Posts Tagged ‘Opinion’

This is one of the funniest articles I've read in years. The best part about it is it isn't satire, it is a real "news" piece that hit the AP wire. SAN FRANCISCO - A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on ...

Can Hillary Clinton defeat Barack Obama given the current circumstances? Just a week ago, Hillary Clinton's surrogates were engaged in a brutal assault on Barack Obama.   The narrative went something like this: "Not only has Barack Obama failed to distance himself from a racist, hateful, ignorant, awful man in Reverend Wright, but ...

One might think the greatest threat posed by OPEC member nations would be their tendency to funnel cash through various means into the hands of those hell-bent on bringing about our destruction. While this threat is real and, thanks to Venezuela at the very least, far less remote than ...

Failed Liberty, Injustice and the Iraq Quagmire I've never been one to call names, especially not towards a party that is generally associated with Libertarian ideals, but the latest incarnation of the GOP must be called out for many of the problems that persist in America. GOP leadership is entirely to blame ...

While I've not officially shed my (D) tag, everything about the Libertarian party fascinates me.  It's not an ideological shift that I've made, it's a philosophical outlook on life.  Liberty is probably the most frequently championed idea on this blog and I'm glad Mike Gravel is making noise in the ...

On the 5th anniversary of the Iraq War, only 31 percent of Americans approve of how President Bush is handling his job.   67  percent disapprove of his performance and his 40-point drop in popularity since the Iraq war started is only rivaled by the Vietnam War. "Bush's approval rating five years ...

I'm a registered Democrat, as many of my readers know.  I'd like to write a little bit about the shame that I feel as a result of my party affiliation, but before I do that I will briefly explain my views on American politics as I see it. American Guilt By no ...

About John F Kennedy's Assassination unsolved mystery - 45 years later Over the last decade, a lot of individuals have speculated on conspiracy theories that would make the typical American cringe in disgust.  The thought of Americans accusing the homeland of involvement in September 11th, for example, boils the blood of ...

The pundits have been humbled throughout the primary process this year.  Often wrong, they've been slow to make predictions about the direction of the 2008 primaries.  So why are the "experts" confidently declaring that Hillary Clinton needs help to stay afloat in the Democratic nomination race?  With the race so ...

More of the same from the primaries.  John McCain with 42% reporting is carrying Wisconsin, 54% to 38% for Mike Huckabee and 5% for Paul.  Barack Obama 55% to  44% for Hillary Clinton.  Barack Obama's victory speech was pretty much the same one that he's been giving at every event.  ...

Healthcare: Limited Supply vs. Unlimited Demand I must preface my column with the observation that there is at least one instance when an apparently-infinite demand for product can be sated by human hands. We are more or less able to feed ourselves which means that the human hunger for food ...

Bush has recently argued that Democrats are a threat to National Security This week, he continued the rhetoric and picked up where Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani left off.  President Bush warned Friday, that the United States is in "more danger of attack" because Congress failed to extend legislation on domestic ...

Aside from FISA, habeas corpus and torture are major issues in politics these days.  A decade ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find a group of statesmen that would support anything remotely resembling the trash legislation that passes for policy these days. There is some good news to report, although ...

President Bush seems concerned about the failing economy all of a sudden. The rhetoric about a healthy economy that he argued was simply experiencing a downturn is no more.  He is pushing Congress to get out his stimulus package plan and he's insisting (like with FISA legislation) that it arrive at ...

Are Minimum Wage Increases Related to a Rise in Unemployment? You can’t throw a soggy copy of the New York Times these days without hitting someone who believes that the economy is slowing down, fueled mostly from problems associated with the burst “housing bubble”. It is true that the housing ...

In our strongly divided nation, one thing is certain, either you've acquired BDS - Bush Derangement Syndrome(tm) or you have a rare disease that makes you immune to BDS -- Bush Disease. If the latter is the case, then you're likely ready to go down with Bush's ship at ...

For all of the flack that Ron Paul supporters have received from traditional conservatives and the more extreme neo-conservative wing of the party, these supporters deserve all of the accolades that come with piecing together an unbelievable Ron Paul movement. I've written plenty about Ron Paul, particularly because I enjoy what ...

In politics, I've always argued that you have to take the propaganda from the right and propaganda from the left and somewhere in the middle you'll find some semblance of truth. The problem with the media, now, is that most journalists have been either silenced or easily prone to ...

If you would have asked pundits and analysts to predict the future just a year ago, chances are none of them would have predicted how our 2007 primary season would shape the quickly approaching 2008 Elections. What have we learned throughout the primary season in 2007? The GOP is desperately struggling ...

Barack Obama: "You want Oprah as Vice President? [...] that would be a demotion, you know that?" Oprah Winfrey is giving a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. For those interested, it is on C-SPAN and Live right now. Barack Obama's "Change We Can Believe In" campaign Oprah is not a ...

For the nerds out there, the title wouldn't be quite as dramatic if it read, "the penalty for treason is life imprisonment with parole," now would it? The penalty for treason is Death, well at least it was until the 1990s. Now that treason just means life imprisonment, the ...

This time, I'm not speaking figuratively. It seems that in the 21st century, Republicans have decided to engage in a plethora of taboo activities. The hypocrisy is more humorous than evil at this point; the GOP has derided Democrats for their openness to questions of sexuality over the years. The party ...

Ladies and Gentlemen,... the President of the United States - George W. Bush [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmc60JmaLbE[/youtube] From Capitol Hill Blue By DOUG THOMPSON Dec 9, 2005, 06:39 Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act. Several provisions of the act, ...

News clip on the lies of the politico, I edited out some of the bias that was in the original article, but you can read the full scale antiwar.com attack on the politico and neo-cons. politico.com is publishing untrue statements offered as truth, distorted political opinions offered as factual, I hope ...

Can Ron Paul get it right, Is he a "Revolutionary?" Buchanan had choice words for Republicans who want Ron Paul out of the Republican national debate. I'm a former liberal turned moderate, and now seeking conservatism. (bad timing) Ron Paul has helped me reconsider the right, but my obvious hangups ...