May 05, 2008
Race Dialogue
There is confusion about Barack Obama's message about talking to your enemies, to those you disagree with, to those who do not look like you and to those who have a different viewpoint from, yours. Because Obama happens to be black this has turned into a dialogue about race.
Cheney Pushes the Boundaries - Again
Cheney is now arguing that "Congress has no authority over the Vice President."
» Continue reading "Cheney Pushes the Boundaries - Again"...May 04, 2008
Obama's Supporters Think Highly of Him. His Rivals Say, Make It Stop!
As an Obama supporter, not a day goes by when I don't hear someone speak of the necessity to take Obama down a notch. They claim his follower think he walks on water. They claim these people are robots, or cult members, or trying to assuage some cultural guilt. I mean, how else do you explain the fact that people don't consider him mediocre? There are no extraordinary people in politics, just people who haven't been vetted enough to drag their image down into the mud with the rest of the mediocre politicians.
» Continue reading "Obama's Supporters Think Highly of Him. His Rivals Say, Make It Stop!"...May 02, 2008
The Free Market for Agribusiness
I remember when farmers boasted of being self-reliant, taking care of themselves withhout any handouts, rigorous individualists and believers in the free market. What do we have now? Farmers being paid for not producing and not selling. We don't call them handouts any more, they are subsidies.
» Continue reading "The Free Market for Agribusiness"...Are We Gullible Enough?
I was widely criticized when I suggested that the "surge" was not working for the American people in my article titled: The Surge is Working.
» Continue reading "Are We Gullible Enough?"...April 30, 2008
Initiatives in our Republic & Dignity in Death
Citizens' Initiatives have become a regular feature on our ballots in many states. When our republic was established, the founders took a dim view of this or any form of direct democracy. Mandating the rights of dying patients to manage their own demise may best exemplify an appropriate use of this tool of democracy.
» Continue reading "Initiatives in our Republic & Dignity in Death"...Just Say No: Boycott the media
The economy is in the crapper. More American soldiers are dying in Iraq (link). Fuel costs have skyrocketed (link). People doing bizarre things to get health-care (link). Housing prices are dropping (link). Foreclosures are rising (link) and what are we hearing in the media? Jeremiah Wright said some stupid things.
» Continue reading "Just Say No: Boycott the media"...April 29, 2008
Wright Boosts Obama
I know the conventional wisdom is that Rev. Jeremiah Wright has damaged Obama as a candidate for the presidency. The outrageous statements of Wright can be found by anyone merely by turning on the TV - any station, day or night! As the saying goes, Wright threw Obama under the bus. How can Wright's actions do anything but hurt Obama?
» Continue reading "Wright Boosts Obama"...April 25, 2008
Opposition to Tyranny
Ideologues of all varieties often think of themselves as opposed to tyranny. And so they ascribe to opposing ideologies a tendency to produce tyranny. On this point they may be largely correct, while remaining blind to the tendencies of their own ideology to do the same.
» Continue reading "Opposition to Tyranny"...April 24, 2008
I'm For It and Against It
Remember how the Republicans attacked Kerry during the last presidential campaign after he said, “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it”? They called him a flip-flopper. Well, John McCain beats him when he in essence says, "I am for it and against it at the same time." What would you call him?
» Continue reading "I'm For It and Against It"...April 22, 2008
Food Carbon Footprints
Technologists and other geeks have been talking about carbon footprints for a long time. Now the rest of us are getting into the act. If we want to reduce global warning it's up to each of us to calculate our carbon footprint, or how much carbon we are responsible for during a year. A very important part of a person's carbon footprint is the carbon footprint of each of the foods he buys.
» Continue reading "Food Carbon Footprints"...April 21, 2008
A League of Democracies
John McCain, whom I do not favor, has come up with a good idea: Let's have all the democracies in the world join forces in a League of Democracies. This way we'll be able to fight authoritarianism and terrorism.
» Continue reading "A League of Democracies"...April 19, 2008
Conflict of Interest: Contractors and Lobbyists Sent to Sell the War to the Public.
This, friends and neighbors, is truly disgusting. But what's more disgusting, the former generals making money off the war they're selling to the public, or the American government executing an psyops campaign to sell a war to the public? The breathtaking cynicism of this speaks for itself.
April 17, 2008
Gotcha Politics
Yesterday there was a "debate" between Obama and Clinton with Gibson and Stephanopolous as moderators - or should I say gotcha catchers. For at least 1 hour out of the 2-hour program, both moderators kept throwing inconsequentilal questions primarily at Obama. Very little of what could be called "issues" were asked about.
» Continue reading "Gotcha Politics"...April 16, 2008
Motor Voter Act: How voters are bureaucratically disenfranchised
When the Motor Voter act was signed into law in 1993, the idea was simple: make the electorate larger, more diverse and more reflective of the American public by reducing the barriers for American citizens to vote.
» Continue reading "Motor Voter Act: How voters are bureaucratically disenfranchised"...
