SOUND BITES OF REALITY (not bits of mutiny-on-the-Bounty) The General McChrystal affair is clearly a case of sound bites of reality, rather than one of mutiny-on-the-Bounty. It reveals the disconnection between the realities on the ground in Afghanistan, and the
NEVER MURPHY’S LAW DISDAIN (it will kick your ass if you do – every time) With any inherently dangerous enterprises such as coal mining and deep-ocean oil drilling, one should never Murphy’s Law disdain. It’s an immutable one, and
A RISING – PRIVILIGENTSIA– IN AMERICA (everyone is equal – some are just more equal than others) Despite the underlying egalitarian foundations of our republic, we’ve always had a class of economic and social elites. Most of the founders of
PROCLAMATION We, who may be non-practicing, or non-believing, even atheistic, and possibly of any erstwhile pagan persuasion, in the interest of promoting inter-faith goodwill and tolerance, hereby make the following proclamation: – we are gathering 100 Torahs
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT CALDERON (some of our best friends are…Mexicans) Dear President Calderon, As a taxpaying citizen I was pleased to see that our President and our Congress gave you a most friendly and proper reception during your
ARIZONA….THE WHIPPING BOY (being penalized for whistle-blowing) The State of Arizona is our latest whipping boy. All because its voters, legislature, and governor had the gall to blow the lid off on how corrupt and ridiculous our national policies about
THE AMERICAN BRAND OF CORRUPTION (genteel in style…but stealth in effect) America’s brand of corruption is genteel in style, but stealth, in effect. They call it –influence – or – influence peddling –. Unlike many other countries it’s not blatantly
SENATORIAL CALLS FOR FINANCIAL REFORMS (pots calling kettles….black) The current stampede in the Senate to enact a bill to reform our financial system is pure hypocrisy. Its ravings and ranting about the urgency now needed to rein in Wall Street’s
V.A.T. CATS AT WORK (stealth moves to pick our pockets) Here it comes! Faced with the realties of what their spend-ourselves-out-of debt policies foretell for the future of our country, the Obama Administration and its cohorts in Congress
THE GOOD NEWS IS…. (there’s not so much…bad news) The latest reported improvement about new jobs figures versus reduced unemployment levels, is being trumpeted by our DC spin doctors as a turning point in our depressed economic condition. To what