Ebola Can Make You Dumb
Ebola Can make You Dumb Well, it happened. It finally happened and right wing fanatics from Florida to Arizona fell to their knees and gave thanks to a God who has made their wildest dreams come true. Yes, Ebola is here. It
Notes on the Middle East Mess
What the hell is going on with Iraq and Syria. The President says there will be no American boots on the ground despite the fact that we have well over one thousand advisers over there. You can say they are not combat
Bits & Pieces #48
Rick Perry claims that he is confident that the National Guard stands ready to do his bidding in any crisis that his backward state of Texas may encounter but it seems quite clear that he isn’t ready to stand
A Foreign Policy That’s Trying to Work
I’m really getting tired of all the numbskulls with no answers that continually attack the President for being weak or not having the answers to the problems of the Middle East. How about no one has the answers? How
The Curse of Yellow Journalism
There are times when you just can’t get it right, when you just can’t please anyone, let alone everyone. Arthur L.Caplan’s column in the 8/6/14 Washington Post is a perfect example of that. The piece us titled, Why do
The Problem is Arab Not Muslim
The mess in the Middle East isn’t getting any better; this despite an awful lot of attention by the White House, the so called loyal opposition and media all over the world. The basic problem is that no one
What’s Wrong With the Middle East: Everything
The president was on the tube Wednesday night telling the American people about his plans for the Middle East, explaining how we were going to attack ISIS in Iraq, Syria and wherever else they showed their heads, but also stating firmly
Immigration: It Never Ends
The Republicans, led by Botched up Boehner, have decided that there isn’t enough traction in the immigration question to get them through the 2014 election. This is mainly because they realize that their position won’t get them any new votes, especially from
Bits & Pieces #47
Watched a commercial for Koch Industries the other day on which they bragged about being all over the nation (like a huge octopus), and how they have created over 60,000 jobs for Americans. This is the biggest privately owned company in
The Gaza Gavotte
Though the headlines, as they always do, are following the mess in Ferguson, there is still a hell of a horror going on in Israel. I know anyone attempting to look logically at this disaster will probably regard it as an