Bush Talks of Crisis to Sell U.S. Retirement Plan. Now that the election is over, pay no attention to the failed war on terror or to the fact that the Bush administration borrowed our retirement money to fund an illegal war in Iraq among other things. Thieves. To some extent, the problem is not with … …
Cobb Urges Congress to Reject Tainted Ohio Electoral Votes. Not hearing much from the Dems lately when it comes to vote recounts. Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb will be a featured speaker at two rallies on Thursday in Washington, DC, calling on Congress to reject Ohio’s tainted Electoral College votes. [snip] “Ohio’s Electoral College … …
China’s ‘Haves’ Stir the ‘Have Nots’ to Violence. Minor street quarrel provokes mass riot. The Communist Party, obsessed with enforcing social stability, has few worse fears. Yet the Wanzhou uprising, which occurred on Oct. 18, is one of nearly a dozen such incidents in the past three months, many touched off by government corruption, police … …
IRS Releases Tax Tables for New Deduction. The tables can be found in IRS publication 600. Whatever. Interestingly, the sales tax deduction was added to the tax code as part of the ridiculously named Jobs Creation Act or Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act. Taxpayers in high income tax states (California, New York, etc.) won’t … …
Greens Shame Dems. Despite widespread pre-election concerns over electronic voting machine-enabled fraud, Democrats have shown little interest in the recount efforts being made by third parties. While the recounts are unlikely to change the overall outcome, they are needed to verify the integrity of the system. The Greens, who don’t stand to win anything except … …
Judge Questions Long Sentence in Drug Case. Drug law reform is long overdue. In a case that has spurred intense soul-searching in legal circles, a 25-year-old convicted drug dealer, who was arrested two years ago for selling small bags of marijuana to a police informant, was sentenced on Tuesday to 55 years in prison. [snip] … …
In paranoid moments, I used to imagine Bin Laden to be a modern day Emmanuel Goldstein, an artificial source of fear which fuels the massive American war machine. The problem with this theory is that (1) any person who actually pays attention to what he says might discover some ugly truths about the way the … …
Latin America Leans Further to the Left. This is perhaps the most exciting election-related news I have read this year. The left made more inroads into Latin America in four elections this weekend as crisis-weary voters tired of decades of U.S-backed market reforms warmed to pragmatic platforms of economic growth with better distribution of wealth. … …
While cleaning up my old hard drive, I found this letter I had written to Senators Schumer and Clinton prior to the Iraq war. It was the first time I had ever written to a Senator, but it likely won’t be the last.
U.S. to Free ‘Enemy Combatant,’ Bowing to Supreme Court Ruling. Another disgraceful failure for the Bush administration. Yaser E. Hamdi, an American citizen captured in Afghanistan and once deemed so dangerous that the American military held him incommunicado for more than two years as an enemy combatant, will be freed and allowed to return to … …