From the calm and measured intelligent discourse of cable news to the hard hitting in-depth stories of the Associated Press, the debate is raging. Should we send more troops to Afghanistan? The debate is usually very narrowly defined: “Are there enough troops in Afghanistan to win?” or “If we send more troops is winning possible?” Assumi…
Read moreThe first thing I thought when I heard about Obama’s peace prize is that it must be a fake headline from the Onion. As usual, right-wing Fox News/Rush Limbaugh style criticism of President Obama has been so ridiculous and over the top, that any legitimate substantive criticism is ignored. Right-wing smear merchants like [...]…
Read moreThe “two-state solution” seems like a fair way to solve the problem in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestine. The Israel Lobby (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas all back it so what could be the problem? Israel gets…
Read moreThe fake controversy of the week: The president giving a speech to children telling them to work hard and stay in school. Next week the Republicans protest Flintstones Vitamins as a subversive influence on our children. The real issue here is race. White racists don’t want a black man talking to their children. Such racists still [...]…
Read moreIf you think school cuts in a tough economy are inevitable, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. People need to educate themselves on the reality of the California budget, not just trust what Chancellor Reed or President Koester write in press releases. There’s a major problem which drains money from the budget every year. It’s welfare. …
Read moreEveryone is upset at CSUN over the recent difficulty getting classes, delayed graduations, fee hikes and teacher furloughs. Unfortunately, not enough of us are asking WHY this is happening. Some of our trusted servants running the CSU system, the ones supposed to be looking out for us, would rather line their own pockets at our expense. [...]…
Read moreWell, here’s another stupid AP article: http://tinyurl.com/ng8sez Interrogation probe steams those on right and left Without reading past the title, the basic assumption here is that the prosecution of torture is a Right vs. Left issue. In other words, the vindictive Left Wing wants to exact REVENGE! on Bush and his cronies, and the Right Wing has the [...]…
Read moreYes, the Republicans have the right idea…this isn’t something I find myself saying very often, but here goes… I just read an editorial from Paul Krugman (Nobel Prize Winning Economist, Writer for the New York Times) about the health care debates going on in the country: There’s a famous Norman Rockwell painting titled “Freedom of Speech,” depicting [...]…
Read moreObama rushes to quell racial uproar he helped fire NANCY BENAC, Associated Press, July 24, 2009 This headline in a nutshell represents the incomprehensible stupidity of the American “news” media. The Associated Press specializes in stories of stupidity, sensationalism and “controversies” but this one really takes the cake. The article’s misleading title would lead…
Read more“Until California changes its priorities . . .we only have bad choices” Board of Trustees Chairman, Jeffrey Bleich On May 13, 2009, the California State University trustees approved a 10% increase in student fees (articles.latimes.com/2009/may/14/local/me-calstate-fees14). Bleich, along with 16 others, voted for the increase with only 2 board members voting no. The working poor (and …
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