January 16, 2012 – 9:49 am
Mitt Romney holds a commanding position in the GOP primary, despite acerbic opposition among Republican activists to his centrist record and near-universal distaste for his character among anyone who’s ever seen him or heard him speak. It often seems that Romney – who, with $250 million in personal worth, is easily the richest in the [...]
September 3, 2010 – 9:11 am
… is the Democrat’s electoral fortunes rushing down the drain:
Over all, the nation lost 54,000 jobs in August, the agency said, as state and local governments, many of them grappling with severe budget deficits, cut 1o,000 jobs last month. Another 114,000 temporary Census positions also came to an end. In all, governments cut 121,000 jobs [...]
August 23, 2010 – 7:57 pm
The majority of Americans oppose construction of the Islamic community center near the former World Trade Center. While they acknowledge its right to exist, they would prefer it not to. They consider it callous to build an Islamic site near the scene of a crime perpetrated in the name of Islam.
Their opposition has been dismissed as [...]
The FBI released 423 pages Friday from its secret file on Howard Zinn – a leading figure on the Progressive Left best known as the author of A People’s History of the United States. Zinn was actively involved in civil rights and anti-war movements until his death in January of this year.
In the files, Zinn [...]
April 27, 2010 – 12:24 pm
It’s really hard to fathom how anyone could believe Obama is Kenyan Manchurian Candidate, the Iraq War was a success, Palin would make a good president, and white men and Christians are oppressed in America. While these views are in the minority, it’s still a frightening large minority.
So how do these folks (Republicans) end up believing [...]
In America, political power resides predominately in the business sector, whose economic interests are first and foremost on the minds of both major parties. The Democrats have less naked loyalty to corporations, but their offices are funded, lobbied and coerced nonstop by businesses that hold stake in government affairs.
For a demonstration of this power relationship, [...]
February 23, 2010 – 11:54 am
The Democrats will deliver half of what they promise to their voters and all of what they promise to their corporate donors. For example.
Vote for Democrats if you’d like a slower decline in American power and prosperity.
Republicans will deliver the opposite of what they promise voters and all of what they promise to their corporate [...]
February 7, 2010 – 2:29 pm
Last night, the Tea Party circus act had its grand finale. The night was capped with a keynote speech by ringmaster Sarah Palin, who reportedly received upwards of $100,000 for her address. The speech itself was unremarkable. It featured constant swipes at Obama, contrasted with mindless worship of tax cuts, military operations abroad and, of [...]
February 6, 2010 – 6:33 pm
By the time the Tea Party convention began on Thursday, its credibility had already been hobbled by reports of tickets costing $549 and by criticism from other tea partiers who accused its organizers of engaging in “profiteering and exploitation of the grass-roots movement.”
All that was before the first speaker even took the stage. Then Tom [...]
November 20, 2009 – 10:31 am
Addressing a recent post on Small Wars Journal:
The massacre at Fort Hood is a reminder that the War on Terror is not fought just in south Afghanistan or Mosul. It is a global war also fought in an office building inside a military base in Texas. Many counter-terror analysts focus on the Pakistan connection and [...]
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