House of Representatives Votes to Cut NPR Federal Funding
Friday, March 18th, 2011 Posted in News, Politics | 1 Comment »The U.S. House of Representatives voted (along partisan lines with Republicans voting yes and Democrats voting no) to cut the federal funding of the organization National Public Radio (NPR) yesterday. The vote in question was HR 1076, titled "To prohibit ...
Deficits Are Not The Driving Force Behind GOP’s Budget Assaults
Friday, March 4th, 2011 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Republicans, State Legislatures | No Comments »Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is a staunch anti-abortionist "True Believer" and might think he is taking his marching orders straight from God or, more likely, the Tea Party's billionaire benefactors. I spent five hours on the phone last night calling voters ...
What’s Going On?
Friday, October 1st, 2010 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Race | No Comments »A while back my son asked me why so many of my posts sounded so angry. I reflected on that query and realized that I was being very personal in my political viewpoints and commentary. I had to stop and ...
Independents Struck Stupid: say not voting for Obama because promised change not here
Sunday, September 12th, 2010 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | No Comments »As Cheech and Chong once noted, things are tough all over. But Maureen Dowd's sister is done with Obama. I understand her sentiment, she is a pouty little idiot who feels her agenda hasn't been pursued aggressively enough by Obama. “He ...
Batshit Crazy! pt. II
Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Race | No Comments »News Flash! Nearly one quarter of the American people believe President Obama is Muslim and the Main Stream Media are tearing the collective shirts and wondering how this could this happen? How could such an idea take root? The idea has become ...
America Goes Batshit Crazy… Again!
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Race | No Comments »It seems that every era brings a period of mass stupidity to the nation. In the 1880's racism and hysteria led to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act. When the USA entered World War I it was decided a ...
United Suckers of America
Sunday, August 8th, 2010 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Race | No Comments »The Obamas who, by the way, are independently wealthy thanks to a couple of well written books and high profile pre-politics jobs, multi-task during their vacations. This is news? The whole meme being pushed in the various media of "optics," how ...
DWB: driving with baby!
Thursday, August 6th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News | 2 Comments »An article in the Times about a couple ticketed for parking in a "No Standing" zone while trying to feed their baby reminded me of an incident in NYC a long time ago. This situation was vastly different from today's ...
A Funny Thing Happened When I Posted in a Forum…
Saturday, July 25th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Race | 1 Comment »I am still puzzled, and a bit saddened by the fallout from President Obama's answer to a question concerning the arrest of Prof. Henry Gates. The blogosphere is ablaze with virulent anti-Obama invective. Yesterday I wrote an essay detailing my perspective ...
It may not be racial profiling; but being arrested in your own home is more than a little suspect.
Friday, July 24th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Race | 5 Comments »If you have ever been dealt with in a condescending way by an “authority figure” you can probably understand how Prof. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates felt when he was arrested at his home in Cambridge, Mass., last week. President Obama, in response to ...