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I am stupefied by all of the psychoanalysis media outlets are devoting to the fact that Reverend Jesse Jackson’s was “caught on tape” saying the following about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama: See, Barack been, um, talking down to black people on this faith based … telling niggers how to behave … I wanna cut his nuts off. Frankly, I am neither… Read more.
Leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful nations are meeting in Heiligendamm, Germany over the next few days for their annual G8 summit. And, true to form, their agenda promises comfort only to fools. After all, their gabfests will produce nothing but more CO2 emissions (i.e. hot air); which, of course, is ironic considering that forging… Read more.
My two favorite spectator sports are professional tennis and competitive swimming. Therefore, I was in sports heaven last weekend as I watched the women’s final at Wimbledon on Saturday morning, the men’s final on Sunday morning and the final races of this year’s Olympic trials in swimming on Sunday night. And, having already commented on the tennis (see Sunday below),… Read more.
By all accounts, last week’s rescue of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three American soldiers and other hostages (15 in all) was a triumph of military brains over guerrilla brawn. Never mind that, if it had failed, it would have been ridiculed as a stunt more worthy of a Hollywood script than military strategy. They were… Read more.
Five years ago, Venus and Serena Williams made history when they became the fist sister act to perform on centre court in a women’s final at Wimbledon. Serena upset her big sister back then to win her first of two titles at this most prestigious of the four Grand Slams tournaments (the others being the Australian Open,… Read more.
We have a serious problem. America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world…. We must end our dependence on foreign oil. [US President George W. Bush] Good luck kicking this habit America. Not to mention trying to survive economically without the 11 million illegal immigrants who perform so much of your manual labor…. Read more.
We need the British to honour their constitutional obligations to us by convening a commission of enquiry – not only to investigate the vast scope of these allegations but also to recover public funds that have been embezzled or misappropriated. (“Commission of enquiry on corruption looms for the TCI,” The iPINIONS Journal, March 31, 2008)… Read more.
Since I have almost as many Canadian friends as I do American, I’ve been remiss for not marking Canada’s Independence Day the way I invariably mark America’s. Therefore, with sincere apologies for my previous oversight, I am happy to note that today Canada marks its 141st birthday. And, even though it might be politically incorrect… Read more.
And unless the UN (AU or US) deploys troops to depose Mugabe, Tsvangirai will wither into oblivion as a president without a country…. [Mugabe forces opposition leader Tsvangirai to flee for his life, The iPINIONS Journal, June 24, 2008] Yesterday, just hours after his electoral commission announced that he had won 85% of Friday’s run-off… Read more.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. [Nelson Mandela] Such humility (and restless aspiration) coming from a man so great makes me feel unworthy to even wish him a Happy Birthday. Nonetheless, I join the world in celebrating Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday this week. And, adding… Read more.
