understand that the war with Iraq was actually won as planned. This occurred when President Bush declared the "end of major combat operations" on May 1, 2003, from the flight deck of the USS Abrah...
February 24, 2007
A reader of one of my previous American Chronicle articles recently contacted me to see if I might be interested in some data for a future article about the current Republican leaders and some of their questionable past and current political connections. After checking out the background of the rea...
February 20, 2007
Let's look at the Administration's track record and compare the Pros & Cons:
On the Con side:
Osama:
Before 9/11 and just after Bush's election, since President Clinton had been unsuccessful in capturing Osama Bin Ladin, Clinton directed his security advisor, Sandy Berger, to warn Mr. Berge...
February 16, 2007
Senator Hillary Clinton says that "If we knew before we invaded Iraq, what we know today, there would not have been the vote in the US Senate that led to the war in Iraq."
Just what is it that we know today?
(The following is based on the eventual "real truth" that contradicts direct statemen...
February 16, 2007
Back in 1993, the newly elected president selected his wife Hillary, as the Chairperson for developing a national health care program for the US. This was a key issue that Bill Clinton had campaigned on for his first presidential term. The first pass at "Hillary Care" as it was eventually referred t...
February 15, 2007
IraqIn a recent editorial letter, a reader had written: "We could end the war in Iraq right now, if we just supported our troops with the funds for them to finish the job. An upsurge of troops would wipe out the invaders from Iran, Syria and Lebanon as well as the other terrorists in Iraq."
Where...