Essay/Commentary: "587 Billion Just Pissed Away"

Essay/Commentary:  "567 Billion Just Pissed Away"

         Thanks for nothing George W. Bush.  According to Providence, RI radio DJ Geoff Charles, the Iraq war cost the U.S. taxpayer a grand total of something like  567 billion dollars.  Imagine all the good that money could have done.  If that money wasn't wasted on such a frivolous war, perhaps there wouldn't have been a near meltdown of our entire economy. To boot, we wouldn't likely have had to worry about the so-called fiscal cliff or the unnecessary sequestration that occurred largely due to the failure of compromise and bipartisanship between the legislative and executive branches of our Federal Government. Without a doubt, we didn't benefit one iota from this needless war based on deceit rather than necessity.  Five thousand some-odd American soldiers perished, and no doubt thousands more suffered physically or psychologically. Other than the demise of a dictator (Saddam Hussein), we undoubtably did much more harm than good by going to war in the Middle East. We killed untold thousands of Iraqis, we destabilized the region, and we radicalized who knows how many Moslems both in Iraq and even in the U.S. (such as the Boston Marathon bombers). Although still praised by many on the right, Geoerge Dubya Bush should be remembered in infamy and as a disgrace.

Essay/Commentary: Right vs. Wrong

Essay/Commentary:  Right vs. Wrong

         I never thought I would be saying this, but in some cases it shouldn't matter if a case is Constitutional or not. Instead, it should be according to whether things are right or wrong. Problem is, right or wrong are often subject to interpretation. For example,  an innocent person on Death Row should either be freed or get a new trial. More recently, I don't know if such a case would ever go to the Supreme Court, but if people sue over hydraulic fracking (in which potentially scarce water resources are made unuseable) then fracking should lose regardless of   "Constitutionality" or not.  (tbc?)

Essay/Commentary: The IRS and the Tea Party

Essay/Commentary:  "THe IRS and the Tea Party"

        This week (Sun. May 19) a big to-do was made by the G.O.P. when it was found out that the IRS targeted certain groups  with titles like "Patriots" and  the  "Tea Party". As usual, this is largely political BS to make Obama look bad. Although the IRS may have targeted these groups, such tax breaks were meant for nonpolitical groups, and not such overtly partisan organizations as the so-called Tea Party. In my opinion, the Tea Party does not deserve non-profit status. Where was the G.O.P.'s outrage when progressive groups, such as when  Green Peace were targeted during the Dubya Bush years? On the other hand, the Obama administration was dead wrong when they targeted notes and telephone and maybe computer records of the Associated Press under the pretext of so-called  "National Security" reasons.