Changing the ToneByScott C. Smith
“The spirit of cooperation I have seen in this hall is what is needed in Washington, D.C. It is the challenge of our moment. After a difficult election, we must put politics behind us and work together to make the promise of America available for every one of our citizens. I […]
Unless you live in Arizona there is a good chance you have never heard of Joe. He is a sheriff in Arizona. He was recently re-elected to his position in Maricopa County. Why do I think he should be President? Because he is actually trying to make a difference. He doesn’t care if he is […]
I do not know if you are asleep, don’t care, or simply too busy to pay attention. But I do know, or perhaps I believe, that your inattention to the Bush Administration’s domestic and foreign policies is allowing this President to take America down a dark and dangerous path.
President Bush says he will not […]
A rogue commander could clearly still use weapons that had been
disassembled, as they would be the ones required to re-assemble
them if they were ever used. While storing the parts at separate
sites would eliminate this risk, it is unlikely that Pakistan
has or will implement this control mechanism, as this would
severely restrict their ability to use the […]
Yesterday I saw a clip on TV of Joan Baez singing Joe Hill at
the Cindy Sheehan Crawford protest. Instantly my thoughts
flipped back to Woodstock (the movie), where of course she
performed the same song.
It’s hard for an old hippie/freak like me not to attach some
significance to this - it takes us back to the beginning of […]
Once the J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant trial in Sumner, Mississippi ended for the murder of Emmett Till, less than a month later in the nearby small cotton town of Glendora, a black service station attendant and father of four children was killed by a friend of Milam’s.
Elmer Kimball murdered Clinton Melton and then […]
The theory that Saddam is linked in any way to Bin Laden and his religious movement: Al Qae’da is downright ridiculous and hilariously ignorant - read why!
‘The idea that al-Qaeda is getting political or military support from Iraq is ludicrous. I can see no way.’ Alex Standish, editor of the UK journal Jane’s […]
Has the United States lost it’s basic principle of morality? Has the United States moved away from the guiding principles that this country was founded on? A single paragraph describes these basic principles and it is the meaning of this paragraph which provided the foundation for the formation of the United States:
“We hold […]
We have all read about Jack Abramoff and how lobbying is done in
Washington. Trips, dinners, campaign funding, and other perks
paid for by lobbyists in return for favors the politicians can
do for their clients.
But our Supreme Court Justices should be beyond reproach. They
are not elected, but appointed. They are in that position for
life or until […]
The RSS is getting feedback from its 140 pracharaks or local leaders from across the country and the news is not good for BJP President LK Advani.
Many pracharaks want more pressure to be put on Advani after what they call his “ideological deviations”.
However, with BJP National Secretary Sudheendra Kulkarni’s resignation yesterday, one of the major […]