Category: News and Opinion

Nowhere is the idiocy of conservative ideology more apparent than in matters of the law.  First let us clear the air.  Conservatives accuse liberals of using the courts to make law and that this is wrong because the Constitution should be strictly interpreted.  Yet it is Conservatives themselves that legislate from the bench and this is quite obvious from Citizens United a case that overturned a hundred years of law.

In today’s NY Times, Mark Bittman debunks the myth that poor people are getting fat because junk food is cheaper. It isn’t. People just don’t want to be bothered cooking, and more affordable junk food makes that possible – at the expense of people’s health. This is, I believe, just one example of people doing what is easy rather than what is best. The easy life, intensively marketed, is killing us.

Multiple sources say that by selling Bibi BBB (Bunker Buster Bombs) Obama has proven himself functionally more pro-Israel than Dubya. Of course, Bibi being Bibi, his response was to (metaphorically) offer to let Michele have a ride on his Uzi.

With the rise across the Arab world this spring comes a new era of good feelings where perhaps old discords now give way to new hope that allows even Armenians to rise up and call upon President Obama to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide where 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Turks in what would become Hitler’s blueprint for the Holocaust later in the 20^th Century.

Some are reporting that Jewish voters are reconsidering their support for President Obama believing that his support for Israel has been lackluster.  The reports seem to imply that these voters are betraying the president, the Democratic Party and the country for this belief.

Disguised as an analysis of the 9th CD results, this Forbes article is in sync with my own  articles analyzing middle class anger in NYC.

The two stealth right wing ghouls Wragge and Hill on the CBS Early Show took time out from their inane babble to praise United States Attorney General Holder for exposing overspending by government workers attending a conference.  The workers were overcharged for muffins adding up to $4,000.  $4,000 really?

Thanks to the election, though it’s now only the 18^th, this piece will make 15 columns and 10 Gateways I’ve done since September 1st (though this one is mostly backlog).

I’m exhausted.