Random stuff

What really scares us about Barack Obama
By Bradley Burston
Why were Americans so plainly unafraid of George W. Bush that they not only elected, but re-elected him?
The gut suggests an answer that academics and, for that matter, foreign lovers of America, may find difficult to accept.
"Maybe," remarked a journalist in Israel this week, "what Americans really want, is a president that they can easily make fun of."

Biden, Iraq, and Obama’s Betrayal
By Stephen Zunes
Rather than being a hapless victim of the Bush administration’s lies and manipulation, Biden was calling for a U.S. invasion of Iraq and making false statements regarding Saddam Hussein’s supposed possession of “weapons of mass destruction” years before President George W. Bush even came to office.

Running for War President at Any Cost
By: Robert Scheer
McCain can win only as a war president. He neither knows nor cares much about the economic meltdown, which is the consequence of the deregulation mania that he has supported at every turn during his career in the Senate.

The Devil's Hoof
By: Uri Avnery
The "One-State Solution" is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. The One-State idea is not a solution, but an anti-solution. It is a recipe for an ongoing bloody conflict. Not a dream, but a nightmare.

Joe Biden in his own words.



Naomi Klein on Obama

Hmmm?

Jimmy Carter was to speak at yesterday's convention but was bumped. It looks as if money from Israeli backing Jews is more important.

stupid talking point

A few days ago the Senior Senator from Arizona was asked how many houses he owned and he said he would have his staffers get back to the interviewer. I noticed that many pundits, through their diligent work, have attempted to make it a question on McCain's age and not his class. Chris Matthews argued that it was an attempt to show that McCain is senile but that is typical intellectual garbage. Even a wealthy young man can not know how many homes he owns if he is sufficiently wealthy.
It was nothing short of showing that as millions are losing their homes, some of us have more than we can keep track of. Plain and simple. Thanks to the America's intellectual classes for their fine work.
It is in this climate where being called an idiot is actually a compliment.

Hmm?

Not what Fox News expected.

9/11

Here is a video of WTC7 collapsing.


Then there is this gem.