Articles tagged with: United States
Bachmann & Cain Allign With Bigoted Pastor Jeffress
Over the last ten years, or more, the United States has been fighting against radical, Islamic fundamentalist groups throughout the world. In several places, such as Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Somalia the U.S. has actually sent American soldiers to fight and die on foreign soil in vain attempts to somehow make America safe from terrorist attacks advocated by the religious …
Afghanistan Conflict Marks Ten Year Anniversity
On Friday, October 7, the United States reached grim milestone. This date marked the ten year anniversary of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. During this period of time over 1,700 American service men and women have been killed, thousands more have been wounded and maimed, and the cost to the taxpayers has exceeded one trillion dollars. In addition to American …
U.S. Child Poverty Rate : A National Disgrace
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development recently released some sobering statistics related to child poverty throughout the developed world. The figures included only North America, Europe and a few other developed countries, and were intended to show the percentage of children who live in households that get by on less than 50% of the national median income. Since the …
The Tough Lessons of 2011
By the end of this week, three quarters of the year 2011 will behind us, leaving only a few months left until year end. So far, 2011 hasn’t really given Americans too much to cheer about, and certainly hasn’t lived up to the expectations for a decent economic recovery. I suppose the best thing that can be said about 2011 …
Republicans Show “Bad Faith” on Funding Bill
The Republicans are up to their old tricks again, and it looks like the American people are facing the implications of yet another government shutdown at the end of next week. For those Americans who were hoping this divisive issue was settled last Summer, when Congress finally came to an agreement at the eleventh hour to raise the debt limit …
Rick Perry; Bad for America and Bad for You
The Republicans are scheduled to hold another debate this coming Thursday, and there a little doubt that the issue of Social Security will again be a hot topic. Who would have ever thought that any Americans, even the ultra right-wing conservatives , could stoop so low as to question the continuing existence of a federal program so vital to the …
The Information “Genie” is Released in the Middle East
The results of the so-called “Arab Spring” have permanently changed the landscape of Middle-Eastern politics, and it’s not over yet. There is little doubt that popular uprisings will continue in Syria and Yemen, and will undoubtedly spread to other places, such as Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. Each of the uprisings have resulted from different sets of circumstances, although all of …
The Disgrace of American “Hoovervilles”
Many comparisons have been made between the Great Depression of the 1930′s and the Great Recession of 2008 (and still continuing). The biggest difference, however, in both of these difficult times in American history has been the presence of a “social safety net” created over the last 60 or 70 years. As a result of this, you don’t see …
Rick Perry Loses Independent Voter Support
It’s beginning to look like the Republicans‘ latest “knight in shining armor”, Rick Perry, loses some of his shine when exposed to the bright camera lights. In fact, after the drubbing given to him by his Republican cohorts during last night’s debate, Perry must be feeling like he’s got a gigantic burr on his Texas-sized saddle. Welcome to …
High Unemployment Is Here To Stay
The U.S. economy is on a treadmill these days, and it doesn’t look like things are going to get much better any time soon. The latest numbers on U.S. manufacturing activity, plus the weekly employment figures only confirm that the economy is still in the doldrums. Both of these indices showed almost no change from prior periods, and give a clear …
