WHY DOES BARACK OBAMA HATE FDR? Despite facing slurs of “socialist” and “leftist” from his conservative opponents, President Obama is beginning to irritate fellow Democrats by seemingly turning against the party’s roots. In the same budget that guts Social Security, the centerpiece of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the president has proposed privatizing the Tennessee Valley [...]
May 112012
WHILE THE U.S. SUPPORTS THE PROTESTS AGAINST “OUR ENEMY” (THE SYRIAN GOVERMENT) IT TOASTS ONE OF “OUR BASTARDS” (THE KING OF BAHRAIN) IN HIS CONTINUED SUPPRESSION OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS IN THAT COUNTRY. (Asia Times) The Crown Prince of Bahrain receives full state “honors” on a visit to Washington just as a Bahrani leader says that the government will [...]
Dec 062011
TOUGH TIMES FOR GOVERNMENT WORKERS IN THE U.S.A. (New York Times) A New York Times article describes the malaise of public sector employees across the country as local governments are making them, as a Wisconsin woman said, “scapegoats for a troubled economy,” attempting to balance stressed budgets by cutting back on retirement and health care [...]

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