Railroaded Into Debt
Posted on 22. Jul, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Current Events
California is nearly 400 billion dollars in debt. The lukewarm sense of hope following the contentious fight to wrap up the yearly state budget is tempered by the knowledge that the agreement requires the public to ok a referendum temporarily raising taxes by 8 billion dollars. Social services, health programs, the education system, the court [...]
Theo’s Twit Of The Week: Stephanie Cutter
Posted on 09. Jul, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Current Events
This week’s Twit got FactChecked into the wall by the center forward of team truth. Vilifying a successful businessman without proof will get you two minutes in the penalty box along with: Stephanie Cutter FactCheck.org is an excellent resource for digging through the endless yellow journalism, political muckraking and outright lying that typifies an American [...]
Theo’s Twit Of The Week: Kim Jong-Un
Posted on 13. Apr, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Current Events
This week’s Twit is the world’s youngest head of state – if the economic wasteland that is North Korea can be considered a sovereign political entity! Get ready to be bathed in the dynastic glory of the pocket-sized potentate: Kim Jong-Un As we can see from North Korea’s utter dominance of the known world (and [...]
Japan: From Foe To Friend
Posted on 13. Mar, 2011 by Joseph Fosco in Current Events
Yesterday morning I was having breakfast at one of my favorite little eateries, sitting at the counter wondering if my coffee was going to be fresh. All of a sudden I overheard the two elderly men next to me discussing the recent natural catastrophe in Japan. I believe the two men were World War II [...]
The Cancerous Tiger
Posted on 18. Jan, 2011 by Theodore Roe in Current Events
Chinese President Hu Jintao will be meeting with President Obama on Wednesday. This meeting has been given some seriously sinister overtones in the last few weeks, despite repeated efforts by both sides to ratchet down the rhetoric concerning friction between the world’s last remaining superpower and the new kid on the block. In the United [...]
Taepodong-2, Part 2
Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Theodore Roe in Current Events
North Korea is on track to launch its Taepodong-2 missile in April. They say it will carry a satellite into orbit, a feat the Communist state claims to have accomplished once before in 1998. The launch of an ICBM by the rouge Korean regime has several countries in an uproar, though no one seems particularly [...]
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