The significance for Israel will be small even if the Palestinians get full or limited recognition as a State at the United Nations in coming days. Even though UN resolutions in 1947 and 1949 created Israel, it has ignored dozens of subsequent UN resolutions and refused to implement them. It has done so with impunity since neither the UN nor the US or other governments have … [Read more...] about UN approval of Palestinian Statehood Means Little for Israel
FBI Report Reveals A Failed War On Drugs
So says Law Enforcement Against Prohibition noting that the new FBI report shows one drug arrest every 19 seconds in U.S.: A group of police and judges who have been campaigning to legalize and regulate drugs pointed to the figures showing more than 1.6 million drug arrests in 2010 as evidence that the "war on drugs" is a failure that can never be won. "Since the … [Read more...] about FBI Report Reveals A Failed War On Drugs
21st Century American Political Parable
A progressive Democrat and a conservative Republican were walking together one day on the sidewalk alongside a busy downtown street. They were arguing about various public policies, what to do about the growing number of unemployed Americans, and whether President Obama was partially or fully to blame for the current economy. Then they stopped and observed the … [Read more...] about 21st Century American Political Parable
Feeding your family: almost as bad as paying taxes
Multi-Millionaire Rep. Says He Can’t Afford A Tax Hike Because He Only Has $400K A Year After Feeding Family Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) appeared on MSNBC with Chris Jansing this morning to attack President Obama’s new deficit reduction plan, which includes some tax increases on the wealthy. Taking up the typical GOP talking point, Fleming said raising taxes on wealthy “job … [Read more...] about Feeding your family: almost as bad as paying taxes
(Breaking News) Murderer Thomas Capano Found Dead In His Prison Cell
Thomas J. Capano, a once-prominent attorney convicted for the 1996 murder of 30-year-old Anne Marie Fahey, his lover and a secretary to then-Delaware Governor Thomas Carper, was found dead today in his cell at the state prison near Smyrna. He was 61. Capano, who was serving a life sentence, has been held in solitary confinement since his November 1997 … [Read more...] about (Breaking News) Murderer Thomas Capano Found Dead In His Prison Cell
Obama On Proposed $1.5 Trillion In New Taxes: “This Is Not Class Warfare, It’s Math”
President Barack Obama unveiled his profusely leaked proposal for more than $1 trillion in new taxes mostly on the country's wealthiest Americans and threw down the gauntlet to Republicans in more ways than one. His key phrase that will be carried on talk radio and cable shows (friendly and unfriendly to him), news websites and blogs (partisans of the left and right and … [Read more...] about Obama On Proposed $1.5 Trillion In New Taxes: “This Is Not Class Warfare, It’s Math”
GOP Speaks Up For Poor, Defenseless Millionaires
For once leading congressional Republicans have it right. Taking to the unquestioning Sunday morning talk shows, they decried the proposed minimum tax rate for millionaires rolled out today by President Obama as "class warfare" and an insidious way to portray the GOP as being indifferent to the many hardships being faced by ordinary Americans. Which, of course, is exactly what … [Read more...] about GOP Speaks Up For Poor, Defenseless Millionaires
Join Dakota Meyer’s Challenge
The young Marine, who has already done more than enough for his fellow Marines, for the Marine Corps and for his country, is now doing something for the families of Marines and Navy Corpsmen. Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer has partnered with the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation to raise $1 million by the Foundation’s 50th anniversary on May 28, 2012. He has also … [Read more...] about Join Dakota Meyer’s Challenge
Will This Be the Republican Argument Against Raising Taxes?
Maybe this will be the battle cry. … [Read more...] about Will This Be the Republican Argument Against Raising Taxes?
Vice President Biden On The Parlous State Of American Politics: This Too Shall Pass
I met future Vice President Joseph R. Biden when I was 12 and on my way to junior high school and he was 17 and entering his senior year at a Catholic boy's school. I was pretty much clueless and he a gangly kid with no apparent social skills and a stutter. We played beach volleyball together at the Delaware shore for a couple of summers and his folks and my folks became … [Read more...] about Vice President Biden On The Parlous State Of American Politics: This Too Shall Pass
Life-and-Death Election 2012
Unless Mitt Romney (or Jeb Bush) stops the Rick Perry steamroller, we are heading toward a referendum on the value of human life next year. When Sarah Palin invented death panels to bash health care reform two years ago, with perfect pitch for political devastation, she planted a seed that has now flowered in the Tea Party frontrunner, who is being cheered for multiple … [Read more...] about Life-and-Death Election 2012
Russian Billionaire Punches Another Russian Billionaire on Russian TV
Should we call this "When Billionaires Collide?" or "Puching with the Stars?" A Russian billionaire loses it with another Russian billioinaire on TV during a discussion on the economy and punches him: It looks like they've been watching too much American politics. … [Read more...] about Russian Billionaire Punches Another Russian Billionaire on Russian TV
Greek Euro
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Can Obama Calm Democratic Panic?
WASHINGTON -- With apologies to Winston Churchill: The talk in the political class is that this is the beginning of the end of the Obama administration, while the talk in the Obama administration is that this is the end of the beginning. Which will it be? Last week was not exactly what President Obama hoped for when he rolled out his big jobs initiative. He expected … [Read more...] about Can Obama Calm Democratic Panic?
Developing a Moderate Party Platform – Part II
For a competitive 3rd party to arise it will have to have a unifying theme that can be used to establish positions across a range of economic and social issues. To be effective, that theme will have to attract supporters from the right and the left. Perhaps the best candidate for that unifying theme is the growing disdain the general populace has for special interests. … [Read more...] about Developing a Moderate Party Platform – Part II
Google+ As An Identity Service Is Bait-and-Switch
In a classic "bait and switch" customers are enticed ("baited") to purchase a specific product but when they try to buy it they discover that it is "out of stock" and the salesperson begins the up-sell ("switch"). But bait-and-switch as a technique is not such a narrowly-defined behavior. Some people apply the term to product advertising with extensive "fine print" … [Read more...] about Google+ As An Identity Service Is Bait-and-Switch
Maureen Dowd’s Not-So-Funny Column about ‘Blockheads’
I started to read a real funny piece in today’s New York Times---at least funny to Democrats and perhaps even to some Republicans with a sense of humor. Others need not read any farther… It is written by the columnist Republicans love to hate: Maureen Dowd. It is about “Eggheads and Blockheads.” It is about the “egghead Eastern lawyer who lacks the skills or stomach … [Read more...] about Maureen Dowd’s Not-So-Funny Column about ‘Blockheads’
Pakistan’s Energy Crisis and U.S. Interests (Guest Voice)
Pakistan's Energy Crisis and U.S. Interests by James Daley On 7 October 2001, the opening phase of "Operation Enduring Freedom" U.S. military campaign began, which quickly drove the Taliban and its al-Qaida affiliates from Kabul on 12 November. Since then, 1,760 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan along with 942 International Security Assistance Force … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s Energy Crisis and U.S. Interests (Guest Voice)
Should Politics Be A Zero-Sum Game? (Guest Voice)
Should Politics Be A Zero-Sum Game? by Robert A. Levine Otto Von Bismarck, the German chancellor in the late 19th century, responsible for unifying the independent states that now encompass modern Germany, once called politics the art of the possible. However, the political process in the United States is currently stagnant. The expected bargaining and compromise between … [Read more...] about Should Politics Be A Zero-Sum Game? (Guest Voice)
GOP Passes Obama Jobs Bill
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