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66 year old Californian-born and bred male - I've lived in four different countries, USA, Switzerland, Mexico, Venezuela, and currently live in the Dominican Republic - speak three languages fluently, English, French, Spanish - have worked as a journalist for Empower-Sport Magazine. I am a retired Supply Chain Specialist.
(5 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 5, 2008 The Tarahumara Indians of Mexico "Olympics Too Short"
This is my news article on one of the best kept secrets of human endurance in the world. These Indians from Northern Mexico get drunk, smoke like chimneys, and run farther and faster than the most fit human beings anywhere else on the planet. They are deservedly legendary in Mexican folklore.
(14 comments) SHARE Friday, January 20, 2012 The new and revised Preamble to the Constitution
In accordance with the changes in our American way of life, I felt it important to rewrite the Preamble to the Constitution to reflect said changes.
(11 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Cuba Has Bypassed the US in Health Care
Cuba's continual improvement in health care has pushed it past the ailing, anemic American system.
(4 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 13, 2012 Romney's Foot-in-Mouth Disease is Terminal
Mitt Romney can't see to shake his continuing ability to say the most inappropriate things at the most inappropriate moments.
(10 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Woody & Arlo Guthrie: True American Patriots
a small tribute to two shining Americans who have profoundly, and positively, changed America and how tens of millions of us see her. This is a small gift to two giants who influenced us all and who continue to do so. God bless them both.
(15 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 24, 2015 Podemos -- Si Se Puede
Podemos, Spain's new major political party, is about to emerge as a giant anti-austerity force across Europe.
(11 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 15, 2015 Will Syriza Save Greece from the Kiss of Debt?
The Greeks are being blamed for the dirty deeds of others and are told they must suffer. Every new loan comes with more suffering. But there is a way out.
(29 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 27, 2008 The False Enemies of the United States
A treatise on the US government's use of nonexistent enemies in order to rally the public into supporting otherwise horrific agendas.
(7 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 20, 2017 The End of America's Economic Free Ride
The signs of America's demise have been growing for years. Trump is merely the incarnation of their desires.
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, February 21, 2014 Nicaragua and China to Build New Canal
The Panama Canal is 20th Century, Theodore Roosevelt technology. The Nicaraguan Grand Canal is now a fact.
(12 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 20, 2008 How Paranoid Is America?
a treatise on the paranoia gripping Americans today and its life-destroying effect on normal citizens across the country.
SHARE Tuesday, August 26, 2008 THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF WAR
This is a treatise on the history of commercializing wars through to the present.
(21 comments) SHARE Friday, May 22, 2009 Strawman - Guns in Self-defense
The straw man defense for pro gun lobbyists of the insignificant percentage of use of guns for criminal purposes is exposed.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 31, 2011 The Strange Case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Beyond Belief - When the news is stranger than truth. Dominique Strauss-Kahn is not only a leading cog in the elitist world, he is the mild-mannered member of the opposition.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 9, 2010 The Shock Doctrine - the rise of disaster capitalism, a review
This treatise will be in three parts and will review the definition of the term Shock Doctrine, its origins and mutation over time, and what the future holds in store for both camps, those that are still victims of Shock Doctrine, and those who have survived and moved on
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, September 22, 2008 THE US BELLICOSE FOREIGN POLICY
a treatise on the make up of the US foreign policy since the beginning of this nation.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 28, 2015 House Resolution 758 - War With Russia
US Congress loves to saber rattle even if they do so in the most ignorant and hypocritical way possible.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 16, 2020 What If the World Reopened And the US Wasn't Ready
The world is beginning to reopen. All the major economies are coming out of lockdown and are looking to restart their economies. All but one, that is. The US is not ready and it won't be ready for a long time to come. Now what?
(96 comments) SHARE Friday, October 1, 2010 Ecuador - Another Right Wing Coup in Progress
The coup d'etat in Ecuador is just another sign of the right-wing's total disregard for the rule of national and international law.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Is America Worth Saving? Part 3
This is the third in a three-part essay on the question, "Is America Worth Saving?"
(8 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 25, 2010 The Shock Doctrine III - a book review
This is the third part of a three-part series of articles which review the book The Shock Doctrine, by Naomi Klein
(34 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Guns don't kill people
Gun Control in America and the straw man arguments of the pro gun lobby. Here I discuss the argument that guns don't kill people.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Why Jobs Left America
An explanation of why certain jobs left America, what's going to happen to those jobs and what we should do as a nation going forward.
(6 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 16, 2009 America's Disconnect with the World
A review of the recent Pew Research Poll from two French publications as well as my own.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 22, 2009 Fill-in-the-Blank Protesting Services
A purely satirical look at the truth movements in the US and how they are thinking outside of the brain to keep their protests going.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, November 9, 2012 "Splain, Lucy
Fox News had a victory, nay a landslide victory for their boy, Romney. Oops
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 30, 2011 The First Ever Internet Coup D'Etat
Tunisia will be known as the first ever internet coup d'etat. Will Egypt be number two?
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 29, 2021 US Lacks Human Intelligence
The US intelligence agencies lack humint and common sense
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, November 15, 2021 Education - A gateway to well-being for all children
Europe moves ahead on improving their children's education while the US whines and pouts about nonexistent issues fed to them by a destructive propaganda machine
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 4, 2020 Not All Police Are Created Equal
An essay on the current racist policing policy in existence in the US today and comparing it to the rest of the world.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, May 31, 2010 Electricity for Venezuela - The Strike
I am in Venezuela working on a thermoelectric power plant construction site and posting my daily events
(10 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Has America Started to Fall Apart?
A small treatise on the current status of the United States and its standing in the world
SHARE Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Part 1: Mexico at the Turn of the Century
A review of the book, Villa and Zapata, a history of the Mexican Revolution, part 1, Mexico at the turn of the century
SHARE Friday, September 14, 2012 Romney Suffers From Foot-In-Mouth Disease
Our elected officials have had their share of faux pas in the past, but Romney brings a whole new level of insult to the fore.
SHARE Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Is America Worth Saving?
This is a 3-part article which asks a basic question of international import. I think it needs to be addressed in a professional and logical way and the ramifications discussed. Part two will be on the domestic policy and post WWII events. I will outline my premise and give my conclusions in part three.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 30, 2008 Hu's Your Daddy, Bush??
Foreign debt and mounting deficits mean the end to America's freedom of choice. We no longer serve the the needs of the American people, but of the foreign nations who own us.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 26, 2008 European Missle Defense Plan
A treatise on the validity of proposing a missile defense system for Eastern Europe.
(11 comments) SHARE Friday, June 20, 2014 Jogo Bonito - Brazil's World Cup
The biggest sport in the world, Jogo Bonito, is hosting the biggest sports tournament in the world, the World Cup, for the world's largest fan base, 3.5 billion people, and the US could care less.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 25, 2008 CHINA FROM YESTERDAY TO TOMORROW
A treatise on the economic development of China and its future role on the world stage.
SHARE Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Is America Worth Saving? Part 2
Part II, where I discuss the Domestic Policy, how we got here, some bumper-sticker statements (sorry, these were the ones that came to mind. I know there are many others, Hollywood's influence and edjamacation.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 22, 2009 The Illegitmo Legacy
A review of the history of the US military base with emphasis on its more recent notoriety
(9 comments) SHARE Friday, July 9, 2010 Elecricity for Venezuela - Chinese Funding
Here is a special edition of Electricity for Venezuela where I am publishing a newsletter I was sent by friends who work at Sidor.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 25, 2012 US Mideast Policy -- Everything Old is New Again
We have been singular in purpose in our foreign policy and nowhere is that more apparent than in MENA. This is known as blowback.
SHARE Wednesday, April 22, 2009 The IlleGitmo Legacy
A review of the history of the US occupation of Guantanamo Bay and its place in the war on terror.