November 29, 2008
George W. Bush Belongs In Prison
Electing Barack Obama president was the first step in redeeming American democracy. The second step must be indicting ex-president George W. Bush, giving him a fair trial, finding him guilty of many criminal acts and putting him in prison. Forget revenge. Think rule of law and justice.
» Continue reading "George W. Bush Belongs In Prison"...November 22, 2008
Unjust Deserts: Book Review
Like a law of physics, corrupt politics, unshared national wealth and uncontrolled greed combine to produce economic inequality and delusional prosperity. Now comes a book that should have been titled Stolen Wealth. This would have been more consistent with its long subtitle: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back.
November 19, 2008
Big 3 Auto: Should they be rescued?
Before answering the question of whether taxpayers should rescue the auto industry, we have to know what the situation is, and what the pros and cons are for a rescue or allowing one or more of the Big 3 to bankrupt. Hearings yesterday and today before Congress provide a good deal of information on the topic, and almost no hope of an immediate rescue to come this week.
» Continue reading "Big 3 Auto: Should they be rescued?"...November 16, 2008
The Employee Free Choice Act
I’ve been reading about something called “The Employee Free Choice Act,” which is one of those Orwellian names that should really creep you out because its subsumes the exact opposite of what it actually is—sort of like “human resource professional.”
» Continue reading "The Employee Free Choice Act"...November 15, 2008
Political Speech Shut Down: Do You Care?
This week, a private web hosting company, Maia Hosting, acted in complicity with a criminal hacker to shut down two political web sites, one of them a non-partisan political web site unaffiliated with any party or candidates. The shut down by the company hosting the web sites came on the heels of a distributed denial of service attack or DDOS, they claim (no evidence has been provided despite repeated requests for it). A distributed denial of service attack is when a hacker exploits access weaknesses in dozens to hundreds of people's personal computers and servers, and triggers them all to overload a particular web site or mail server. These attacks can last from an hour to several months.
» Continue reading "Political Speech Shut Down: Do You Care? "...November 12, 2008
We Need A New National Political Party
Set aside any Obama euphoria you feel. The other important news is that third-party presidential candidates had a miserable showing this year, totaling just over one percent of the grand total with 1.5 million votes nationwide, compared to some 123 million votes for Barack Obama and John McCain.
November 08, 2008
Anti-Incumbent Voters, Alive, Well, and Growing.
From Michigan's Supreme Court race to the many incumbent losses in the House of Representatives, to the incumbent losses in the Senate (Oregon's Smith, N. Carolina's Dole, New Hampshire's Sununu), the anti-incumbent vote made its presence very visible in this election. It was decidedly an anti-incumbent vote against the GOP. However, both major parties can no longer ignore the power of the independent voters (6% of whom decided the Democratic direction of this race), nor the power of voters exercising their right and obligation to vote out incumbents when government disappoints the voters.
» Continue reading "Anti-Incumbent Voters, Alive, Well, and Growing."...November 07, 2008
The Anti-Incumbency Movement Is Dead
Voting out congressional incumbents failed this year, showing the anti-incumbency movement to be a clear letdown. For some years many groups and their websites have been advocating voting out congressional incumbents as an effective means to reform government and make it work better. Two of the better ones are Vote Out Incumbents Democracy and Tenure Corrupts.
» Continue reading "The Anti-Incumbency Movement Is Dead"...November 06, 2008
Are you a Postmodern Racist-Speech Denier?
The Left is now holding all the race cards, and we jokers better not be too wild. Political discourse—and especially political humor—will require greater vigilance in the way one speaks, and much more so than simply purging highfalutin words like “niggardly” from one’s vocabulary when “maliciously parsimonious” might work just as well, if not so economically. Consider:
» Continue reading "Are you a Postmodern Racist-Speech Denier?"...McCain Swan Song(?)
Although I am glad he did not win the presidency, John McCain is an American hero who has served his country with courage and honor... and who will hopefully continue do so.
» Continue reading "McCain Swan Song(?)"...November 05, 2008
Change? Not Exactly.
While we congratulate Barack Obama for his win for the office of President of the United States, I am hearing a lot about how this election has ushered in change. Unfortunately, as we look at the presidential and, more specifically, the rest of the elections that took place, I am not seeing as much change as one is led to believe.
» Continue reading "Change? Not Exactly."...November 04, 2008
Obama wins America's Woes
At 8:48 P.M. it appears impossible for McCain to win. Which means Sen. Barack Obama, make that President Elect Obama, will inherit America's longest wars in Iraq and deteriorating Afghanistan, and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Congratulations, President Elect Obama.
» Continue reading "Obama wins America's Woes"...Election Day: Blues & Celebration?
As early as 8PM this evening, we may have clear indications as to who our next president may be. Be that as it may, there are an enormous number of other important races and candidates to be determined from the Eastern most point of Maine to the Western most tip of Hawaii. For 10's of millions of Americans today, a case of the blues will try to settle in because their horse didn't cross the finish line in first place. But, this election is as much about process as results. And the process, though in desperate need of reform, continues to work.
» Continue reading "Election Day: Blues & Celebration?"...November 03, 2008
I Feel So Cheap
They won’t respect us in the morning. After tomorrow it will all be over, for better or worse. And the prospects are overwhelming that it will be worse, no matter who wins. But it will be over. And many of us will feel the inexplicable need for a long hot shower.
» Continue reading "I Feel So Cheap"...November 02, 2008
The Jesus Dilemma: Election of a President
If Jesus appeared in human form, who would know him as Jesus, as opposed to another homeless schizophrenic on the streets? If this would be the case for Jesus, how would Americans know they were presented with the right presidential candidate at the right time for their history? What could such a candidate say or do, that would prove to the majority of American voters that he/she alone, was the best candidate in the field for the challenges and trials facing the nation?
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