The Fort Hood massacre was a real shocker, but the greater shock was the fact that the powers that be, as it has been disclosed, were aware of this individual, his Islamic connections and his pronouncements against America. Yet nothing was done because "he didn't look like a terrorist." What a ridiculous statement. ...more

November 14, 2009

It appears that we and our government have not learned anything in the last 2,064 years. Why do I say this? In the year 55 BC, Cicero, a Roman citizen, wrote the following: "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, and the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." ...more

November 9, 2009

Mr. Pereia is "right on" about how Hitler stifled and took control of the press in his rise to power. ...more

October 30, 2009

Whatever became of the concept of the loyal opposition? Just a few short months into the Obama administration and the Republicans, unable to structure a rational policy for their party, are shrieking treason and disaster. ...more

May 29, 2009

Does the Speaker of the House in the U.S. Congress serve for life? If so, this country is in dire circumstances. Surely her party, the Democrats, must be embarrassed by this woman and her pronouncements. ...more

May 21, 2009

I listened to the congressional hearing on the "bonus" hassle at AIG most of the afternoon. I feel this mess is really the fault of the Congress. I make this statement based on the fact that the stimulus bill was rushed and passed without debate by the Congress. They just passed something about which they knew nothing. At the time a sense of "panic" was created to the effect that, if there wasn't quick action not only a "national" but a "worldwide" financial catastrophe could occur. I wondered at the time how the "tanking" of one insurance company could cause such a worldwide disaster. I feel that the continuing bailout of AIG with billions and billions of taxpayers money, by Congress, has a deeper reason than what appears on the surface or what is being revealed to the public. ...more

March 22, 2009

The speed with which the president wants to get this "stimulus" bill enacted into law makes me suspicious of what is really in it. I understand the bill consists of 500 pages. I don't think the House or Senate members have had time to read it thoroughly and know its contents fully. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Great Depression was not caused by business failure; it was a financial downturn that was mitigated by the government's reactionary and blundering response to the situation. This resembles our situation today. Our government has not learned a thing from history, and it is on the verge of plunging us into another economic disaster because Congress doesn't have enough sense to study in depth and debate the pros and cons of bills that come before them. How will they create another economic disaster for us? ...more

February 3, 2009

This is in reference to Dick Ford's Jan. 13 letter "Democratic Recession." Like most Republicans he feels Democrats are always to blame for all of the ills of our country. Republicans insist the 2001 economic down turn was in progress and inherited by Bush from the Clinton administration. Even though Obama will inherit the current recession (maybe depression) from Bush, I'm sure you Republicans will find a way to blame it on the Democrats. ...more

January 18, 2009

I saw a feature writer column in today's (Jan. 1) paper titled "2008 Democracy Recession." I thought our present recession was caused by the hatred of the Democrats for George W. Bush. Bush told Congress in 2002 that the lack of regulatory restraint on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was a potential problem that would cause strong repercussions in the financial markets. Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Charles Schumer brushed him off and paid no heed. Then in 2005, Alan Greenspan told Congress to enable these institutions to increase in size, "Would place the total financial system of the future at a substantial risk." Even Sen. McCain, in 2005, said on the Senate floor that these institutions needed to be reformed. However the Democrats' bias toward Bush resulted in no action. ...more

January 3, 2009