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by James Buchanan

People never rebel against a government as long as they can ignore it. As long as they have a reasonable expectation that they will be allowed to keep their homes and some of the money they earn and be allowed to live most of their lives in peace, they will remain quiet and tacitly allow a government -even a corrupt, increasingly evil one- to continue.

There is however always a breaking a point that leads to rebellion. In France, it was the flippant attitude by the aristocracy toward the suffering and starvation of the masses. In America, it was endless taxation and a condescending attitude by British aristocrats toward the colonies. In Germany in the 1920s, it was blundering incompetence by hack politicians combined with staggering unemployment and hyper-inflation. (more…)

by Jeff Davis

Not so long ago, as recently as a few years ago in fact, any public discussion of unlimited Third World immigration into this country was completely taboo. The 10,000-pound elephant in America’s parlor has grown and befouled its surroundings to the point where it can no longer be ignored, and at long last the tyrannized American people are speaking up in protest against the land of their birth being turned into a province of Mexico.

Congress is now considering bills that would make it a felony to be in the United States illegally, impose new and meaningful penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants (finally!) and erect fences along one-third of the U.S.-Mexican border. One third is only one third, but at least it’s a start. (Perhaps we should consult Israel; they’re good at building walls.) The governor of Arizona has been prodded into ordering National Guardsmen to the Mexican border. Right-wing talk show hosts like Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh are now overrun with callers and e-mails and guests who speak openly of the problems which are caused by illegals. The membership of the left-wing Sierra Club has pushed repeatedly for a rank and file vote on the illegal problem which is an undeniable threat to the environment. (more…)

by Charles Coughlin

A recent news article reports “White House chief of staff Andy Card has resigned and will be replaced by budget director Joshua Bolten, President Bush announced Tuesday amid growing calls for a White House shakeup and Republican concern about Bush’s tumbling poll ratings.” As Andrew Card leaves the Bush Administration the big question isn’t “Why is Card leaving?” but “Why is anyone staying?” As usual with the Bush regime, a story was floated a few weeks ago talking about how “overworked” Card has been in an attempt to soften the blow of a senior advisor leaving. The truth is that something fantastically wrong has to be going on to separate any of these power-hungry types from a position of influence. Heart conditions which would send anyone else into retirement couldn’t persuade folks like Dick Cheney to step down. Card was at the height of his game as a key player in the Bush regime, but this wasn’t enough to keep him going.

Attempts are being made to blame Card for many of the Bush regime’s recent failures. It seems more likely that Card was a voice of sanity and has been driven out by the insane neocon cabal surrounding George Bush. The last straw for Card may have been the Dubai ports fiasco. Any competent advisor should have seen that train wreck coming, but Bush refused to apply the brakes until after running into the obstacle in the middle of the tracks and causing as much damage as possible. Another factor is that Card is at odds with Karl Rove. Perhaps Card was hoping that the criminal investigation of the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame would send Karl Rove to jail. Unfortunately, Scooter Libby became the scapegoat for that affair even though Cheney and Rove were almost certainly involved. Karl Rove was even named by one reporter as a source in the Plame scandal and should be sharing a cell with Scooter Libby, but -as often happens in politics- punishment was imposed on just one individual while an equally guilty party escaped. (more…)

by James Buchanan

Recent events highlight the fact that our government does not care about terrorism –or more accurately they don’t care if any of us get killed in a terrorist attack. How else can Bush’s actions be explained in the Dubai Ports deal? Some of the individuals involved in this deal shared a tent with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan while on “vacation” there, but George Bush in his infinite wisdom insisted that his buddies in Dubai were just fine, just like his rich Saudi friends. Bush only backed down when faced with mutiny by his own party, many of whom face reelection this year in the same way condemned men face execution.

As if the Dubai Ports fiasco wasn’t bad enough, Bush repeated the mistake suggesting that a Chinese company should take over scanning for terrorist nukes. No one has explained what would happen if the Chinese decided to nuke our cities. Just in case anyone is defending Bush on this deal, the same Chinese company was turned down for a telecommunications contract on the basis of national security three years ago. (Maybe they increased the size of their bribe.) (more…)

by Charles Coughlin

A recent news article reports “Authorities are examining a surveillance tape that shows an elderly woman wandering Skid Row in a hospital gown and slippers as they investigate the practice of hospitals and police agencies dumping homeless people downtown. Carol Ann Reyes, 63, of Gardena, was taken from a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower on Monday to the downtown area known as Skid Row, authorities said. A surveillance camera outside the Union Rescue Mission showed Reyes walking from the direction of a taxi that had just driven away. She wandered the street for about three minutes before a mission staff member brought her inside. City officials have been looking into the alleged dumping of homeless people in Skid Row, a ramshackle area downtown. Several hospitals have acknowledged that they put some discharged indigent patients with nowhere else to go into taxicabs headed to the area because it offers a chance for getting services and shelter. Los Angeles police also are investigating whether other law enforcement agencies dump people without anywhere else to go downtown.”

Decades ago, most states had anti-vagrancy laws so that hobos could not camp out on city streets often in front of private businesses that were hoping to stay in business. About the only excuse for letting the homeless stay in the cities was so that they would have a better chance of finding a job. Today, with the Internet, there’s no longer a need for a homeless person to stay in a big city to look for work. The homeless could be kept in a low cost facility, where they would have Internet access for job-hunting. (more…)

by Charley Reese

Last week’s anniversary of the start of the Iraq War prompted loads of discussions. For some reason, journalists love anniversaries, though of course they are highly selective in which anniversaries they take note of.

Out of these discussions always comes the administration’s ploy, which is that if you don’t have a solution, then don’t criticize the problem. That’s clever sophistry. The administration starts a war on false pretenses, completely botches the aftermath, gets bogged down in a guerrilla war, so now it says to the critics, “OK, you fix it.”

Well, since I’m proud of my consistent opposition to this war, I will freely admit that I don’t know how to fix Iraq. I do, however, know how to fix our involvement in Iraq. That is for the American people and their elected government to recognize the truth: We, the United States, cannot fix Iraq now or ever. We can pay bribes and cajole and threaten, but in the end, the fate of Iraq is now in the hands of the Iraqis, and there is nothing we can do about it. (more…)

by James Buchanan

A recent news article reports “In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is hiring a Hong Kong conglomerate to help detect nuclear materials inside cargo passing through the Bahamas to the United States and elsewhere…
The administration acknowledges the no-bid contract with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. represents the first time a foreign company will be involved in running a sophisticated U.S. radiation detector at an overseas port without American customs agents present. Freeport in the Bahamas is 65 miles from the U.S. coast, where cargo would be likely to be inspected again. The contract is currently being finalized.”

Normally I don’t have trouble writing about Bush’s latest blunder, but this one literally has me stunned. Even before the furor died down over the Dubai Ports fiasco, Bush has the unbelievable nerve to approve a deal to have a Chinese company inspect cargo for terrorist nukes. (That’s Red Chinese, not Taiwan.) I guess we can file this under: “Bush learns nothing from his mistakes.” (more…)

by Jeff Davis

A recent news article reports “A Salinas woman who prosecutors say killed a 46-year-old Castroville woman by injecting her with cooking oil pleaded not guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license. Martha Mata Vasquez, 39, is charged with injecting Mazola corn oil into Maria Olivia Aguirre-Castillo on Nov. 17, claiming it was a wrinkle-smoothing substance, possibly collagen, said Monterey County Deputy District Attorney Steve Somers. Aguirre-Castillo spent about a week in a coma before her organs failed, Somers said. The oil had blocked blood flow to vital tissue, killing it, he said, citing an autopsy report. She died Nov. 24. Following Vasquez’s arraignment, Monterey County Superior Court Judge Stephen Sillman kept her bail at $10,000 but said he will review the amount Friday. Sillman also ordered Vasquez to refrain from practicing medicine without a license or giving injections. After the proceedings Vasquez avoided press inquiries, appearing distraught. Vasquez could face eight years in prison if convicted of the two felonies and an enhancement accusing her of paralyzing Aguirre-Castillo…”

At least Ms. Vasquez used corn oil instead of salsa.

Apparently Ms. Vasquez had a neat little racket going. Monterey County Assistant District Attorney Berkley Brannon said three other victims have come forward. Apparently, in their cases, the “treatment” worked, or at least it didn’t kill the recipients. Vasquez, who works in a beauty salon, allegedly administered the injections at the homes of women she met at the salon. (more…)

by Jeff Davis

Every society has to have a scapegoat, an officially persecutable minority who can be harassed and harmed, insulted and degraded in order to make the otherwise obedient majority feel big and strong and powerful even though they are in fact nothing but servile peons themselves. Ancient Rome had slaves. America has illegal aliens, swarthy Arab types and worst of all smokers. Americans have used tobacco for centuries since the Indians introduced it to the white man in revenge for our giving them whiskey.

A recent news article reports “One of the country’s strictest smoking bans went into effect in Calabasas Friday. The ordinance outlaws smoking in any public space where people could be exposed to second-hand smoke.” Calabasas is a small yuppie enclave in California. The ban includes parks, streets, sidewalks, restaurants, bars, parking lots, sporting events, anywhere. Technically, you can still light up if you stand at least “at least 20 feet away from any path of travel, doorway or place where people congregate,” according to the city’s website. In practice, smoking outside would be inconvenient at best and frequently impossible with smokers compelled to put out their cigarettes whenever a pedestrian came within 20 feet. Smokers who used to go outside their workplace to smoke, may no longer be allowed to smoke. (more…)

by Jeff Davis

I have a confession to make. I actually LIKE Denny’s food. As far as Basic American Grease goes, Denny’s is probably the best. Good basic home cooking and good breakfasts and sandwiches, and although the price has gone up in recent years Denny’s is still sufficiently cheap so ordinary Americans can eat there. Sure, there’s enough cholesterol and salt in the food to kill you dead on the spot if you’ve got a weak heart, but this is America, after all, and it’s the poison that tastes so good we can’t stop stuffing it in our faces. Denny’s affordability however has become a handicap in the big cities of southern California, where its diverse customers have taken to shooting up the place.

For a while it seemed anytime a black walked into a Denny’s he walked out hollering for Jesse Jackson and the NAACP. Then he was on the evening news with an attorney filing a lawsuit because his waitress was too slow or his coffee was cold or his eggs were scrambled too soft. Denny’s caved in to black extortionists the first couple of times. But then Denny’s got smart and installed closed circuit cameras, which sunk the last attempt to shake down Denny’s for making blacks wait “too long” (as if the courts or government should even care about this sort of thing). (more…)