Raising Minimum Wage A Must
“The White House says 15 million workers would benefit directly from a higher minimum wage, but many economists say that millions more would gain too after taking into account the ripple effect as the whole wage scale moves up.” http://www.npr.org/2013/02/13/171897858/obamas-call-for-higher-minimum-wage-could-have-ripple-effect Now what could … read more
Marco Polo?
Did Marco really come to the rescue? Hardly. But let’s not just say that. Let’s break it down a little. First let’s compare him to the 2009 secret weapon Bobby Jindal. Marco’s entrance was far more confident and looked far less comedic. Apparently, he opted for the wardrobe assistant that Bobby declined, when he did the now infamous … read more
Ready For The First Female Pope?
Over the years, the Catholic Church has had its issues- being exposed as a social miscreant with the covering up of sexual abuse, impregnation of congregants by supposedly celibate priests, land disputes over real estate that it allegedly strong-armed from the rightful owners. More recently, and closer to home, we’ve seen the Catholic Church … read more
Postal Service? It’s The Union Stupid!
Source Wikipedia: Article 1 Section8 Clause 7 of the US Constitution known as the Postal Clause or the Postal Power, empowers Congress to establish Postal Service and Post Roads. The clause was added to the Constitution, primarily to facilitate interstate communication as well as to create a source of revenue for the early USA. Having read the … read more
Drone Strikes Are Acts Of Defense
Maybe the intelligentsia of our nation is over thinking the Constitution and its parameters. If not, then what is the uproar over drone strikes and why is there the fear, of American controlled drones hovering over Any Address USA, to kill suspects of terrorism here in America? Isn't that speculation-over reach? Isn't this analogy intended to … read more
McCain Continues His Race To The Bottom.
Well, I ve been saying it all along. McCain is a very bitter man whose politics have placed him, consitently,on the wrong side of success. No doubt, he feels that as a POW of 5 years, cofined to a Vietnam cell, he is more qualified to be Secretary of Defense and, I dare say, Commander in Chief. Ironically, though, those thoughts may … read more
First Order of Business:Rehire Petraeus
This may not be a wildly popular sentiment but I think the new Obama Administration should really rescind the resignation of General Petraeus, and put him back to work, for the good of the country. Indeed, for the nine days that his transgression captured every media headline and every political talking point, it displaced every other political … read more
Blocking The Vote For 2012 Has To Be Arrested Before It’s Too Late
There is an invidious movement afoot in GOP politics today that makes being ‘be very afraid’ even more portentous. As the 2012 elections become more of a certainty than a projection, there is very orchestrated GOP effort to create a political obstacle course for voters, by legislating unprecedented voter requirements like birth … read more