Archive for the ‘iraq war’ Category

ELECTION IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY

Monday, August 4th, 2008

It is coming down to crunch time in the U.S. presidential election, and the nation is in the grasp of incredible uncertainty. The mind numbing occupation of Iraq still continues, and neither of the two leading candidates will say exactly when this insanity will end; only ambiguous time tables , ...

WILL IT EVER END?

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

It really is all about oil. This is where the neoconservative and neoliberal visions merge. After the hell fire that President Bush ignited by invading Iraq, causing many thousands of unnecessary deaths, now there is talk of bringing in big corporate oil companies, to get those valuable resources under control. ...

BACK ON TOP, BACK IN BUSINESS

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

First thing, I am no longer banned on The Huffington Post. Why I was, and the speculation, lead to a piece for which I received excellent support from readers of Streetalker.com and Truthdig.com. My speculations over content, may in fact have nothing to do with it. It could have been ...

INSANITY’S HOLY LADDER

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

First there is the banality of the news: US STEPS UP AIR STRIKES IN BASRA. A glib announcement to be sure, sandwiched between celebrity gossip and the latest political drool pool. It seems so abstract, so distant. President Bush proclaims this to be a defining moment. Everybody is "aiming ...

A TRUTHLESS MONSTER

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

This is going to be tough. It has to be. First the quote: "It is difficult for the ordinary voter to come to grips with the notion that a truly evil man, a truthless monster with the brains of a king rat and the soul of a cockroach, is about ...