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• Automaker CEOs Leverage Worker’s Jobs in Bailout Bid

  November 19, 2008 in Business, Politics, Rants

  In a shameful display of corporate greed and ineptitude, the “Big 3″ Automaker CEOs warned Congress of a “national catastrophe” and “millions of layoffs” if they don’t receive $25 billion in bailout cash from the American taxpayer! Singing in unison, GM CEO Rick Wagoner begins by begging for bridge loan to “span the financial [...]

• Farrakhan Praises Obama, Widens Racial Divide

  November 10, 2008 in Politics, Rants

  Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan praised the President-elect yesterday saying he “has energized all segments of the depressed, downtrodden, rejected and despised.”
  but…
  Farrakhan goes on to say, the country still remains “divided and polarized” because most of McCain’s support came from “older Americans [most of whom] reside below the Mason-Dixon line where racial attitudes and [...]

• Is the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ Rearing its Ugly Head…Again?

  November 8, 2008 in Politics

  President-elect Obama is expected to appoint democratic lawyer Henry Rivera, to lead his FCC transition team. Rivera served on the FCC from 1981 to 1985, and is a proponent of the “Fairness Doctrine” that was repealed in 1987. The Fairness Doctrine was the law of the land for 40 years and was the [...]

• Obama Elected 44th President

  November 5, 2008 in Politics, Thoughts

  Barack Obama has been elected president in a landslide victory over Senator John McCain. However, listening to the pundits, commentators and citizenry today, this is an aside compared to the history-making of the assention of the first “African-American” to the highest office in the land. To me, this begs the question, “Did we [...]

• Obama’s Aunt is an Illegal

  November 1, 2008 in Immigration, Politics, Rants

  This is rich! Obama’s aunt is an illegal alien who has ignored deportation orders for four years! Obama, of course, doesn’t know anything about it. The Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign machine is already pointing the finger at the GOP claiming this is nothing more than final-hour mud-slinging.
  Gimmie-a-break!
  According to his campaign, Obama [...]