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Article by John on March 7th, 2010 at 1:35 pm Michael Moore has a new letter to President Obama blaming the President’s mistakes and flip flops on Rahm Emanuel. Michael has it wrong here. The mistake was Obama’s hiring of Rahm in the first place. Remember the old saying that President Truman had on his desk, “The Buck Stops Here”? I just read that Goldman Sacks may be stealing $100,000,000 every trading day. And [...]
Article by John on December 2nd, 2009 at 9:40 am The more things change the more they stay the same. Gates says we have to stop the Taliban in Afghanistan or they will be a problem elsewhere. Kennedy/Johnson/Nixon say we have to stop the Communists in Vietnam or they will be a problem elsewhere. Same thing just different bogeyman Please remember this is the real reason we are in Afghanistan. And here is an [...]
Article by John on August 11th, 2009 at 1:29 pm This is complete crap. Next thing you know there will be an army of people with their guns strapped to their legs at every political rally in the country. If this guy came anywhere near a Bush speaking event, he would be hauled off never to be seen again. Just the sign he is holding up would have been enough [...]
Article by John on June 25th, 2009 at 3:08 pm Don’t care what politicians do in their personal life. In my perfect world, none of a politician’s or celebrity’s personal life would ever be reported. But we do not live in that world. Cenk Uygur appropriately points out that Governor Sanford left out a couple of things in his apology. I [Cenk Uygur] can begin to forgive Sanford if he gives this apology: I am so sorry [...]
Article by John on May 13th, 2009 at 10:35 am So much for learning from our mistakes. President Obama is attempting to block the release of hundreds of photos showing US personnel abusing detainees. Pass of Salang – Afghanistan President Barack Obama is seeking to block the immediate release of hundreds of photos showing U.S. personnel allegedly abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. An Obama administration official said Wednesday that the president told his [...]
Article by John on April 20th, 2009 at 9:56 am Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, defending his pardon of former President Richard Nixon at a press conference. Image by Getty Images via Daylife Well it is official. America tortured people. And the people that committed these crimes and the people that devised these crimes are not going to be prosecuted or otherwise investigated. Rahm Emanuel said so yesterday on TV. [...]
Article by John on April 18th, 2009 at 10:23 am A torture rack, photographed in the Tower of London – Image via Wikipedia President Obama and Congress: Please investigate, possibly prosecute and most certainly put forth new legislation to prevent any future torture being committed by our government. Do not condone what was done. Walk the talk. Do not put us at much higher risk of repeating these crimes in the future. The [...]
Article by John on April 2nd, 2009 at 7:32 am Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us. Regulations did not just magically appear one day. They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past. Reagan [...] | |
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