George McGovern issued a challenge to politicians everywhere:“be honest”. Words of wisdom, in truth, and about as likely to be taken to heart by today’s breed of candidate as a California Democrat is to let a tax dollar go unspent. That’s too bad, because although McGovern represents virtually every bad idea American government has ever…
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
RE: Bill ties light rail funding to vote
Houston area Rep. John Culberson has followed in the dubious footsteps of Tom Delay by introducing a bill that would deny METRO the ability to use its funds as it sees fit. Who exactly to Delay and Culbertson think they are? King-makers is the obvious answer. Between Delay’s interference with METRO, his recent ramrodding of…
My Next Presidential Vote? God, I Hope Not!
Yesterday I took an Internet questionaire to see who my ideal presidential candidate is. Here are the results, and yes, I am worried: 1. Libertarian Candidate (100%) 2. Kucinich, Cong. Dennis, OH – Democrat (91%) 3. Bush, George W. – US President (90%) 4. Kerry, Senator John, MA – Democrat (84%) 5. Green Party Candidate…
Time for Shuttle to Retire
Regarding the Houston Chronicle’s July 10 editorial, "BREACH OF CONFIDENCE / Astronauts can’t explore space on a wing and a prayer": If more people had known about the shuttle’s problems, something might have been done differently – maybe. But the shuttle is the best that 1970s technology had to offer and nothing more. Its original…
South Korea: Time to Stand on their Own?
Certain segments of South Korean society have been strongly anti-American for some time. They must be an ungrateful people, seeing as how our tax dollars have been keeping their country in existence for the last 50 years. Like a petulant teenage daughter, perhaps it is time for them to chart their own course. I’m sure…
RE: What if super-rich in U.S. helped save Africans?
As printed in the Houston Chronicle, Jeffery D. Sachs asks what if super-rich in U.S. helped save Africans? Good question, what if they did? The primary problem with African nations is not poverty, as Sachs so blithely postulates. While quite serious, this condition is simply a by-product of the real issue. The real problem with…
Columbia Report In: NASA Criticized
The Houston Chronicle says that astronauts can’t explore space on a wing and a prayer. Sure, they’ve got a point. If more people knew more about the shuttle’s problems, something might have been done differently. Maybe. What’s more to the point is that the shuttle is the best that 1970s technology has to offer and…
Not Found: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Here’s “proof” that Mr. Bush misled us. Ha, ha, ha! If only anyone cared, myself included.
Re-districting Solution?
Usually William Raspberry makes me faintly ill. But his recent editorial about winner-take-all elections and redistricting/gerrymandering actually makes some sense. Of course, that means it will never be implemented…
Supreme Court: OK to be Gay!
The Supreme Court of the United States says it’s OK to be gay. Charming. Thanks, Justices, for your help in raising strong, healthy children in the cesspool of modern life. And thanks to the Houston Chronicle, for assenting. I love Anthony Scalia’s statement: “Even if the Texas law does deny equal protection to “homosexuals as…