Remember those days long ago when we went crying to Mom that Johnny isn’t playing nice? The TEA Party is acting a bit like that with this whole Government shutdown. They say that they have modified their demands so now it is time for the President and the Democrats in the Senate to soften their …
The Speaker is following the Hastert Rule and trying to hold his Republican Party Caucus together. His intentions may seem proper to some, but they are only possible if he uses a procedure that is more restrictive than the United States Constitution provides. The Constitution only requires a simple majority to conduct business and on …
Our American way of life is often described as Capitalism and Capitalism is often described as deal making. I need something and you have it so we sit down and hammer out a deal. It is the way things get done and it is called negotiation. But, let’s say you sit down at the negotiations …
Once again, I had better be able to back up this statement so here goes. The procedure known as the Hastert Rule is actually not a rule of the United States House of Representatives, but it has been practiced by all the Republican Speakers of the House since Representative Newt Gingrich. I don’t know how …
Now those are some strong words and you should rightly expect me to explain what I mean by them. First, I want to establish the fact that the Government of the United States of America exists by the authority of the United States Constitution. Further, the United States Constitution also provides the process of our Government. …
The voters in The United States are making a big mistake and they have been repeating it for a very long time. What mistake you ask – They voted for political parties when they should have voted for Americans. This is a long standing mistake dating back at least to the mid 1800’s. As I …
Most of us could probably agree that Edward Snowden or Bradley Manning were engaged in un-American activities when they released classified materials for public dissemination. It really doesn’t matter if we agree or disagree with our government’s conduct as it was documented in those materials because that is only a distraction. Nope, when they released …
Politics today is as dysfunctional as it has ever been and there is no evidence that improvements are on the way. The media continues to look for evidence of cooperation “across the aisle” or some “bipartisan” effort somewhere in the legislative process – anywhere! Of course, we would do well to remember that it takes …
As President Morsi was being removed from office by the Egyptian military, I couldn’t help but wonder if we should be learning something from the experience. First, what was the authority used by the military for removing an elected President? The world is being careful not to use the “coup” term to describe what happened, …
Edward Snowden, an ex-employee of Boos Allen Hamilton in Hawaii has identified himself as the person who disclosed information to The Guardian about NSA surveillance of our phone records and some internet exchanges. The public reaction is all over the map from “ho hum” to “how could something this egregious be allowed?” Various government officials …
