Someone said recently that his mother, would turn over in her grave. The intelligent and earthy mother of three boys and sister of five outstanding athletes was also tough. She would, he said, never, ever understand turning away from the first African-American President after the hope and dream of electing one–and a man of such [...]
Entries Tagged as 'President Obama'
Time for New Democratic Leadership
December 7th, 2010 · Comments Off · Politics
Tags: Corporatism·Move Toward Liberal politics·Neocons·Neoconservatives·New Democratic Presidential candidates·Political destruction·President Obama·totalitarianism
Do We Run the Military or Does the Military Run Us?
June 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off · International affairs, Lobbying, Politics, wars and militarism
In the living memory of many seniors in this country, a relatively unpopular President of the United States fired one of the most popular Generals of all time. Harry Truman had been a minor Senator who became President because the most popular President in our history died. Roosevelt had been considered, and still is by [...]
Tags: Afghanistan·ending the war·General McCrystal·government control of military·Iraq·military affairs·President Obama·the War in Afghanistan
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
A Plan for Jobs and Ending the Recession
December 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Economics, jobs, Politics
There has been talk recently–finally–about creating jobs. The talk has been about using some of the TARP money to create jobs in various sectors. As a reminder, the TARP funds were those funds used from the Treasury to shore up certain banks and other investment firms plus AIG, which was ostensibly the only insurance firm. [...]
Tags: creating new jobs·economy·Geithner·green jobs·jobs·President Obama·right wing republicans·stimulus·the Stimulus plan·using TARP for jobs
Lou Dobbs and the Mystery of the Missing Birth Certificate
November 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Culture, International affairs, Media, Politics
Lou Dobbs has been on the air for 30 years. In chronological years, he is not an old man these days. But in keeping up with the times, in educating himself, and in thinking of the future, is he living in a past age? Has time passed him bye? Does he still wear brown shoes [...]
Tags: birthers·guns·illegal aliens·illegal immigration·Lou Dobbs·Media·President Obama·President Obama's birth certificate
Join In an Economic Revolution
October 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics
Rather than complaining about our lives, our incomes, our ability to maintain some kind of minimal lifestyle, it may be time to do what every good militant has done since before Lenin or George Washington….join up. We need to bite the bullet and become more active in some kind of populist group. Some may participate [...]
Tags: carbon tax·Economics·Health Care·import duties·lobbyists·Politics·President Obama·Republicans·tea parties