As with many of you, I’d rather political/governmental things just worked well on their own, and that I didn’t feel a need to pay attention to them at all. However what governmental leaders decide to do has consequences, even drastic ones for us. According to DownsizeDC.org, there is some momentum in Washington toward bringing us
Tag: war
Prevent a War With Iran
I haven’t taken this too seriously until now, because I thought it was such a ridiculous idea. But apparently now our government is considering a proposal that would bring us closer to a war with Iran. We can’t afford another war either in financial terms or in terms of manpower. From my understanding, our military
Extraordinary Defense Spending
I am troubled and seriously concerned by a news story I heard this morning on NPR. This isn’t exactly a surprise, because it’s no real secret that things have been getting out of control. Nonetheless the actual figures are staggering. While the story was about defense spending, the real issue is runaway government spending, and
President Bush as the #2 Threat to World Peace?
Last fall I saw this article about a poll taken of British voters about which world leader they felt poses the most danger to world peace. Apparently, George Bush was seen as the #2 threat to world peace, behind bin Laden but ahead of the Iranian and North Korean heads of state. At first, this
Ron Paul on the War in Iraq
Some things to think about: (The following is excerpted from a much longer speech delivered before the U.S. House of Representatives on April 6 by Congressman Ron Paul, R-TX.) Whenever the administration is challenged regarding the success of the Iraq war, or regarding the false information used to justify the war, the retort is: Aren’t
Ron Paul
I think I’ve found my favorite congressman: Just a few days after the presidential election, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) — the only libertarian in Congress — rose to the House floor to deliver a stinging critique of the Bush administration’s war policy, assaults on civil liberties, and massive increases in the size and cost
Glorifying War
Last weekend I was over in Ohio with some friends, and we ended up going to the air force museum in our free time. Typical of guys, they were quite interested in all the planes and thought it was really cool. I however was actually kind of freaked out by the place. A photo section