Posted in economy, government, politics, tagged Bush, civil liberty, Clinton, democrat, economy, election, fear, Independent, Iraq, liberty, McCain, Obama, politics, Republican, Ron Paul, terrorism, threat, vote, voter, war on April 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A reasonable case can be made that many Americans, including voters at the booths, feel overwhelmed, shell-shocked and mystified by the past that stands out in recent memory. The Bush Administration has sold war and now that the nation wearies of war, the Democrats have stepped up to promise a change from the status quo; [...]
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Posted in economy, government, politics, tagged Afghanistan, Bush, economy, election, Iraq, Lamar Alexander, Move On, MoveOn.org, nobel prize, partisan politics, poll, press release, Stiglitz, war, war front on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“The United States economy has steadily lost steam and appears to be stalled. Prices have shot upwards at the fastest pace in thirty years. Energy prices further threaten the equilibrium of an already shaky national platform along with unprecedented spending on the Iraq and Afghanistan fronts.” That is the national scenario that TNTalk! presented on [...]
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Posted in banking, business, economy, government, politics, tagged banker, Bush, crisis, Democrats, FHA, FHASecure, finance, foreclosure, government-insured mortgage, homeowner, housing, restructured loans on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
President Bush has decided to scramble for his own federal aid project for homeowners. At the end of the eleventh hour, Bush has decided to head off foreclosures, clashing with both parties who want the government to step in with a broad housing rescue.
Bush plans to use an existing Federal Housing Administration program to enable [...]
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Posted in civil rights, government, human rights, tagged abuse, assault, Bill of Rights, Bush, constitution, higher ground, human rights, justice, Justice Department, law, lawmakers, legal, President Bush, torture on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
President Bush has obviously done his legal homework in an effort to protect himself. The rage about human rights abuses, notably against torture, physical abuse and assault was reviewed by the Justice Department back in 2003. This review has just recently come to light as U.S. citizens have protested his actions and support of action [...]
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Posted in business, capitalism, economy, government, politics, technology, tagged Bush, Clinton, congress, displaced, manufacturing, Mexico, NAFTA, offshore, outsource, overseas, privacy, trade, WTO on March 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Many millions of jobs that have been harbored safely within the borders of the U.S. as an active part of the U.S. economy have been moved to distant locations outside the U.S. where labor costs are significantly reduced. The outsourcing of U.S. jobs, often referred to as “offshoring”, while not new, has become quite prolific [...]
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Posted in banking, business, civil rights, government, politics, technology, tagged Bush, citizen, civil liberty, data, domestic, FBI, FISA, NSA, pentagon, private, secret, spy, terrorism on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Does anyone remember the Pentagon’s antiterrorism software designed to trace electronic data of U.S. citizens to search for suspicious patterns? The plan was controversial and quietly melted into the background of political America. The data pattern analyzing software did not disappear, but was adopted by the National Security Agency. Homeland Security legislation has empowered the [...]
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Posted in civil rights, commentary, doctor, economy, election, government, human rights, medicine, politics, video, tagged amendment, bradley, Bush, care, child, Clinton, democrat, election, health United Nations, McCain, medical, NAFTA, Obama, plan on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Hillary Clinton is a lot of things: savvy, smart and tough. Yet her strengths are often her greatest weaknesses. Regardless of what anyone considers as a weakness, dogged persistence is her banner in life. She will not readily accept defeat and she maintains a reservoir of background support. She cannot resist working behind the [...]
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Posted in business, capitalism, commentary, economy, government, politics, tagged addiction, budget, Bush, election, federal debt, illegals, jobs, Mexico, money on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
For those of you that haven’t noticed, the United States government has not simply thrown caution to the wind, but has thrown caution out the window and slammed the window shut in the vain hope of protecting itself from financial graft and foolishness. President Bush recently issued a record-breaking budget with no restriction in runaway [...]
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Posted in business, commentary, economy, government, politics, tagged budget, Bush, freeze, honesty, lame duck, Medicare, politic, record on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
President Bush has rose to the challenge with the announcement that he is authorizing an unprecedented national budget. To his credit, President Bush is not hiding behind a partial budget or temporary budget like politicians often do to get around the fact that they are busting the budget anyway. He stepped up to the plate [...]
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Posted in civil rights, commentary, government, tagged American, authority, Bush, congress, eavesdropping, government, house, law, Senate, surveillance on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
The House on Tuesday voted to give two more weeks of life to a law that allows the government more freedom to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists inside the United States, an attempt to buy the log-jammed Senate time to pass a bill to replace it.
Bush said he wants a bill that “guarantees the rights of [...]
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