Foot Schleppen

by JMZ
If I could kill one piece of political rhetoric that continues to get spouted as biblical truth, it would be that FDR’s “New Deal” is a heroic bill of genius that pulled us out of the deep cascade that was the Great Depression.
I hear it time and time again. The economic crisis we have [...]

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By Sheddelio and JMZ
Make no mistake we are fans of the Olympic games. After all the Democratic convention just ended, McCain nominated a women as his VP running mate and yet I’m discussing sporting events that finished over a week ago.
And I don’t care.
I had this thing on a mind all week, and secondly [...]

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By J.M.Z
Senior Eastern European Expert
The actions of Russia over the past week confirm my concern that defeating the “Evil Empire” so convincingly and thus ending the Cold War was not necessarily a good thing after all.
(I know Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic etc… would disagree but follow me down this path for a moment if [...]

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By J.M.Z
Senior Olympic Correspondent
With Iraqi athletes finally landing in China yesterday, only two days before the opening ceremony it seems a solution to the political squabbling between the Olympic committee and the Iraqi government has been found, allowing them to compete.
I am glad because while nations like the United States, China, and even [...]

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By J.M.Z
Senior Olympic Correspondent
I am a little conflicted about the Olympic Games.
Not about whether I like the games itself, because I love the Olympics.
Nor about whether it should be in China either. Despite the disgusting abuses of the Chinese government against the people’s of the Socialist Republic (including Tibet) this is what communist nations do.
Why [...]

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By J.M.Z
Senior Political Correspondent
While the wolves, the elk, bears and the endangered clams will be allowed to sleep or stalk safer tonight, environmentalists in their good intentioned efforts to protect the rights of animals also will be ensuring a different kind of beast is kept safely of the endangered list.
I am speaking of terrorists.
Environmentalists with [...]

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