Archive for February, 2008
Defense Department told to restore military readiness
US military forces, and ground forces in particular, have operated at a high pace since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including the support of ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Between 2001 and July 2007, approximately 931,000 US Army and Marine Corps service members deployed for overseas military operations, including about 312,000 National Guard or [...]
McCain feeds conservative talker to sharks
Barack Obama displayed his bizarre views on foreign and domestic policy during Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate but nobody in the media seemed to notice. This is a candidate who is pitifully ignorant on some of the major issues facing our nation.
A two-party death grip
It is time to say it: the two major parties hold a death grip on the American people. Instead of representing the people, both the Republican and Democrat parties are bought and paid for by special interest groups and multinational corporations. Neither party pays any attention to the U.S. Constitution but both are largely marching [...]
John McCain is a liberal gun grabber
The last thing we need is another liberal neocon in the White House. If the Presidency of George W. Bush proved anything, it proved the hazard of electing phony Republican conservatives. At least one is able to clearly see a liberal for what he or she is when they have a “D” behind their name. [...]
Congressman and associates indicted for extortion, money laundering
Congressman Richard G. Renzi, from Arizona’s first congressional district, and his associates James W. Sandlin, 56, of Sherman , Texas and Andrew Beardall, 36, of Rockville, Md., Renzi’s business associate were indicted by federal authorities on Friday, according to a Justice Department report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police
Media target McCain to help Obama
The New York Times vs. John McCain controversy is becoming the subject of endless stories and fodder for the talking heads on television. This story has overtones of sex, even though the paper offered no hard evidence that McCain was involved romantically with a female lobbyist.
