War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
As the protests across the US against GOP governmental operations — Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, and on and on — gain momentum against the budget-busting, don’t-give-a-shit attitude of right-wing politicans whose exploits fly in the face of a big chunk of America’s children, who can’t do much learning while hungry. From UPI: Two-thirds of U.S.…
“I believe the real looting of Iraq after the invasion was by US officials and contractors, and not by people from the slums of Baghdad,†said one US businessman active in Iraq since 2003. — Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 2/16/09 (Illustration found here). War crimes means more than what one would think. An official study…
One of the major problems confronting the US right now (might be THE problem) is the nit-wit clueless ignorance of Republicans and just about anyone on the right. And it’s a ‘not my job‘ attitude coupled with a good dose of just don’t-give-shit. Not only do GOPers have no real game plan — except, of…
One giant, DUH! From Media Matters: Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial cable channel, a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch was quick with a response: “I don’t think people would believe it’s as concocted as it is; that stuff is just…
Despite the elements, the protests continue to grow and grow and grow. (Illustration found here). On Tuesday, and even after more than two weeks of protest, the crowd in Cairo’s Tahrir Square was by far the largest yet, and even into the wee hours of Wednesday, thousands are still camped there, demanding the Egyptian government…
State of the propaganda of the US war machine. (Illustration found here). Paul Nash (1889-1946) created the above artwork in oil, titled: “We Are Making a New World.” And Nash had a horror epiphany while on the bloody Western Front. He wrote his wife in 1917 (from the link above): I have seen the most frightful…
Fright Friday: John McCain ratcheted-up national apprehension when on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, he named Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, blubbering: “She’s got the grit, integrity, good sense and fierce devotion to the common good that is exactly what we need in Washington today.” And from that frightful fatal day, US politics…
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor, wrote in 1993 that in the last century (the 20th, if you don’t remember) 167 million to 175 million men, women and children had their “lives deliberately extinguished by politically motivated carnage.” And, of course, the first decade in this new century has been nothing but war. (Illustration…
(Illustration found here). This country is in a shotgun-wedding to strange disaster. From Reuters: A victim of last week’s Arizona shooting rampage was arrested on Saturday and ordered to undergo a mental evaluation after threatening a Tea Party leader during the taping of a television show, police said…Fuller stood, turned and snapped a picture of…
As the US comes to grips with the plain idea that we’re a gun-wielding, dangerous society, and despite all the comfy talk about “civility,” from President Obama to Rep. John ‘The Boner’ Boehner, the culture created this past decade will not allow it. Hilarious — Horse walks into a bar, bartender asks: “Why the long…