Right-Wingers and Obama

I am continuing to run into such sentiments as "Obama is a Communist" and "Democrats are the enemy of America." My question is, when will these people ever learn?If Obama had been a Communist - or a Hitler, or a totalitarian, or anything else of which these people accuse him...

GOP withdrawals med. marijuana bill because voters harass?

Issues in the news: I. Fox News, the propaganda arm of the religious right-wing in America, is upset that Google didn't do one of their famous holiday doodle screens with an Easter theme, on Easter. Who did they honor that day? Well, one of the greatest labor leaders that...

Red Dawn, and the absurd premise of who invades the U.S.

When I was a kid I went to see the 1984 movie, Red Dawn at a drive-in. I was still naive enough at the time to believe that the Soviets could invade the U.S., as the film shows. Heck, the Soviets might not even have had a navy that could have invaded Canada. But, at least...

No, troops really aren't fighting for your freedom

A common refrain is that troops give us freedom. They really don't. They just don't. In theory they could fight in a war for our freedom, but that has rarely been done. The wars that have been fought in some way for our freedom of religion, speech, assembly etc are less than...

Left and Patriotism

An error that many on the Left make is believing the right-wing conmen who claim that they are America or that they are Christianity. From that position, these people start going against America and Christianity. In fact, both the conmen who make such claims and the people...

Do we have to affirm loyalty to the nation and other questions

Since it is Memorial Day, I am going to touch on a couple of stories involving the U.S., our soldiers or its' symbols. First is a 17 year old student who said he was too tired to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The conservative host I listened to (who says he is big on...

Why Julian Assange should be a hero to conservatives

I made and I continue to make the claim that American conservatives should be supporting Julian Assange. Having preached for decades that the government should be accountable to the taxpayer, the American conservatives should see as a hero a man who informs the taxpayer of...

Where have all the "support the troop" ribbons gone?

Something I have noticed, why are there so much fewer "support the troops" ribbons on cars? When George Bush was president, they were everywhere. Where have they gone? Did those conservative critics of Obama's handling of the military conflict in Libya, not care about the...

Where have all the "support the troop" ribbons gone?

Something I have noticed, why are there so much fewer support the troops ribbons on cars? When George Bush was president, they were everywhere. Where have they gone? Did those conservative critics of Obama's handling of the military conflict in Libya, not care about the...

Seattle Among Top Five Most Patriotic Cities

Seattle, Washington has a lot to be proud of, and when it comes to their country, Seattle citizens rank among the proudest. A recent survey of American cities conducted by Men’s Health ranked Seattle fourth in the nation, placed behind #1, Portland, Kansas City and Salt...

Military drills in north Greece (Aegean Macedonia)

An ordinary people will understand these things that are happening in region as quite an accident. But unfortunately it is not. Everything was started in year 1913, the year that Macedonia was partitioned on 3 pieces, but for now I won’t go in details and I will say that...