Tag Archives: John McCain

Donald Trump has already won

February 25, 2016 · by · in campaign 2016, climate disruption, Firearms politics, near term human extinction, tax policy for the 99%, Uncategorized, unemployment · Leave a comment

So people are FINALLY taking Donald Trump seriously now that he’s won several decisive primary battles. There are still opportunities to derail his bid for the White House. The ‘country club’ branch of the GOP is panicked (and rightly so). Trump represents a challenge to the Republican status quo that’s pretty hard to quantify. But […]

War Wimps and Donald Trump

July 22, 2015 · by · in History, Protests, war crimes · 2 Comments

The world has now been bombarded with the ‘debate’ over presidential aspirant Donald Trump’s trashing of the Vietnam war record of John McCain. That fight (for me at least) was a sideshow. Should military men be celebrated for their suffering? I think their sacrifice should be acknowledged. OTOH, as is argued in some places, McCain’s […]

Back to the future in Iraq

June 14, 2014 · by · in History, Protests, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

The above clip is then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney explaining why we didn’t invade Iraq and depose Saddam after the Gulf War. The time is 1992 on the eve of the election that would sweep Poppy Bush from the White House. He also told the BBC in this interview: Once you got to Iraq and […]