By JamesW on Nov 3, 2008 in Blog, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
Over 75% of Americans see the Bush years as a disaster. However, to the NeoCons, he has been a huge success, and has advanced their long-term agenda significantly. The organization that embodies the NeoCon movement is called “The Project for the New American Century” and their agenda can be summarized as follows:
1) Increase [...]
By JamesW on Nov 2, 2008 in Blog, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
If “Joe the Plumber” only knew that the Republicans he so admires really hold him in disdain. His only value to them is good old reliable fodder to fuel their war chests. He’s a believer OK, and a fool.
If their exists any doubt that the Republican party is dominated by the NeoCon [...]
By JamesW on Oct 21, 2008 in Blog, Environment, The Mud Pit | 1 Comment
In a recent commentary on CNN, by Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, he suggests that we need to support people like “Joe the Plumber”, and provide the climate in which such entrepreneurial ventures can grow and prosper. Although he doesn’t say so directly in his commentary, I suppose this is [...]
By JamesW on Oct 19, 2008 in Blog, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
If you want to scare the H__ out of everyone this Holloween, dress up like “A Socialist”! For some reason, this seems to terrorize Americans like few words do. McCain is now using this as his new “scare” tactic, accusing Obama of “socialism”.
I have two words for McCain: “Who Cares!!”? A number [...]
By JamesW on Oct 18, 2008 in Blog, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
Sometimes I think our political leaders read too much Ian Fleming, or worse, indulge in the faint-within-faint-within-faint political tactics implicit in the whole “Dune” series. If the recent insinuated allegation recently filed by the Obama Campaign is true, then we have nothing short of a full fledged conspiracy to undermine the very fabric of [...]
By JamesW on Oct 17, 2008 in Blog, The Mud Pit | 4 Comments
It turns out “Joe the Plumber” (real name is Joe Wurzelbacher) isn’t really a plumber, and has no real plans to buy anyones business in the near future. In addition, he currently makes about $40,000 a year, and if he did manage to buy the business he has his eye one, he might, if [...]
By JamesW on Oct 16, 2008 in Blog, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
Conrad, who appeared before the crowd before McCain had arrived, offered a prayer that seemed to urge divine intervention to prevent Barack Obama from winning the presidential election — and cast the outcome as a referendum on differing religions.
The Times’ Maeve Reston was at the event, and she passed along the key passage from Conrad’s [...]
By JamesW on Sep 19, 2008 in Auto, Blog, Environment, Featured | 0 Comments
In a bold move, especially for a battered company in a bruised economy, GM has aggressively developed a prototype car that, for all effective purposes, run entirely on electricity. It uses a 400-lb lithium-ion battery, an energy source that is silent and emission-free.
The big difference from other “hybrid” cars such as the “Prius”, is that [...]
By JamesW on Sep 17, 2008 in Blog, Featured, The Mud Pit, World | 0 Comments
Whatever happened to “small government”. Isn’t that a Republican trademark? Now, thanks to our tax dollars, we (and I mean everyone in this country that pays taxes), own 79% of AIG, paying $85-billion, and of course manage Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well. And how did you feel about paying out $24 million to [...]
By JamesW on Aug 1, 2008 in Blog, Featured, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
My father was 94 when he passed away a few years ago. No sadness here; he was active and alert until his final days. In fact, he discovered the internet at age 79, and loved the ability to do research on various topics, and really loved email through which he kept our far-flung [...]