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A case of vital importance
And so the giant, jaw-cracking snore-fest that is the Iowa caucus is over and the contenders for the more serious political bun fights to come are easier to review. The great American voters have spoken and those with mere dreams … Continue reading
Iowa is not even the end
It feels like two years since this whole election circus began…and there’s still no end in sight. For what is actually well over a year, CNN and the other news networks will doggedly report every trivial wrinkle of the entire … Continue reading
A good cigar makes a difference
Thanks, probably, to the influence of Hollywood a good cigar is perceived as a sign of success and refinement. But it’s not unknown for our leaders in D.C to be seen inublowing smoke rings, so perhaps that’s not always true. … Continue reading
Solve the debt crisis – give Congress pink-slips
So it looks like the geniuses in Washington D.C. might be on the brink of agreeing an escape from the debt-limit crisis. I don’t know how you feel but I’d say ‘about time!’ I’m sure they think it’s escaped our … Continue reading
Voting is easy, just play it by ear
As you can’t have helped but to notice the prelude for the next national election is already ongoing. By November the usual crowd of political misfits will be fully engaged in a battle of wits to persuade the nation of … Continue reading
The next President should embrace reality
As you can’t have avoided noticing several political figures whose pursuit of power has no grasp of boundaries are already warming up to race for the White House. And yesterday Sarah Palin gave the clearest sign yet that she’ll enter … Continue reading
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Politics is the fine art of collective lying
Every four years this wondrous country plays host to one of the most proficient examples of disingenuous theater in modern times – An election campaign. Strange people in Brooks Bros. suits travel the country and flaunt themselves on TV, swearing … Continue reading
New Orleans braces for man-made malady
When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the New Orleans area in 2005 the toll on both lives and homes was nothing less than brutal. Today the Army Corps of Engineers decided to open a levee to protect Baton Rouge from imminent flooding. … Continue reading
Death of bin Laden brings just celebrations
The recent raid on the lair of Osama bin Laden must rank among the boldest and most skilfully executed operations in modern military history. A small, highly trained unit enter a strange building in almost complete darkness, and despite heavy … Continue reading
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Behold the beginning of boredom
There is a certain wearisome inevitability in the fact the next few months will witness the overtures to yet another Presidential campaign. Slowly at first but with increasing fervor your television will become clogged with pallid-skinned politicians professing their undying … Continue reading
