As we watched the George W. Bush administration slog to a close, statements about the "Bush Legacy" were delusional. The delusive propagation of former President Bush and his minions are so far from reality that Mr. Bush has to be painted as one of the contemporary world's biggest political losers.
Mr. Bush ranks a distant second to the exiled leader of the Islamist Hamas movement,
Khaled Meshal, who resides in exile (and comfort) in Damascus, Syria. ADN Kronos
International (http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2962791894) reports that during a meeting of Arab countries in the Qatari capital Doha late on Wednesday, called "Celebrating the Gaza victory," in an act of supreme delusiveness, Meshal claimed victory after an Israeli three week long offensive in Gaza, that resulted in the anihilation of hundreds of homes, the infrastructure and the death of 1,330 Palestinians and injured 5,000 others. The so-called victory derives from the Meshal claim that "the Jewish state did not meet its goals."
Now the denial of Israeli goals begs the question of the goals of indiscriminate rocket launchings into Israeli settlelments. One can only speculate that Meshal and his faction, given the disturbing conditions in Gaza may have found support for him and his lot going south.
Using the end of the tenuous cease-fire agreement, the Hamas leadership may have seen this as an opportunity to provoke the Israeli government into an excessive use of force that will generate renewed support for him and his cause. In a tragic form of the self-fulfilling prophecy, the Israeli government did as expected. If this was the goal of Hamas, then it succeeded. But to say that this was a victory scales the heights of delusion equal to that reached by Adolph Hitler as his Third Reich was being destroyed.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Tax Cuts--Again???????
Well, it has been some time since I have felt inspired enough to write to this blog, and of course it goes without saying that the election of Barack Obama to the U.S. Presidency is behind this posting.
With things as bad as they are, and getting worse by the hour, we see the likes of U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader "Boner" [I choose to misuse his name, it is soothing :-)] continuing to behave as though he and his won something--they didn't. This guy continues to rail at the incoming president's economic initiatives. In doing so, we hear the mantra, "too much spending," and not enough "tax cuts."
House minority leader Boner is crying “tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts” Now it is claimed, in some circles, that tax cuts, are an essential ingredient in propping up a sagging economy. Problem here is that it is also held, in most circles, that tax cuts lag economic reality (and recovery) by anywhere from 12 months to two years. The President's stimulus calls for federal spending that will "jolt" the economy by providing work for the unemployed millions of Americans; the idea being that working people are spending people and spending people create demands for goods and services and the providers of goods and services must hire workers to produce the goods and services demanded, and yada, yada, yada - economics 101.
That said, how do the tax cuts called for by Representative Boner equate to an instant stimulus of the economy. And what makes this guy think that those businesses receiving the tax cuts will not simply pay off their bills and try to stave of bankruptcy? I guess the examples provided by U.S. Banks flies right by this august legislator.
Here is a self-righteous clown whining about the money being proposed to by the Obama administration; this, mind you, after Representative Boner and his group fought the Democratic majority while borrowing close to one trillion dollars in support of the Iraqi fiasco.
And the Republican party is scratching its collective head in terms of where it is and what must it do to restore credibility to the brand. Someone needs to inform Congressman Boner that what he is doing smacks of "I don't know" and will keep the party "wandering in the (political) wilderness until the likes of Representative Boner and his ilk are shunted to the rear.
With things as bad as they are, and getting worse by the hour, we see the likes of U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader "Boner" [I choose to misuse his name, it is soothing :-)] continuing to behave as though he and his won something--they didn't. This guy continues to rail at the incoming president's economic initiatives. In doing so, we hear the mantra, "too much spending," and not enough "tax cuts."
House minority leader Boner is crying “tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts” Now it is claimed, in some circles, that tax cuts, are an essential ingredient in propping up a sagging economy. Problem here is that it is also held, in most circles, that tax cuts lag economic reality (and recovery) by anywhere from 12 months to two years. The President's stimulus calls for federal spending that will "jolt" the economy by providing work for the unemployed millions of Americans; the idea being that working people are spending people and spending people create demands for goods and services and the providers of goods and services must hire workers to produce the goods and services demanded, and yada, yada, yada - economics 101.
That said, how do the tax cuts called for by Representative Boner equate to an instant stimulus of the economy. And what makes this guy think that those businesses receiving the tax cuts will not simply pay off their bills and try to stave of bankruptcy? I guess the examples provided by U.S. Banks flies right by this august legislator.
Here is a self-righteous clown whining about the money being proposed to by the Obama administration; this, mind you, after Representative Boner and his group fought the Democratic majority while borrowing close to one trillion dollars in support of the Iraqi fiasco.
And the Republican party is scratching its collective head in terms of where it is and what must it do to restore credibility to the brand. Someone needs to inform Congressman Boner that what he is doing smacks of "I don't know" and will keep the party "wandering in the (political) wilderness until the likes of Representative Boner and his ilk are shunted to the rear.
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