Our Mad Mad World

Is it time?

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:50:44 GMT

For Hillary Clinton to step aside? To suspend her candidacy?

A political analyst parsing the race the other night on TV claimed Hillary would have to acquire at least 64% of all the remaining delegate vote to top Obama. That numerically she can not win the primary race without a miracle.
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Writers Take Sides

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:24:10 GMT

Way back in 1938, when Spain was the central front against fascism, the League of American Writers sent out a questionnaire to several hundred American writers. The question they asked was simple: Are you for, or are you against Franco and fascism? Are you for, or are you against the legal government and the people of Republican Spain? There were more than 400 responses and only one writer sided with Franco. There were seven who remained neutral. The rest sided with the Spanish Republic.

Many of the respondents wrote brief comments and essays accompanying their responses which were put into an interesting booklet titled, Writers Take Sides. Of course, most of their comments related to current world events and the war in Spain. But several authors also included their thoughts on the nature of fascism. more >

Citizen McCain

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 19:45:27 GMT

Has anyone seen John McCain on TV recently? He becomes violently passionate when he discusses "Islamo fascism," claiming the US under his presidency will never accept "defeat." He even beat his chest in one performance. As the piece below describes he still even thinks we should have 'won" the Vietnam War.

This is a scary guy. One whose finger on the button would make me very nervous since it appears he may actually use it. We live in a time of much fear and paranoia. McCain, I think, will only heat things up.

Yes, old mild mannered John McCain becomes quite violently passionate over the existential threat the Muslim hordes present us. And appears to genuinely believe "if we don't fight them there we'll have to fight them here." more >

The King of Mountebanks?

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:53:26 GMT

If the Devil is at play here, and he is setting us up for the one two punch, then Barack is his main man. The perfect front.

For after eight years of George Bush, of nightly seeing a President of the United States on television smirk, lie, mangle the language, and smile confidently and broadly as countless die, all at his hand, the dignified portrait of noble and eloquent sobriety Obama brings us is the perfect contrast. more >

"Yes We Can"

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:59:30 GMT

Is he for real? John Kerry seems to think so, closely echoing his message when he endorsed him the other day in South Carolina.

Is he, Barack Obama, a new Lincoln or FDR or is he merely another Huey Long? He is, undoubtedly, one of the best political orators who has come along in a long, long time. He is, in fact, an extraordinary orator.
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An Easy Solution Missed

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:59:23 GMT

Recent estimates of how much this war in Iraq will cost us surpass one trillion dollars.

One trillion dollars.
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Bringing Back the Fairness Doctrine

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 20:17:06 GMT

Now that the Democrats control the Congress the possibility of reinstating the Fairness Doctrine has been raised.

By Democrats, of course. And by liberals and those who feel mute and unheard today over the nations airwaves on the left. Certainly not by the rightwing.

When Ronald Reagan was president he put an end to the Fairness Doctrine by simply signing an executive order. Handing the nations airwaves (which are the property of the American people) over to corporate America was that simple. more >

Fighting them there instead of here

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:14:04 GMT

After Saddam Hussein destroyed the World Trade Center - with the help of whatsname, oh you know, that guy whos head of al Qaeda (if Bush cant think of his name why should I?) - and we drove Saddam from power, thereby removing a greater threat than Hitler from the worlds stage, all his terrorists buddies, all those jihadi types, you know, came rushing to Iraq to take us on.
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Year One of the Roberts Court

Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:16:56 GMT

(The portrait to your right is of Richard Wright, as a crossword puzzle. It was painted by my father, Luis Quintanilla. For more portraits of writers as how they see themselves, go to www.lqart.org/portsfold/writports.html)

Well now its here. Its happened.

A rightwing Supreme Court.
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On Buddy's Bemusings

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:56:45 GMT

My Google web crawler brought up this piece I wrote two years ago, which appeared on Bemusings on July 14, 2005. For whatever its worth, heres a glmpse at the past, and through the past at the present, since nothing appears to have changed in two years. Except the mounting dead and destruction. And the opposition to the war, which has only increased over time. And will continue to increase.

How many American soldiers were dead by July 2005? Nearly 1800.

Today's statistic is 3565. ( http://icasualties.org/oif/DeathsByYear.aspx for that source.)

When it comes to Iraqis there is no way of measuring. The number, though, is enormous.

Buddys Bemusings then: http://gbuddy.blogspot.com/2005/07/quinty-saidand-he-says-it-again.html

Buddys Bemusings today: http://gbuddy.blogspot.com/

BACK TO JULY, 2005...............
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