Trumpka on Obama and Race...
Back in the day, when I was an active Union representative in a virtually all White industry, I certainly ran into more than my share of racism among Union members. And I certainly attended more than a...
View ArticleSelling the rescue...
Over the past two weeks there has been a ton of debate over the condition of our financial infrastructure. The Administration says the situation is dire, but a scad of economists have opined "not so...
View ArticleFor Swing voters...
Okay... I know someone is going to yell at me... tell me it's been done, or it's improper...But whathehey!Here's some Barack for the swing voters among you...
View ArticleCanadian Parliament Lockout!
Find transition politics fascinating? Think the Democratic Primary was mesmerizing, did the general election have you on pins and needles... well buddy, you ain't seen nothing! Take a gander at our...
View ArticlePatriotism in a Time of Peril!
On September 11, 2001, our nation came under attack by an unknown enemy. Lives were lost, hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage was suffered and Americans came together in an awesome...
View ArticleCan we stop the political contest and act like we care???
You’ve heard the statistics... 47 million people without health insurance. 14,000 people who lose health care every day.You’ve heard the accusations and recriminations... death panels, socialized...
View ArticleNever forget... his life is on the line!
Admittedly I’m about as old as dirt. And I’m so old school that I’m probably one room. But that fact gives me what you might call the long perspective, so if you have a minute, stay awhile and res...
View ArticleA (fictional) President's Response to Cantor
What with our esteemed House Majority Leader decrying the "mob" of OWS... I thought perhaps he could use a reminder..."America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause...
View ArticleHealthcare's 800 Lb. Albino Gorilla
Writer/Social Scientist Jerrold Auerbach once noted that learning the law was the process of learning how to take two things inextricably bound together and thinking about one, without thinking about...
View ArticleBehind the curtain: Syrian mistake?
Watching the commatariat "analyze" the weeks events in the Syrian drama has been a bit of a head scratcher for me. Why, suddenly, would folks seem to believe that one of our most strategic thinking...
View ArticleWelcome to Our Quadrennial Political Matrix
“Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain. But you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life. There's something wrong with the world. You...
View ArticleMy Choice
The political season is raging and we are being called upon to choose between candidate A, B, or C, between political party A, or B. The voices are loud, the campaigns fierce, the choices stark and too...
View ArticleSay you want a revolution...
Over the past year or so of political wrangling, I have been very tempted to weigh in. But I put off writing about the Sander’s/Clinton primary for the most obvious of reasons, I had nothing new to add...
View ArticleYo Bernie-iacs Don Be effing around!
Let me break this down as simple as I can. I see you waving that vote around like you don’t think it’s loaded. But that vote is a dangerous thing! You keep messin around with it you gonna hurt...
View ArticleEnough!
We’ve had three days to deny, cry and look for scapegoats. It’s time to get to work!I don’t care who woulda, coulda, shoulda… it’s done!We have a country to try to save and friends and neighbors to...
View ArticleIf You want to Drain the Swamp… Don’t Feed the Alligators!
So… Red America wanted to shake up Washington to get something done. Problem is they decided to go about it without understanding what was going on.If you listen to many Trump supporters you will hear...
View ArticleThe Cost of Crying Wolf…
Back when I was a child my Mom used to read us kids the story called “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”. As the story goes… there was a young kid who lived in a small village who was given the job of taking the...
View ArticleTrump works the refs, while McConnell and Ryan flop!
He’s at it again… lying, making false accusations and blaming everyone but himself for his miserable performance. That’s the President.Trump has decided that he will amp up his old ploy of working the...
View ArticleThe Most Essential Debate Question No One is Asking
When President Obama was sworn in as President in January 2009, he was confronted with a severely damaged economy, resulting from the sudden economic collapse in the waning days of the Bush...
View ArticleThe Game IS rigged! ...because the Republicans rigged it, and intend to keep...
The President keeps saying the game is rigged. By this he means that somehow the “Deep State” Democrats have unfairly fixed the political rules against him and his party.He knows of what he speaks.The...
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