December 19, 2008
The Democratic Party ran for the past four years as a party of change - an antidote to what it portrayed as the corrupt cronyism and ethically bankrupt government for sale ways of the Republican Congress and Bush Administration. The election is over, but the new congress and new administration are...
go to article »December 9, 2008
That’s PC-speak (aka ‘Newspeak’) for saying William Ayers’ Op-Ed piece in the New York Times is a steaming pile of crap. Or, in plain English, self serving lies. Ayers would like us all to know that he’s just a nice tweedy academic who was a bit intemperate in his you...
go to article »November 29, 2008
Ever since he won the election, the media and bloggers have been trying to predict what the Obama administration will do first, and where he will position his administration on the political spectrum. Presidents, like most world leaders, often find that the policies and goals they campaigned for a...
go to article »November 26, 2008
Much has been made of the fact that the President Elect is a Harvard man, and the Governor of Alaska went to a variety of colleges before graduating from a small state public university. Yet the great irony that the media paid no attention to was the question of which candidates were more likely t...
go to article »November 19, 2008
This morning National Public Progressive Radio carried a news piece on terrorist turned educator William Ayers. It is precisely what we have come to expect from the media: pleasant bromides about wonderful progressive people doing well by doing good. To hear NPR’s Peter Overby tell it, Ayers...
go to article »November 5, 2008
Senator Obama will be the next President of the United States. It is a historic occasion, and it is understandable that many who worked hard for this moment are feeling a sense of elation. The real challenge will be for Senator Obama to be the President of all of America. We can all hope that ...
go to article »October 28, 2008
The candidates have promised change in this election, but have they delivered? McCain called for a move toward the center, away from the divisive policies of George Bush. Obama called for an end to the old ways of campaigning and governing. Both promised to run clean campaigns, based on the issu...
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Good Morning All - Thanks for the invite to join you as a comment writing poster. This is my debut. The next president will have his hands full, as the global economic picture shows no sign of brightening in a hurry. Yet to hear the Obama campaign calling for change, it would seem as if they inten...
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