Bushed Tony

This week the world saw and heard a sad story unfold. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair testified before a London inquiry board. The panel sought to know “what Tony knew when” about the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Tony, amazingly, provided confirmation of US plans to overthrow Saddam Hussein over a year before the actual [...]

The Missing Links

Jobs, Health Care, the National Debt, and the Tea-bag Party. What do they have in common?  Are they the missing links? In yesterday’s New York Times, Paul Krugman and David Brooks wrote amazingly similar pieces from quite different points of view. They both were reaching for the Center. Both wrote about how President Obama should [...]

One for Kansas

Yesterday Sedgwick County Judge Warren Wilbert ruled that the jury in Scott Reoder’s murder trial could not find him guilty of a lesser charge of man slaughter. Scott Reoder is standing trial for the murder of Dr George Tiller. Witnesses claim Reoder shot Tiller in the Lutheran Church where Tiller was an usher. The story [...]

Cherished

The trial in US San Francisco District Court recessed yesterday. Judge Vaughn R Walker heard the case without a jury and now has to review the arguments before issuing his ruling. The case in question is whether the citizen passed Proposition 8 violates the US Constitution concerning equal rights. The defense rested after its witness, [...]

Bank Common Sense

Can you hear the rhetoric? Senators Fluster and Bluster along with Representatives Pork and Barrel are running for the microphones to inform the American public of the great danger that lies ahead if we do not create more jobs, and they absolutely decry the thought of regulating Banks. It will be nothing less than the [...]

The Economy, Henry Ford, and The Banks

The “blame game” is in full swing as politicians on both sides try to pander to American voters. “The Government is not doing enough to create jobs”. “The banks are not lending enough to create jobs”. “The recession is over but job creation will follow only after time has past.” What is anyone to do [...]

Plouffe is Back

Democrats announced late yesterday that David Plouffe would rejoin the leadership team and quarterback the upcoming fall Democratic election strategies. Plouffe, along with David Axelrod were the principle thinkers behind President Obama’s successful Presidential candidacy. But can he help him now? Unbelievably in about 1 year large parts of American voters now think the country [...]

Banks?

Yesterday “Banks” were once again the target of attack. It was not John Dillinger, nor was it Bonnie and Clyde. Instead it was President Obama who spoke with righteous indignation saying he was ready to take on the Banks. What was he saying? In the past we have seen big steel, big oil, and just [...]

Out of Touch

Yesterday the Supreme Court handed down an opinion that overturned much of the 60+ years government prohibitions on Unions and Corporations from spending their money to influence elections. The ruling was not a surprise since the Court’s conservative majority have already telegraphed their views on “free speech”. The irony is that their decision belittles free [...]

New Mates?

The captain of a ship picks his mates usually for their skills.  These are people he must count upon.  The captain sets the course and expects the subordinates to execute the plan well. Sometimes, however, conditions change and the crew is just not up to the task. President Obama, one day into his second year, [...]