I happened to catch a book review program on CSPAN 2 this evening. The book reviewed was "Bushwhacked" by Molly Ivins. There were several other writers (mostly Texans), since the review was hosted by a book store in Austin (the State Capitol). Molly Ivins threw out a question to the group about Karl Rove. He is alleged to have said, that in ( Read more... )

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I'm listening to Virgin Radio (from London) on the Web. It is amazing how clear it sounds and I really like the music they play. I hear stuff that I haven't heard here or in B.C ( Read more... )

Instead of creating 510,000 jobs in 2003, as President Bush predicted, the Republican-led economy has suffered a net loss of 473,000 jobs so far this year.1/2 ( Read more... )

The Most Insidious of Traitors ( Read more... )

"Every firm that sets up for production in China has to turn over its technology," Jerry Skoff, owner of Badger Metal Tech in Menominee Falls, Wisconsin, pointed out to The New American. "Intellectual property theft by the Chinese is very common. And any investment banker familiar with the Chinese system will tell people preparing to set up over ( Read more... )

HUME: From a military point of view, do you regard (al Qaeda types, Ansar Islam types, terrorist groups in Iraq) as a welcome or unwelcome development ( Read more... )

I think the new American motto should be; "Let someone else do it" as in, "Who will clean up this mess?" "Let someone else do it." Why do people leave shopping carts at bus stops? Sure, someone from the grocery store will retrieve the cart. Why do people leave empty Starbucks coffee cups on department store shelves? Of course, somebody will clean ( Read more... )

Bill Gates of Microsoft is worth 35 billion dollars and yet his company is aggressively pursuing the outsourcing of work to countries like India to cut costs. How can he stand to live with himself?