Sundry Punditry
Fours Years and C-Ya: Why Obama Could Be a One-Term President
Barack Obama’s recent successes – health care reform, ABM treaty, improving economy – make 2010 look brighter for the Dems and 2012 look winnable for reelection by Mr. Obama. But I don’t think that he wants to run again, and that’s part of the plan. Barack is a one-term president, by design. The pace of [...]
China Going Rogue
Quick: Name one way that China is like Sarah Palin? Some people might say that Palin is a dragon in disguise, but with China launching cyber espionage against Western companies and governments, scuttling the Copenhagen summit and ignoring international norms of behavior, the oldest civilization still in existence appears to have decided it doesn’t need [...]
When a liberal doctor opposes the Senate version of health care reform, maybe it really should die
Howard Dean, a physician before he became a governor then the Democrat Party leader, is speaking out against the Senate version of health reform? Read here why, but I agree: this dog should have its day. The average person will get screwed while the insurance companies get richer.
Bush Values: an Oxymoron
One of the questions hanging over the Bush presidency, recently raised by his speech claiming that he “returned to Texas with (his) values intact,” is exactly what were the values of George W., and did he live up to them? George presented himself as a small-government Republican. If limited government then is his value, the [...]
An open letter to GW Bush
Some war president. Instead of rising to the challenge of the job, you shrunk down the definition. Don’t judge you as the steward of the national budget and economy, the carrier of our international respect, the spokesperson for our collective interests, the equalizer between all of the competing Washington interests, or as the one person we could turn to in an emergency. After you used 9/11 as a cover for an extreme domestic agenda, then to launch an unnecessary war in Iraq, all trust was lost. Took people a while to figure out who you really are—or, thank God, were, now that you’re back in Texas enjoying the perks.
Genius or Fumble? What McCain was thinking choosing Palin as running mate
The McCain campaign either pulled a masterstroke or just lost the 2008 election by choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate. I can see the long nights of work ahead, the war hero and his new beauty queen, his old one in the background with that Dela Bourke in Designing Women look on her face [...]
Green Living: how I’m changing my world
As a proponent of green living I’m frequently asked, what does it really mean? “Being Green” is an oxymoron if you really think about it, but living green comes down to decision-making and caring. Caring enough to plan ahead when leaving for work in the morning to bring bags to use at the grocery store [...]
The hardest decision ever: Clinton or Obama
I’m still wearing an ‘I voted’ sticker, cast my ballot in the North Carolina primary. First-time primary voter here, but long-time political animal who agonized, and finally decided based upon who is more electable. Sorry Barack. A month ago I would’ve voted for him. Perhaps even two weeks ago, but Hillary’s argument that she’ll beat [...]
Barack-O-Notta: the arguments against Obama
I can hear it already, a torrent of grade-school cracks raining down upon Barack Obama if he becomes the Democrat’s nominee for President: Obama your momma. Osama-Obama. Barack-O-Notta. They’ll find a way to hate him. The vilification has already begun. But there’s another reason why he’ll never be elected President. He’s not presidential “material.” The [...]
There Will Be Blood: why good Christians scare me
I know Jesus in a savior way but choose “other” as my religion rather than be associated with the fundamentalists who have hijacked the message of Christianity. My despising of George Bush excludes me from many mainstream Christian churches. He’s my Antichrist. Jesus said feed the poor, pity the rich, live at peace, tell the [...]
