The sorry saga that is American health care reform has of course see the magical, mythical ‘Left’ transform the great and free states of America into nothing more than a moribund Communist bloc, next we’ll see red tanks rolling down Wall Street demanding that vast amounts of public money be taken from the banks and [...]
Archive for the ‘US Politics’ Category
I’m from the US and I’m here to help
Posted in US Politics, World on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The earthquakes which devastated Haiti have of course brought the usual ‘muddled and confused’ international relief efforts into swinging action and no country has proved its sincerity to international aid more than the United States of America which has thoughtfully and compassionately donated 10’000 US troops to relief efforts. Haitians picking up the scattered remains of [...]
Breathing a sigh of relief
Posted in democracy, Government, History, Political, US Politics, World on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re living through times of change, that much is clear, even to those who might choose to ignore the events of the past couple of days. I’m not usually someone who likes to highlight racial issues but I feel that set against the background of 20th century US history the fact that Barack Obama was [...]
Provocation, an interesting concept
Posted in Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Political, UK politics, US Politics, War, World on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Iran has come under fire for test firing nine missiles, including a new Shahab-3, with a range of 2,000km (1,240 miles). The missile could potentially reach the Israeli city of Tel-Aviv and naturally combined with the concerns of an Iranian military nuclear program has provoked condemnation from Israel and the US. The BBC Diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus voiced the opinion [...]
The world behind our ignorance
Posted in China, Human Rights, Political, UK politics, US Politics, World on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Amnesty International has released it’s report on the use of the Death Penalty across the globe during the year 2007. It estimates that official executions claimed the lives of 1252 individuals with the largest amount of executions taking place in the People’s Republic of China. The official count in China stands at least 470 but [...]
The Shock Doctrine
Posted in Capitalism, US Politics, World on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Naomi Klein has been a favourite author of mine ever since I somehow came across a copy of her book ‘No Logo’ floating ownerless about the Post Office, I read it during the long stretches in the Callers Office and it was really the first book I could honestly say I truly believed in, a [...]
State of the Union. (and what a state it is)
Posted in Political, US Politics on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
President Bush’s last State of the Union was a tired and rather lacklustre affair, as we’re all hearing on the morning news and as Jay Findalingham stumbles over his lines yet again we learn that the Economy and Iraq were the central issues. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that [...]
Persian Fire, How Iran will destroy the world
Posted in Anti-War, Election 2008, Iran, Iraq, New World Order, Nuclear Weapons, Political, US Politics, World on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The interesting developments in the US political campaign are still nondescript enough to forestall any predictions from me. If I had to put money on it I’d go with the Polls and back Barack Obama, but I feel this could just be me putting my money with my hopes and risking losing both. The issue [...]
Admiring your handiwork
Posted in Anti-War, democracy, Disillusion, Government, Iraq, Patriotism, PNAC, Political, Society, Terrorism, UK politics, US Politics, Violence, War, World on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My feelings on those who direct the armed forces into situations in which their lives are at risk are mixed but always strong, that President Bush has the guts to face the people that his war has maimed is something I guess. These pictures are from President Bush’s visit to Brooke army medical centre in [...]
Waking up to a day of good news (well…nearly)
Posted in Iran, US Politics, World on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It had to happen, the law of averages demanded it. This morning I woke up to good news for once. Gilllian Gibbons, she of the tactlessly named bear, was released from jail and officially pardoned by the President of Sudan. Whilst this is a sentence which should never have been issued in the first place, [...]
