Blog Entries tagged 'myblog'

George Bush and WMW*

llosapio — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:00:00 +0100

The only thing more mind-numbing than Bush's absolute disengagement over the current (and growing) financial crisis is the steadfast, continued support of him by a small minority. Now, that's loyalty - or is it ignorance?

The master of "What, [...]

Let's Not Talk About Iraq

llosapio — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:00:00 +0100

We need to stop talking about Iraq. It's not really an issue in this presidential campaign. We need to talk about everything but Iraq. Why? Because Republicans know that they have to take that issue off the table if they have prayer in hell of winning this fall.

But I'd like to talk about someone who took unilateral military action with virtually no strategic planning, using way too few troops resulting in an embarrassing failure. Not George Bush (fooled you). I'm talki [...]

George W Bush has approved this message of Torture

llosapio — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:00:00 +0100

This is absolutely incredible to me. George Bush's top advisors - Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice - not only approved torture but choreographed exactly what could be done to whom, how often. They decided who should be physically hurt, who should be waterboarded, who should be attacked by trained dogs.

But that's not the worst.

George Bush told ABC News that he personally approved of the approval of torture by his top advisers. Our President personally a [...]

What's the issue?

The Republican Revolution — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:00:00 +0100

If you are watching TV or listening to Radio, shut it off and start looking up where the candidates stand on the issues.

One thing we have, is a race that is based on personalities, not on the issues and the things we are going to be living with for the next four to eight years. If you do see or hear some one bring up a candidate's positions, they are over ran with a slew of venom and/or diversions that are quickly picked up on, before somebody dare call out where one off thes [...]

Why the Markets are Crumbling

BalaamsAss — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:00:00 +0100

Anyone following the stock market cannot but feel that something is seriously out of joint. At this time last year the market was roaring ahead and the Dow (by some estimates) was headed for 16,000. Then the "subprime" problem showed up, eventually turning into a "credit crunch", which became a "crisis of confidence" now morphing into a massive government bail-out of Wall Street. We have had several drops in the prime rate in quick succession, together w [...]

FDR on real freedom, not the fake kind advocated by rightists

CenterLeftLiberal — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:00:00 +0100

"Necessitous men are not free men.' Liberty requires opportunity to make a living - a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for." - FDR

Obama on McCain's embrace of tax cuts for the rich

CenterLeftLiberal — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:00:00 +0100

McCain opposed both Bush tax cuts, i.e. he voted against them in the Senate, becuase he beleived they disporportinately favored the rich (so he said back then). Considering the statements made in the "Economists Statement Opposing the Bush Tax Cuts" (not the mention the near universal conclusion among most analysists that the Bush tax cuts did not help spur the growth needed to pay for them & simply increased inequality), that might have been a good idea. But now, like George Bush [...]

What do the economists say?

CenterLeftLiberal — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:00:00 +0100

The vast majority of Economists are liberals and even more support the Democratic Party. As a matter of fact the viewpoints of most economists form a good outline of contemporary liberalism. A study by Carnegie University and research by the Southern Economics Journal found the following:

71% of Economists beleive that income inquality in the U.S. is too high. 81% of Economists advocate a role for government in redistributing income. 63% of Economists idenitify as liberal

A study by Sto [...]

Why a flat tax is inherently unjust: Fair tax is 'no fair'

CenterLeftLiberal — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:00:00 +0100

While reading through the economic policy proposals by Mike Huckabee, I came across the statement that a flat tax, unlike a progressive income tax, would not punish people for working hard. At first sight, but only upon first sight, does that seem plausiable. There are good reasons why the vast majority economists endorse a progressive income tax structure and would disagree with Mr. Huckabee's take on social justice and taxation. Here are three (note that there are m [...]