The Warmongers Are At It Again
Why the hell are we so in love with war? What is wrong with the people of this country that they just aren’t happy unless our kids are risking their lives and ending others in places that have nothing to do with
Category: Politics
The Smart & Dumb of it.
I keep wondering what kind of country we’re living in, where we spend more than twice that of any other civilized country on health care costs and end up rated last among those countries in health care delivered. I wonder why so
Oil Liar Threatens the President
I find it nothing short of disgusting that Jack Gerard, the president of the American Petroleum Institute, the oil businesses chief lobbying tool, has the gall to threaten the President of the United States if he doesn’t vote the right, and I
How Do We Solve Our Problems?
Income inequality is grinding down the middle class and threatens to create a permanent underclass of able but jobless people. The financial sector in collusion with regulators and elected officials inflated and profited from the credit card bubble and then watched it
The New Disappeared
I have gotten a lot of feedback stating that I am overreacting, re: Obama signing away our individual freedoms by signing the National Defense Authorization Act. Fair enough. But lets take a look at just one scenario that is also in the
Notes on Politics
The Democrats have the best plans but the Republicans have a better information delivery system in almost all policy debates. If you listen to Paul Ryan speak about health insurance you realize that he is a terrific speaker with a facility for
What’s Wrong With this Country?
What’s wrong with this country? A lot, a great deal of which is beyond our ability to fix, at least right now and another pile of which will have to wait until we solve our financial problems because to people without work,
Bits & Pieces #18
Watched David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group try to white wash private equity on Fareed Zakaria. Of course he backs private equity as an investment but he assiduously avoids what happens to the people who worked for the companies bought up by
What Are We Doing Wrong?
Why isn’t our economy working? Because too many people have drunk the Cool Aide of lies and half-truths that have been laid down by the demagogues of the Right. The real truth is that; Tax cuts for the rich do not trickle
To Whank or not to Whank
I keep reading about all the anti-abortion activity, over 1000 bills proposed by state and federal legislators last year, and then I look to the activity that would limit contraception, usually from the same sources and I am led to believe that