In 1994, in an interview, Milton Friedman said that in the 1990s there is “much less optimism and all the problems have been produced by government.” This is the essential argument between the two political parties in the United States today. One pretends to be the party of Conservatives, whom they define as people like [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cheney'
It’s the Economy…Or Is It?
July 4th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Democracy, Economics, Politics, Populism, taxes
Sometimes it seems that economists live in a world different from ours. We have bills to pay, jobs to keep, children to educate. The formulas that economists constantly elaborate upon seem to have little to do with daily life. Of course that is not true. The outcome of macroeconomic calculation can have an enormous impact [...]
Tags: Bush·Cheney·conservative economics·conservatives·deficits·national debt·Neocons·Neoconservatives·Republican obstruction·Ronald Reagan·tax cuts for the rich·top one percent
The Iraq War. Flesh and Blood.
May 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · International affairs, Politics, wars and militarism
The war in Iraq was a mistake. Whatever point of view one takes, there is no real benefit to us any longer to have troops in Iraq. They should come home as soon as possible. But that is not the end of it. We need to tell the rest of the world we’re sorry. We’re [...]
Tags: a war of choice·Bush and Cheney war criminals·Cheney·deliberate aggression·George W. Bush·illegal wars·Iraq war·Rumsfeld·war crimes·weapons of mass destruction
Before Neocons Call People “Nazis” They Should Look in the Mirror.
December 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Health Care, Media, Politics
Shame on the Neoconservatives, as they call themselves. They want to be called “Republicans.” But we can’t really call them Republicans, can we? They are not traditional Republicans. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower were more or less traditional Republicans. Neoconservatives are more like the old Dixiecrats. In fact the manic racist Strom Thurmond [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Cheney·health care reform·health insurance industry·Hitler·Lieberman·lobbyists·Lunatic fringe·Nazi·Nazis·neocon·Neoconservative·Politics·President Obama·Right Wing·Rupert Murdoch·tea parties
Another Cheney…Another Wave of “Terror?”
October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Politics
Danger! Deep, dark, debilitating, fear! Fear of death, fear of assassins, bombs, explosions, knives, men in black masks, hiding…waiting! Anarchy and people murdered in their sleep! No it’s not Shakespeare or Edgar Allen Poe. It’s Dick Cheney. That is what Dick Cheney was selling and a lot of people bought it. We must invade Iraq, [...]
Tags: Al Queada·Cheney·fear·Halliburton·Iraq war·Politics·terrorists·war profiteering
Tea Party Protestors Should be Blaming Bush, Not Obama.
September 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Politics
If you are reading this and you are one of the demonstrators at the so-called tea parties, there is a lot you obviously don’t know. If you demonstrate against the administration that was elected to restore some rights and some measure of equality for the middle classes then when you protest you are working against [...]
Tags: Bush·Cheney·deficit·depression·economy·national debt·Obama·recession·surplus
The Man Who Caused the Recession
September 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Politics
It wasn’t someone at Bear, Stearns or at Lehman Bros. They were doing what they do, or at least doing what they have been doing since 2000. It wasn’t Alan Greenspan, although he had his share of responsibility. No, and it wasn’t Bush, Cheney or Hank Paulson. Bush and Cheney are responsible for everything, not [...]
Tags: Bush·Cheney·investment·Neocon Republicans·Right Wing·SEC·Securities and Exchange Commission
Dick Cheney and Failure On the Right
September 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Politics
Someone made an interesting and valid point on television recently…a significant event in itself. In one brief segment between pharmaceutical commercials for sexual member enhancement on Sunday morning, someone said–it doesn’t matter who because they are all dipping into the same well of nonsense–that we now have a partisan Democracy. That is to say, we [...]
Tags: Cheney·Health Care·health insurance industry·lobbyist·neocon·Neoconservative·Republican