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May 26, 2009
Has bailing out these financial institutions that were 'too big to fail' improved the quality of life for most average Americans? This article examines and attempts to answer that question from multiple perspectives.
November 06, 2006
America is often called the land of easy millions. A society of convenience and luxury. Some say being an American is having advanced citizenship. And when it comes to the political process in America, it isn't a spectator sport. All that we have and all that we enjoy demands participation.
I'm n...
October 14, 2006
President Clinton recently made a comment which has enraged some neo-cons in America. He said that the "Democratic Party has become the liberal and conservative party in America." The President then followed that statement with several examples of support which haven't made the sound-bite cuts with ...
October 05, 2006
I understand that the temptation for Democrats to use the Foley scandal against Republicans in campaigns across the country is inviting and juicy, but it won't work. It's not going to sway anyone away from Republicans or energize voters who aren't already planning to participate in the mid-term elec...
October 03, 2006
In a moment of clarity--or perhaps it was confusion--I made a couple of long-winded postings to one of my favorite online political discussion forums yesterday which better reflect my positions on recent events in Washington D.C., as well as my despisal for the extreme polarization in America today ...
September 04, 2006
The history of warfare is that there are two positions of true victory in any military conflict. First, your enemy accepts your terms and surrenders, or second, your enemy is entirely eliminated. The latter position has been reached far less often than the former, but both have occurred in past conf...
August 11, 2006
So, a Republican-friendly vote is feared lost in the Senate on Tuesday as Lamont defeats Lieberman and the alarms sound for incumbents who've supported the administration's Iraq policies and are facing challenges this November from coast to coast. The response? Terror Alert!
Haven't we seen this ...
July 22, 2006
In high school there were jocks, geeks, burn-outs, preppies, stoners, loners and players. In the real world there are Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Pagans and etc.
Social Cliques created and directed by--and to serve the interests of--people. Organized Religions have nothing to do with ...
March 15, 2006
The GOP is diagnosed with ADD (America's Deficit Disorder).
Just last weekend top GOP presidential hopefuls and southern politicians attended the Southern Republican Leadership Conference and asserted (to every journalist and camera that could be found) that republicans were going to become "more ...
January 25, 2006
What was wrong with calling it Pork, were the pigs offended?
The [American] English language constantly changes. I've heard that it's the hardest of all languages to learn--though I picked it up easy enough (my teachers all sed I wus da bestist in da class) as a small child--but in adult reflectio...
January 23, 2006
"It's amazing that people say to me, `Well, he's just breaking the law" the president says.
Well, it's somewhat amazing to me--as well as other Americans I hope and believe--that the president has been authorizing the spying, through use of unwarranted wire taps, on lawful American citizens and do...
January 20, 2006
So, why are they looking then?
If you haven't heard, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has asked a federal judge to order search engine giant, Google Inc., to hand over millions of search results and other possibly individual-user identifying records so that the government can use the informa...
November 26, 2005
From our beginnings, white man speaks with forked tongue.
Just 10 days ago I wrote about an attempt by Congress to steal $125 million dollars of health care funds from September 11th Ground-Zero workers. Today, it's reported that F.E.M.A. is sitting on over half of the $62 billion dollars that was...
November 21, 2005
Personally, I find it offensive every time I hear someone moan about celebrities who speak up for or against politicians or policy. The entire notion that somehow one gives up their rights to opinions or free speech when they achieve fame is preposterous.
The difference between celebrities and Joh...
November 16, 2005
This is a promise broken and a responsibility shunned. Is there no decency, no integrity left at all?
I will begin this by repeating what I've written in the past about the record profits oil companies have enjoyed recently, "good for them".
I mean that sincerely. I do not begrudge any company o...
November 14, 2005
Too bad! Secretary Of Health And Human Services Says: "Lots Of Things In Life Are Complicated"
By the thousands seniors are having trouble understanding the enrollment process for the new Medicare Drug Plans, and they say little help is being provided from the providers.
"I have a Ph.D., and it'...
November 12, 2005
Washington D.C. has become the black-sheep alcoholic uncle of every family. He’s still relative and invited to holiday dinners, but nobody trusts him alone with their children.
Our founding fathers never intended for the party vs. party politicking that we have today. The framework they created wa...
November 11, 2005
Is this another era of 'to question Bush is unpatriotic?'
President Bush used Veterans Day as an opportunity to attack Democrats and everyone else who's challenged the intelligence that was used to "sell" American's on going to war in Iraq.
There is a valid argument to be made about numerous Dem...
November 09, 2005
Or is it? For a perspective the local grocery super-market operates on about a 1.5% profit margin.
Retail is something I know a little about. I worked in the industry for a decade in various levels of management.
The oil companies are claiming that higher prices for crude are driving the pump-pr...
November 07, 2005
On November 7, 2005 the President defended U.S. interrogation practices and called the treatment of terrorism suspects lawful. "We do not torture," Bush declared in response to reports of secret CIA prisons overseas.
Three times in the past week I've written about the U.S. torture policies and dou...