Besides operating this Blog, I’m also a Moderator on Raw Story’s Blue Lemur political forum, and every once in a while, I come across a contribution in a particular thread that expresses the issue better than I could, and with the original writer’s permission, occasionally winds-up on this Blog as a Reader Contribution. It’s rare, [...]
Entries from March 2006
And you thought the Dubai Port deal was a mess…
March 28th, 2006 · No Comments
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The Immigration Issue – And US Response
March 26th, 2006 · No Comments
I saw the headlines from Los Angeles, Chicago and elsewhere in regard the huge demonstrations by Mexicans – demanding that “illegal†aliens receive fair treatment. I also noted that some naturalized Mexicans – those that have gone through the process, earned their citizenship the right way – are bemoaning the facts that they would be [...]
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Is the US Congress Cowed, Complicit, or Ineffective?
March 26th, 2006 · No Comments
They say ignorance is bliss – so maybe I should stop reading the news. ABC ran a piece on this subject – but now, the “link†has mysteriously disappeared; coincidence, or more pressure by a criminal administration that has now defied Congress and the Judiciary itself? I’ve also noticed the Mainstream News Media is making [...]
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A reader contribution in regard 911
March 21st, 2006 · No Comments
On this site, most of the writing is my own – however, when I come across a statement or article that I deem appropriate and astute, especially as vital as an issue as 911 is – and the subsequent cover-up, I feel that it’s my responsibility to share it with my readership. 911 gaps in [...]
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Another Foreign Policy Blunder by Bush
March 21st, 2006 · No Comments
First, let’s travel back through time to 2001, where this article appeared and seemed to offer hope of a constructive, lasting relationship with President Bush’s new friend and ally, Vladimir Putin.
Bush hails ‘new era’ in relations with Russia
June 16, 2001 Posted: 5:44 PM EDT (2144 GMT)
By CNN White House Correspondent Major Garrett
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (CNN) — [...]
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Wal-Mart – Selling-out America, Again!
March 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment
This morning, I was absolutely dumbfounded at what I saw in the news. I had just completed a reply to an article I posted on www.campusprogress.org in the Blog section I wrote a couple of days ago in tribute to Google for their astonishing win against the Bush administration – and somehow, China was brought-up [...]
Dump the neocons
March 18th, 2006 · No Comments
Reading the Pensacola News Journal this morning – imagine my shock when I came upon the following comment in the Editorial/Opinion section.
Dump the neocons
The Republicans, in utter defiance of the polls and the will of the American people, are again threatening America with changing our long-standing system of checks and balances.
We hover, as a country, [...]
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A Tribute to Google – Standing-up for our rights!
March 18th, 2006 · No Comments
Finally, after all of these months, I woke-up to some great news – news that affects everyone in America! Google has won a major victory against the Bush administration – and hopefully their example will set a new standard for corporate America. Just this morning, the LA Times reported:
U.S. Is Denied Google Queries
Privacy activists [...]
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Congress and Country in Confusion
March 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Reading the news is getting tougher every day – and making sense out of it is even harder. I used to begin with coffee and started reading – now its coffee, Dramamine, and pretty soon, my guess is I’ll have to upgrade my coffee to the Irish type – and a double-shot at that! Maybe [...]
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The Dubai Port deal – Incompetence in the White House
March 12th, 2006 · No Comments
Generally speaking, there’s not a lot of news that I miss, or editorials I fail to read on a daily basis. I read from a variety of sources – including the Washington Post. On Friday, March 10, 2006, David Ignatius wrote an editorial which is referenced below. I’ve read a lot of David’s editorials, opinions, [...]
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