“The mere presense of large sums of money pushes people past their moral limits, making them more likely to lie, cheat and steal.” This comes from a study in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes as reported in the December 2009 issue of Psychology Today (“The Green Monster” p. 17). It is always interesting when … Read more
Republican senator Bob Bennett from Utah has started the TV ads for his 2010 campaign already. Why not? As a member of the Banking, Appropriations, and Rules Committees, he has plenty of corporate money to start his campaign early. Besides, he is terrified about the crazies in his party that don’t think he is “conservative … Read more
With number of lies being told about health care, followed this past week by the ridiculous fear-mongering about the President’s proposed address to America’s school children, even some prominent Republicans are growing disgusted at the Republicans. Former Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) who is now the conservative host of the MSNBC show “Morning Joe” recently posted … Read more
The following quotation is used to conclude the book Broken Government (p. 200-201) by John W. Dean. He is quoting an “old friend from the Nixon White House” whom he describes as “a life-long Republican.” The opinion expressed here is very telling and I believe we should all take the advice given. I added the … Read more
“All politicians stretch the truth, massage it into the best fit with their message. But, let’s face it, John McCain is running a campaign almost entirely based on straight up lies. Not just exaggerations or half truths but the sort of straight up, up-is-down mind-blowers we’ve become so accustomed to from the current occupants of … Read more
“Would we call this a cult of personality? Today that term is all around Barack Obama — perhaps because there seems so little other way to explain how a first-term senator has managed to dazzle his way to front-runner in the race for the presidency, how he walks on water for so many supporters, and … Read more
“In his first Inaugural Address, Ronald Reagan remarked that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” While the quip has provided Republicans with a cheap slogan for two decades, the philosophy behind it is beginning to box them in. If they govern effectively, they invalidate their own antigovernment ideology. And … Read more
I just heard on NPR that Paul “Let’s invade Iraq” Wolfowitz, Head of the World Bank and one of the Bushites, is being investigated by his Board and may be removed from his position. The thing that caused me pause was the spokesperson for Bush saying, “The President has full confidence in Mr. Wolfowitz….” Haven’t … Read more