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A political civil war?
By Mike in Politcs Plus
April 21, 2009

The partisan food fights during the Nixon, Clinton, and Bush era, cannot compete with today’s partisan divide. In some cases the liberals and conservatives has switched ideological positions. The blogs, cable news, and talk radio serve as a catalyst to keep up this constant drip, drip, drip.

The right wing responded with outrage just because President Obama shook hands with Hugo Chavez and sat still while Daniel Ortega blasted the United States in a 50 minute speech. They’re taking symbolism to new heights. I saw several clips of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan shaking hands with our adversaries during the Cold War. Venezuela and Nicaragua do not; nor will they ever have the kind of stature the old Soviet Union had. I understand dissent but this is just political posturing.

We are still in a financial crisis with only one party working to come up with new ideas for recovery. Today’s republican party does not have a viable plan for education or Health Care reform but the house republicans are reading Amity Shale’s “The forgotten man” ,a book that takes a negative look at FDR’s New Deal; just so they can have some new talking points. So far, labeling President Obama a socialist has not worked. Glen Beck compared Obama to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Which is it, socialist or fascist? You cannot be both.

It’s hard to believe politics can trump rule of law. It’s pretty obvious that the past administration violated the constitution by torturing some detainees, but the republicans have refused to sign on Senator Leahy’s fact planning commission. President Obama said the violators would not be prosecuted, but we have a separation of powers. The legislative branch does not need the president’s permission to conduct hearings and the Atty. General can appoint a special prosecutor to look into the matter. The fact that the president will need GOP support to pass education and Health Care Reform should not matter. While we are at it, Democrat Jane Harman should be investigated for agreeing to seek lenient treatment from the Bush administration for two pro-Israel lobbyists who were under investigation for espionage.

I still do not know what the tea parties were about…I understand frustration and sending a message, but the ones I saw on Fox were just campaign rallies; without solutions.

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  • thewaywardwind thewaywardwind Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    John..."
    What President Obama needs to do is promote and encourage the development of alternative green energy development though out Latin America, a mass education effort in science, math, and technology, and zero population growth."

    Zero population growth???? In Latin America???? John, you're talking about a massive Catholic majority bunch of people. As long as the Catholic Church has the influence it has in Latin America, there will NEVER be anything close to zero population growth! As one poster on this forum warned me a while back, the hispanic population growth due to birth rate and immigration will, in 50 years, make Texas part of Mexico again. Those people breed like alley cats with little thought to the consequenses of such a birth rate, but, they're going forth and multiplying like good Catholics who are taught to do so by an old single guy who's probably never had sex much less a kid. The irresponsible population growth in Latin America is what fuels the migration to the U.S. to feed and take care of this mass of people. They'll never care about the earth or the environment. If they did, they wouldn't have so many kids.

    April 24, 2009 at 8:22 a.m.

  • john john Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    President Obama is doing well in Cuba so far; what would determine if this is a good course of action is the response of the Cuban government. First and foremost, nonviolent political prisoners in Cuba must be released and reintegrated responsibly into Cuban society.

    Chavez is another matter!

    What President Obama needs to do is promote and encourage the development of alternative green energy development though out Latin America, a mass education effort in science, math, and technology, and zero population growth.

    These would create jobs both here and throughout Latin America, set the groundwork for future cooperative economic development, and deal with illegal immigration and regional shortages of water.

    April 21, 2009 at 11:36 a.m.