I just watched the US presidential debate thinking there were going to be fireworks, but no. Only sweeping agreement on just about everything, liberally sprinkled with puke-inducing sentimentality, incoherent xenophobia and delusions of grandeur. And what did they talk about in the midst of the most catastrophic domestic crisis America has seen in my lifetime? […]
Tag: American Politics
McCain Accepts His Intellectual Deficiency, Puts Off Debate
Finally! I think the media is being too hard on McCain for chickening out of his upcoming debate. Clearly, a man who – as Lehman Bros employees packed their personal belongings into archive boxes – recently proclaimed the “fundamentals of the economy are strong”, urgently needs to get caught up on a few decades worth of […]
Banker Bailout = Welfare for the Wealthy
By now, I’m sure everyone has heard about the US plan to stick American taxpayers with the bill for bank bail-outs to the tune of $700 billion. It’s hard to put that kind of money in perspective, so I’ve been trying to think of other things that have cost the US $700 billion. As it […]