Archive for the 'National and International Issues' Category
Put America First!
3 Comments Published by DanM March 16th, 2010 in National and International Issues.The news is full of descriptions of the problem. Few offer concrete solutions.
An article in the current issue of Newsweek titled, “The Troubles” (It was titled, “America May Truly Be Broken” in my news portal.) is depressingly downbeat in the assessment of our chances. They quote studies showing both China and India passing us in [...]
Our Democracy Isn’t Working
2 Comments Published by DanM March 9th, 2010 in National and International Issues.New York’s Massa is one more item of evidence.
Louisiana re-elected “Cold Cash” Jefferson every two years since 1990 and it took a video-taped $100,000 bribe payoff and a federal grand jury to get rid of him. The Governor of Illinois had to try to auction off an appointment to a US Senate seat before he [...]
Bush Didn’t Lie? Yes, He Did Lie!
0 Comments Published by DanM March 6th, 2010 in National and International Issues.Rove tries his hand at re-writing history.
Karl Rove, the Rasputin of the Bush White House, has just published his book and, no surprise, he does his dead level best to whitewash the disasterous Bush years. (See Note 1) One of the main lies that Rove tells is that Bush did not lie about Iraq’s weapons [...]
