Additional Comments on "Why I Believe In A Better Tomorrow"

Dear Reader, My friend and webmaster Jon Barnes raised some compelling questions that caused me to revise an earlier version of "Why I Believe In A Better Tomorrow." The following is my reply to him, which I hope you will find useful.

Continue Reading...

Why I Believe In A Better Tomorrow

The world today is confronted by the U.S.'s horrific attempt to build a global empire for its corporate leaders ("The War on Terror") with the U.S. military and all of its weapons of mass destruction at the forefront. To make matters worse, the U.S. is so deeply in debt and sinking into such a vast crevasse of overwhelming borrowings, it will never repay the people across the globe who in good faith loaned this money believing it was safe.

Continue Reading...

5 Of The Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask Yourself

Why are these 5 questions so important? Because as you answer each question, as a result of those answers, if you adjust your thinking and your conduct, they will uplift your life and bring it far greater meaning.

Continue Reading...

Are You Ready To Pay Far Higher Taxes?

Throughout America, cutting government spending and tax cuts for the Middle Class are very popular concepts. In South Carolina (SC), for example, in the current Republican primary campaign, crowds are wowed by those concepts as politicians promise to deliver on them. Yet for each tax dollar SC pays, it gets back $1.35 and the people love that as well because there is plenty of money to pay for 7 military bases and all the military contracting, which employs thousands of people. SC people favor a "strong defense," and many of them support more military spending.

Continue Reading...

Why Is The U.S. Suddenly Building Close Ties With Repressive Myanmar?

For many years, the U.S. government criticized the Myanmar military run government as being brutal and repressive. Now, although that government became "civilian" last March and has only slightly eased restrictions, suddenly everything is different as the U.S. moves to reestablish diplomatic relations and end trade sanctions. What happened? Cheaper labor from a compliant government happened.

Continue Reading...

Economic Downgrades Hit Europe

Global credit rating agency S&P on Friday (1/13) cut the credit ratings for France, Austria and 7 other European nations, further endangering the rescue funds several of them desperately need as investors grow more scared. Other than from the two World Wars, the magnitude and depth of this massive European Economic Crisis is unprecedented and its impact will ultimately be felt all over the world.

Continue Reading...

In The U.S. Afghan War: Is Pissing On Dead Taliban Obscene?

Many thousands of men, women and children have been killed or maimed in the U.S.'s Afghan War, and thousands of children have been orphaned. It is part of the U.S.'s 10 year old and seemingly endless "War on Terror," as people continue to be killed, maimed or orphaned. This is what is obscene.

Continue Reading...

German Economy, Europe's Savior, Suddenly Starts Sinking

The German economic powerhouse suddenly slipped in the 4th quarter ended December 31st. This at a time when Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain will need a massive financial bailout and the U.S. will need German investment..

Continue Reading...

Was The U.S. Defeated In Iraq?

On December 14th, 2011 President Obama proclaimed the Iraq War over. Speaking from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, he told people all over the world "everything that American troops have done in Iraq - all the fighting and all the dying, bleeding and building, training and partnering - all of it had led us to this moment of success." While in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, January 1st, 2012 a Shiite group held a victory parade celebrating its role in "defeating the U.S." Who is right? How successful was the U.S.'s nearly nine year Iraq War?

Continue Reading...