A Peculiar Blog

Once again Iran is in the news, once again it’s because they’re refusing to halt their uranium enrichment program. The US state department is once again talking about sanctions:

He spoke recently at the National Governors Association’s semiannual meeting and talked about a growing polarization in America. He made this 44 minute speech, citing statistics about voting habits and such, painting the picture that apparently people in this country are physically segregating themselves into groups that all tend to vote the same.

This election has turned out to have been rigged eight ways from Sunday so that Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe could continue to stay in power. From what I’ve read, there’s really no question about it, the election was totally bogus and Mugabe shouldn’t be Zimbabwe’s President any more than Hannibal Lecter.

Well, the economic news is continuing to slide and things aren’t looking good. According to the labor department, employers cut another 62,000 jobs in June, bringing the total to around 400,000 or so since January ‘08.
The cause? Well, lets just say that I think it’s reasonable to lay the blame for so many [...]

The primaries are over, the conventions are still yet to come (though I don’t see the point of having them since the outcome of each is already predetermined) and all parties are now focusing on the general election in November. Things are barely getting started and already the fear tactics have begun:
LIEBERMAN: U.S. MAY [...]

I just read a blog entry titled “Disposeable soldiers“. It’s one of those things that wakes you up and makes you ask “Can this really be happening?”. The pathetic answer is “Yes, It can.”
According to an investigation reported on Good Morning America The Veterans Administration is up to it’s eyeballs in a scandal [...]

They’ve finally gone and done it. The whole same sex marriage thing is now legal in California. No doubt there will be other states to follow.
People wonder why it seems like so many things are, to use an old expression, “going to hell in a handcar” (only these days it’s more like a [...]

Politics is a messy business and it’s even messier when it comes to figuring out who to vote for. Up until recently I’ve been leaning in the direction of McCain, in spite of the fact that he’s… well, not exactly in the running to be poster boy for natural acne treatment commercials.
Then I read [...]

I just got the June 6 issue of EFFector and thought I’d share this item from it for those who didn’t see it. It seems that the issue of immunity for telecoms that participated in the NSA’s illegal warrantless wiretapping program.
Now they’re trying to get the FISA court (remember, that’s the “Secret court” that [...]

With the latest results in the Democratic primaries it’s looking pretty much like the Clinton campaign is going to have their campaign bus for sale… And because of the financial condition of the Clinton campaign I wouldn’t be surprised for that to be true both figuratively as well as literally.
Meanwhile, The Obama camp is starting [...]