One of the more baffling news stories we have been covering on WORLDMEETS.US is that over the resumption of American beef imports to South Korea. For the past two months, daily protests and candlelight vigils have paralyzed the heart of Seoul over what appears to most Americans as a severe over-reaction to a minor trade issue. … [Read more...] about Who Does the Government Represent: Americans or Koreans?
Gay plot for hijacking America uncovered!
As lesbian and gay people are streaming into cities across America -- Anchorage, Chicago, Columbus, Houston, Minneapolis/St. Paul, NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Wichita -- for what are billed as Gay Pride events, what Pat Boone sees is an invasion coming to hijack his America!!!WorldNetDaily: It's been tried before, in a variety of ways. Starting with the time of … [Read more...] about Gay plot for hijacking America uncovered!
Hangover From the Unity Party
The too-muchness was overwhelming--too many smiles and hugs, too much arm-waving, too much cheering--above all, too much calculated color in a sequence out of a 1930s' movie in the early days of Technicolor. For Gail Collins, it evoked her generation's "Field of Dreams": "The symbolism was obviously supposed to stretch way, way beyond mere unity. Think the signing of the … [Read more...] about Hangover From the Unity Party
Heller to lead to more gun bans falling?
It seems that the ink was barely dry on the Heller decision before the NRA began challenging other gun bans. This story comes to us from San Francisco, following a challenge in Chicago. The National Rifle Association sued the city of San Francisco on Friday to overturn its handgun ban in public housing, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in the … [Read more...] about Heller to lead to more gun bans falling?
On Guns and on Votes
For a change, I will refrain from expressing my personal opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the District of Columbia’s ban on hand guns, and I will especially refrain from “characterizing“--glorifying or demonizing-- the Supreme Court justices for the way they voted. On the latter--and as an aside--it has been fascinating to observe the diverging reactions by some … [Read more...] about On Guns and on Votes
As Bush Wanes In Polls So Does Fox News’ Once-Easy Advantage
Fox News, the impressively-successful answer to years of charges from conservatives that the "liberal media" didn't give Republicans in general and conservatives in particular a fair shake, has ridden high during the Bush years. But now there are signs that, as goes George Bush, so does Fox News' hold on seemingly-easy news ratings dominance. The New York Times reports that … [Read more...] about As Bush Wanes In Polls So Does Fox News’ Once-Easy Advantage
What Does Bill Clinton Really Need?
He needs a hug. … [Read more...] about What Does Bill Clinton Really Need?
Washington Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo
Entire forests have been pulped to provide the paper for all of the commentaries in the day and a half since the Supreme Court overturned the District of Columbia's handgun ban, but when all is said and done this is what it comes down to: Justice Antonin Scalia, who in vociferously opposing the majority in the Gitmo detainee decision two weeks ago wrote that it "will almost … [Read more...] about Washington Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo
Georgia Barr the Door
He's raised just $300,000 dollars. He has a staff of only six people working out of a non-political public relations firm office. He's not even on the ballot in 20 of the 50 states. So why does Bob Barr have so many people looking nervous and edgy? Sometimes the answer lies in the margins. As this New York Times article points out, people are already casting a wary eye at Mr. … [Read more...] about Georgia Barr the Door
Clinton Obama’s Unity Event: The Beginning Of Hard Nosed Unity?
Was it unity? Or "unity smchunity?" Did Senator Hillary Clinton truly look sincere as she urged supporters to back the person who has wrapped up the Democratic nomination, Senator Barack Obama? And that kiss-and-make-up photo: Did it look real or fake? Did Clinton look relaxed? Or when she embraced Obama, did she look as if she was someone (as an LA talk show host said) who … [Read more...] about Clinton Obama’s Unity Event: The Beginning Of Hard Nosed Unity?
The “Gun Nut” Gap
Our national schizophrenia on firearms defies rational explanation. In the wake of yesterday's Supreme Court decision, both presidential candidates and, according to public opinion polls, most voters believe in "the right to bear arms." Yet only one out of three Americans owns a gun and, after mass murders like Virginia Tech, there is an upsurge of grief and outrage at the … [Read more...] about The “Gun Nut” Gap
Sexing up political candidates akin to Sex and The City
Grand Central Political published this column by Jennifer Nedeau of New Media Strategies and Human Folly, "Could A Little "Sex" Help Female Political Candidates?" Here's a tease: Since Barack Obama took the Democratic Presidential Nomination, I have come to wonder: if Hillary had harnessed some of the powerful imagery of SATC, could she have done better among women like me … [Read more...] about Sexing up political candidates akin to Sex and The City
Clinton Obama Unity In Unity: Are Wounds Too Profound To Heal?
It was an event that had "media hype" written all over it before the words "media hype" could be written: Democratic presumptive Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama met former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton in Unity, N.H. for a show of...party unity. On the surface, reports indicate it was a great event and could provide the beginning of party unity. But some reports … [Read more...] about Clinton Obama Unity In Unity: Are Wounds Too Profound To Heal?
Look at Me!
Congress Introduces Bill Improving Access to the Earned Income Tax Credit. It's an issue I previously blogged about here, but this article you can find over at The Debate Link the website of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Expanding my online empire, one website at a time. … [Read more...] about Look at Me!
When ‘Almost Sorry’ Doesn’t Count
In “A Hot Political Trend: Saying Sorry.“ (June 23), U.S. News’ Kenneth Walsh discusses what he perceives to be a trend that “has gone generally unnoticed in the presidential campaign.“ The trend is that of “saying sorry.“ According to Walsh: Politicians of all stripes are acknowledging mistakes more than ever. They seem to have finally realized that it's not a … [Read more...] about When ‘Almost Sorry’ Doesn’t Count
On Gas Prices – Do It All
From moderate cartoonist Tom Briscoe: … [Read more...] about On Gas Prices – Do It All
Is Barack Obama a Pro-Arab Pacifist or a ‘Zionist Poodle’?
Just as it has in the United States, Barack Obama's strategic ambiguity in regard to the Middle East and foreign policy in general has definitively shown up on Europe's radar screen. For Germany's Die Welt, Lord George Weidenfeld writes of Obama's recent speech to AIPAC - the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee: "The candidate of American Democrats, Barack Obama, is … [Read more...] about Is Barack Obama a Pro-Arab Pacifist or a ‘Zionist Poodle’?
Obama Moves To Center, McCain To The Right?
Are we seeing so many political positioning moves on the part of Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain that the two of them could open up a special road show of "Riverdance?" NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro note the fancy footwork: But what we find fascinating is that as Obama has moved to the center on some thorny … [Read more...] about Obama Moves To Center, McCain To The Right?
Tall Paul, Not So Tall Ben
It's interesting to compare the economic crisis behavior of two Federal Reserve chairmen—Paul Volker and the present holder of that post, Ben Bernanke. In 1982, while Volker (who is 6'6" tall by the way) persided over a sluggish economy and raging inflation, running early that year at an 8.9 percent rate, many economists were wary of atacking inflation too strongly. They … [Read more...] about Tall Paul, Not So Tall Ben
“Support the Troops”: Finally Not Just Rhetoric
Pressured by countless telephone calls, tens of thousands petition signatures and letters to Capitol Hill, thousands of letters to the editor, and hundreds of columns and opinion pieces (hopefully one or two of mine included therein) a sufficient number of Republican Senators have joined their Democratic colleagues to overwhelmingly--I.e. “veto proof”--pass Senator Webb’s … [Read more...] about “Support the Troops”: Finally Not Just Rhetoric