Being truthful about federal spending will never set the conservatives free because they can not tell the truth about the subject matter. They say federal spending is the problem so entitlements have to be cut. Of course the news media falls for that lie and it becomes the topic of their shows, especially the Fox News Network.
As pointed out many times here in "politidose" federal spending has increased a hell of a lot more under Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 than it has under Clinton or Obama in the past 32 years. The real story of the conservative republican lies concerning budget matters is that they now want the middle class to pay for their 20 year deficit spending spree and their obscene increase in federal spending that happened on those three republican President's watch.
Republican Paul Ryan's fairy tale budget did not get any where in Congress last year and was rejected by the voters in the November Presidential race when he and Romney went down to defeat. Now Ryan has reintroduced the same budget trash in congress again and will once again go down in defeat. Which just shows how contempt they are toward the country and its people.
The news media should be talking about how Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 put the nation on the path to the greatest fiscal failure since the great depression and how the lies of conservative republicans on the subject matter is a disgrace to the country and its people. Boehner, McConnell and their gang of republican outlaws served in congress during the George W. Bush administration and squandered the balance budgets and surpluses of the Clinton administration and the people need to hold them accountable.
During the "cold war" there was a saying, " better dead than red". Well now the saying should be, " better to sequester than balancing and cutting the budget on the backs of the middle class."
Commentary written by John Lucia
Note: See past commentaries concerning federal spending.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
It's Official: Louisiana's Next Governor Should Be A Democrat
Conservative writer James Varney for the Times Picayune in his column of March 6 probably did not realize that his commentary actually makes the case that the next Louisiana governor should be a democrat.
Varney points out that state Treasurer John Kennedy is looking to fill Jindal's shoes when he leaves office in 2016 and that Kennedy said Jindal uses a credit card to balance the state budget. This writer has pointed out in politidose many times how Jindal has not really balanced any state budgets and why.
Jindal's team according to Varney shot back that Kennedy was keeping with the administration's earlier conclusions Kennedy's computations of Louisiana's bonding and debt service capabilities have been wildly erroneous. I don't know where the treasurer gets his numbers from and also that Kennedy has a long track record of half baked gimmicks.
Other contents in the article concerns shrinking state government as if that is the cure all for everything. But Varney, Kennedy and Jindal never touched upon the $8 billion of tax breaks for business that is approximately 25% of the state budget. That corporate welfare is off the table when it comes to cutting spending.
Former democratic governor Blance whom Jindal succeeded not only balanced the state's budget but left the Jindal administration with a $1 billion surplus and Jindal blew it big time just like George W. Bush did with the balanced budget and surpluses of the Clinton Administration.
The conservative ideology and talk of the republicans in Louisiana has never moved the state forward. Unemployment was 3.8% when Jindal took office and it has never gotten back to that number yet. Kennedy and Jindal's opinon of each other's performance in office sounds like a soap opera and Louisiana needs a good democrat to clean up their mess. Gimmicks and credit card governing will continue as long as Jindal and Kennedy have their way.
Commentary written by John Lucia
Varney points out that state Treasurer John Kennedy is looking to fill Jindal's shoes when he leaves office in 2016 and that Kennedy said Jindal uses a credit card to balance the state budget. This writer has pointed out in politidose many times how Jindal has not really balanced any state budgets and why.
Jindal's team according to Varney shot back that Kennedy was keeping with the administration's earlier conclusions Kennedy's computations of Louisiana's bonding and debt service capabilities have been wildly erroneous. I don't know where the treasurer gets his numbers from and also that Kennedy has a long track record of half baked gimmicks.
Other contents in the article concerns shrinking state government as if that is the cure all for everything. But Varney, Kennedy and Jindal never touched upon the $8 billion of tax breaks for business that is approximately 25% of the state budget. That corporate welfare is off the table when it comes to cutting spending.
Former democratic governor Blance whom Jindal succeeded not only balanced the state's budget but left the Jindal administration with a $1 billion surplus and Jindal blew it big time just like George W. Bush did with the balanced budget and surpluses of the Clinton Administration.
The conservative ideology and talk of the republicans in Louisiana has never moved the state forward. Unemployment was 3.8% when Jindal took office and it has never gotten back to that number yet. Kennedy and Jindal's opinon of each other's performance in office sounds like a soap opera and Louisiana needs a good democrat to clean up their mess. Gimmicks and credit card governing will continue as long as Jindal and Kennedy have their way.
Commentary written by John Lucia
Monday, March 11, 2013
February's Unemployment Rate and Job Creation
The Labor Department announced that the unemployment rate fell to 7.7% in February, down from January's 7.9% and that the economy created 236,000 new jobs. Economic indicators also showed a sustained recovery. This writer predicted that the democratic administration of Barrack Obama would move the country forward out of the second great depression in a commentatry published here in politidose on Dec. 14, 2009 titled, "An Economic Turnaround: Job Creation and Fiscal Stability, There Is A Precedent". And once again the republicans in congress are on the sidelines trying their best to hinder the economic recovery that is taken place.
If the republicans in the U.S. House had passed the President's jobs bill that they have been sitting on for over a year, the nation just may have attained full employment by this time. Their attitude of openly opposing the President's policies because they wanted to make him a one term President was and is an act of treason. As I have written many times in the past, republicans obstruct because they themselves have no record on the economy that can compete with democratic administrations.
Yes America, the country and its people have always been better off with a democratic in the White House and if the people learn from the past their future is bright. Never forget that if President's Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 had balanced the federal budget like President Clinton did, deficit spending and the national debt would not be a problem today. And if you listen to the republicans talk today they want the middle class to pay for the deficit spending and debt those three republicans ran up during their 20 years in office.
Commentary written by John Lucia
If the republicans in the U.S. House had passed the President's jobs bill that they have been sitting on for over a year, the nation just may have attained full employment by this time. Their attitude of openly opposing the President's policies because they wanted to make him a one term President was and is an act of treason. As I have written many times in the past, republicans obstruct because they themselves have no record on the economy that can compete with democratic administrations.
Yes America, the country and its people have always been better off with a democratic in the White House and if the people learn from the past their future is bright. Never forget that if President's Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 had balanced the federal budget like President Clinton did, deficit spending and the national debt would not be a problem today. And if you listen to the republicans talk today they want the middle class to pay for the deficit spending and debt those three republicans ran up during their 20 years in office.
Commentary written by John Lucia
"POLITIDOSE' Was There From The Beginning
"Politidose", your daily dose of political commentary was started by my grandson during the 2008 Presidential campaign. He did so because he believed there should be a source of political expression outside the main street media and the beltway so the average person could comment on the campaign and make their thoughts known. He invited me to write political commentary because he knew I loved and followed politics and I have been sharing my thoughts in politidose since.
If one takes the time to read politidose all the way back to its inception you will find political commentary that talks about events that are in the news today and were predicted as far back as 2007. The transfer of wealth from the middle class to the wealthy, republicans inability to balance the federal budget, federal spending, the national debt, deficit spending, job creation, the Iraq war, the economy, the unAmerican ideology practiced by the leaders of the republican party today and corporate greed are only a few examples.
Those in the major news media and cable TV have been late in their reports to the people on the subject matter that was already published here in politidose and in many cases have been just plain ignorant. The Sunday talk shows could learn a lot about facts and would be better prepared if they read politidose to answer the false charges their guest make on their shows.
There are many firsts for politidose that the readers are familiar with especially concerning the economy and unemployment while the pundits were predicting unemployment to stay above 9% all of 2011 and 2012 politidose was on target and pointed out it would be closer to the 7% range by election 2012. It was also pointed out how the Obama administration would move the country and its people out of the second great republican depression. Yes, for those who really care, understanding the past is still the key to the future.
This commentary written by John Lucia
If one takes the time to read politidose all the way back to its inception you will find political commentary that talks about events that are in the news today and were predicted as far back as 2007. The transfer of wealth from the middle class to the wealthy, republicans inability to balance the federal budget, federal spending, the national debt, deficit spending, job creation, the Iraq war, the economy, the unAmerican ideology practiced by the leaders of the republican party today and corporate greed are only a few examples.
Those in the major news media and cable TV have been late in their reports to the people on the subject matter that was already published here in politidose and in many cases have been just plain ignorant. The Sunday talk shows could learn a lot about facts and would be better prepared if they read politidose to answer the false charges their guest make on their shows.
There are many firsts for politidose that the readers are familiar with especially concerning the economy and unemployment while the pundits were predicting unemployment to stay above 9% all of 2011 and 2012 politidose was on target and pointed out it would be closer to the 7% range by election 2012. It was also pointed out how the Obama administration would move the country and its people out of the second great republican depression. Yes, for those who really care, understanding the past is still the key to the future.
This commentary written by John Lucia
Sunday, March 3, 2013
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu And The Oil and Gas Industry
It is a known fact that republicans support the policy of "trickle down economics" which represent tax cuts that benefit the wealthy the most with the policy statement that it creates jobs. Of course it has failed to do that and does not even advance economic growth. Just ask George W. Bush.
Senator Landrieu, a native of Louisiana as I am supports tax breaks for the major oil companies that is really corporate welfare and has never produced one extra barrel or oil or a gallon of gasoline. Those tax breaks given big oil are used to give large bonuses to the elite executives. It started out with the 12-1/2% depletion allowance in the 50's nd 60's and like today, those tax breaks never helped America become less dependent on foreign oil.
Landrieu is also a supporter of opening up more land to drilling even though big oil owns, leases or rents thousands of acres of land where they have yet to spud the first well. The idea that large corporations such as big oil who make handsome profits needs tax breaks to stay in business and make money represent the conservative ideology of the republican party and in this case also Senator Landrieu. However Warren Buffett, a person who knows a lot about making money and business says taxes are not a hinderance to a company making money and staying alive.
This writer has been a supporter of Senator Landrieu at the voting booth ever since she entered politics and I believe her positives outweigh her negatives but she is dead wrong on the subject of this issue and she was dead wrong on her position during the BP oil spill when President Obama was trying to get to the bottom of that tragic accident that took the lives of 11 rig workers. The moratorium was the right thing to do, but the Senator did not like the idea even though the cause of that tragic accident was not know and of course no one connected with the BP explosion would admit guilt.
This writer worked in the service end of the Oil industry for over 34 years and I can tell you big oil needs no tax favors to stay in business or find and produce oil. I have seen the environmental disaster inflicted on Louisiana with on shore drilling for the past 40 plus years and the oil industry has yet to be held accountable for the damage. On shore drilling is controlled by the state and many of Louisiana's representatives who serve in congress also served in the state legislature when big oil was doing their environmental damage, including Landrieu but the legislature never held them accountable.
If one reads between the lines it seems like Louisiana's political leaders in congress and also for the state of Louisiana now want to apply any BP settlement to cure all past environmental problems caused by the oil industry. BP should be held accountable for the damage they caused and the oil companies in general who have destroyed our wetlands, marshes and etc., with their on shore drilling should be held accountable, not BP and they should be held accountable by the state of Louisiana.
This commentary written by John Lucia
Senator Landrieu, a native of Louisiana as I am supports tax breaks for the major oil companies that is really corporate welfare and has never produced one extra barrel or oil or a gallon of gasoline. Those tax breaks given big oil are used to give large bonuses to the elite executives. It started out with the 12-1/2% depletion allowance in the 50's nd 60's and like today, those tax breaks never helped America become less dependent on foreign oil.
Landrieu is also a supporter of opening up more land to drilling even though big oil owns, leases or rents thousands of acres of land where they have yet to spud the first well. The idea that large corporations such as big oil who make handsome profits needs tax breaks to stay in business and make money represent the conservative ideology of the republican party and in this case also Senator Landrieu. However Warren Buffett, a person who knows a lot about making money and business says taxes are not a hinderance to a company making money and staying alive.
This writer has been a supporter of Senator Landrieu at the voting booth ever since she entered politics and I believe her positives outweigh her negatives but she is dead wrong on the subject of this issue and she was dead wrong on her position during the BP oil spill when President Obama was trying to get to the bottom of that tragic accident that took the lives of 11 rig workers. The moratorium was the right thing to do, but the Senator did not like the idea even though the cause of that tragic accident was not know and of course no one connected with the BP explosion would admit guilt.
This writer worked in the service end of the Oil industry for over 34 years and I can tell you big oil needs no tax favors to stay in business or find and produce oil. I have seen the environmental disaster inflicted on Louisiana with on shore drilling for the past 40 plus years and the oil industry has yet to be held accountable for the damage. On shore drilling is controlled by the state and many of Louisiana's representatives who serve in congress also served in the state legislature when big oil was doing their environmental damage, including Landrieu but the legislature never held them accountable.
If one reads between the lines it seems like Louisiana's political leaders in congress and also for the state of Louisiana now want to apply any BP settlement to cure all past environmental problems caused by the oil industry. BP should be held accountable for the damage they caused and the oil companies in general who have destroyed our wetlands, marshes and etc., with their on shore drilling should be held accountable, not BP and they should be held accountable by the state of Louisiana.
This commentary written by John Lucia
How President Obama Should Handle The Sequester Issue
If congress does nothing to end the sequester that they themselves are responsible for President Obama should start the cutting process with the defense budget. He should immediately cut the billions of dollars to the defense budget that was over the amount that he asked congress for and the joint chief's of staff said they did not need but was added on and passed by congress any way. No harm done there since those added billions are pure and simple "pork".
Then the President should use those same guide lines to cut every department. Every one knows that congress adds billions of dollars to every department's budget simply because that is how congress works to protect itself and do favors for those campaign contributions they receive.
The President should then use his powers of the Presidency so that other cuts he makes do no harm to the economic recovery, job creation, the middle class, social security, medicare and medicaid. The President has that inherit power to protect America and its people even if it goes against any sequester requirements.
Obama needs to stand tall and use his powers to over come the obstruction of the unAmerican ideology that is bent on self indulgence. Yes America, the President and his ideas and policy positions won the November elections and that is the way the country needs to go for his final term in office. It is also a time for the voters to stand tall and support the President.
This commentary written by John Lucia
Then the President should use those same guide lines to cut every department. Every one knows that congress adds billions of dollars to every department's budget simply because that is how congress works to protect itself and do favors for those campaign contributions they receive.
The President should then use his powers of the Presidency so that other cuts he makes do no harm to the economic recovery, job creation, the middle class, social security, medicare and medicaid. The President has that inherit power to protect America and its people even if it goes against any sequester requirements.
Obama needs to stand tall and use his powers to over come the obstruction of the unAmerican ideology that is bent on self indulgence. Yes America, the President and his ideas and policy positions won the November elections and that is the way the country needs to go for his final term in office. It is also a time for the voters to stand tall and support the President.
This commentary written by John Lucia
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Louisiana's Little Boy Representative Steve Scalise Continues To Lie About Federal Spending
Times Picayune staff writer Bruce Alpert in a story dated Feb. 27 reported the following statement by Scalise and I quote: President Obama has reached a new low by using our military, first responders, food inspectors, and school teachers as shields to hide his continued wasteful government spending that has exploded over the last four years.
Little boy Scalise's statement that government spending has EXPLODED is one big hell of a lie and Scalise knows it. It takes a man to tell his constituency the truth and he has failed the test. His unAmerican conservative ideology will not allow the facts to get in the way when it comes to telling the truth.
In the same article Scalise said the President should be working with the republicans on the sequester. That is laughable since it was Scalise's party leaders who said they would not work with the President from day one and like a good ditto head conservative Scalise has jumped when they tell him to do so.
The fact of the matter is that federal spending has not EXPLODED on the President's watch. Obama's fourth fiscal year ends September 30, 2013 and when the numbers come in for the first four fiscal years total federal spending during that period will show an increase of less than 10%. Total federal spending at the end of George W. Bush's first four fiscal years increased 28%. The EXPLOSION the little boy Scalise was talking about happened on the watch of George W. Bush. But the bad news does not stop there. It started with the Reagan administration where total federal spending at the end of Reagan's eight fiscal years increased 75%. It continued with Bush 41 four fiscal years in office when his four fiscal years ended total federal spending increased 28%. Then democratic President Clinton brought sanity to the nation's fiscal health. In Clinton's eight fiscal years total federal spending increased 28% a even 14% for each of his terms. In George W. Bush's second fiscal term of four years total federal spending increased 33% which brought his two term increase in federal spending to 61%.
Is it any wonder why Scalise is so familiar with EXPLOSIVE spending. And the people of Louisiana, which I am one of should remember that Scalise, Jindal and Vitter all served in congress during the Bush 43 administration and were well aware of their EXPLOSION. They all rubber stamped Bush's policies
Its hell when you can not tell the truth that is supported by fact and turn around and outright lie. And to top it off their unAmerican conservative ideology want the Obama administration and the people to pay for the 20 years of record deficit spending and debt created by Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43. Does the stupid party have any one capable of obtaining wisdom and the courage to stand up and tell the truth?
Maybe, and just maybe the next time republicans lie about federal spending staff writer Bruce Alpert will put a note at the bottom of his article and point out the facts.
Note 1: Federal spending for the 20 years under Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 increased 164%. Under Clinton in his eight years it increased 28% and is estimated that under Obama when his first full fiscal term is completed it will be less than 10% (that 10% is based on my calculation of what is known for his first three years.)
Note 2: See my previous commentary titled Federal Spending: Facts vs. Myth dated 10/31/09 which spells out the source of the above numbers.
This commentary written by John Lucia
Little boy Scalise's statement that government spending has EXPLODED is one big hell of a lie and Scalise knows it. It takes a man to tell his constituency the truth and he has failed the test. His unAmerican conservative ideology will not allow the facts to get in the way when it comes to telling the truth.
In the same article Scalise said the President should be working with the republicans on the sequester. That is laughable since it was Scalise's party leaders who said they would not work with the President from day one and like a good ditto head conservative Scalise has jumped when they tell him to do so.
The fact of the matter is that federal spending has not EXPLODED on the President's watch. Obama's fourth fiscal year ends September 30, 2013 and when the numbers come in for the first four fiscal years total federal spending during that period will show an increase of less than 10%. Total federal spending at the end of George W. Bush's first four fiscal years increased 28%. The EXPLOSION the little boy Scalise was talking about happened on the watch of George W. Bush. But the bad news does not stop there. It started with the Reagan administration where total federal spending at the end of Reagan's eight fiscal years increased 75%. It continued with Bush 41 four fiscal years in office when his four fiscal years ended total federal spending increased 28%. Then democratic President Clinton brought sanity to the nation's fiscal health. In Clinton's eight fiscal years total federal spending increased 28% a even 14% for each of his terms. In George W. Bush's second fiscal term of four years total federal spending increased 33% which brought his two term increase in federal spending to 61%.
Is it any wonder why Scalise is so familiar with EXPLOSIVE spending. And the people of Louisiana, which I am one of should remember that Scalise, Jindal and Vitter all served in congress during the Bush 43 administration and were well aware of their EXPLOSION. They all rubber stamped Bush's policies
Its hell when you can not tell the truth that is supported by fact and turn around and outright lie. And to top it off their unAmerican conservative ideology want the Obama administration and the people to pay for the 20 years of record deficit spending and debt created by Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43. Does the stupid party have any one capable of obtaining wisdom and the courage to stand up and tell the truth?
Maybe, and just maybe the next time republicans lie about federal spending staff writer Bruce Alpert will put a note at the bottom of his article and point out the facts.
Note 1: Federal spending for the 20 years under Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 increased 164%. Under Clinton in his eight years it increased 28% and is estimated that under Obama when his first full fiscal term is completed it will be less than 10% (that 10% is based on my calculation of what is known for his first three years.)
Note 2: See my previous commentary titled Federal Spending: Facts vs. Myth dated 10/31/09 which spells out the source of the above numbers.
This commentary written by John Lucia
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Understanding The Past Is Still The Key To The Future: A Continuing Story
The very first Civilization on earth, that began almost 6000 years ago by the Sumerians contained every aspect of civilization that we have today and more. Women played a major role in Sumerian life, in commerce, in the arts, they were managers of business and etc. Science and teaching also played a major role in the development of their civilization and every day life. History and written records that have been discovered confirm how advanced they were.
The Sumerians had a code of conduct for all aspects of life. A laborer should be paid a just wage, wages should not be with held from workers, teachers were held in high esteem, science was knowledge and the list goes on and on.
Now flash forward to the year 2013. We have a war against women who still can not obtain equal pay in the work place and are still considered unequal by many in congress and business. The working middle class has fallen behind the elite big time in wages, pensions are reduced, health care is reduced or eliminated while their CEO's are awarded millions in bonuses and other goodies. Business is given special tax breaks at the expense of the middle class.
Science and the benefits that flow from it are being challenged and in many cases denied. Of course we know science and the teaching their of is the life line to learning and progress. Every nation that has suppressed science and their teachings has experienced a dark period of time.
Our present civilization in the United States has regressed on the most improtant issues. All one has to do is look at the dismal record of congress, especially the republican ideology that drives their unAmerican behavior. Republican ideology has been substituted for science and its teaching. Raising the minimum wage for the average worker is not necessary and the beat goes on.
Our civilization is now going thru the Sequester notion because of ideology. If it takes place it will be a farther set back for civility and what we humans stand for and how we treat others, especially the average American. The Sumerian code of conduct for government, trade, commerce, science and life in general was superior than it is today in America because ideology pushes aside facts.
Will America's failure to learn from and understand the past doom our future. Is that outcome being played out before our very eyes and does it really have to come to that. The Sumerians believed man's fate was alterable and could be changed by man for the better or for the worse. Do our leaders today have the wisdom, courage and leadership to learn from the past and do what is required for civilization's future? Time will tell.
This commentary written by John Lucia
Special Note: Zecharia Sitchin in his Earth Chronicle Book, "When Time Began" spells out just how advanced the Sumerian Civilization Was.
The Sumerians had a code of conduct for all aspects of life. A laborer should be paid a just wage, wages should not be with held from workers, teachers were held in high esteem, science was knowledge and the list goes on and on.
Now flash forward to the year 2013. We have a war against women who still can not obtain equal pay in the work place and are still considered unequal by many in congress and business. The working middle class has fallen behind the elite big time in wages, pensions are reduced, health care is reduced or eliminated while their CEO's are awarded millions in bonuses and other goodies. Business is given special tax breaks at the expense of the middle class.
Science and the benefits that flow from it are being challenged and in many cases denied. Of course we know science and the teaching their of is the life line to learning and progress. Every nation that has suppressed science and their teachings has experienced a dark period of time.
Our present civilization in the United States has regressed on the most improtant issues. All one has to do is look at the dismal record of congress, especially the republican ideology that drives their unAmerican behavior. Republican ideology has been substituted for science and its teaching. Raising the minimum wage for the average worker is not necessary and the beat goes on.
Our civilization is now going thru the Sequester notion because of ideology. If it takes place it will be a farther set back for civility and what we humans stand for and how we treat others, especially the average American. The Sumerian code of conduct for government, trade, commerce, science and life in general was superior than it is today in America because ideology pushes aside facts.
Will America's failure to learn from and understand the past doom our future. Is that outcome being played out before our very eyes and does it really have to come to that. The Sumerians believed man's fate was alterable and could be changed by man for the better or for the worse. Do our leaders today have the wisdom, courage and leadership to learn from the past and do what is required for civilization's future? Time will tell.
This commentary written by John Lucia
Special Note: Zecharia Sitchin in his Earth Chronicle Book, "When Time Began" spells out just how advanced the Sumerian Civilization Was.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Rachel Maddow's Hubris: The Selling Of The Iraq War
Maddow's February 18 show concerning the Iraq war was a good account for those who did not follow the war at the time or the run up to that war. It is a story that should be told often so that America never forgets it was an unnecessary war, a war of lies and manipulation that took the lives of over 4400 American troops and wounded over 30,000, many who will never walk again without assistance.
Maddow's information concerning "curveball", "yellow cake", "mobil labs" and etc., has been known for several years now and is nothing new to the public who followed the war. Books have been written on the subject matter. The real story about the war was how the news media failed to do its job by failing to ask the important questions and because they let themselves be intimidated by the Bush administration. And of course they had the pro war military generals on their shows every night talking about Iraq's WMD.
This writer wrote a two part commentary over 5 years ago titled, "The Rosetta Stone To The War In Iraq dated 12/8/07 and 12/11/07 that was published here in "Politidose". I believe those two commentaries provide a more accurate account of the Bush administration's lies concerning Iraq's WMD, the alleged Al Queda-Iraq link and the U.N. inspectors in Iraq after the Gulf War of '91 and prior to the Iraq invasion of 2003. It is hard to believe that Maddow never even touched upon just a few items covered in those commentaries.
President Bush and V.P. Cheney did indeed commit an impeachable act with their lies and cover up and used our men and women in uniform to pursue a neocon un-American ideology. Our men and women in uniform go where the commander in chief tells them to go. They go without complaining, do their job well and obey orders and the President took advantage of the sacrifice that is required of them. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 was a real threat to our nation and President Kennedy answered the call with a policy that worked and protected our men and women in uniform and at the same time protected our security. The Iraq situation was a flea compared to the Cuban elephant and Bush failed the test of a true leader. His lack of courage and true leadership has already been written in the history books and our men and women in uniform paid the ultimate price over WMD that did not exist.
This post written by John Lucia
Maddow's information concerning "curveball", "yellow cake", "mobil labs" and etc., has been known for several years now and is nothing new to the public who followed the war. Books have been written on the subject matter. The real story about the war was how the news media failed to do its job by failing to ask the important questions and because they let themselves be intimidated by the Bush administration. And of course they had the pro war military generals on their shows every night talking about Iraq's WMD.
This writer wrote a two part commentary over 5 years ago titled, "The Rosetta Stone To The War In Iraq dated 12/8/07 and 12/11/07 that was published here in "Politidose". I believe those two commentaries provide a more accurate account of the Bush administration's lies concerning Iraq's WMD, the alleged Al Queda-Iraq link and the U.N. inspectors in Iraq after the Gulf War of '91 and prior to the Iraq invasion of 2003. It is hard to believe that Maddow never even touched upon just a few items covered in those commentaries.
President Bush and V.P. Cheney did indeed commit an impeachable act with their lies and cover up and used our men and women in uniform to pursue a neocon un-American ideology. Our men and women in uniform go where the commander in chief tells them to go. They go without complaining, do their job well and obey orders and the President took advantage of the sacrifice that is required of them. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 was a real threat to our nation and President Kennedy answered the call with a policy that worked and protected our men and women in uniform and at the same time protected our security. The Iraq situation was a flea compared to the Cuban elephant and Bush failed the test of a true leader. His lack of courage and true leadership has already been written in the history books and our men and women in uniform paid the ultimate price over WMD that did not exist.
This post written by John Lucia
Friday, February 22, 2013
MSNBC's "The Ed Show" Champion Of The Middle Class
Ed Schultz has been the one person who has focused on the plight of the middle class for the past two years. He has done so on his nightly show with the facts and charts and backed up sources. The disparity of income for the 1% over the middle class with charts speak with clarity on the subject matter.
Ed and his show were instrumental in helping President Obama win reelection. He and President Clinton were able to demonstrate to the American people exactly what the middle class has been up against and that Mitt Romney and the republican party if elected were not about to change the status quo. He also exposed the attempt by the republican party to supress the vote in several states during the November elections. That mobilized the voters to be vigilant, have patience and stay in line as long as it would take.
Ed Shultz continues to push the cause of the middle class and is articulate in his report of how the republicans in congress continue to obstruct the President and the country from moving forward. Ed and I have a lot in common as I wrote a past commentary here in politidose dated 11/23/07 titled Corporate America: Leaving The Average Ameican In The Dust. For those whose follow politidose, they know Ed and I are on the same page.
Written by John Lucia
Ed and his show were instrumental in helping President Obama win reelection. He and President Clinton were able to demonstrate to the American people exactly what the middle class has been up against and that Mitt Romney and the republican party if elected were not about to change the status quo. He also exposed the attempt by the republican party to supress the vote in several states during the November elections. That mobilized the voters to be vigilant, have patience and stay in line as long as it would take.
Ed Shultz continues to push the cause of the middle class and is articulate in his report of how the republicans in congress continue to obstruct the President and the country from moving forward. Ed and I have a lot in common as I wrote a past commentary here in politidose dated 11/23/07 titled Corporate America: Leaving The Average Ameican In The Dust. For those whose follow politidose, they know Ed and I are on the same page.
Written by John Lucia
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