Ready for your $28,000 bailout tax?

The Bush administration throwing money at a problem is nothing new, but still, the sheer audacity of it all is mind boggling at this point. Another $800 billion “economic stimulus” package was just announced, and apparently Congress doesn’t even get to vote on this one. They abrogated their war making powers decades ago and gave [...]

Seven years after the almost hysterical overreaction to 9/11, is America coming to its senses? One can only hope.

Seven years after 9/11 and there are starting to be signs that America is finally emerging from 9/11 hysteria. Maybe it’s the time gone by, maybe it’s the incredibly expensive (and failed) war on terror, maybe 9/11 is finally being put in perspective by a vastly bigger problem, the economic meltdown.  9/11 was a hell [...]

The money-changers are holding the economy hostage, and our leaders say we should agree to all their demands. What would Jesus do?

I woke up this morning and the enormity of the $700 billion “bailout” finally sunk home. This is, simply put,  a $700 billion tax break for the rich. This is the largest upwards transfer of wealth in history. This is easily the most brazen crime ever committed, with a straight face our “leaders” are asking [...]

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”

I was writing a post about my ten favourite military blunders (did you know Custer’s men were drunk?) but seeing as the collapse of the west’s financial system is a fairly important story, I thought I’d press on with that. I’ve done more reading, and many thought  provoking comments were left on my last post, [...]

Bush’s Gloves Come Off: Give me 700 Billion Dollars Right NOW…Or Else!

I like how Al Jazeera put it: “US treasury to use taxpayers’ money to buy bad debts from financial institutions.” That pretty much covers it, short, succinct, factual. In many ways this is the biggest story of the Bush administration, if not the biggest story in decades. Yes, the Bush Administration wants the US taxpayer [...]

Did Bush Blink?

In what can only be described as a breathtaking about face, there are reports that the USA will be establishing limited diplomatic relations with Iran, including sending diplomats to Tehran for the first time in nearly thirty years. The US is also breaking with policy and sending a top diplomat to European talks with [...]

The USA is Going to Attack Iran

Another week gone by, another week spent perusing the news in the faint hope of gleaning some truth from a mass of lies, distortions, and misinformation. Another week of raving at the injustice of it all. Another week of struggling to put into words my alleged insights about this fascinating spinning hunk of rock [...]

Through Thick and Thin

Well, fighting has broken out in large areas of Iraq as the Maliki government takes on the Mahdi Army. Bush has it covered though, yes, this massive increase in violence shows that the surge is working! In fact, he said that this violence is a “positive moment!” Let me see if I understand this: [...]

4000 Dead…a Foundation for Peace?

Bush spoke yesterday about the 4,000 brave soldiers he has sent to their deaths in Iraq…he said they “…laid a foundation for peace.” I have a few questions about that…
Iraq is the world’s number two failed state, second only to Sudan, this is a foundation for peace?
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are dead, this [...]

Through Thick and Thin

I couldn’t help but notice that Bush made a speech on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War. I didn’t listen to it, I’ve never found him a terribly inspiring speaker. And truth be told, I almost never listen to any politician’s speeches. They rarely have much to say. I do however glance at [...]