Born a month before Pearl Harbor, I attended world events from an early age. My first words included Mussolini, Patton, Sahara and Patton. At age three I was a regular listener to Lowell Thomas.
My mom was an industrial nurse a member of the AFL/CIO. My dad was a painting contractor. We shopped at the Working Man's Store.
Dad's reading matter was the Old Mole the house organ of the Socialist Workers Party. I played the saxophone and became a young fan of Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Duke Ellington. Naturally, I gravitated to the Civil Rights movement.
After college to avoid the draft, I joined the US Army Reserve. Alas, this came to crowd control, which was a euphemism for busting radical potheads. When I ducked out of this duty, my commander bundled me off to a unit doomed to go to Vietnam. Ironically, my old unit went to Vietnam and the new one stayed home.
I studied economics in graduate school where I watched America go mad with war. Afterwards, I joined the rat race for a decade.
When Ronnie Reagan became President, I took up residence in Israel.
The 11 books listed below describe my adventures in Israel.
The articles reflect additional thoughts that expand on the author's ten volumes Genesis Begins the Millennia. The work begins in 1995 with a fictional account of ordinary Israelis absorbed with everyday events. There are extraordinary happenings the characters gradually recognize as portents of the Messianic Age. Volumes four and five show why the Messiah decided to delay His arrival.
Volumes six through ten [Tradebombers] begin six weeks before the 9/11 World Trade Center tragedy. Again, the characters portray ordinary citizen reaction to extraordinary events.
Thursday, December 24, 2009 Hostage House
The father of the niece's unborn child is determined. He wants to get rid of the baby. He threatens her often and this, more than anything they've seen in the house, terrorizes the women.
Thursday, December 24, 2009 Girl Slavery in the Maldives
This case is under investigation by the Maldives Police and Human rights commission. So far Maldives police remained silent about the issue, but Human Rights Commission of Maldives confirmed that "Jariyas" or girl slavery exists in Maldives.
Saturday, December 19, 2009 As Usual, I am Drawn to the Minority Argument (1 comments)
The bad habits of two generations are tough to kick. If the public suffers a couple of years more, perhaps they will mature to do the things that need doing. If they are too lazy, there is always a dictator to make the trains run on time.
Saturday, December 12, 2009 Anybody Who Can Kill a Cat Can Murder a Person (4 comments)
In my animal shelter, Mike and I discussed the character of US veterinarians. They thought they were saving the cats from a poor life by killing them. This mentality extends to Afghanistan. Certain Americans travel all the way to the West Asian killing zone.
Friday, December 11, 2009 Our Antislavery Site (4 comments)
Instead of the President bombing defenseless peasants, he should send the US Navy to intercept slave ships in the Indian Ocean and on the South China Sea. The USAF should destroy the capitals of nations that participate in the abduction of the innocent.
Friday, December 4, 2009 Explosion in Central Russia Kills 94 Injures 90 (1 comments)
Two-hundred and thirty-three people were celebrating the eighth anniversary of the opening of the night club. The celebrants were club employees, their relatives and friends.
Friday, November 27, 2009 Afghan Children Die of Neglect 7 Miles from Kabul (4 comments)
Living in a make-shift camp on the edge of Kabul, residents told Al Jazeera's James Bays that no government official has ever come to see how they have been forced to live.
Sunday, November 8, 2009 Anh Joseph Cao An American Hero (1 comments)
Of his vote, Cao said: “Tonight, I voted to keep taxpayer dollars from funding abortion and to deliver access to affordable health care to the people of Louisiana.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Names of the Dead (6 comments)
Rep. Alan Grayson D-FL has asked relatives and friends of health industry victims to write a few words.
Monday, November 2, 2009 US Traitors Attack Sibel Edmonds Personally
Atomic bomb secrets and hardware are commodities traded in the world black market. After a Taliban type group nukes 50 US cities or so, the Congress will establish a committee to establish the source of the blasts.
Sunday, October 25, 2009 GOP Intent in Electing Dracula in 2012
Sarah Palin is back with her new book, Going Rogue, taking on the liberals trying to transform America and slick politians bent on winning at any cost. Subscribe to a year of Townhall Magazine for $34.95 and receive Going Rogue by Sarah Palin FREE.
Saturday, October 24, 2009 Dumb Empires become Dead Empires (3 comments)
The banks restrained credit to build up tremendous cash reserves. In essence they used taxpayer money garnered at zero percent interest to pursue other profit-making possibilities. The taxpayers assumed all the risks while the banks raked in the profits.
Friday, October 9, 2009 Is Rush a Traitor? (1 comments)
Our president is a worldwide joke. Folks, do you realize something has happened here that we all agree with the Taliban and Iran about, and that is he doesn't deserve the award. Now that's hilarious, that I'm on the same side of something with the Taliban, and that we all are on the same side as the Taliban.
Friday, October 9, 2009 President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1 comments)
Barack Obama announced he is "humbled" by the award of the Nobel Peace Prize. I can't wait for the reaction by the Republican Smear Machine.
Monday, September 28, 2009 When Did It Become Okay to Kill the President? (1 comments)
The Facebook poll indicated 15 millions of Americans wouldn't mind if President Obama was shot dead. Facebook wasn't sorry about the danger to the President. They were sorry the blogger reported the poll to the Secret Service negative publicity for the hate rag.
Sunday, September 27, 2009 Green Rage against Ahmadinejad in New York
Iranians demonstrate to Americans how to demand liberty. A first lesson is that demonstrators must outnumber the Police. Everybody should carry a camera and use it often.
Saturday, September 26, 2009 Daily Beast Devours Military/Industrial Complex
Stick a fork in them, for they are done. A long time ago I said. "I want wings!" Nowadays, a sharpshooter with a 30.06 deer rifle can bring down an f-22 in flames. One Chinese missile can sink an aircraft carrier. The military/industrial complex can't find a Taliban in a treetop.
Friday, September 18, 2009 United States Decline and Fall in My Lifetime
Unhinged lunatics predominate. The US borrows 40% of her budget to pay entitlements, to bail out corrupt bankers and to invade Afghanistan. The Obama administration has done nothing to prevent a repeat of the 2008 meltdown.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 Palestinian Grassroots
Governments obstruct good relationships between peoples. They foment hatred and build armies. When the people combine to pursue their best interests, they realize their government is the obstacle to peace.
Friday, August 28, 2009 Sibel Edmonds Testimony Makes News Worldwide, Except Mainstream US Media (4 comments)
Apparently American nuclear secrets, stolen by "moles" at America's most sensitive nuclear installations, sold on the black market with the help and protection of highly placed American officials, which then found their way into the hands of America's enemies, is not notable news to Americans. According to the American corporate mainstream media, anyway. We suppose they're all too busy fighting the War on Terror in New Hampshire or something.
Thursday, August 20, 2009 Defeating Single Payer is GOP First Step to Slavery
According to David Swanson we have seen the emergence of a monarch-like president coupled with an effete, irresponsible, and constitutionally ignorant Congress.
Monday, August 10, 2009 It Aint About Hot Dogs & Fireworks
I wasted yesterday on US TV Trying to find a report on whistle blower Sibel Edmond's 6-hour testimony. Since I had waited seven years for it, I guess I can be patient. Joe Scarborough reported on the single payer rowdies rioting at town hall meetings. I felt sorry for Sarah Palin's Down Syndrome baby doomed by Obama's Death Panel. As a substitute, I present Sibel's Fourth of July message.
Saturday, August 8, 2009 Americans as the Wretched of the Earth (4 comments)
As Algerians in the 1950's, the Americans have become the wretched of the earth. True peasantry is not merely a matter of finances. Does a man have control over his life? Has he an insight into his character and how forces may be manipulating him? Frantz Fanon probed his inner self for the answers. He inspired many Algerians to escape the chains that bound them. Perhaps, his message will inspire Americans as well.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Angela Davis - Activist (4 comments)
Her revolutionary politics and academic writings provide a link from 1960s groups like the Black Panthers to contemporary cases including Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu Jamal. Ultimately Davis represents a revitalizing force in New Left politics (she was at the forefront of Gulf War protests in the United States that were censored by the mainstream media) and individual life-affirming cultural studies (particularly blues and hip-hop music).
Sunday, July 26, 2009 Fight Back Against Torture
It is the duty of every citizen to fight against torture. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is emphatic. Torture in all its forms is forbidden. Every UN member had to ratify the UDHR to qualify for membership.
Monday, July 20, 2009 Tweeting While in Police Detention (2 comments)
Their t-shirt said, "One party rule would be a disaster everywhere." This was the Communist slogan in 1946 against the then ruling party the Kuomingtang. In 2009, the slogan rankled the Communist Police. The Twitter account adds immediatecy to the account.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 Nun Torture Victim Informs President and Us (4 comments)
The unending debate on torture is a national disgrace. Torture in any form is a violation of human rights. Amnesty International has selected ten letters the citizen chooses one to send.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Grand Ayatollah: Iran System Based on Force Illegitimate
This interview from the Real News Network is so controversial I dare not add a comment. Indeed, I include a transcript to aid in the listening. This interview will be suppressed everywhere, but particularly in Iran. The Grand Ayatollah has risked his life to bring us his holy understanding
Friday, July 10, 2009 Iran Protests Resume Despite Death Penalty
As tear gas canisters cracked and hissed in the middle of crowds, and baton-wielding police officers chased protesters up and down sidewalks, young people, some bloodied, ran for cover, but there was an almost festive feeling on the streets of Tehran, witnesses reported in e-mail exchanges.
Thursday, June 25, 2009 The Struggle in Iran's Streets is Beyond Elections (3 comments)
"What is taking place in Iran today (regardless of which side you support or if the opposition is truly reformist or not) only reaffirms how the Arab people (youth in particular) are the most impotent and spineless people in the middle east."
Friday, June 19, 2009 Confessions of a Radical to a Grammar School Classmate (3 comments)
The normal course of life takes many of us away from our roots. By the age of five, my parents, teachers and classmates had formed my character forever. I've added some embellishments, but the child I was at five would recognize me immediately.
Saturday, June 13, 2009 Oil and Mining Firms Exploit Indigenous Peruvians (1 comments)
The leader of the indigenous movement Alberto Pizango has been charged with sedition. The authorities miss the point. Pizango has never played a central role in the movement, it has been a spontaneous response to the threats posed to their land, and by extension their lives, by President García's plans.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 The Wisdom of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"I am not against migration. It is simply pragmatic to restrict migration, while at the same time encouraging integration and fighting discrimination. I support the idea of the free movement of goods, people, money and jobs in Europe. But that will only work if universal human rights are also adopted by the newcomers. And if they are not, then you run of the risk of losing what you have here, and what other people want when they come here, which is freedom."
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 A Suggested First Step to Counter Domestic Terrorism
The terrorists are expert at media manipulation to achieve their goals. I respect the courage of such organizations as msnbc and individuals as Rachel Maddow and Keith Olberman to expose these violent elements to the US public. Unfortunately, citizen interest will shift to another evil, the TV ratings will fall and the terrorists will continue to prosper.
Monday, June 8, 2009 Nixon Plumber Meets His Prosecutor 36 Years Later
Ben-Veniste bumped into Egil "Bud" Krogh, whom he hadn't seen in 36 years since he prosecuted him during Watergate for Krogh's role as head of the White House Plumber's Unit, and did the unthinkable: he invited him to his book party, to be held just a few hours later.
Saturday, June 6, 2009 Prosecuting Those Who Torture
What is the Serbian magic for cleaning up a den of torture? It's called community action. The magazine showed the torture film on its web site. The Serbian national media showed it nationally. The Ombudsman quickly brought to nine perpetrators to book. The Rehabilitation Center officials and the Serbian Orthodox Church hastened to help the abused patients. In one week they have ended the horrible story.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 An Introduction to Honor Killings
Honor killings are misnamed. Most of the victims are mothers, daughters and sisters. They can be executed for many minor infractions such as going to a girls' school, going shopping without a male family escort or forgetting to wear the veil in public.
Friday, May 22, 2009 Jailing Your Local CEO on a Fiduciary Trust Rap
With de-regulation there was a distinct drop off in corporate ethics.It became possible to assemble multi-million dollar fortunes in record time. Regulators recall many ethical standards still on the books. On Fiduciary Trust violations, you may depose a corporate leader before he can call a stockholders' meeting.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Living Amongst the Dead in Gaza
Suhail added, "We have dreams to look forward to and a different kind of life away from death and misery. Our situation wasn't any better than others during the last war; in fact it was worse, dealing with death with the funerals all day every day. Nothing could be more harmful to my children's mental health than this."
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 As Detroit Crumbles...
For too long Detroit lived off her ability to extract moonbeams from cucumbers. If you will, they ran ad campaigns that could sell silk purses made from sows' ears. Tata Motors markets a $1900 gasoline car in India. Tesla Motors in Israel has an all-electric sports car for $49000 that outperforms Formula One race cars.
Sunday, May 17, 2009 Prevent the Swiftboating of Health Care
Passing real healthcare reform will be the toughest, most important challenge we've faced together since electing Barack Obama President.
Friday, May 15, 2009 Brits May Well Be Human Beings After All
Discovering that your traditional enemies have a human side may come as a shock. To uncover his true nature will take some effort and a lot of listening. The ultimate step is to learn that in some ways he is a better person than you are.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Slavery and War Destroyed Our Society
Military police units were also expanded and used to quell any actual or threatened insurrection. American guns turned on unarmed American boys was no less of a tragic irony in Vietnam than at Kent State in Ohio or Jackson State in Mississippi.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Singer Shot for Performing on TV (4 comments)
I wouldn't reside in a country that condoned honor killings. I view them as a cruel leftover that should be abolished. However, the practice should not be used as one of the excuses to invade the "offending" country. Their culture is their business.
Thursday, May 7, 2009 Jew Haters Always Ignore the Voices of Peace (15 comments)
The Israel haters always write in debating points, abstract theories and slogans. They never refer to individual Israelis in human terms. To them, there are no Israeli fathers, mothers or children. They refer to us as Zion**ts and war mongers always mere buzz words.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Islamic Anti-Israeli, Misogyny and Rights Trashing (4 comments)
Women's shelters have adapted their curriculum - instead of teaching the women who come to them how to become self-reliant, the shelters facilitate prayer rooms and employ mediators from the Islamic community. All this mediation serves only one purpose - that is, to return the woman to the circumstances of abuse she left.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 Somali Pirates or Gallant Fishermen?
Their story is also rooted in greed - not of their brazen colleagues with the million-dollar ransoms, they say, but of foreign companies that they say have profited from Somalia's lawlessness by fishing illegally in their waters since the 1990s.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Bangladesh Village Massacre (2 comments)
Massacres can be brutal and shocking crimes against humanity. By nature they are local on a limited tactical scale.
Monday, April 27, 2009 How to Talk to a White Supremacist
The white supremacist holds the mortgage on your home and the note on your car. He has just raised the interest rate to 30% on your credit card. He is your Governor who has refused stimulus funds for unemployment insurance in your state.
Friday, April 24, 2009 Torture is Not Yet a Serious Public Issue (5 comments)
As of yet, the US public is not prepared to incarcerate or execute the traitors who have run the country to ground.
Thursday, April 23, 2009 America Imitates Dictatorships Withour Success
Bush didn't win the war and he ruined the economy in the process. The proper dictator realizes his limitations and works within them. If he lacks the power for a decisive battlefield win, he incites terrorists to provoke a climate of fear. His opponents disappear in torture dungeons.
Monday, April 20, 2009 Israelis Have Closure; Arabs Have Turmoil (14 comments)
We can erase the sight of them. We can safely dial out the noise from them. Unfortunately, they seek attention with terrorist incursions and by a regular barrage of missiles. Wrongly, the Arabs have deemed this the resistance. They have nothing to resist but the shackles of their own making.
Sunday, April 19, 2009 No Amnesty for Torturers (6 comments)
Democrats.con has begun a petition drive to inform the President not to give amnesty for torturers. If we don't stop the CIA now, who knows who will be next? If the form I provide doesn't work for you, please contact democrats.com and subscribe to the newsletter.
Saturday, April 18, 2009 Dancing With Glass Eels (2 comments)
Glass eels swim into the river at night. Thus glass-eel fishermen are busiest at night. After dark, they drag nets and wait for these glass eels swimming into the outlet of the river.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 Murderers Do Not Read the Wall Street Journal
Where is it written that the blog must be earnest and grim? Is there a silver lining? The POTUS calls it a glimmer of hope, as he stares down at his empty hands.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Should Rapists Hang on National Television?
People will definitely sympathize with the rapist ... and that's not the end of it; this idea might even enrage thousands of young men who would rape thousands of women in anger and defiance ... this is what happens to human beings when you strip them off their humanity and treat them like dogs.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 What Goes Around Comes Around.
The Jewish carpenter sits in prison for conspiring to blow up a Jerusalem Girl's School. His seven-year-old son is attacked by an axe-wielding Palestinian. The son escapes death, but his 13-year-old mate is not so lucky.
Monday, April 13, 2009 Obama's Robokillers Hunt Pashtun Children
We might also ask whether the longterm stability of the country might be better assured by supporting its fragile but still vibrant civil society, instead of investing in high-tech weaponry that kills Pashtun peasants by remote control.
Sunday, April 12, 2009 I Tote a Gun in My Lawless Wild West Town (2 comments)
The citizens in my town walk with death. This unhappy experience has taught us how to live.
Friday, April 10, 2009 Geithner's Proposed Looting of America
Insiders know that Geithner is working the big con on the taxpayers. The actual value of a toxic asset is known. It is itemized on the "LOAN TAPES". These are the computerized records of the bundles of assets. The banks update these bundles, as some of the loans contained in a bundle remain active receiving payments.
Thursday, April 9, 2009 US Policy Failures: Afghanistan Pakistan Israel
In some regions of Pakistan, including the Swat Valley and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), militant Islamists have been particularly effective in spreading their message via FM radio. One key figure is a guy named Maulana Fazlullah.
Monday, April 6, 2009 Taliban Eat Doves
Human beings deserve better treatment as flesh and blood rather than as nationals and causes. Ordinary human beings are not obsessed with crusades, neocon wars or political machinations. They do not plot to overthrow the government. Indeed, they avoid any connection at all with the tortured slime bags who play politics. They only put ordinary folks in harm's way.
Sunday, April 5, 2009 While You Slept the POTUS Exposed Your Lies (2 comments)
The U.S. president used the address to propose measures to eliminate existing nuclear arsenals, halt proliferation of nuclear weapons, and prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear materials -- and that Washington would lead the way.
Friday, April 3, 2009 Media Lies to Obstruct 2010 Budget Reconciliation (4 comments)
In the face of Republican obstruction in the Senate, the budget reconciliation process is a way forward. The media is lying about the process to delay passage of the fiscal 2010 budget.
Thursday, April 2, 2009 Predicting and Preventing the Next Recession (3 comments)
Taleb argued that it's not the normal events-the mundane and expected "white swans"-that drive socioeconomic history but the magnificent outliers, the completely unexpected "black swans." Think September 11, 2001, or the invention of the internet.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Thinking My Way (2 comments)
To me the most important right is the freedom of speech. The founding fathers agreed with me. They put it at number one on the Bill of Rights list.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Allegations Versus IDF Based on Hearsay (2 comments)
It is unfortunate that none of the speakers at the conference was careful to be accurate in the depiction of his claims, and even more so that they chose to present various incidents of a severe nature, despite not personally witnessing and knowing much about them.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 Lively Debate Between an Obama Fan and One Who is Not
Thinking my way and expressing my thoughts in a public forum is a very dangerous pastime. Every day human beings face death for supporting freedom of speech. To get an idea of this you might subscribe to Global Voices. Barack Obama is inspiring people from every nation to put our ideals into action.
Friday, March 27, 2009 Can Homer Simpson Solve the Mideast Conflict?
Multiple media sources have quoted the show's executive producer, Al Jean, as saying that America's number one animated family will head to the Holy Land next year.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 Iraq: Six Years On
I smile, at the sixth anniversary of occupying Iraq, in spite of the sadness weighting on my heart, but I will never give up hope, ever; that Iraq will come back to its people, that a brave nationalistic leadership will come, a leadership that wants only Iraq's interest, will negotiate the occupation out, and will withdraw all the occupation's powers.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 OEN Members Fiddle While America Burns
Our liberty vanished with the Civil Rights Act. The factory owners cried, "Negro!" We deserted the unions rather than work beside a black man to watch his rise to the middle class. Our demise took several years factories moving to the non-union south and, finally, outsourcing.
Monday, March 23, 2009 Do 21st Century Americans Have the Right Stuff?
Democratic institutions show that they can't bear up under the pressure of contemporary contradictions, now international, now internal, most often international and internal at the same time. Is this good? Is this bad? In any case, it's a fact. Leon Trotsky
Saturday, March 21, 2009 America Does Not Impress
The Chinese and the Southeast Asians in general save their money. Their leaders will do anything to avoid borrowing from the IMF. They realize the IMF is a tool for Yankee imperialism.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 Like a Virgin: Armenian In-Laws Expect Bloody Bedsheets
We weren't familiar with the Armenian ritual of the "red apple," in which - even today - the groom's family inspects a bridal couple's bedsheets to ascertain the bride's virginity.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Obama Can Bypass Senate Filibusters
There is no longer any reason to allow the Republicans to delay, obstruct or dilute pressing legislation. Under normal Senate rules, it requires 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to shut off debate and force a final vote. Democrats currently have 58 Senate votes. Under reconciliation, 51 votes can force anything through.
Monday, March 16, 2009 Saudi: 40 Lashes for Woman 75 Mingling with Men (5 comments)
I don't think that Khamisa Sawadi celebrated International Women's Day last Sunday. [...] International Women's Day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women in the past and the present.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 Let's Put It Together for LaVena Johnson
Ms Johnson and most of her fellow Americans abide in a dictatorship. The fiends that brutalized her knew they would never face justice. The US Army claims it defends democracy, but they don't practice it. Bushco mouths liberty and justice at the same time searching for a John Yoo to crush our God-given rights.
Saturday, March 14, 2009 Palestinian Tragedy Repeats in Iraq
When images and news of the new border tent-camps that the Palestinian refugees from Iraq fled to after the US invasion began to spread through Arabic-language media, a concurrent anecdote began to circulate: "Word is that the Palestinians will even be hosted in tent-camps in the afterlife."
Thursday, March 12, 2009 G-Men Pursue Mortgage, Loan and Bank Fraud
"I know bankers are not now evoking much sympathy from the public at large," Mr. Weingarten said. "But these days many Wall Street types are struggling mightily with mortgage payments, tuition bills and health insurance. It's a very different world out there now."
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Suicide Bomber Sons and Conniving Fathers
As the father straps the bombs to his son's body, he assures him the explosion will only kill infidels. As the 14-year-old has only 3 months education, he believes good old dad. Children run across minefields so that soldiers can advance in safety.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 The President Sneezed; Get My Broker on Three
Comedy Central was funny until it developed a social conscience. Every day I encounter soup kitchens and limping destitute. I really don't want to see this. Instead, I rush home to livestation.com to watch the laugh riot on Bloomberg's business channel.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 Think-Tank Dooms 52 Millions Iranians (6 comments)
"Assertive action now to build U.S. leverage is more likely to prevent Iran's emergence as a military nuclear power. But time is short if diplomatic engagement is to have a chance of success and military confrontation avoided."
Sunday, March 1, 2009 To Preserve Our Sanity We Must Block Out the Horror (4 comments)
How do ordinary people deal with the horror? They suppress it blocking it out. Hatred and enemies disappear in a mist of forgetting.
Friday, February 27, 2009 Outside Trouble Makers
King Abdullah would have known that Syrians, Palestinians and Jews share the y-chromosome factor unique to our group. We are genetic brothers [in the broad sense].
Thursday, February 26, 2009 Recession May Increase Number of US Sex Crimes
The average American male is abused every hour of every day by the political system. His vote is meaningless a choice between criminals. His banker has sold him a self-destructing mortgage. His doctor throws pills at him without a physical examination. The Governor of his state refuses to extend unemployment benefits. Is this American so different than the Egyptian sex offenders described in this article?
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 My Jewish House 22 Miles from Egypt
In 1950 a Jewish man deserted his family of eight in Haifa and received title on the vacant lot. He built my dwelling on the lot and lived here till he died in 1995.
Monday, February 23, 2009 Fear is a Tough Habit to Kick
By 1950 it was apparent that the USA had to cease as a Republic. The new Federalism demanded a huge increase in taxes. To get it, Harry Truman had to scare the public with tales of the Red Menace. Since the CIA could not brain wash everybody, it relied on information control from the TV and print media.
Sunday, February 22, 2009 Cash in on the Depression
Is your factory closing down? Listen to me! I asked if your factory was closing down! That's your sweat on the floor. That's your money in the Credit Union. When the boss wanted you to work overtime, you did it.
Saturday, February 21, 2009 Israel is not America (22 comments)
To replicate the American 'success' in Iraq, however, the Israelis would have had to kill, maim or displace 300,000 Gazans. Such carnage is impossible for Jews to carry out. It is simply not in our culture. Our critics err when they liken us to Americans.
Thursday, February 19, 2009 Is a Food Bank in Your Future? (2 comments)
The newly poor are swelling the lines at food banks nationwide. For many this is a horrible event very traumatic, the first period of unemployment, food stamps and self-doubt.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Butter for Guns, or How to Save the World (18 comments)
Around my campfire, we developed a plan to save the world from nuclear destruction. In the event the reader wants to survive beyond the next few months, he might read this.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Israel is not America
The American military/industrial complex has outlived its usefulness. It has degenerated into a military procurements game. The military insists on ultra-sophisticated weapons that bear no relevance to current threats.
Monday, February 2, 2009 Israel's Biggest 'Sin' is She Has Survived
Attacked on all sides, Israel emerged by winning ten wars. While the USA managed to lose three land wars in Asia, this disparity has caused no end of envy and resentment. Since 1948 the British and the Russian Empires have collapsed. The New American Century is waning.
Sunday, February 1, 2009 What is the Half Life of WMD Lies? (5 comments)
If you check into this, you'll quickly find that the uranium a) was not weapons grade and b) was well known to the UN and IAEA and was being stored legally by Saddam's government. It was legally in Iraq according to international law.
Thursday, January 29, 2009 Congressional Districts That Don't Need Stimulus
Congressmen who voted against the stimulus plan indicate their Districts do not require economic help. They should not receive aid.
