Repubs Hate America

I think that's what if comes down to: Repubs, for all their flag waving and strident displays of "patriotism" really hate America. The real purpose of their "budget sequster" is to force the economy into recession and punish America for not voting for them. The budget cuts are having an adverse effect on all levels of education, from College Aid to Head Start. But then an uneducated and uninformed populace would be in the interest of the Repubs and the Corporate interests they serve.

Send Them To Waziristan!

This is the tenth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, and that country was hit with a new wave of bombings that left 60 people dead. Al Qaeda claimed responsibilty, which shows that invading Iraq did nothing to put that group out of commission. In fact, the entire Middle East is actually less stable. The sacrifices we made-- 5000 dead, and 32,000 wounded, as well as nearly 1 trillion dollars were for nothing. Well, the was did "accomplish" one thing; it got GWB his second term. But only an idiot would argue that invading Iraq made the Middle East either more peaceful or democratic.

The appalling thing is that there are still those who defend the invasion in Iraq. Listening to their arguments is a sickening exercise in "counter factual" thinking. But even worse is how many of these people are still taking seriously as "pundits," how they continue to push for war against Iran, for instance. All these neo-conservatives should be rounded up and flown to Waziristan. See how their bombastic mania goes over there.

Boy Blunder At It Again

Paul Ryan, who never lets facts or figures stand in his way, has unveiled the new GOP budget proposal to drastically slash Federal spending, repeal the President's healthcare reform, and replace Medicare with vouchers. Ryan calls it "The Path to Prosperity," a verbal distortion as grotesque as anything in George Orwell's "Newspeak."
Ryan and the rest of the Repubs are economic destrutionists, who are trying to destroy the national economy for the sake of their twisted ideology.

The Decline and Fall of Bob Woodward

Those of us who remember the seventies came to see Bob Woodward as a hero. The way he together with Carl Bernstein exposed the Watergate scandal has become the epic standard of investigative journalism. To confront any Presidency is daunting to confront the corrupt and abusive Nixon White House can be considered heroic. However, recently Woodward has gotten into a spat with White House Economic Director Gene Sperling over an email exchange in which Sperling wrote "I think you will regret staking out that claim." Woodward is now claiming on tv appearances that the Obama White House is threatening him. He's even gone on Fox tv, whcih is usually a sign of moral degradation. Anyway, reading Sperling's full email shows that there was no threat implied. What's happened is that Woodward has gone from being an insurgent to an insider, because forty years is a long time.