Why is the U.S. so gung-ho and bloodthirsty in attacking Syria? If your answer is to prevent al-Assad from massacring his own people with chemical weapons, then I hate to burst your bubble of naïveté. Here’s the thing: wars are almost always waged *not* for humanitarian reasons. Aside from it being a sophisticated money laundering […]
Today, Tuesday Nov. 6 is the big election day. Most Americans will be lining up to cast their votes for the presidential candidates of the Political Duopoly. But not me. We have a very efficient early vote-by-mail system here in the state of Washington. So I’ve already casted my ballot a week ago. And I […]
It’s Presidential election season. And, this time, I refuse to choose between the “lesser of two evils.” I cautiously voted for Pres. Obama in 2008. He didn’t have much experience back then. But, like most people, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Now that there are public records on what kind of President […]
I’m not a politically-oriented person. I try to avoid politics as much as I can. But I’m fired up when it comes to health care debate. However, this whole health care reform debacle is frustrating the hell out of me. Republicans have no interest in reforming health care, except to block any progress towards universal […]
It’s election day. Here’s my prediction: a mandate for Obama. I’m being ballsy but still somewhat conservative with my guesstimate. Out of my remaining respect for McCain I didn’t give Arizona to Obama. But even that is still up in the air. Once the election is over, we have a lot of work to do. […]