Destination: Emigration
Posted on August 18, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Presidential Election, Bloggers, BrockNet, Politics, World News | 3 Comments
Recently I’ve joked with Ms. Steinfeld about emigrating if Senator John McCain is elected president in November 2008.
Since she’s eligible for a real-no-kidding-Eye-Talian-passport, her chosen destination is Italy (probably somewhere near Sicily or the Tuscan shore). Mine is France.
It seems that my choice may be a bit better than hers…
Newish Washington blogger Charles Brown [...]
The world in a hand-basket…
Posted on July 15, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Presidential Election, Activism | Leave a Comment
I’m gone for a few days and the place goes nuts?
Another Camp Lejeune Marine killed his wife. I’m not sure why these kids think they can get away with it…Especially when this genius brings the body closer to his home than hers…
New Yorker magazine tries to satirize the right-wing theory that Senator Barack Obama (Il’s [...]
Dear Chris Matthews: "Can Obama now win over the regular folks, white folks, against John McCain?"
Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Presidential Election, Activism | Leave a Comment
Can you be less of a racist?
Just wondering.
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Read More..>>Will Bush Bomb Iran if Obama Wins?
Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Presidential Election, Activism | 2 Comments
Bill Kristol says it’s possible.
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Read More..>>Obama’s Hubris
Posted on June 21, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Presidential Election, Democrats, Political Blogs, Politics | Leave a Comment
I’m going to vote for Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
But I have to agree with Steve Clemons that this was bad taste and a terrible idea.
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Read More..>>Eight Years of Bush’s Economic Policy
Posted on June 6, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Presidential Election, Economy, Politics, Republicans | Leave a Comment
Has resulted in this.
The American unemployment rate surged to 5.5 percent last month, the government said on Friday, the biggest increase in more than a decade. The report was the latest sign that workers face a darker outlook even as they struggle to cope with the housing slump and high energy prices that have cut [...]
Dear Israel: Don’t Write Checks that the U.S. Can’t Cash…
Posted on June 6, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Activism | 1 Comment
Please.
“Attacking Iran, in order to stop its nuclear plans, will be unavoidable,” said the former army chief who has also been defense minister.
Well, with language like that, something sure-as-heck is unavoidable.
Sheesh. Can somebody find a friggin’ diplomat?
Obama Accepts Nomination
Posted on June 4, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Activism | Leave a Comment
Barack Obama has reached the delegate count that guarantees him the Democratic nomination for candidate for President of the United States.
And, though I still prefer John Edwards, I can live with Barack Obama. We can live with Barack Obama.
Yes. We. Can.
Asia Times Echoes Jerusalem Post, Foresees US Attacks on Iran
Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Activism | Leave a Comment
On the heels of this, Asia Times says the U.S. will attack Iran in August.
The George W Bush administration plans to launch an air strike against Iran within the next two months, an informed source tells Asia Times Online, echoing other reports that have surfaced in the media in the United States recently.
What’s unique in [...]
Read More..>>Letters to Senators Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr and Congressman Walter Jones, Jr.
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Activism, Elizabeth Dole, Military News, NC-03, Politics, Republicans, Richard Burr, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Walter B. Jones, World News | 2 Comments
As promised, the text of my letters to Senators Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr and Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.
Dear Senator Dole, Senator Burr, Congressman Jones, Jr.,
I was shocked to learn that President George W. Bush may have told Israeli government officials during his recent trip that he was planning military action against Iran.
It is [...]
