The further polarization of the American electorate.
Watching the McCain/Palin campaign descend to new lows I am compelled to call their actions as I see them. That we are expected to respond to their not so subtle racial innuendo in a positive way is...
View ArticleFox, Acorn, US attorney firings, and political sabotage by Republican operatives
Fox News has been flogging the voter fraud being attributed to Acorn. This is the same issue that lead the Bush administration to fire 8 US attorneys for not prosecuting said fraud and the subsequent...
View ArticleOur Healthcare Dystopia, or How I Fell Through the Cracks.
Here I go... about to be pushed off a cliff, (or to fall through the cracks). I'm about to forgo the safety net of health care insurance due to a pre-existing medical condition that has made obtaining...
View ArticleThe Real State of the Union, 2011
We'll soon be hearing from President Obama on the State of the Union. This is my analysis and opinion of the actual state of affairs in our country as the new year is dawning. The Economy Oil is at 90...
View ArticleThings Fall Apart
Things really are falling apart. Our Captains of Industry know that profit maximization at all costs paves the way to a better future for us all. By putting Capital into the hands of the wealthy we...
View Article15 things Every American should know about deficit reduction
This is my distillation of what the average American should know about the "debate" transpiring in Washington about the deficit. I. Government spending over the past 20 years has increased at a...
View ArticleAre Americans Just a Bunch of Suckers?
Having watched the alacrity with which our public servants, (legislators and chief executive), recently handed away resources ascribed to the commonwealth of the citizenry at large and the difficulty...
View ArticleBreaking the Social Contract
The natives are restless. We used to get to come into the castle when the marauders and pillagers arrived at the city’s walls in exchange for our support and defense of the realm. Not any longer....
View ArticleIt's Not a Fiscal Cliff, it's a Fiscal Bluff
Bluff: 1 a : to deter or frighten by pretense or a mere show of strength b : deceive c : feign 2 : to deceive (an opponent) in cards by a bold bet on an inferior hand intransitive verb : to bluff...
View ArticleWorking Stiffs and Executive Compensation, (or somebody's pissing on me and...
There has been a lot of talk about how the minimum wage has not kept pace with the expanding economy of the United States. Currently at $7.25/hour, the minimum wage would be at $16.50 had it kept pace...
View ArticleSnowden is our version of a self-immolating Buddhist monk
Edward Snowden is the American surveillance state version of a Buddhist monk setting himself on fire to protest a foreign invasion and devastation of one's country. The Mohamed Bouazizi of the United...
View ArticleNarcissism, Conspiracy Theory and the Edward Snowden Affair
I watched Edward Snowden's interview by Glen Greenwald in Hong Kong again tonight and was struck by his closing words: "There will be a time when policies change. Because the only thing that restricts...
View ArticleSyria, Disinformation and the Dying Empire
The problem with having lost my faith in the institutions of Democracy, is that I find myself in disbelief of anyone advancing an agenda such as is being done for US war against Syria. How do we...
View ArticleThe Presidential Press Conference You Will Never See
Obama bears witness to Deep State control of the country.In a stunning press conference Friday at noon on the White House steps, President Obama revealed that his administration has been under the...
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