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A So-So Presidential Speech (Guest Voice)
A So-So Presidential Speech by Michael Reagan If President Obama’s address to the nation the other night was meant to keep the American people up-to-date on the situation in the Middle East, it missed its mark, leaving us in a state of confusion. For starters, the president implicitly limited America's proven exceptionalism. We may be exceptional, he admits, but not in … [Read more...] about A So-So Presidential Speech (Guest Voice)
How Did We Get Here?
I watched the movie, Inside Job, yesterday on my new Blue Ray player. Blue Ray, by the way, is everything it is cracked up to be. It makes me wonder how I watched fuzzy DVD’s. Inside Job on the other hand, was not. The movie, I felt, was a little unfair to Angelo Mozilo the co-founder and former CEO of Countrywide Financial. The movie made it seem Mozilo had somehow invented … [Read more...] about How Did We Get Here?
Supreme Court Ruling Is Unjust
John Thompson spent 14 years on death row in Louisiana because New Orleans prosecutors hid evidence that exonerated him. It sounds like the plot of this week's episode of ABC's Castle, except in the Hollywood story, the D.A. gets his comeuppance. In real life, the "conservative" block of the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the jury decision against the prosecutor's … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Ruling Is Unjust
Report: Obama Authorized Secret Help for Libya Rebels (Blog & News Roundup)
On a day when a poll found President Barack Obama getting his lowest polling numbers ever, and as the big political story playing out is whether or not there will be a government shutdown, a new story has surfaced via an exclusive report that promises to spark a new extensive debate. And it already has -- a debate sweeping like lightning through the Internet and on cable news … [Read more...] about Report: Obama Authorized Secret Help for Libya Rebels (Blog & News Roundup)
GOP’s Shameless Olympics of 2011
A candidate will emerge from the 2012 Republican primaries only after running a gauntlet of embarrassment this year. As polls show low public faith in Obama leadership, his potential successor will have to survive a field of self-promoting clowns unprecedented in presidential history. Take Newt Gingrich (please), claiming his adultery (in two marriages) more excusable … [Read more...] about GOP’s Shameless Olympics of 2011
Quote of the Day: Trump, His Birtherism and P. T. Barnum
Out political Quote of the Day comes from The Daily Beast columnist and CNN analyist John Avlon who notes that Donald Trump had a real change to run as a kind of CEO politician but has blown it in favor of assuming a birther identity -- and now resembles someone famous for being a showman and a hype: There is a place for a CEO presidential candidate in 2012. So far, Donald … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Trump, His Birtherism and P. T. Barnum
The Video Wisconsin Republicans Don’t Want People to See
What if a Wisconsin Republican was caught on video talking about tough it was for his family to get along on his $174,000 a year salary at a time when the state's Governor is not only cutting but eliminating collective bargaining for public unions? What if it wound up on the Internet? On the Republican Party's own site. What if a big liberal website then put it on You Tube? … [Read more...] about The Video Wisconsin Republicans Don’t Want People to See
P.J. Crowley Stands By the Comments That Got Him Fired
In a Guardian op-ed published yesterday, P.J. Crowley re-asserts his belief that the forced nakedness policy to which Pfc. Bradley Manning is being subjected is "'counterproductive' and, yes, stupid." I don't agree with everything Crowley says, but his reasons for opposing Manning's treatment are, in my view, very much on point (emphasis is mine): … [Read more...] about P.J. Crowley Stands By the Comments That Got Him Fired
A Modern Hoover-like Stampede?
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The False Imprisonment Of John Thompson, (Connick v. Thompson)
New Orleans businessman Raymond Liuzza, Jr. was murdered in 1984. The homicide was observed by one witness who was able to provide a clear description of the perpetrator as African American, six feet tall, with closely cropped hair. Several weeks earlier an armed robbery had occurred. During the scuffle that ensued in the armed robbery, the perpetrator’s blood got on the … [Read more...] about The False Imprisonment Of John Thompson, (Connick v. Thompson)
The Day Reagan Was Shot (Guest Voice)
The Day Reagan Was Shot by David Goodloe On this day in 1981, the president of the United States was shot by a would–be assassin — a (thankfully) rare occurrence as it is, but this time was unique in American history. This president lived to tell the tale. That president, Ronald Reagan, wasn't the first to be the target of an assassination attempt, but he became … [Read more...] about The Day Reagan Was Shot (Guest Voice)
Saving Ronald Reagan
WASHINGTON -- It came very close for "Rawhide," Pres. Reagan's Secret Service code name. A remarkable report from CBS News adds to the history of this day. At 2:27 pm EST, thirty years ago today, Pres. Ronald Reagan was shot and critically wounded, though the American public didn’t know how grievously at the time. John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of … [Read more...] about Saving Ronald Reagan
Roadside America
"Joe McCarthy. True American Hero. Right All Along." - From a truck-mounted sign on the road into Dublin, GA What on earth does that mean? … [Read more...] about Roadside America
Boehner’s Dilemma & Bachmann’s Heels
I feel as though I'm watching one of those controlled, slow-motion car crashes. Only instead of a dummy, inside there are 87 GOP House freshmen who have no idea -- no idea at all -- what's about to happen to them. ~ PETER ROBINSON, National Review I have been trying to avoid overexposure to the sausage factory known as The Greatest Deliberative Body In The Universe, aka … [Read more...] about Boehner’s Dilemma & Bachmann’s Heels
King Kong Gaddafi
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The 20-year Sellout of the American Worker (Guest Voice)
The 20-year Sellout of the American Worker by Tom Gibson Most nations try to avoid running trade deficits because those that do lose jobs. Why, then, for the last 20 years has the United States run a persistent, growing deficit that has destroyed more than 9 million jobs? The story begins when President Bill Clinton, promising expanding markets and more jobs, pushed … [Read more...] about The 20-year Sellout of the American Worker (Guest Voice)
Gallup Poll: Obama Steadily Losing Battle to be Seen As Strong Leader
A new Gallup Poll finds President Barack Obama is steadily losing the battle to be seen a strong leader: Americans have grown increasingly less likely to view President Obama as a strong and decisive leader since he took office. Roughly half now believe this aptly describes, him compared with 60% a year ago and 73% in April 2009. Some other perceptions have not … [Read more...] about Gallup Poll: Obama Steadily Losing Battle to be Seen As Strong Leader
Regime Change in Libya is No Business of ‘Western Adventurists’ (The Frontier Post, Pakistan)
Is the West in Libya once again getting involved with tribal and sectarian disputes beyond its understanding? That is the message of this editorial from Pakistan's Frontier Post, which outlines what is likely to happen as the 'eastern revolutionaries' close in on Tripoli - with NATO support. The Frontier Post editorial says in part: It's more than apparent now: The … [Read more...] about Regime Change in Libya is No Business of ‘Western Adventurists’ (The Frontier Post, Pakistan)
WIN-WIN GLOBALIZATION SOLUTION: GIVE DETROIT TO JAPAN
Anyone who has read the news over the past month knows about the dire situation in Japan and another unrelated mess that is Detroit. However no one has yet to merge the two disasters and thus create a win-win solution for the vast majority of people in both areas. Japan needs to permanently relocate hundreds of thousands of people who formerly lived in and around the … [Read more...] about WIN-WIN GLOBALIZATION SOLUTION: GIVE DETROIT TO JAPAN