Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

I have to admit that I have on occasion caught parts of the Glenn Beck show; you know that far Right-Wing fear and hate monger. Mainly I catch it on the weekends, if at all. Anyway, Beck for well over a year has been preaching about the coming economic apocalypse.  However frightening and ... Full story

There were a slew of news stories last week that specifically mentioned that Stone worked with two unnamed historians for his up-coming documentary on Hitler and other mass murders in an attempt to give us "empathy" for them and "provide" us with historical context to their rise to power. According to hundreds ... Full story

How do I connect the title of the post... Henry A. Kissinger was sworn in on September 22, 1973, as the 56th Secretary of State, and since that moment was one of those politicians whom people have loved to hate. Just do a Google search and there are all kinds of interesting websites; one even shows ... Full story

Oliver Stone is no stranger to conspiracy theories and to gross historical inaccuracies (see JFK for starters, Oswald was the lone shooter), and it looks like he is taking on yet more "misunderstood" events and people (thank God for Oilver Stone or we would all be , as he says "ignorant."); only this time his focus ... Full story

It looks like Mr. Dreyfuss had a nice day recently at Gettysburg as he continued his crusade championing American civics and history instruction. Last Friday thousands showed up for the keynote Dedication Day speaker and Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss. After giving what appears to have been a well received speech on American ideals and virtue, ... Full story

Sounds like Richard Dreyfuss was a complete bomb today at Kevin Levin's private school in Virginia. Levin and his school had the unfortunate pleasure (I guess) to have this Hollywood actor/ historian (?) as a guest speaker. Levin titled his blog story today as The Richard Dreyfuss Show, very catchy! I like it. I will agree ... Full story

Levin, uh, well, thanks for that (I guess I am McCarthy, interesting) and whatever I can do to help you out man! I have no idea why you would put my name in that post? But whatever. Anyway, do please give me a specific link where I call you a "radical"? Just because I do not agree with you does not mean that I think you ... Full story

Can you imagine if this was done in honor of Bush or any other President? How about in the name of God or Jesus? The Press would be all over it and would condemn it. This is very disconcerting. I have to as WHY? Why are we teaching children to sing a song for Obama? Is he special? I know, call me crazy.... Full story

This should send a chill down your spin while watching: Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing of May 5, 2009 Rep. Alan Grayson asks the Federal Reserve Inspector General about the trillions of dollars lent or spent by the Federal Reserve and where it went, and the trillions of off balance sheet obligations. Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and ... Full story

I love how they play off the propaganda films of the 1950s. However, in all seriousness, can't say I am in favor of Obamacare. I just hope this bill is one they actually read before voting on!: Full story

The Treasury announced Thursday a record $104 billion worth of bond auctions for next week, part of its herculean efforts to finance a rescue of the world's largest economy. The sales will exceed the previous record of $101 billion set in auctions that took place in the last week of April and consist of two-year, five-year and seven-year securities. That record was matched by another $101 ... Full story

Two Japanese guys currently in custody in Italy!!! ... This would be funny if it wasn't so scary; and telling all at once... Two men carrying bonds concealed in the bottom of their luggage also would be the fourth-largest U.S. creditors. Note: there are no hard facts involving this report yet, but we will see. UPDATE: United States Treasury announces that these bonds were fakes, thank God. But, ... Full story

Contrary to claims that government-imposed “universal health care” would solve America’s health care problems, it would in fact destroy American medicine and countless lives along with it. More government is not the answer to health care or anything else.  My sister works very high up in a Chicago hospital and my conversations with her about the government regulations that exist now that drive costs up would ... Full story

Over at Kevin's blog, as he has many times, there is some interesting discussion going on concerning the Confederate Flag and how it is displayed in public.  The issue centers around memory, how it is being celebrated, the flag's meaning, and why it is displayed. I am overtly simplifying here the discussion there. Anyway, just for kicks I did some google searching for "Confederate Flag" and ... Full story

As promised in an earlier post, "Obama marks D-Day's solemn 65th anniversary." I have not had much time to follow his visits to the Middle East and Europe, hopefully it is going well for U.S. Obama was right on not to join Sarkozy earlier in the year, as it seems clear that the French leader was trying to manipulate the ... Full story

From this news article: NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Of all the causes actors have chosen to champion, Richard Dreyfuss admits his passion lacks, well, a certain pizazz: Civics. "Don't call it 'civics' because 'civics' is easily the most boring word in America," Dreyfuss says. "Call it what it is: political power." Dreyfuss brings an actor's dramatic pacing and a historian's ... Full story

I am skimming through a very interesting read for my Graduate Class on the United States Constitution by Pulitzer Prize author and historian Jack N. Rakove titled,Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)... Full story

Perhaps those Tea Bag attendees were not a bunch of redneck racists, but actually were just concerned over what our government is becoming and that more government is maybe not the answer.  A government that started to get fat under Bush and the Republicans, and is now getting obese under the Democrats.  So this story below was just too much to pass up and not post, ... Full story

I'm sooooo tired of Hollywood morons,  intellectuals, elitists, comedians, ect. expressing their lunatic points of views. Calling Truman a "War Criminal" is so beyond the realm of historical understanding: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c... Full story

Civil War Part II? AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry joined state Rep. Brandon Creighton and sponsors of House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 50 in support of states’ rights under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state,” Gov. Perry said. ... Full story