21 May 2012
Everyone has an opinion about what’s going on in the world. This is mine.
22 January 2008
It is time for the Democratic candidates to refocus on what the presidential election in 2008 is all about. The eight years of the Bush administration have seriously damaged the United States. It will take a great effort to reverse the course and get the country back on track. Continue Reading »
Popularity: 39% [?]
16 January 2008
The primary in Michigan today was more nonsense than the previous primaries. Because the primary was moved up without consent of the Democratic National Committee, all delegate have been excluded from the National Convention. This makes the primary practically mute for the Democrats. This is, for me, another reason to rethink primaries. Continue Reading »
Popularity: 44% [?]
12 January 2008
While everyone was concentrating on the primaries in New Hampshire, news of an “incident” with Iran nudged it’s way into the forefront of the news shows. Allegedly Iranian patrol boots threatened American war ships. Bush harshly criticized the Iranians, he made it clear that the U.S. would defend itself. Now we hear that this wasn’t the first incident with Iran.
I see this as a continuation of developments that have been intensifying for about one to one and a half years. A pattern is manifesting itself – with contradictions mind you – that seems to indicate an increase in tensions between the U.S. and Iran. There were the arrests of Iranians in Iraq by the U.S. in December 2006[1], Iranians holding British navy personnel in March 2007[2], Tightening of sanctions against Iran by the U.N. Security Council also in March 2007[3], the arrival of a second aircraft carrier in April 2007[4]. Continue Reading »
Popularity: 66% [?]
09 January 2008
Today was the big, much hyped, primary in New Hampshire.
Putting all the hype aside, do primaries make sense? Let’s take a quick look at how primaries work. There are closed, semi-open and open primaries. The difference is whether voters not registered with a political party (either Democrat or Republican) may vote in the primary. In closed only voters registered with the party my vote. Semi-open primaries allow independent voter to vote. Open primaries anyone even voters registered with the competing party my vote, but they may vote in only one primary. That goes for independent voters as well. (for more details see Wikipedia) Continue Reading »
Popularity: 28% [?]
