A recent PBS interview with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discussed immigration policy reform and enforcement. What follows below is the text of a response to her, posted on the PBS web site, just below the interview. I hope Ms. Napolitano reads this posting…
Category: Politics
John McAfee? Been There, Done That
I’ve been following the sad story of 67-year-old John McAfee, who is, at this moment, in a Guatemalan jail. A story posted on the net a few hours ago says, “Software guru John McAfee wants to return to US.” I feel for…
Harry Truman Speaks.
Harry Truman, campaigning more than 60 years ago, said, I will win this election and make those Republicans like it… We will do that because they are wrong and we are right… [T]he people know the Democratic Party is the…
More on the COLA Fraud
The fraud that is denying American’s their legal Social Security payouts continues. As we discussed in previous postings here, a senior’s monthly income is supposed to reflect increases in the cost of living by adding an annual “Cost of Living…
“Dr.” Terry Jones is an Asshole
If you find his name familiar but can’t quite recall why . . . he’s the Florida-based, right wing, crazy, fundamentalist Christian of the snake-handling variety who threatened to burn a Koran in protest of the plans for a Mosque…
Pointy Headed Ivory Tower Professors Do Exist, e.g. . . .
If you doubt that pointy-headed college professors do exist, shielded by ivy covered tenure and coddled in academic robes of illusion, stop and consider the natterings of one Richard E. Thaler whom the New York Times says is, “. .…
The Social Security COLA Fraud Exposed (and so what)
Last week I came across an interesting article that explains why, despite what the cash register at the local supermarket tells me, my Social Security check has not had a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) since 2009 and probably will…
Right and Wrong at the same time
. . but mostly wrong. I had thought Weiner to be innocent. A victim of a vicious, despicable attack from a source (Breitbart) notorious for scummy lies. I shored up my otherwise evidence-free opinion with the thought, “no one could…
Forgetting Day
Today’s calendar says it’s Memorial Day but reality intrudes. In all my 78 years I have never heard an elected public official in this country say such evil and cruel things as Ohio’s Governor John Kasich (R) did earlier this…
Social (In)Security
Those of us on Social Security are aware of a little thing called “COLA” (cost of living adjustment.) It’s based on a very simple fact of economics. The value of money is not constant. Prices go up and down in…