More on Afghanistan

I’ve posted about the U.S. presence in Afghanistan here and here.  And these may be the prime reasons we find ourselves in a quagmire over there.  Not bogged down yet but certainly not “winning the hearts and minds” of the Afghan peoples. And lest we forget why the Taliban was able to take over most [...]

Peek at the Future

Runaway industrialization, commercialization, profits-at-any-and-all-costs is what the United States has turned into.  When wages at big-box stores such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot are kept at poverty levels where skilled, over-qualified people feel lucky to find employment, the items that we use on a daily basis must be produced in low-wage foreign countries so folks [...]

Unbelievable

Unbelievable ?  Still totally beyond the pale.  Read this story and be prepared to be shocked. Two teenagers serve twenty-five years of a life sentence on evidence that the prosecutors knew was fabricated and false.  How do you return what is supposed to be the best years of your life to someone in their early [...]

Medicaid

Medicaid is supposed to be for, I think, people who have low income.  I do not know how low, but consider this. I have a married grandson.  He and his wife have two children.  They live in Darke County, Ohio.   Last year they earned a total of $21,000.   $21,000 for a family of four [...]

BecKKKerheads

Kieth Olbermann, on Coundown, Monday the 21st, called the followers of Glen Beck, “Beckerheads.” I have a slightly different spelling above.

Equinox

Well, Tuesday is it.  The day we go out in the yard and dance around our repective monoliths. Happy Autumnal Equinox!

Easy

The dialogue in the United States has gotten loud, polarized and over-the-top.  Both sides admit it and whatever little remains of the political center, decries it.  Could it be that it is much easier for bloggers to criticize the other side and view all events through a Manichean prism? My first attempt at blogging was [...]

Are These Her True Colors?

I hope so. I have never understood the concept of treating a corporation as a person.  I, as an individual, may be able to contribute $100 or more, to some group that is behind an idea I think is worthwhile.  A corporation, can take beaucoup dollars (which are written off as an expense) and employ [...]

New Thoughts On Last Previous Post

Earlier, I opined that  either oil or nuclear weapons or both could be why we are in Afghanistan.  It occurs to me now that there could be another reason. The United States is the world’s biggest exporter of arms and armament. We sell ten times more arms than our nearest competitor, which happens to be [...]

Mr. President, The Truth, Please

The situation in the whole of south Asia is far from simple and has more facets than a classic, round-cut diamond. Oil and natural gas in the -stans. Nuclear weapons in Pakistan & in India Tensions in Kashmir. Nuclear activity/research in Iran Russian interests in Russia’s backyard. For whatever reason, I do not see any [...]