Essay: "Bravo to Julian Assange and Wikileaks"

Essay: "Bravo to Julian Assange and Wikileaks"

Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks and thorn in the side of the United States federal government and numerous other governments around the world now sits in jail in Sweden for alleged 'sex crimes'. For months the U.S. government has assailed Mr. Assange and his notorious website for revealing so called "state secrets" probably of which at least 90% shouldn't even or ever be held from citizens and the general populace. More often than not, classifying something as confidential with the "National Security Excuse" is to hide wrongdoing and chicanery from those who need and deserve to know about it. Where was this guy and his website when the less than truthful and very deceitful George Dubya Bush administration was in power for eight years? Perhaps he could have been a catalyst for ending two unnecessary wars and perhaps even saving our economy from near bankruptcy at the hands of greedy corporate entities. By the way, it wouldn't surprise me at all if his criminal charges have been trumped up in retaliation for pissing off some powerful people.

Essay: "Heroes vs. Political Villains"

Essay: "Heroes Vs. Political Villains" A work in progress

Heroes tend to have, while most politicians tend to lack, the following qualities, among others: courage, honor, selflessness, integrity, honesty, self-sacrifice and dependability. This week the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party (now unfortunately the mainstream of the Republican Party), along with many of their gutless Democratic colleagues, strong-armed and basically blackmailed President Obama and the Democrats into continuing the outrageous gift to the filthy rich of tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, the people who need it the least. Meanwhile, the economy continues to sputter, millions of Americans are out of work, teetering on the edge or over the edge of foreclosure and/or bankruptcy, or in some cases struggling to feed themselves or even to have a roof over their heads. To me, it is an enormous insult for the Republicans and those Democrats who accept this outrage of the well-to-do being allowed to not pay their fair share. Besides, this welfare for the mostly undeservedly rich will add a couple billion dollars to the federal deficit. It is equally an outrage for corporations to get corporate welfare and/or tax breaks for sending potential American jobs overseas and to give bonuses to employees with bailout money courtesy of the American taxpayer.