Invading Iran: Just Another Stimulus of the Package
When pretty much every reliable source tells you not to do something and you – you being the two most powerful people in the country – consider doing it anyway, one may immediately presume something...
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Wrapped Up
For today’s Say It In Song post, we thought we’d ask a question: Don’t the American people deserve to have political parties that represent a broad set of interests rather than just those of a tiny...
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Goodbye Herman Cain, I Shall Miss You!
Your 15 minutes of political fame as the black guy who almost became the anything-but-Romney-choice for the Tea Party are just about up. It has been a bizarre horse race up until now — but I’m pretty...
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The Right To Vote
Once again, what’s old is new again. Haven’t we as a nation been down this road before? Why aren’t we tired of repeating the same old stuff; at this point in our nation’s history, shouldn’t we be...
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A Round Of Applause For President Obama
In a world of headlines that change from hour to hour, it is a struggle to keep up even with the volatile ‘now’. Everything needs to be condensed in sound bites and judged in isolation rather than...
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Where’s our ‘Wooden Ships’?
If you smile at me, I will understand ‘Cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language. The United States has been a nation at war since October 7th, 2001. It started with...
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Pill Popping
With all of the recent talk about contraceptive pills and the persistent issue of men attempting to control women’s bodies my thoughts were directed to our access to pills in general. In this country,...
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What Standing Do the People Have in the Dirty Game of Politics?
My north Jersey neighborhood is pretty Republican. In fact, I claim on my blog site, Liberaloutpost , that the area is so Republican that even birds don’t have left wings. Well, that might be a bit of...
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Ms. Huffington, I Disagree
But let me make this clear: There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a...
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The Romanticized South Redux: I’m Looking at You, North Carolina
Being a Southerner in a major city has made me acutely aware of what I appreciate about my heritage, and those qualities I loathe about it. When I moved to the DC metro area 5 years ago, folks knew...
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The Blind Leading the Blind?
Perhaps I came off as a tad snarky last week when I declared that the pending presidential election is meaningless and I’d rather watch President Obama and Mitt Romney duke it out in a bare-knuckle...
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Asking the Hard Questions About 9/11
New 9/11 truth documentary among ‘most watched’ on PBS this week Victoria By Victoria N. Alexander Sep 3, 2012 in Politics “9/11: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out” is getting public attention...
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Return of the Swift Boats?
In 2004, Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry was narrowly defeated by incumbent George W. Bush. One of the factors in Kerry’s defeat was, no doubt, a so-called “527 Group” founded by John...
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The Iraq War Revisited: Could It Ever Be Justified?
The Bush administration lied about key evidence pertaining to Iraq’s WMD program and the Hussein government’s links to Al Qaeda. It exaggerated the dangers and strength of both. And it played on...
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Strange bedfellows for “firearms freedom”
In the United Nations despised by many conservatives, a strange thing happened on the way to the General Assembly by Manhattan’s East River last week. The international treaty on reducing the...
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Ask Mrs. Vera: Can George W. Bush rehabilitate himself?
Dear Mrs. Vera, I’ve been busy trying to keep my family alive and in a house for so long, I’ve forgotten why everyone hates George W. Bush! Except, you know, those swell people he knew and changed...
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Ask Mrs. Vera: What can a mother do?
Dear Mrs. Vera, What do you do when all of your relatives want to run for President? Barbara Pierce Bush, Flushing, New York Mrs. Vera Newman,San Francisco, California.Photo: Bill Bowers Dear BooBerry...
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Ask Mrs. Vera: Is it possible that Americans have come to think well of...
Dear Mrs. Vera, A recent poll reveals that for the first time since 2005, more Americans have a favorable view of George W. Bush than an unfavorable view. How is this possible? Regards, Dwight D....
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Conservative ‘Idiocracy’
The other day, a guy I know was complaining about the Obamas going on yet another vacation. When I told him that both Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush spent much more time on holiday during the...
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Ask Mrs. Vera: Do filibusters actually accomplish anything positive?
Dear Mrs. Vera, So, do filibusters actually accomplish anything positive? Truly Yours, Philip Ulcer Mrs. Vera Newman,San Francisco, California.Photo: Cameron Wolf Dear Mr. Cruz, On behalf of my...
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