US Politics
Et tu, Brute?
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Feisty Michelle Malkin pens a stern denunciation against certain unknown McCain campaign staffers who unceremoniously unleashed personal criticism to media against their ward Sarah Palin.Relentless in her campaign activities but quite gracious in defea…
A Promise To Keep
Friday, November 7th, 2008Here is one promise we should all keep with regard to our newly-elected president, as valuable lesson learned from the last 8 years of the administration of G W Bush. A promise for both those who are grossly disappointed with the results and even for …
Post-election Hopes
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Amidst the massive wake of euphoric celebration after a very historic presidential election result, uncared for temporarily are the compelling realities in the workaday economic life of the US.But we know that very soon we will all be rudely wakened to…
The Nation Has Spoken
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Obama wins the presidency very convincingly.Our heartfelt congratulations.God Bless America!
Learning Of Ourselves
Thursday, October 30th, 2008VDH has written a rather profoundly introspective piece on ourselves as revealingly gleaned from the rather abrupt and unexpected Sarah Palin candidacy, which essentially demonstrated how skewed our values and worldly perception have become.It is not a…
Race to the Finish
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008We have barely 7 days to go before election time. Some SEO keywords to remember in trying to learn about the Obama-Biden ticket:Unrepentant terrorist William Ayers - Obama’s favorite neighborConvicted Chicago landlord Tony Rezko Rev. Jeremiah Wrigh…
Fooled By A Fool?
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008With their snide, or being coy or cute commentaries, some bloggers or commenters in many blogs I visit appear to be playing and baiting others to go down into a baser level of political discourse, fancying themselves a lot smarter and wiser than the ob…
Who Said Elections Can’t Be Funny?
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008Here usually naughty Howard Stern, of all people, plays the maestro:HeHeHe.Hey, maybe all voters should be asked why they vote for a certain candidate, before they are actually given their ballots. Much like when one goes through the citizenship proce…
Some Introspection On The US Election
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008*************************************VS***************************************It is now only 21 days and less than 7 hours before the appointed date of November 4th, when the entire currently harangued nation goes to the polls – to express the electo…
A Catholic Defined
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008From CatholicVote.com here’s a video to see before November 4th comes:
Catholic Money: To Community Organizing
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008The revelations detailed out of a report and discussed in this blog, which appears to be a Catholic site with at least one Jesuit contributing an article or two, is very surprising to say the least.Its being made public may not do much damage to the ca…
Now What?
Saturday, October 4th, 2008The last VP debate showed us that the people can listen and are listening. Almost 70million of us tuned in, primarily to listen to a woman who spoke and used words to flesh out ideas, in the self-same manner that we hear said in conversations among our…
Sarah Palin: In Her Own Words
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008Will the real Sarah Palin show up on the debate tomorrow?Another video is available here.
Profile Of A Debate Moderator
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Michelle Malkin does a riveting profile of the moderator for tomorrow’s vice-presidential debate.And from the looks of it, it does not appear to be fair to get somebody who may have a conflict of interest, based on her previous commentaries, and even o…
Two Hanging Loose Observations
Monday, September 29th, 2008It is easily noticed that those people who are extremely emotional about the people they love and adore, are just as extremely harsh and brutal in criticism about the people they detest or disagree with. Thus, when speaking about their children, spous…
On Taking Sides
Monday, September 29th, 2008What is the one distinctive quality that permeates the expression of our political partisanship?Before tackling and actually trying to get an answer to that question, allow me to digress a bit.Grocery shopping is one task, no, call that chore, that mos…
The Politics Of The Economic Crises
Friday, September 26th, 2008A 10-minute lesson on why we have this economic crisis that we have today:This fast-paced video can be slowed down by clicking on the “pause” button when you want to view the text, chart, or graphic at your pace.A good earnest way to spend 10 minutes p…
Sarah Palin: Out Of Their League
Friday, September 26th, 2008Our major league players continue to condescend on the candidate that best typifies and represents us, that means, you and me.Ms. Kathleen Parker dutifully admonishes Sarah to drop out of the race because pitifully she is out of her league and doing so…
Breaking News: John McCain Suspends Campaign
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008As I write FoxNews has just shown John McCain announcing that he is suspending his campaign starting tomorrow morning in order to get back to Washington and participate in the debates over the $700 billion bailout plan proposed by the administration.Wi…
Who is Responsible for the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Mess?
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Indeed what is the short answer to the question - who is responsible for the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and consequently and subsequently, the giant brokerage firms’ illiquid positions necessitating more bailouts?This Fox News clip from Yo…
Could There Be A Catholic Vote?
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Update:Cal Thomas ponders on this same issue in his article at Real Clear Politics, entitled Catholics & Abortion (Again).As much as 23% declare themselves as Catholics, out of a total US population of 300 million. This translates to about 70 million …
Palin Does Florida!
Monday, September 22nd, 2008On a solo flight, VP Candidate Palin goes to Florida and attracts a crowd of about 60,000.Read the reports of two eyewitnesses, here, and here.Acknowledgment: Picture taken from one of the above blogs. More pics available there.
Pilin’ On Palin
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008For the second week in a row, the concerted efforts from the prominent sectors of media to pile on the candidacy of Sarah Palin continues not only unabated but rather intensified, all in the honorable and avowed purpose of “the public’s right” to…
In Hindsight: The Palin VP Candidacy
Thursday, September 11th, 2008(Getting to the finish line) In the middle part of February of this year, some clear political lines had been drawn. McCain had inauspiciously and unexpectedly garnered the top post as the presumptive presidential candidate for the de-glamorized Repub…
Lipstick On A Pig
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008The joke, but more an analogy, about lipstick on a pig or putting lipstick on a pig is an old one. And Google can vouch for this with its search results.But what is interesting is that in the site Democratic Underground under its General Discussion ar…
Pallin’ with Palin
Sunday, September 7th, 2008In a relentless bullying march toward more campaign money, Obama thunders the following challenge in a rodeo-like fundraiser with each participant ante-ing above 30K dollars each to the pot:”We’re not going to be bullied, we’re not going to be smeared,…
Dr. Laura Takes Exception
Sunday, September 7th, 2008Dr. Laura expresses disappointment with the selection of Sarah Palin as VP, but..:I am extremely disappointed in the choice of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Republican Party. I will still vote for Senator McCain, because I am v…
Sarah Palin Look-alikes
Monday, September 1st, 2008Now that this good-looking mother of five and governor of her state has been projected into the national scene because of her selection as the running mate of Sen. John McCain, all of a sudden it seems like the entire country is interested in getting t…
Nine US State Governors Are Women
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Out of 50 states, 9 are headed by women governors, 6 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans. This translates to only about 20% ratio of women to male governors and yet we know that women in the electorate, and in the general population, at the very leas…
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Picked as VP
Friday, August 29th, 2008UPDATE:Here’s the acceptance speech: **********This blog was among the first blogs to take notice of Gov. Palin as possible VP choice for McCain. This was way back in February 2008.Well, now we know she is the VP choice!Here’s the entry en t…
Tony Snow (1955-2008)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008I never knew him personally, nor had I met him in person at all. He inhabited a world very different from mine, as different as two possible worlds could be.But I confess there was an affinity or profound connection with him, close enough for my soul …
Of Prostitution and Hateful Homilies
Sunday, March 16th, 2008This past week, two attention-rocking temporal “revelations” grabbed the collective attention of a wearied nation already aurally and visually battered from insidious and incessant political sniping coming from all sides. And definitely not buoyed…
Who’s Your Choice For VP?
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Let’ start with this one: the current Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, who is Republican.There are now voices coming out from the blogosphere for drafting her as VP to Sen. McCain.Is she any good, aside from the very pretty face?Listen to an interview …