Where Is The Outrage

UPDATE BELOW There are two and only two things which the Obama Administration and all citizens  in the country should be focused on. The first is  un-employment.  There are at least 15 million unemployed. For the numbers on job creation for all presidents since the end of WW2, the Wall Street Journal has a chart [...]

Whose Moral Compass

The people of the United States, or at least those who believe in “American exceptionalism,” think that the United States has the right to dictate what is right and wrong to the other countries on the planet. But when we have a history of Dick Cheney, water-boarding, Gitmo, extraordinary rendition, invading countries such as Grenada, [...]

We Are Doing Something Wrong

We have done a lot wrong when it is the widow who has to stand and be counted. This is extremely sad  Ashley Joppa-Hagemann, whose husband committed suicide in June before his ninth deployment, said her husband joined the military because of 9/11 The military is preying on these people.  Some are uber-patriotic, others can’t find [...]

Be Careful, Ladies

I caught this on WDTN, Dayton, Ohio last evening.  Some of you may be familiar with this ploy.  But if I was not familiar with it, and I wasn’t, then there may be some readers who have not heard of it. They say the 19-year old woman reported the sexual assault shortly after 1:30 Monday [...]

RawStory Headline

  New York dodges Irene, 18 killed on east coast   Yeah, like the city moved to Cleveland for half a day.  

Makes Me Wonder

Since 1968, this country has had a Democrat for president for about 14.5 years (Carter 4, Clinton 8, Obama 2.5) and Republican for president for 28 years (Nixon/Ford 8, Reagan 8, Bush 4, Bush Jr 8). And this is where the United States stands in the world:   Unabashedly borrowed from Suburban Guerrilla.

Tragic

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting this bit of tragic and sad news that has been overshadowed by the rainstorm that hit New York. There is far more going on that is unknown and therefore not included in this story.  I refuse to speculate.

A Horrible Situation

This is a real situation.  This happened to my niece and her husband on Wednesday the third of August, this year.   Three and a half weeks ago. He is 49 years old, she a few years younger.  They were riding their motorcycle, apparently obeying all applicable traffic laws, when a lady, who was later arrested [...]

Hurricanes

My experience with hurricanes: I spent the first 14 years of my life in Trumbull, Connecticut, a suburb of Bridgeport.  The house we lived in was on the side of a hill.  Looking down towards the north corner of White Plains Road and Unity Road was a large barn.  I was maybe six or seven [...]

Employees Getting Screwed

When I think of workers getting screwed, ripped-off by management, I think of my knowledge of how workers in the United States have been treated by the barons of industry, the Rockerfellers, the Vanderbilts, the Fords and other industrial giants. You know, the ugly side of capitalism at work. But I had not considered the [...]