Archive for September, 2009
What A Wonderful World . . .
Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by Nicholas Martinez.
I woke up this morning in such a good mood. I beat Halo 3: ODST (it was a short campaign, but one hell of a game. 8.5 out of 10), my Yankees clinched the AL East Division Title after sweeping the Red Sox this past weekend and I think I’ve finally found the future Mrs. […]
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Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Posted on 27. Sep, 2009 by Michael Preston.
Last week, in a remote part of Kentucky, a federal census worker was found murdered under mysterious circumstances. The man, Bill Sparkman, was found naked and bound in a national forest with a noose around his neck, his Census I.D. duct taped to his forehead, and the word “fed” scrawled on his chest. At this […]
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What ACORN Can Teach Americans. Even Now. Seriously.
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by Carla Murphy.
There’s a whole lotta wrong in the videos released last week of the ACORN sting operation. But I noticed one right. Finding out that a low income community organization encourages tax fraud doesn’t bother me. Half the country would cheat on their taxes if they could and the wealthiest already are. But encouraging underage prostitution? […]
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Don't Move Missile Defense to the Sea, Send it to the Dump
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by Joel Schectman.
Conservatives criticized plans to drop plans for a European missile defense shield. They say it’s a capitulation to Russia during a time when we can ill-afford to look weak in the eyes of this potential adversary. But Obama’s plan to move sensors from Poland into the ocean and space doesn’t go far enough. This Cold […]
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Blood Money
Posted on 20. Sep, 2009 by Robert Voris.
“One death is a tragedy. One thousand deaths is a statistic.” – Joseph Stalin
More than 1,500 citizens have been slaughtered in Ciudad Juarez in the past year. On September 4, 18 people were lined up and executed in a drug treatment facility. Since January of 2007, almost 10,000 have died violently in Mexico.
In Afghanistan, the United States military is struggling to hold godforsaken mountains against a group of folks who would rather the last 600 years didn’t happen, much as the Soviets did in the 1980s.
Since 1964, various Colombian governments have fought paramilitary forces across the country. There have been abductions, assassinations, untold civilian suffering and blackmail against companies that do business in Colombia.
The cornerstone of this violence is the profits from the sale of drugs to addicts in the United States.
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Blue v Red
Posted on 20. Sep, 2009 by Maria Clark.
Well I was going to talk to you all about Paterson. And if I weren’t always scrounging for something to write about last minute I might have made that deadline. So in my attempt to avoid the constant topic of race and Obama I shall talk to you about anti- ballistic missile shields. Or now…the […]
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Bye-Bye Paterson, Says The President
Posted on 20. Sep, 2009 by Kaili Boyd.
Like Colin I was leaning towards writing about another, less weighty subject this weekend. I guess we both got an extra jolt from the paper, along with our morning cup of joe (coffee that is, not Walker). Rather than focus on the President-as-TV-Star, I looked to the corner of the front page of The […]
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The Obama Presidency: A Political Tightrope
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.
I initially set out to write a post about Obama (correctly) calling Kanye West a “jackass.” But during my search for the latest news or updates on Jackass-gate (everything’s a “gate” nowadays, right?), I was struck by something else: the overwhelming, continuous amount of news and commentary about President Obama and race. I mean, I […]
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The Death of Star Wars?
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Michael Preston.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan laid out the Strategic Defense Initiative (aka “Star Wars), an ambitious ground and space based system that would protect the United States from an intercontinental ballistic missile attack from the Soviet Union. When it was announced, it sounded like something out of the other Star Wars, and, in fact, it’s […]
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Capitalism – An Unnecessary Love Story?
Posted on 16. Sep, 2009 by Nicholas Martinez.
America, are you ready to fall in love with capitalism all over again? According to movie reviews, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” Michael Moore’s latest political documentary, covers a tried and true concept that he believes Americans will flock to in droves – – the overwhelming incompetence of the Bush Administration. The film, set to debut […]
