By JamesW on Aug 20, 2008 in The Mud Pit | 1 Comment
Jerome Corsi, who Swift-boated John Kerry as co-author of ‘Unfit to Command’ in 2004 and who is trying to do the same to Obama in his newly minted best seller, ‘The Obama Nation.’ About the same time his book came out (now a number one best seller), I received an email from a friend entitled [...]
By JamesW on Aug 19, 2008 in Environment, The Mud Pit, World | 0 Comments
A recent article by CNN suggests that Big OIl is at it again, spending huge amounts of money to make sure their record breaking profits stay in tact. In what may be surprising to some, the most recent figures from the Center for Responsive Politics show that the oil industry gives a relatively small sum to [...]
By JamesW on Aug 18, 2008 in The Mud Pit, World | 0 Comments
In Washington, President Bush chided Russia on Friday for Cold War-style behavior, saying, “bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century.” Bush said the United States stands “with the people of Georgia and their democratically elected government.” He said the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity “must be respected.” [...]
By JamesW on Aug 15, 2008 in The Mud Pit, World | 0 Comments
I knew that Corporations were encroaching more and more on our so called ‘democracy’ (closer to ”corporate-fascism” me thinks), what with the Bush Administration throwing them a bone at every opportunity. But this is nuts: now the primary burdon of keeping our country fiscally operationally is on us, the “litte guy”. Are you ready to shoulder that [...]
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 family engaged [...]
By JamesW on Jul 29, 2008 in Blog, Featured, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
It should be obvious by now, that the majority of our congress-persons are on the take. We sit on the sidelines, knowing what is right and reasonable when a legislative issue is in process. Then, all of a sudden, just the opposite happens. I can’t think of any reason for this, other than their are [...]
By JamesW on Jul 27, 2008 in Blog, Featured, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
I love the irony. John McCain has spent the last few months slinging mud at Obama for never having been in Iraq, yet discussing the topic publicly. So, Obama evidently on some level having agreed that this was a “weakness”, booked a weeks tour of the middle east as well as Europe. As I’m sure [...]