Browsing the Archive
May 2009
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Who’s Holding The Bag?
by Pat_S on May 22, 2009A post by Pat Obama and Cheney weren't the only ones making a speech lately. George W. Bush spoke to graduating high school students in New Mexico. He feels liberated from that sense of responsibility when he was President. He...
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Obama Driving GM Into Bankruptcy
by Pat_S on May 22, 2009A post by Pat The government is reportedly ready to engineer GM's bankruptcy next week if bondholders don't agree to accept 10-cents on the dollar. In that case, the feds will make another large infusion of tax money, around $30...
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The Obama – Cheney National Security Debate
by Pat_S on May 21, 2009A post by Pat The positions of each are well known. Obama says the enhanced interrogation techniques were illegal and a violation of our ideals. Cheney defends the methods as legal and effective in saving American lives. Obama said Guantanamo...
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Terrorists Discovered at Gitmo
by Pat_S on May 19, 2009A post by Pat Closing Gitmo is on hold says the Senate. I thought the place was a scourge, an affront to the Constitution. It was one of of the primary reasons the Europeans held us in contempt. Candidate Obama...
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Michael Steele – Turning Points for Republicans
by Pat_S on May 19, 2009A post by Pat Spinning around going nowhere is more like it. Michael Steele says the Republican Party has turned the corner, the honeymoon is over. If cliches were all that was needed to take on Obama, Michael Steele is...
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Obama the Vulcan??
by Maynard on May 19, 2009An editorial comment by Maynard Drudge linked to this Breitbart article. President Barack Obama said in a report Sunday that he saw the new "Star Trek" film recently -- and not just because it was last week's top-grossing movie. "Everybody...
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California special election
by Maynard on May 18, 2009A post by Maynard A quick note about the Tuesday's election, for California peeps. I haven't discussed this with Tammy, so she may weigh in differently......
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$500 Million To Take The Kids Outside?
by Pat_S on May 17, 2009A post by Pat It's the No Child Left Inside Act of 2009. Oh, there's a lot more to it than getting the kids outside. We have recess for that. It's federal funding for environmentalist propaganda. $500M Teaching 'Environmental Literacy'...
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Sri Lanka: ‘An Unimaginable Humanitarian Catastrophe”
by Pat_S on May 17, 2009A post by Pat The 26-year war in Sri Lanka appears to be over. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a.k.a. the Tamil Tigers conceded defeat. The LTTE assert themselves as defenders of the ethnic minority Tamils (Hindus) against...
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“Give me . . . a simple life and I’ll be okay/Here in Small Town USA.”
by Pat_S on May 16, 2009A post by Pat Janet Napolitano pulled back that rightwing extremism report. She says it will be rewritten. I'm wondering if country music fans will be on the revised list of potential recruits for the looney Right. She might agree...
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Tammy’s Adventure in Oslo, Norway
by Tammy on May 15, 2009You've probably noticed by now that Tammy Radio has been "Best Of" encores for this past week. That's because I'm in Oslo, Norway for a human rights conference set to begin Monday, The Oslo Freedom Forum. The Oslo Freedom Forum...
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Things to Come
by Maynard on May 14, 2009A post by Maynard I honestly don't want to post this, but I feel I must. I'm projecting into the future, which is always a dicey proposition. I'd like nothing more than to be completely wrong about everything. I'm not...
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Obama Reverses Stance on Prisoner Photos
by Tammy on May 13, 2009Chronicling B. Hussein Obama's War on America. In another indication of the chaos ruling the Obama's White House Amateur Hour, or perhaps the realization that he's setting us on fire way too fast and it's finally been noticed, Urkel has...
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Who Goes Around Killing Afghans?
by Pat_S on May 12, 2009A post by Pat Why can't America fight wars without hurting people? There's still a little more America bashing to be wrung out of torture but that's becoming a worn out excuse for anti-Americanism. Those pictures will really be sensational,...
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Judges and Kings
by Maynard on May 10, 2009A post by Maynard I'm posting this note in contemplation of the relationship between the individual (us peons) and coercive authority (those folks with badges and bigger guns). This is one of humanity's fundamental problems, and we'll wrestle with it...