Gary Ater
For the past 30 years, Gary had been a Marketing and Sales Executive for high-tech companies located in Silicon Valley. Today, Gary is an opinion on-line author of political and commentary articles on national and world politics and events. His articles and comments are also occasionally published in local Silicon Valley news publications and they have been seen and heard on national TV and radio news-talk programs.
Gary is now regularly published as an Opinion Writer in a number of On-Line news magazines. Those publications include the American Chronicle, Los Angeles Chronicle, California Chronicle and the World Sentinel as well as available via Google News. Gary hopes you are encouraged by his articles to respond on-line with your own comments, ideas and perceptions.
He also offers his "left-of-center" views on his Internet BLOG: "Uncommon, Commonsense" at: http://commonsense-gater.blogspot.com/ , which is also listed as one of the best BLOG's on the web at:
"http://blogs.botw.org/society/politics"
Gary is now regularly published as an Opinion Writer in a number of On-Line news magazines. Those publications include the American Chronicle, Los Angeles Chronicle, California Chronicle and the World Sentinel as well as available via Google News. Gary hopes you are encouraged by his articles to respond on-line with your own comments, ideas and perceptions.
He also offers his "left-of-center" views on his Internet BLOG: "Uncommon, Commonsense" at: http://commonsense-gater.blogspot.com/ , which is also listed as one of the best BLOG's on the web at:
"http://blogs.botw.org/society/politics"
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Articles by Gary Ater
November 19, 2009
The antics of the politicians in Washington would be laughable if they weren´t so tragic.
November 17, 2009
Public Education and the American worker, neither looks very "robust" today.
November 14, 2009
Was Dr. Hasan´s attack an attempt at committing an "acceptable" Muslim suicide?
November 13, 2009
When will the Republicans learn that the new electronic age won´t let them get away with not telling the truth?
November 12, 2009
C-SPAN during the House vote on the health care bill showed exactly why the Republican party just continues to shrink.
November 10, 2009
Definition: CONSERVATIVE: Favoring traditional views and values; restrained; moderate; cautious. Sure doesn´t sound like any current Republican I know today.
November 11, 2009
Health care for all Americans is both possible and affordable, regardless of what the "right-wingers" claim.
November 08, 2009
The Republican´s Health Care Plan actually was written by the insurance company lobbyists.
November 06, 2009
A version of an idea from the right-wing conservative, George Will, just might be the best approach.
November 04, 2009
More proof that there is a group of far-right zealots out there that is frighteningly for real.
November 04, 2009
A successful Congressional vote on the health care reform plan could theoretically bring an end to the Republican Party.
November 03, 2009
Well, here we are again. One more time we get to ask ourselves why did this man get elected as VP…and then get re-elected?
November 02, 2009
Just more examples showing why Fox Non-News is just a tool for the right-wing, "wing-nuts".
October 31, 2009
The opposition should remember their own past before accusing the Obama Administration of power abuse.
October 30, 2009
The Republicans just hate it when the other side uses the same tactics that they use.
October 29, 2009
The party of "NO" continues its journey toward insignificance.
October 28, 2009
Conservatives continue to push a fable about America that the GOP has been nurturing since Ronald Reagan, but it´s actually just that, a "fairy tale".
October 26, 2009
A request for more troops for Afghanistan sat on Cheney´s and Bush´s desks for 8 months before their political terms ended, and Cheney, in his recent speech, now has the gall to accuse President Obama, who is trying to decide on the right strategy, of....."dithering".....?
October 26, 2009
As long as Fox continues its misinformation campaign and to sponsor and organize the right-wing organization´s "Tea Parties", Fox must then stop trying to market themselves as a real "News Network".
October 22, 2009
If we follow the current policies of America´s conservatives, the American "middle-class" will disappear by 2020.
October 21, 2009
Had the balloon boy´s father just been Googled before the story went public, the "hoax" idea would have immediately popped up for the authorities to take a closer look.
October 19, 2009
One survey was looking for real responses to America´s current economic situation, the other was for spouting their party´s bizarre philosophy. Guess which was the GOP?
October 18, 2009
Are you ready to hear about one of the largest insurance hoaxes being played on the American public?
October 15, 2009
Many grown up Republicans are now acting like a child that needs to be given a, "Time-Out".
October 14, 2009
During the Great Depression of the 1930´s, many small-town banks closed. That is the same issue today.
October 13, 2009
The Europeans recognized the potential promise of an Obama Administration, long before the Americans.
October 11, 2009
There's much more for the government to do before we declare "Mission Accomplished".
October 08, 2009
Republicans would now seem to be the ones that hate America.
October 07, 2009
Just one more study that proves that you are not getting good information from FOX NEWS.
October 06, 2009
This author´s predictions as to the near-term future of America´s jobs and the US economy.
October 05, 2009
The New York Times David Brooks tells it "all" about the right-wing media.
October 02, 2009
When you go through the details of the proposed heath care "Public Option", it´s hard to find a reason for voting "no"
September 29, 2009
FOX News & the GOP are counting on ignorant Americans to continue their misinformation program on the Democrat´s health care reform plans.
September 28, 2009
There is no military solution in Afghanistan. It´s time to step back, review and consider another approach.
September 24, 2009
President Reagan always said "government is the problem". But George W. Bush proved beyond a doubt that it wasn´t "the government", it was those "running the government".
September 22, 2009
Did the Wall Street, "too-big-to-fail" companies become, "to-big-to-regulate" organizations?
September 21, 2009
Bush´s appointment of John Roberts as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court may eventually "trump" the current Democratic control of the House, the Senate and the White House.
September 17, 2009
The US Federal Reserve says that the weak US labor market makes the US economy "highly vulnerable".
We have finally realized that the overall US "jobs market" has been in jeopardy for decades.
September 16, 2009
Canadians many times feel overwhelmed by the US, but not about their health care for all.
September 15, 2009
The latest unbiased poll results on the views of both political parties still show a wide divide between them.
September 13, 2009
With all the right-wing crazies out there, the "Drugster" Limbaugh is still the "King of the Mob".
September 11, 2009
Republicans in congress showed their true colors on nationwide TV, and it wasn´t pretty.
September 09, 2009
The past empires of Greece, Persia, France and Russia all tried to unify and control Afghanistan, and they all failed at an unbelievable expense to their militaries and their fortunes.
Will it be any different with the United States?
September 07, 2009
Those that can only dwell on the senator´s tragedy at Chappaquiddick must never have made a bad judgment call of their own.
September 04, 2009
Some ups and some downs, but the report is mostly about positive change so far.
September 02, 2009
America must not be confused about the question of, "How should we deal with captured terrorists?"
September 01, 2009
Southern evangelical Christian & Blackwater USA owner and founder, Erik Prince, blamed for deaths of 20 innocent Iraqis.
August 30, 2009
Just as the "making of sausage" is difficult to watch, a final health care plan will take many ugly forms before it´s finished.
August 26, 2009
Even a "Pulitzer Prize" winner thinks that the Attorney General should not be held to a one issue investigation.
August 25, 2009
Just when you think he cannot get any lower, Michael Steele gets in even deeper with his latest lies and mistruths regarding health care
August 23, 2009
Facts are Facts, right? Apparently they aren´t if you´re a Republican.
August 17, 2009
According to the GOP, a panel of "Dr. Dooms" will be deciding the fate of "Granny".
August 20, 2009
At a time when the president should be absolutely "crystal clear", confusion abounds, the White House staff is off-point and the right-wing talkers appear to be gaining ground.
August 14, 2009
The political cartoonists always get it right, and Sr. Advisor, David Axelrod, also tries to set the health care record straight using the Internet.
August 12, 2009
The Republicans got us where we are today, but the protesters are showing up at the wrong Town Hall Meetings.
August 11, 2009
Yes, making law is ugly, and the GOP is working hard at also making it messier and even more difficult for all Americans.
August 10, 2009
After a closer look, there´s more in common between Obama and Lincoln than both just being junior Senators from Illinois.
August 06, 2009
There´s a good reason that less than 25% of today´s voters call themselves "Republicans".
August 04, 2009
The health insurance ideas of Minnesota´s Republican Governor, Tim Pawlenty, are out-dated and have no imagination for today´s Americans.
August 02, 2009
Misinformation & misunderstanding could kill Obama´s health care reform efforts.
July 30, 2009
Many of the GOP´s members are becoming real jokes, but many of them do have the material needed for stand-up comedy in Vegas.
July 29, 2009
The "Blue Dogs" seem to be even more confused than the GOP.
July 28, 2009
Why Wall Street and the US banks should both be regulated the same.
July 23, 2009
The Republicans realize that if Obama is successful in finally bringing all of America a public health care plan, the GOP knows that they could be out of office well beyond two Obama terms.
July 21, 2009
The former party of "family values" appears to have no values at all and very little commonsense.
July 20, 2009
We expected that it would be bad, but the Inspector General's Report has confirmed some of our worst nightmares.
July 16, 2009
When will Americans start remembering what happens every time the Republicans are given control of the government?
July 15, 2009
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions was born in the wrong century. He truly belongs back in the days well before Abraham Lincoln.
July 13, 2009
The law is now coming at the Bush Administration from two very different directions.
July 08, 2009
Not having universal health care is making America into a "third world nation".
July 07, 2009
The jury is still out as to whether US troops leaving Iraq´s major cities will actually work out for Iraq in the long run.
July 06, 2009
Most political pundits think her quitting is a stupid move, but do we know the whole story…?
July 02, 2009
Bush´s former Ambassador; John Bolton, makes John McCain look like a pacifist.
July 01, 2009
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's idea about American public versus private business is beyond bizarre
June 29, 2009
Actions by the GOP continue to be "too little too late,".
June 25, 2009
At 25% approval, the Republican party is less popular than Dick Cheney, and conservative talker, Rush Limbaugh, is even less popular with a 21% approval rating.
June 24, 2009
Looking for work? I understand the Washington lobbyists are hiring.
June 23, 2009
Of course, the GOP has jumped all-over this CO-OP concept.
June 22, 2009
America has made some big mistakes in dealing with Iran over the past 60 years. But the Iranian theocracy needs to know that the whole world is watching closely on how they deal with their own citizens.
June 19, 2009
Over 70% of Americans have said that they want a single-payer plan, but so far, the lobbyists are winning this war.
June 17, 2009
Higher health care costs can in some cases be due to questionable hospitals and doctors.
June 16, 2009
The Great Depression´s "Hooverville shanty towns", that are today referred to as "Bushvilles", are alive and well in many American communities.
June 15, 2009
It´s laughable that the Republicans in Congress are questioning that the CIA, with their tainted history, could have actually lied to Nancy Pelosi.
June 12, 2009
Wall Street and big business knew better about taking big risks, but they just couldn´t seem to help themselves.
June 10, 2009
It´s time to look at the "Good", the "Bad" and the "Ugly", of the past five months.
June 08, 2009
Most of the political GOP negatives that have evolved, including America's issues with Osama bin Laden, were started during the Reagan Administration.
June 04, 2009
"Live Free or Die", the official motto of the state of New Hampshire, is from a toast made by the state´s most famous General, John Stark, in 1809. However, I don´t think his phrase applies to how it is portrayed by today´s American conservatives.
June 01, 2009
And the market and the recession are only a part of all the US automaker´s problems.
May 29, 2009
The Pentagon´s face is red once more due to the poor efforts of a "no-bid" contractor.
May 28, 2009
Dick Cheney"...He´s the "gift" that just keeps on giving…especially for the Democrats.
May 25, 2009
As a typical Republican, all they know is "tax cuts and deregulation" for giving us the same problems they´ve given us since 2000 and before.
May 21, 2009
America must start doing what Americans do best: "Take a negative and turn it into a positive.
May 19, 2009
The Republicans have once again learned that "What goes around, certainly did come around...and it keeps biting them."
May 18, 2009
The issues and the discussion of America using torture are getting totally out of hand.
May 14, 2009
We should all take note when a devout, "real" conservative, makes it very public that Dick Cheney & Company are continuing to seriously "screw up"
May 11, 2009
More states keep getting on the band wagon. Will this continue?
May 13, 2009
Why does the GOP want the world´s greatest nation to be in the "Dark Ages" regarding health care?
May 08, 2009
If we were safer under Bush, it was because of a combination of dumb luck and by accident.
May 06, 2009
Having a lack of good ole "commonsense" is one of those
reasons.
May 05, 2009
Yet the Republicans have no suggestions as to just how this billion dollar "Tax Scam" should be dealt with today.
May 04, 2009
If there eventually is a Bush torture investigation by Congress or the Justice Department, things could get a lot more than just "tough" for the former Secretary of State.
May 01, 2009
Newsweek magazine once characterized the presidential Office of Legal Counsel as "the most important government office you've never heard of".
April 29, 2009
I continue to wonder how members of the GOP are able to go to sleep every night.
April 28, 2009
The Bush Administration attempted the destruction of State Department memos that disagreed with the legalizing of America´s use of torture.
April 27, 2009
Even though the conservatives still claim that the New Deal failed, they still can´t demonstrate or show any facts to prove their claim.
April 23, 2009
The Democrats are starting to see many of the misdirected statements of certain Republicans as major assets to the future growth of the Democratic Party.
April 20, 2009
The memo´s were disgusting to read, but further actions need to proceed against those that gave the orders to torture.
April 16, 2009
The notables that will be missing at the Dallas planning session screams volumes about the negative status of George W´s. "Legacy".
April 14, 2009
It took a middle American University Study to show how large US corporations have skewered the American taxpayers.
April 13, 2009
With so few "moderate Republicans" left in the party, it seems that only those from the far-right still call themselves "Republicans".
April 10, 2009
The so-called "conservatives" have been obstructionists to America´s progress for decades.
April 08, 2009
The country´s top military secrets will soon be more secure than they were under the Bush Administration.
April 06, 2009
In 2005, 43% of those members that had left the US Congress, are now registered to become lobbyists.
April 03, 2009
Current and former Justice Department lawyers predict a major overhaul in the department´s Public Integrity Section.
April 01, 2009
The demise of America´s major newspapers and the democracy that requires a responsible media is in serious danger for the country´s long-term political future.
March 31, 2009
Glenn Beck´s viewership is growing, but that´s because Fox News is the only place for American conservative TV viewers to go.
March 30, 2009
And please note that America was warned that we would have another economic crisis.
March 26, 2009
"Meghan McCain could become the next "Maverick McCain".
March 25, 2009
Conservatives criticize the Democrat´s actions, but they offer no other alternatives, just expressions of future doom and gloom.
March 23, 2009
However, there are alternatives to these "War Mongers" who never seem to learn from their past experiences?
March 20, 2009
...Dick Cheney on CNN
"It was easy to "de-bunk" Cheney´s responses to John King´s CNN interview questions."
I was amused and pleased that Obama´s Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, immediately responded to the previous vice president Dick Cheney´s recent...
March 18, 2009
The issues brought up by Jon Stewart & Jim Cramer are only the tip of the iceberg.
March 17, 2009
The "human development index" is now more revealing for Americans than the US GDP.
March 16, 2009
Critics want the new president to "focus" on the financial and banking problems, but the Obama administration doesn´t have that luxury.
March 12, 2009
Yes, there is life after the GOP……
March 11, 2009
People that live in glass houses, shouldn´t throw stones.
March 10, 2009
Republicans are starting to be referred to
as "Hooverites".
March 09, 2009
Lack of action on fixing the US banks could take down the president´s whole master plan for a decade.
March 06, 2009
Limbaugh, the other "talking heads", and the GOP are just now starting to understand what´s going on.
March 05, 2009
Yes, a thorough investigation is called for, but will probably not to be called for by the new chief executive.
March 04, 2009
With no oversight, such as that lack of the past GOP, the future waste of taxpayer dollars could get way out of control.
March 03, 2009
It looks as if the GOP is going to have to "start from scratch" in order to return to power.
March 02, 2009
Obama´s budget proposal is pretty straight forward, but it will bring a serious debate to Congress.
February 27, 2009
Tom DeLay; the Republican "Pin-Up Boy" for the GOP's example of total political corruption is at it again.
February 26, 2009
Republican governors don´t seem to think much about their citizens that are in need.
February 24, 2009
Even the conservatives from "down-under" don´t quite know what to do.
February 19, 2009
Obama´s focus on "just looking forward" may translate into leaving Bush, Cheney, Rove, et all, alone.
February 18, 2009
But it´s hard to tell whether some of his political moves are accidental or intentional…?
February 17, 2009
Being a public school teacher today is nowhere near the well respected profession that it was in the past.
February 16, 2009
It continuing to seem that perhaps the new Obama administration can´t see the forest for the trees.
February 14, 2009
As with most so-called conservatives, Rush & Co. refuse to admit that perhaps their concepts have some major "flaws".
February 12, 2009
Well, the president did say that it was an American "spending and jobs plan", and that´s what a "stimulus project" is…..!
February 11, 2009
Mr. Castellanos talks good but has no concept on how to fix the economic problems that his GOP team has wrought over the past decade plus.
February 09, 2009
Obama´s had a pretty good start, but it will take a lot of effort to reverse what Reagan and both of the Bushes & Company have done.
February 06, 2009
And Limbaugh now vows to "ruin Obama´s honeymoon"……….let him try!
February 05, 2009
"Ronald Reagan is directly responsible for America´s homeless problem." Per The Nation Magazine
February 02, 2009
Is America once again regaining the ideals and spirit that originally founded this great nation?
January 30, 2009
Guantanamo needs to be closed ASAP, no matter what issues have to be dealt with going forward.
January 28, 2009
Rove, Bolton, Miers and Rice should appear under oath and finally tell the whole truth.
January 27, 2009
If Bush and Co. are allowed to have broken the law, Obama´s oath to protect the US Constitution will be violated.
January 26, 2009
It´s a figment of imagination to give George W. Bush this bogus credit for keeping America safe
January 23, 2009
By saying he "wants Obama to fail", says more about Rush than it does about Obama…..
January 22, 2009
Some inauguration spectators were expecting a rousing speech, but instead they received a statement of today´s truth on America´s future.
January 21, 2009
Living up to the public´s expectations will be a very tall order.
January 19, 2009
Just because Bush II, Cheney and company are gone, doesn´t mean we should now just wave good bye and then move along.
January 13, 2009
Conservatives, and everyone else, have two different views of US history.
January 14, 2009
IT WILL BE DECADES BEFORE AMERICA'S VALUES ARE BACK TO NORMAL
January 12, 2009
Setting a goal of keeping the plan under one Trillion dollars could become a big mistake
January 07, 2009
Will Afghanistan become Obama´s "Vietnam", or "Iraq", or worse?
January 05, 2009
The issues that started the conflict after the war in 1948 are still the basic problem.
December 31, 2008
Some of the key nomenclatures of the George W. Bush Legacy are very painful to endure, even when just hearing about them or seeing them in print or on TV. This article will review the key Bush "decisions", starting before 9/11.
January 01, 2009
The "Surge" has shown an improvement in lowering the violence in Iraq, but the mayhem is far from over. And bringing home all of the US troops is still a big question.
December 21, 2008
GEORGE W. BUSH: WITHOUT A TRIAL, IT COULD FOREVER TAINT AMERICA´S HIGHEST ELECTED OFFICE
December 22, 2008
WHY CHENEY BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL & WORST US VICE PRESIDENT EVER
December 19, 2008
CONSERVATIVES STILL SUPPORT THE REMOVING OF MORE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
December 14, 2008
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December 11, 2008
WHAT WAS THE "BIG DEAL" OF FDR's "NEW DEAL"?
December 09, 2008
COMPARING AUTO BAIL-OUT TO THE AIRLINES IS "APPLES TO ORANGES"
December 07, 2008
COMING SOON: THE REVISIONIST HISTORY OF "GEORGE W. BUSH"
December 04, 2008
ALASKAN SENATOR, TED STEVENS: "GOOD-BYE & GOOD RIDDANCE!"
December 02, 2008
IS A "NEW" "NEW DEAL" WHAT AMERICA NEEDS?
December 01, 2008
BOTH PRESIDENT- ELECT OBAMA AND FDR EXPERIENCED; "DIFFICLT PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION PERIODS"
November 28, 2008
A FUN LOOK AT WHERE & ON WHAT, AMERICANS SPEND THEIR HOLIDAY MONEY
November 26, 2008
OBAMA'S ECONOMIC CURE MAY RESEMBLE FDR's, BUT THE AMERICA OF THE 30´s WAS VERY DIFFERENT
November 24, 2008
DETROIT: IT´S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S WRONG
November 20, 2008
FDR & OBAMA: SIMILARITIES, YET VERY DIFFERENT
November 18, 2008
CAN BUSH ISSUE A BLANKET PARDON FOR ALL HIS SUPPORTERS?
November 17, 2008
REMEMBER WHEN THE WAR IN IRAQ WAS GOING TO DECIDE THE ´08 ELECTION?
November 14, 2008
BUSH SAYS: "OK TO SAVE WHITE COLLAR JOBS………..FORGET BLUE COLLAR"
November 13, 2008
OBAMA´S PLAN TO DEAL WITH BUSH´S ARROGANT LEGACY
November 12, 2008
THE LATEST FINANCIAL CRASH WAS PREDICTABLE?
November 07, 2008
AFTER THE ELECTION: "WHAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS TO SAY"
November 06, 2008
OBAMA´S AGGRESSIVE GAME PLAN WILL DEPEND ON PICKING THE RIGHT TEAM
November 05, 2008
OBAMA'S PLANS TO "FIX" AMERICA WON´T BE EASY
November 05, 2008
NOW, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO CLEAN-UP THE LEFT-OVER BUSH DEBRIS?
November 03, 2008
ILLEGAL VOTING ACTIONS BY THE GOP IS ALL THEY HAVE LEFT
October 31, 2008
THE "PALIN EFFECT" CONTINUES TO DIVE AND DIVIDE
October 30, 2008
TODAY'S US ECONOMIC STATUS IN SIMPLE TERMS
October 30, 2008
CONSERVATIVES HAVE A BIZARRE ATTITUDE TOWARD TELLING LIES
October 28, 2008
BUSH: HE STILL WON´T ADMIT HE MADE A MISTAKE
October 11, 2008
WHAT ARE THE REALITIES OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY?
October 13, 2008
IGNORANCE IT APPEARS IS "BLISS" FOR McCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTERS
October 09, 2008
McCAIN-PALIN: HOW TO MAKE BUSH-ROVE POLITICS "LOOK CLEAN"
October 08, 2008
"TRICKY DICK CHENEY" IS TRYING TO HIDE ALL THE EVIDENCE
October 05, 2008
A 2004 S.E.C. RULE CHANGE CAUSED WALL STREET´S CURRENT PILE-of-DEBT
October 03, 2008
WHY JOHN McCAIN'S HEALTH SHOULD BE A MAJOR ISSUE FOR VOTERS
October 06, 2008
GET READY FOR NASTY POLITICS FROM McCAIN, PALIN & THE GOP
October 03, 2008
WHY PALIN'S APPROVAL HAS ALREADY DROPPED FROM >80% to 68%
September 24, 2008
THERE IS SOMEONE THAT THINKS; "BUSH HAS A GOOD ECONOMIC RECORD!"
October 02, 2008
McCAIN: A GAMBLER THAT DOESNT "KNOW WHEN TO FOLD-EM"
September 30, 2008
SIMPLY STATED: "WHY THE BAIL-OUT DIDN´T PASS IN THE HOUSE"
September 29, 2008
McCAIN SHOULD CALL HIS CAMPAIN "LOBBYISTS- R-US"
September 26, 2008
AT LEAST TV´S PRESIDENT BARTLET CAN TELL THE "REAL TRUTH"
September 22, 2008
PAST GOP MISMANAGEMENT CAUSING DRAMATIC INCREASE IN DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
September 25, 2008
IF YOU SURVIVE AN EARTHQUAKE, WILL YOUR LOCAL HOSPITAL ALSO SURVIVE?
September 23, 2008
BAILING OUT THE "FAT-CATS" ON WALL STREET IS "DEJA VU", ALL OVER AGAIN
September 20, 2008
GOP STILL BACKS FLAWED ECONOMICS AS THE "TITANIC" US ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SINK
September 19, 2008
A DISASTORUS WEEK FOR THE McCAIN-PALIN CAMPAIGN
September 16, 2008
McCAIN & PALIN ARE DEFINITELY THE "DREAM-TEAM" FOR BIG OIL
September 18, 2008
THIRD PARTY CONFIRMS THAT McCAIN & GOP MISREPRESENT OBAMA, AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN
September 17, 2008
A LIST FOR "NOT" SELECTING A McCAIN / PALIN TICKET
September 14, 2008
AS USUAL, THE GOP USESTHE "KARL ROVE BOOK OF DIRTY TRICKS"
September 05, 2008
REPUBLICANS......HOW THEY JUST DON"T GET IT!
August 28, 2008
IT"S AMAZING HOW MANY NEGATIVE "FIRST PLACES" WILL BE IN G.W. BUSH's PRESIDENTIAL LEGACY
OR, "WHY AMERICA SHOULDN'T GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN!"
August 27, 2008
BUSH & THE GOP, THEY: "SUPPORT THE TROOPS"..YEAH, RIGHT....
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT & THE GOP CANDIDATE HAVE SHOWN NO SHAME IN THIR LACK OF TROOP SUPPORT.
August 26, 2008
THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO MAKE A "BIG DEAL" OF THE GOP's FILIBUSTERS. ONCE AGAIN, THE GOP "PLAYS" THE DEMOCRATS LIKE THEY OWN THEM.
August 24, 2008
BIDEN CAN HELP OBAMA AGAINST FORCES FROM THE "DARK SIDE". BIG BUSINESS AND McCAIN'S COMMITMENT TO BUSH & "REGANOMICS" WILL STILL BE FORMIDABLE FOES.
August 22, 2008
WHERE'S THE TRUTH THAT SHOWS WE SHOULD TRUST McCAIN & THE GOP???
August 20, 2008
APPARENTLY, SEAN HANNITY AND FOX WILL NEVER LEARN THAT CONTINUING TO TELL LIES WILL EVENTUALLY BITE YOU BACK
August 19, 2008
ONCE AGAIN, DOCUMENTS SUPPORT BUSH"S MANY LIES TO ALL AMERICANS
August 17, 2008
FOX NEWS: DOES IT HAVE A "CULT" FOLLOWING? "Fair and Balanced?.....hardly"
August 15, 2008
McCAIN: IT"S NOT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A "TRIGGER HAPPY" POTUS
August 13, 2008
THE "FOX NEWS CHANNEL": A HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE CABLE TV CHANNEL
August 13, 2008
MORE IRAQI CITIZENS APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS
August 11, 2008
HAS THE GOP DESTROYED AMERICA'S REPUTATION AS THE WORLD'S "BEACON OF HOPE"?
August 08, 2008
CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK, RAND CORP. SAYS BUSH's "WAR ON TERROR" DOOMED TO FAILURE
August 06, 2008
MAJOR DROP IN 2008 GOP VOTER REGISTRATIONS.
IS NIXON'S "SOUTHERN STRATEGY" FINALLY DYING?
August 05, 2008
PERHAPS IT'S FINALLY IS IT TIME TO FINALLY FOLLOW THE PROCESS USED IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA & THE UNITED KINGDOM. IS IT TIME FOR "INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING"?
August 03, 2008
A US PRESIDENT CAN BE DECIDED BY ONE, SINGLE US CITIZEN.
It's happened before, it can happen again.
August 02, 2008
McCAIN PASSES TEST FOR BEING A CHIEF EXECUTIVE. HE NOW LIES, JUST LIKE BUSH!
July 31, 2008
FORGET OIL SPECULATION! HERE'S WHY GAS IS OVER $4.00 A GALLON!
July 30, 2008
FOR A SUPPOSED; "NATION OF LAWS", BUSH'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS A BIG JOKE
July 28, 2008
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY
July 23, 2008
WILL "SCOOTER LIBBY" BE THE FIRST OF MANY PRE-EMPTIVE PARDONS FROM BUSH?
July 21, 2008
GOP & McCAIN TELL BLATANT LIES TO ALL AMERICANS
July 19, 2008
REPUBLICANS SET NEW RECORD FOR BLOCKING ANY & ALL LEGISLATION
July 18, 2008
MORE PROOF THAT AMERICA MAY HAVE LOST IT'S "GREAT NATION" STATUS
July 17, 2008
JUST WHO IS PRESIDENT BUSH EXPECTED TO PARDON BEFORE HE LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE?
July 16, 2008
TOTALLY "FREE" MARKETS HAVE NEVER WORKED & THEY NEVER WILL!
July 15, 2008
McCAIN'S ADVISOR CAN CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR BILLIONS IN FINANCIAL LOSSES
July 13, 2008
HISTORY EXPLAINS WHY VOTER TURN-OUT TODAY IS SO IMPORTANT FOR NOVEMBER '08
July 11, 2008
The Bush Administration Continues Looking Like that of Richard Nixon
July 09, 2008
Time for Congress to Charge Rove, Miers and Bolten with "Inherent Contempt"
July 07, 2008
The 2008 Election Is About the Supreme Court and Much, Much More
July 06, 2008
Do Obama's Position Movements Really Compare to McCain's total Flip-Flops?
July 03, 2008
McCain's Tie to Lobbyists with Tainted Money Continue
June 30, 2008
McCain's Major Flip-Flops and Poor Voting Record. It's Not a Good Resume
June 27, 2008
China Wags its Finger at the US on the Management of its Economy
June 24, 2008
Wearing "Blinders" Seems to Be a Republican Requirement for ignoring the "real" economic issues for most Americans.
June 10, 2008
Based on the Senate's Report, Democracy Requires that Someone Answer For Iraq
June 05, 2008
Media Reform Is Finally Getting Some Attention.
June 03, 2008
Market & Political Management by the Republicans; It Just Doesn't Work!
May 20, 2008
John McCain Says Americans are "Better Off"! Are we?
No! And it gets worse before it gets better.
May 17, 2008
Let's Get Real About the Realities of "Global Warming"
May 12, 2008
< Right.....
Karl Rove was born December 25, 1950, in Denver, Colorado. Although he attended the University of Utah, the University of Texas at Austin and George Mason University, he does not hold a degree. Rove reportedly dropped out of the University of Utah to become the executive director of ...
May 08, 2008
Is John McCain the New "King of the Flip-Floppers?"
May 06, 2008
American Leaders Could Learn Much from Its Past Presidents
May 04, 2008
A Day in the life of "Joe" Republican and why "Joe" just might want to re-think his negative attitude toward those "horrible liberals".
May 04, 2008
Positive References to President Ronald Reagan Are Misplaced
April 30, 2008
"Conservatives" and "Liberals" Should Instead Be Called, "Brand A" & "Brand B"
April 27, 2008
The U.S. Military, The Big Picture Is Not Good
April 22, 2008
McCain's Economic Plans For the US: More Than A "Few Bricks" Short of a Load
April 18, 2008
Muslim Negotiations: No Changes in the way they do business over the Last 1000 Years
April 16, 2008
Iraq Fraud Whistleblowers Say, "It's Just Not Worth It!"
April 15, 2008
Corruption In Iraq May Account for More Than 1/3 of the Total Cost of the US-Iraq Occupation
April 13, 2008
Hooverville's In 1930, Bushville's in 2008..........?
April 11, 2008
Will the Democrats, Once Again Snatch Defeat Out of the Jaws of Victory?
April 09, 2008
Roosevelt or Reagan......Is THAT the Choice for America?
April 04, 2008
Our Next President Had Better Understand Domestic and WW Economics. At no time, since the Great Depression of the 1930's, has it been more important than now for our political leaders to have more than a basic foundation in world wide economics.cs.
April 06, 2008
A Vote For McCain.......It's Even Worse Than We Thought!
April 03, 2008
As devastating as the human costs have been in the Middle East, the big bills are just now starting to come in for replacing US military gear, equipment and vehicles.
April 01, 2008
Could A Return To FDR's Approach Work for America Today?
March 28, 2008
Here's the proof for why Right Wing Media continues to promote their hosts for mis-stating the facts.
March 23, 2008
A modern Nuclear Plant in Europe
A good friend recently sent me an article published in Canada that was based on a recent college lecture by award winning veteran journalist and author, William Tucker. The focus of the lecture was based on his forthcoming book entitled: Terrestrial Energy: How ...
March 17, 2008
The Republicans have been leading us down the wrong path for the past 20 years. Here's the proof.
March 13, 2008
Losing another military expert is par for the course with President Bush.
March 11, 2008
Job losses are the real issue of the current recession.
March 01, 2008
With all the activity going on in choosing the next candidates for the 2008 election, one would probably think that's what I would be writing about. However, in order to relate to those who have responded to my past feature articles, both the "lefties" and the "righties", I have decided to answer so...
February 11, 2008
A vote for McCain is a vote for the status quo.
February 09, 2008
North American Union. Is it in the works?
January 29, 2008
Bill O'Reilly, you are wrong again! Homeless US Vets are NOT all drug addicts and mentally ill.
January 21, 2008
Bush's list of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors".
January 15, 2008
The response to my series of three articles on the damages done by the conservative Republicans over the past four decades had an interesting mix of reader responses. Most of the comments were positive with mentions of thanks for the insight and information. Some were from people th...
January 08, 2008
The White House
In the Part II of this series, I tried to demonstrate how, that for the last 4 decades, the conservatives, when in power in the Executive Branch have worked to make the federal judiciary just another arm of the government for supporting their conservative politics. Through the ef...
December 31, 2007
Supreme Court
Many US Citizens don’t understand that the 3 branches of US Government are actually referred to by number. As the two houses of Congress are those for representing the American people, they are referred to as the 1st Branch. The President and his administration is the ...
December 24, 2007
Congress in Session
Since I began as a political feature writer and blogger, I have been taking on the current administration for their various political, and quite often illegal activities. To date, I have been especially focused on the loss of personal freedoms that have stood for decades or i...
December 19, 2007
Could you have been born as one or the other?
For years we have been hearing the different definitions of a conservative versus a liberal. We have all heard that conservatives believe more in the individual, smaller government, diffused local government, risk avoidance, less taxes, no entitlemen...
December 14, 2007
"Enhanced Interrogation"
In a recent response to one of my articles, I received the kind of comment hat has become so common from the ultra-conservative side of the equation. This individual said, “You’re not the centrist you claim, you’re nothing but a pure lefty that just says he’s in the mi...
December 10, 2007
New Years Eve, Times Square, New York City
As a weekly feature writer on the Internet, I receive a lot of responses to my columns and opinions. As one would also expect, some responses come with a bit of praise and some are not very nice, (to say the least). I did receive one this week that s...
December 04, 2007
The Tower of Iran
For the last four years, most Americans and the US intelligence community have been asking the question: “How could we have gone so wrong that we would go to war on totally useless intelligence information regarding Iraq’s WMD’s?" And now today, why should we believe what was...
November 29, 2007
Ed Schultz, Progressive Radio Talk Show Host with Wife Wendy and Senator Barack Obama.
(See end of this article for more background info on Ed Schultz)
Over the past year, I have come down pretty heavy on most of the national conservative talk show hosts, and for the most part, I still believe...
November 27, 2007
The Holidays @ Rockefeller Center, NYC
Years ago in our family, it became a tradition to “get into the holiday spirit” on the day after the big family Thanksgiving event by going to wherever the local shopping cacaoughony was occurring and the Christmas decorations were the biggest & brightest. ...
November 19, 2007
In my quest for trying to be a political moderate and to be as fair as possible with my writing, I have continued to read their columns and to listen to right wing talk shows just to understand what they are dealing out to the public. Actually, when comparing the right wing articles and shows with ...
November 15, 2007
Hy-poc-ri-sy, noun
Pronunciation: “hi-‘pa-kre-se”
From the Latin; “hypocrisies” The act of playing a part on the stage.
Definition:
1. The false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion.
This has obviously become the acceptable positioning word of the Republican Party since t...
November 08, 2007
When George W. Bush was barely elected in 2004, most of the major news papers spared no insults or comments in describing how he won and to declare that there was a vast chasm between the “Bushies” and the “Progressives”. New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd summarized it at the time by saying; “...
October 31, 2007
Last week, Bill O’Reilly made a statement in one of his “Factor” show announcements that: ”There was not a single military casualty — Iraqi or U.S. — in Iraq this week. This is the first time since March 2003 that this could be said.” After a commercial break, O’Reilly came back on the show to sa...
October 15, 2007
October 15, 2007:
Bill O’Reilly may continue to promote his “No Spin Zone” on Fox News so called “Fair and Balanced” news channel, but outside sources are continuing to demonstrate that it all depends on ones definition of “Fair and Balanced”. As the Fox News Channel has continued to grow over the...
October 11, 2007
Back in early March, I was one of the earliest writers to report on the horrible treatment of our injured veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Based on the many internal investigations at Walter Reed that have been in process, I decided to revisit the...
October 04, 2007
Until recently, only a small number of US citizens were aware of the role played by the private security contractors such as Blackwater USA in Iraq. However, on September 16th, as a heavily guarded Blackwater convoy was speeding down the wrong side of a rode in Baghdad with a senior US State Depart...
October 03, 2007
As a recovering Republican, I feel fairly qualified to write this article about the current GOP. When people ask me just what a “recovering Republican” is, I always answer that as I was growing up and becoming aware of the American political process, I became a firm believer in the Republican Party...
September 25, 2007
As is usual, when a large task (such as the occupation of a nation) is not properly planned for, the inherent problems will continue to compound as they have in Iraq. After WW II, tremendous thought and effort went into the planning and execution of getting the losing nations back on their feet and...
September 21, 2007
After last year’s election that changed both the House and the Senate, many of the people that voted for change have expected major changes in the occupation of Iraq. Unfortunately, as of the latest Democratic proposal by Virginia Senator, Jim Webb, once again the Republicans have joined with the P...
September 13, 2007
No, that’s not a misprint and I’m not smoking anything illegal. In many ways the President and Osama are and have been quite dependent on each other and both of them have there own reasons for sending each other a special thank you card.
Let’s take a look from the President’s point of view.
...
September 10, 2007
One thing the Internet has done for many writers is to give us a look at what information is available around the world that would not normally be available in the US. As an example, in the UK the restrictions on their “freedom of the press” is much less sterilized than the so called “freedom” that...
August 30, 2007
As a feature writer, I spend much of my time in different levels of research for my weekly articles. This means that I must read many published articles, listen to local & national broadcasts and cable news programs, listen in on conservative and liberal talk shows, read items published by politici...
August 27, 2007
As critical as I have been on the Bush Administration’s overall poor management of Americas business, I was very surprised in the President's speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars that he chose to compare the war in Iraq to the past US wars with Japan, Germany and Vietnam. As my father, a veteran ...
August 19, 2007
Many of you have seen the headlines regarding the military suicides that have reached the highest level in 26 years. There were 99 confirmed Army suicides in 2006 (2 additional deaths are pending investigations),up from 88 in 2005 and the highest since 1991 during the Persian Gulf War. The rate of...
August 13, 2007
One of the key areas to determine whether a country has good health care programs is the on-going results of the public’s life expectancy. Unfortunately, due mainly to the lack of a comprehensive universal health care program, US longevity has slipped from 11th to 42nd over the past two decades. C...
August 08, 2007
I guess it was inevitable that the Bush Administration would end up being compared to the Nixon Administration and the Watergate debacle. And just as the names; Nixon, Haldeman, Erlichman, Mitchell, Hunt, Liddy, Colson, Clausen, McGruder, McCord, Stans and Segretti became the house-hold Republican ...
August 02, 2007
Unfortunately, one of he most popular shows on American TV today doesn’t say much on a positive note with regard to our society. That show is the MSNBC’s Dateline program, To Catch a Predator with Chris Hansen. For those that have been living in a cave and aren’t aware of this program, it is a TV ...
July 26, 2007
A friend of mine loaned me a recently published book that takes a serious look at Western culture and how it relates to the values of the traditional Muslim family. Upon handing me the book, my friend went on to say that whether or not I agreed with the author’s overall conclusions, the basis prese...
July 21, 2007
Many people, especially today’s conservatives, continue to talk about the “good old days of the Reagan era”. As a previously registered Republican (I’m now in a 12 step program), I remember how everyone felt about the “Great Communicator” and how the public, myself included had felt that he brought...
July 17, 2007
I find it interesting that on June 1st, the US Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales said in a speech that newly announced legislation would require federal judges to sentence criminals to at least the minimum term provided by federal guidelines. In fact, this new legislation will restore the binding ...
July 15, 2007
I recently wrote a feature article and a Blog item regarding a recent Supreme Court decision. The Court’s 5-4 decision had let Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. off the hook in a discrimination case where they were sued for paying a 20 year female Goodyear employee the equivalent of what was eventually 40...
July 14, 2007
Anyone who has been reading my frequent articles or has visited my BLOG knows from which direction I come regarding the current administration and the war and occupation of Iraq. I still believe it was wrong to have a pre-emptive strike against a sovereign nation. And it was even worse to NOT have...
July 13, 2007
I found it interesting that just recently the long-time symbol of American Freedom, the American Bald Eagle was removed from the endanger species list. Upon this announcement, there were a number of wonderful video news briefs on the broadcast and cable networks showing the magnificent bird and the...
July 10, 2007
Even though I am not a big Michael Moore fan, I am a believer in providing universal healthcare for all Americans. For that reason, I decided to see Michael Moore’s new movie “SiCKO” over last weekend. What surprised me after seeing the movie was not just the realization of the poor US healthcare c...
July 08, 2007
I recently received an e-mail from a friend that contained a letter that is being circulated on the internet. The letter was originally presented as a satire of a “proposed final speech” for President Bush which was purported to be written by an American citizen from Maine. Even though the idea wa...
June 25, 2007
Having a “quick trigger” President and Vice President such as Bush & Cheney, it is not unusual to hear the rhetoric about the US possibly having to bomb Iran to stop its nuclear weapons development program. With all this talk, I decided to dig into offering some possible future scenarios. These vi...
June 15, 2007
I recently wrote a column about US hospitals closing and what the current US “non-health care program” was costing American tax payers and why the country needs a comprehensive universal health care program. Just one day after my article was published, two articles appeared that demonstrated these i...
June 11, 2007
It continues to amaze me how the neoconservatives are so vocal about their views on illegal immigration and what they continue to call the “amnesty bill” that was recently defeated. When at the same time, one seldom hears a word from them about the overall devastating effect that the undocumented al...
May 21, 2007
A question that was to become inevitable; “Is Iraq another Vietnam for the US?” And another question that is starting to arise at the water cooler and on the talk shows; “After the US leaves, could Iraq go toward capitalism as has Vietnam?”
Let’s take a look and address both to see if Iraq is in ...
May 15, 2007
May 15, 2007:
Back in 2003, most US citizens assumed that right after the successful two month War with Iraq, they would see similar progress in Iraq as was seen in the occupations of Japan and Europe after WW II. Only now are people understanding that the administration, military and congress that...
May 12, 2007
Most US citizens don’t realize that unprecedented activities are occurring within the high levels of our current and former military commanders. There is overall agreement that the current military is the finest team that the US has ever provided for fighting a foreign war. They also believe that th...
May 09, 2007
One positive item from being a feature writer for an on-line news magazine is the ability for anyone that has read your article to immediately respond directly to the author via e-mail. Having this capability has allowed me to receive some harassing comments (mostly from neocons and irate Bush suppo...
May 04, 2007
Over the past many months, I have written a number of articles about the on going war in the Middle East between the Sunni and the Shi’ites. This is a war that started in 632 A.D. after the death of the Prophet Mohammed. The original conflict began due to a disagreement between the tribes as to who ...
May 01, 2007
Many of you are aware of the recent terrible accident and tanker fire at the SF / Oakland Bay Bridge freeway approach. This event, where a gas tanker truck, traveling above the speed limit at 4:00 AM Sunday morning, hit a guard rail on an elevated section of the freeway connection “maze”. It then...
April 30, 2007
When the average Judeo-Christian person hears about different Muslim sects murdering each other day after day, the Death Squads in Baghdad collecting the dead Iraqi’s every morning with their tortured bodies, it is very hard to understand how anyone can justify this carnage. Most religions in the so...
April 26, 2007
Some months ago, I wrote an article about the Bush Administration and their track record over the past seven years (AmChronicle 02/20/07).
Needless to say, it was not a list of outstanding successes. In fact, after looking at it, it was more of a tribute to how NOT to run a government. Now Dick...
April 24, 2007
As this administration continues into the “Dark Side”, they don’t seem to understand how, what they say in public comes across to the average American. They are now beginning to use terms from the past that are totally against the concept of a democratic society. They then make absurd statements to ...
April 17, 2007
It’s time to get past all he hype on Anna Nicole’s baby, Rosie and Don Imus. Let’s now look at what the current Bush White House would really like all of us to just ignore. This time I am not referring to the current illegal occupation of Iraq or all the screw ups with FEMA, the hurricanes and the W...
April 09, 2007
Sunday, April 8, 2007
I have a real problem today in understanding how the western countries over the past many decades have seriously thought that they could change the direction of fundamental Muslim regions and countries. If we go back, only as far as the 1950’s with the US support of the Shah o...
April 02, 2007
As the business of war continues, the Pro-Iraq War factions continue to preach that; "If we weren't fighting in Iraq, we would be fighting al Qaeda in the streets of America." I sometimes wonder what thought process drives these big thinkers when all the evidence around them says something quite dif...
March 28, 2007
We are all hearing a lot of unhappiness from both major US political parties about what is going on today with the residents currently in the White House. This is one of the reasons that this is the earliest time ever for the general public to get this involved with the political process for the nex...
March 26, 2007
As my previous American Chronicle Magazine article (March 6, 2007) that caused quite a rousing response had stated: the "Team Abramoff" connections within the Republican administration and the overall business community has reached heights that will hopefully be known to all as the scandal's Senate ...
March 25, 2007
Already 4 Years?
Last year I remember when we came upon the 3rd anniversary of the War in Iraq and it hit me then to ask "how did it get to 3 years so quickly". It then dawned on me that with a rubber-stamp congress for the Republican president, they really had been sitting on their hands and letti...
March 14, 2007
It is very difficult for most Americans and other western cultures to fully comprehend the concept, much less the reality of living under a system where the basis of the government is defined as a theocracy. In other words, it is very difficult for anyone raised in any secular western country to con...
March 12, 2007
One must wonder what kind of newspapers President Bush reads or where he's getting his intelligence from regarding the latest results on the troop surge in Iraq? Last week the President stated that "there are encouraging signs that the deployment of additional US troops is working in Iraq". Is that ...
March 07, 2007
Everyone that watches TV and the news has seen, over and over again, the repairs and the clean up that is going on at Walter Reed Medical Center. There is no doubt that it is a shame and a travesty that this has occurred to our wounded troops, but the issues go much deeper than just Walter Reed and ...
March 06, 2007
My recent article on the Abramoff lobbying dealings with Microsoft really struck a nerve (AmerChron Mag, Feb. 24). I have received responses from both irate lobbyists and those that have been affected by the lobbying efforts of "Team Abramoff". Specifically the negative affect due to the efforts and...
March 03, 2007
After all the devastating screw-ups by the current administration, such as a "no WMD's war" that shouldn't have happened, poor responses to Hurricane Katrina and Rita, the lack of implementation of the 9/11 recommendations on Ports & Borders, taking away various American freedoms, no armor initially...
February 28, 2007
With all the various problem issues in Washington DC today, after 5 years of war, the country should not be continuing to hear about a lack of properly armored military vehicles.
The Right Vehicles:
With President Bush's current plan to go against his general's advice, the public's desire and mo...
February 24, 2007
Even though most people today feel that they were lied to about going to war with Iraq, no one seems to understand that the war with Iraq was actually won as planned. This occurred when President Bush declared the "end of major combat operations" on May 1, 2003, from the flight deck of the USS Abrah...
February 24, 2007
A reader of one of my previous American Chronicle articles recently contacted me to see if I might be interested in some data for a future article about the current Republican leaders and some of their questionable past and current political connections. After checking out the background of the rea...
February 20, 2007
Let's look at the Administration's track record and compare the Pros & Cons:
On the Con side:
Osama:
Before 9/11 and just after Bush's election, since President Clinton had been unsuccessful in capturing Osama Bin Ladin, Clinton directed his security advisor, Sandy Berger, to warn Mr. Berge...
February 16, 2007
Senator Hillary Clinton says that "If we knew before we invaded Iraq, what we know today, there would not have been the vote in the US Senate that led to the war in Iraq."
Just what is it that we know today?
(The following is based on the eventual "real truth" that contradicts direct statemen...
February 16, 2007
Back in 1993, the newly elected president selected his wife Hillary, as the Chairperson for developing a national health care program for the US. This was a key issue that Bill Clinton had campaigned on for his first presidential term. The first pass at "Hillary Care" as it was eventually referred t...
February 15, 2007
IraqIn a recent editorial letter, a reader had written: "We could end the war in Iraq right now, if we just supported our troops with the funds for them to finish the job. An upsurge of troops would wipe out the invaders from Iran, Syria and Lebanon as well as the other terrorists in Iraq."
Where...