Observations on Syria
Still 0n Syria: Why is everyone so bent out of shape over what, to a normal person, looks like a possible solution to the problem of chemical weapons use in Syria? Could it be because Obama, no matter how bumbling he appeared,
Category: Miscellaneous
Why Does the Right Want to Screw America?
Politicians have always been known as a culture that does incredibly dishonest and deceitful things in the name of acquiring power and most of us have always, pretty much, understood that. We don’t approve of it but we do understand that
Snowden- Traitor or Patriot
I spent the weekend discussing Edward Snowden with many of my conservative friends. The principal feeling that came from their circle was that Edward Snowden was a traitor because of the revelations that he has made to date and those that he
Scandals as Real as Live TV
At this point, when all the intelligent or logical people have dumped last week’s scandals in the garbage, where they belong, the Sunday morning talking heads, with a bewildering inability to find anything in the world worth discussing, have clung to
Oh, Those leaky Pipes
The media is truly amazing. I’m sitting in my office watching Meet The Press where Mike Murphy, a GOP strategist and David Stockman, a hack economist who takes his cues from Wall Street are trying to convince the audience that the only
Sequestration-Not the Biggest Problem
No the sequester won’t be a major national disaster and that’s why no one in Washington is really sweating it. But it will be a disaster for those who lose their jobs because of it and it will probably
One More Dumb Move
The refusal of the Republican dominated House to consider the desperately needed Hurricane Sandy aid bill was just another example of the Republican Party not getting it. Here was a chance for the, much maligned party to rise above the
Kristen Gillibrand & NYC
Kristen Gillibrand, the Democratic senator who has been making noises about wanting to run for Mayor of NY has a very appealing energy policy that she has just published. It isn’t perfect, and sometimes it is imprecise but at
Now That Its Over
Looking back, now that it’s all over, one sees an inevitability in what happened in the recent presidential election. I find it hilarious that a good cross-section of Republicans are now attacking Romney almost as viciously as they did Obama before
Post Election Thoughts
Well, the elections are almost a week behind us, and the country seems to have recovered from its political madness so it’s time for our new group of politicians, which actually looks a lot like our old group, to settle