The Wall Street Journal says that Wal-Mart is getting the word out to employees that electing Barack Obama would be bad for business and increase the likelihood of unions taking over in the companies stores. Both of these changes would be hazardous to employees’ future job prospects, the company insinuates. In recent weeks, thousands of…
Category: Politics
So Close to Understanding
As in the conservative camp, there are smart liberals and dumb ones. When I encounter one of the former, my usual reaction is horror at the enormity of what such an intelligent person might do with his/her unfortunate ideals. Yet sometimes they give me hope. Christy Hardin-Smith shows signs of being such a person. Today…
FISA, Obama, and Reality
A new Newsweek poll shows Barack Obama slipping into striking range of John McCain, 44-41%. This is good news, first because it means that Obama may not become president after all, second because independent voters like me matter more in a close race, and third because he will be forced to further mis-cast himself as…
Obama not Black Enough?
That’s what Jesse Jackson seems to think, apology or no. Once again stealth journalism reveals the unpleasant truth about our so-called leaders. This is the Jesse Jackson we always knew was lurking just below the surface of his image. Gotta love it. Question: Will he be castigated as thoroughly as a honky would be for…
Telecom Immunity a Fact of Life
PBS says: The Senate approved a bill Wednesday overhauling the rules on government eavesdropping and granting immunity to telecom companies that assist with government-ordered communications monitoring. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 69-28. And the NY Times says that until now: …more than 40 lawsuits continued churning through federal courts, charging AT&T,…
Obama Adjusts Abortion Position to the Good
In 2007, Barack Obama blasted the Supreme Court for enforcing the Bush administration’s ban on late-term abortions. Now he’s singing a different tune, one that people of good conscience should like better. Obama said prohibitions on late-term abortions must contain "a strict, well defined exception for the health of the mother." Obama then added: "Now,…
Barack Obama Leads With the Race Card
He still hasn’t been officially nominated as the Democratic candidate for president yet, but Barack Obama has taken control of the Democratic National Convention, trotted out a cheesy knock-off of the presidential seal, and now, like a Euchre player leading with off-suit ace, he’s played the race card early by stating Republicans will use his…
Jerry Brown Never had a Chance
Former President Clinton recently said that he’s never seen anything like the Obama/DNC full-court press to get Democratic super delegates to commit to Mr. Obama. But The Jed Report has a interesting post about the 1992 Bill Clinton vs. Jerry Brown Democratic primary race that belies that assertion. To an extent, the same thing was…
Immigration Raids
Geraldo Rivera, he of the Al Capone vault television mega-flop, has an over-the-top article up at the Huffington Post in which he condemns the recent raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that resulted in the arrests of hundreds of illegal immigrants. The Wall Street Journal called the raids "immigration theater" and I’m inclined to…
Bill Clinton’s Conspiracy
Bill Clinton says that there’s a conspiracy against his wife Hillary’s attempt to secure the Democratic party’s nomination. Strange as it may seem, he”s right about that. President Clinton: "I can’t believe it. It is just frantic the way they are trying to push and pressure and bully all these superdelegates to come out," Clinton…