I waded into the Democratic and Republican sea because I was drawn to the first viable black presidential candidate, Senator Barack Hussein Obama (middle name games don't work on me). I followed Senator Obama's run and in the process followed the runs of all the Democratic and Republican candidates. MSM, blogs, flash cards, you name it. I was thoroughly engaged in the … [Read more...] about The Two-Party Mass O’ Junk: My Hope!
McCain’s Evolving Positions
The Carpetbagger Report has an interesting summary of positions that Senator McCain has adjusted recently. I don't have much criticism for a politician altering their positions as information and circumstances change. Sometimes it might be technical issues, or some other contamination, that causes proposed legislation to stray too far from its original intentions. … [Read more...] about McCain’s Evolving Positions
What Muslims Think
Gallup has recently finished the most complete survey of Muslim public opinion that has ever been conducted. The poll took six years (from 2001-2007), and involved thousands of interviews with Muslims from more than 40 different countries. The results are a vindication of what many observers have been saying for a long time: About 93 percent of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims … [Read more...] about What Muslims Think
Campaign Finance Reform Round-up
Here is a round-up of progress from the Public Campaign Action Fund. … [Read more...] about Campaign Finance Reform Round-up
Don’t Like It, Don’t Buy It
Regular readers know I'm an Andrew Sullivan fan. But I have to respectfully disagree with him on this argument. Among other things, he writes: If the Clintons beat Obama this way, I have a simple prediction. It will mean a mass flight from the process. It will alter the political consciousness of an entire generation of young voters - against any positive interaction with … [Read more...] about Don’t Like It, Don’t Buy It
Continuing Our Hypocrisy Friday Theme . . .
. . . which insult is worse? A Barack Obama aide calling Hillary Clinton “a monster” or a Clinton aide calling Obama a reincarnation of Special Prosecutor Ken Starr? Before you try to answer the question, consider that the Obama aide apologized and resigned while the Clinton aide ain’t going nowhere because Hillary’s campaign plays by its own rules. This includes the … [Read more...] about Continuing Our Hypocrisy Friday Theme . . .
Obama Aide Resigns After Calling Hillary Clinton “A Monster”
The increasingly bitter and vitriolic tone of the Democratic Presidential nomination campaign featuring Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama has taken its latest foot-in-mouth victim: A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster." Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser and Harvard professor, … [Read more...] about Obama Aide Resigns After Calling Hillary Clinton “A Monster”
More Media Opinions On Obama-Clinton Clash…
An example: Daniel Henninger, columnist, The Wall Street Journal: "We don't yet settle political campaigns on paper, the Web or on talk shows. Obama famously proved that politics remains a public-performance art. It took 11 straight losses for Hillary — once the smugly 'inevitable' nominee — to learn to play in Barack's league. She's certainly competitive now. ... Democrats now … [Read more...] about More Media Opinions On Obama-Clinton Clash…
U.S. Unexpectedly Loses Jobs In February
More signs that the economy is worsening and that despite President George Bush's insisting that it just ain't so, the U.S. is in a recession: The U.S. unexpectedly lost jobs in February for the second consecutive month, adding to evidence the economy is in a recession. Payrolls fell by 63,000, the most in five years, after a revised decline of 22,000 in January, the … [Read more...] about U.S. Unexpectedly Loses Jobs In February
Libya blocks U.N. council resolution condemning killing of Jerusalem seminary killings
From the TimesOnline (UK): In an extraordinary development in New York, an emergency session of the United Nations failed to agree on a condemnation of the killings, the first major attack in Jerusalem in four years. Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, Britain, France, the European Union, Canada, Israel and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, condemned the … [Read more...] about Libya blocks U.N. council resolution condemning killing of Jerusalem seminary killings
Iraq: An Artist’s Idea Of Remembering Forgotten Soldiers
Within three weeks the world would observe the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the US-led forces. The extent of pain and suffering of the Iraqi men, women and children (as also those of the brave US and other soldiers ordered to perform a thankless job, and their families) is yet to be convincingly reflected in the international media. Even the brave soldiers remain … [Read more...] about Iraq: An Artist’s Idea Of Remembering Forgotten Soldiers
Ohmygawd! Where’s His Flag Lapel Pin?
JUST ASKING. … [Read more...] about Ohmygawd! Where’s His Flag Lapel Pin?
A More Perfect Union: Redistricting Reform
In Political Entrenchment the Washington Post editorializes about noncompetitive congressional districts. And I agree that along with Campaign Finance Reform this is the central obstacle to a more rational government. "members of Congress are "worried about taking a rational position" because they fear being punished in primaries by challengers questioning their ideological … [Read more...] about A More Perfect Union: Redistricting Reform
Fake Memoirs and Fictional Diaries
In the Search for Truth, book and magazine publishers are running into a few problems. Herewith two new trends in the reality business: The continuing hoo-ha over the latest publishing fraud, the Valley girl who posed as a druggie gang member, brings up the question of where to draw the line between writers with vivid imaginations and out-and-out liars. Truman Capote, who … [Read more...] about Fake Memoirs and Fictional Diaries
The Keystone State As Clinton’s Last Stand
I had wanted to wait until we got a little closer to the Pennsylvania primary on April 22 to discuss and diss a state in which I have lived, worked and traveled at various times for many years, but the mainstream media will soon be encamping there and I should get in my two cent’s worth before Wolf Blitzer starts interviewing shy Amish folk, brawny coal miners and flatulent … [Read more...] about The Keystone State As Clinton’s Last Stand
Who, Pray Tell, Is That Man In the Middle?
‘Wine-Track’ & ‘Beer-Track’ Democrats: Cheers To Both!!!
It is being argued that the famous divide between 'wine-drinking' Democrats and 'beer-drinking' Democrats threatens the party's fortunes in the run-up to the presidential nomination this year. While Bill Clinton during his race for presidency reportedly managed to successfully bridge the divide, it is an altogther different story this time. The Economist describes the … [Read more...] about ‘Wine-Track’ & ‘Beer-Track’ Democrats: Cheers To Both!!!
Obama: Avoiding the Fate of Segolene Royal
Is Barack Obama in danger of going the way of ill-fated French Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal - who was defeated by another member of an unpopular incumbent conservative party - namely, Nicolas Sarkozy? In this note of caution from a Socialist member of the French Assembly, Mr. Obama is duly warned. From the pages of the French newspaper Liberation, Jean-Jacques … [Read more...] about Obama: Avoiding the Fate of Segolene Royal
Hillary makes a primary gaffe
Ronald Reagan often spoke of the 11th Commandment: "Thou shalt never speak ill of another Republican." Of course, as a competitor in the 1976 GOP primary Ronald Reagan certainly spoke ill of Gerald Ford and Rockefeller Republicanism in general. But he never compared a Democrat favorably to Ford or any other Republican. He understood that however vigorous internal party … [Read more...] about Hillary makes a primary gaffe
Is India’s ‘Tigrish Economy’ Under Threat?
Economists now tend to agree that India has begun to influence the world economy. That is why the annual ritual of the presentation of the country's federal budget February end is viewed with great interest not only within India but also in the corridors of economic powers worldwide. The Indian Budget this year becomes important for yet another reason...By the end of 2008 the … [Read more...] about Is India’s ‘Tigrish Economy’ Under Threat?