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POPSBilly~The Bomber~"Academian", Author & American Terrorist
"Good Morning America's" Friday interview with former bomber William Ayers, news anchor Chris Cuomo did challenge the ex-'60s radical on whether or not he was a terrorist. But after Ayers contended, "It's not terrorism because it doesn't target people. It doesn't target people to either kill or injure," the journalist failed to offer specifics that would refute that point. Cuomo could have easily cited the example of John Murtagh. He was a child in 1970 when the Weather Underground, founded by Mr. Ayers, placed multiple bombs, one underneath the gas tank of the family car, at the home of his New York judge father. In a New York Daily News op-ed on April 30, 2008, Murtagh wrote, "I was only 9 then, the year Ayers' Weathermen tried to murder me." http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/04/30/2008-04-30_barack_obama_pal_is_an_enemy_too.html "How can a sophisticated academic like yourself believe that the inherent recklessness of exploding bombs "
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POPSLieberman a 'Reagan Democrat'? It's funny, when he led the state Senate in the 1970s, he seemed like a liberal -- even in those liberal days. I recall the early Saturday morning when the Willimantic Chronicle, where I worked at the time, got a call that the AG was coming out to investigate a storage facility. I had pulled the Sat a.m. shift that week, and dutifully went with a photographer to see what was up. Not a whole lot, as it turned out -- but it was clear at that moment that the man was going to run for the US. Senate.
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POPSSmeg – The expected return of color in the kitchen In the 1970’s,we were super trendy if our kitchen was decorated in order to blind any normally constituted human being!It was almost impossible to find a kitchen without chartreuse,guacamole or even squash yellow colored appliances.Quite the opposite,they have now developed a fondness for simple appliances and for brushed stainless steel that give a colder and lifeless ambiance to our kitchens.But here comes the manufacturer Smeg who has already gotten us used to color with its refrigerators,washers,and dishwashers largely inspired by the 1950’s,recurs with its two products that will soon relegate stainless steel exteriors to the rank of ancient history!we can read more in detail here
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POPSWorld is facing a natural resources crisis worse than financial crunch To understand the nature of accelerating change, see the Clips below. They show the statistical nature of the problem. Dr. Albert Bartlett: Arithmetic, Population and Energy (transcript) - Part 1 http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9ACF7407-5408-4A61-9DEC-DAFA7484AECE/ Dr. Albert Bartlett: Arithmetic, Population and Energy (transcript) - Part 2 http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/26B7972E-AD22-4AC6-8AEC-E76CEF735804/ The solution has be implemented virtually instantaneously, if there is to be any chance of survival. But all it takes is a change of mind about the purpose of life -- from earth consumer / exploiter to earth carer / partner. To change one's mind takes only a micro-second and we already have the means of instant communication. The choice is simple, clear and stark.
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POPSUS like developing nations in income inequality USA more like Sri Lanka, Mali, and Russia in income inequality than it is like Sweden, Switzerland, or the UK. We're turning into a developing nation with huge differences between the very rich and the rest of us.
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POPSKakorama Find out some things that happened on the day you were born.
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POPSColin Powell Sticks a fork in it. Powell also spoke passionately against the insinuations by some Republicans that Obama is a Muslim. "Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian," he said. "But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president? Yet, I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, 'He's a Muslim and he might be associated terrorists.' This is not the way we should be doing it in America."
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POPSLet's discuss Indiana's FSSA privatizationi Obviously the big reason it's making any news right now is that Democrats and Unions were against the initial privatization. The "spokespeople" are a bit suspect coming from virtually non-existent ACORN like groups. I'd be curious where they're support comes from. If you know something about the actual services provided, I'd love to hear your comments. But to argue that something won't work primarily because it's being done with less money and less workers, is pretty 1970 liberal. Key words in Mr. Cardwell's quote "more money" ... for what? More money is no solution.
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POPS This Bailout Was A Terrible Idea! Here's Why This lending was a wholesale abandonment of reasonable lending practices in which borrowers with poor credit characteristics got mortgages they were ill-equipped to handle. Talk of Armageddon, however, is ridiculous scare-mongering. If financial institutions cannot make productive loans, a profit opportunity exists for someone else. This might not happen instantly, but it will happen. The costs of the bailout, moreover, are almost certainly being understated. The administration's claim is that many mortgage assets are merely illiquid, not truly worthless, implying taxpayers will recoup much of their $700 billion. The bailout has more problems. The final legislation will probably include numerous side conditions and special dealings that reward Washington lobbyists and their clients. Anticipation of the bailout will engender strategic behavior by Wall Street institutions as they shuffle their assets and position their balance sheets to maximize their take.
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POPSMcCain's Double Standard If McCain wants to bash Obama for his occasional appearances on the same board with Ayers, a 1970's political activist who Obama disclaims friendship with, then he needs to examine his admitted long-time friendship to a government operative who was in the thick of the biggest political scandal in American history - and one of the greatest threats to the rule of law, G. Gordon Liddy. Both Ayers and Liddy say they have no regrets for what they did. Both served prison terms for their actions. Liddy, a radio talk show host, gives the advice: "if the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms comes to disarm you, resist them with arms. Go for a head shot, they're going to be wearing bulletproof vests. Kill the sons of bitches." Ayers, since imprisonment, has spent his time helping the poor and disadvantaged. McCain thinks Obama should apologize for associating with a criminal extremist. To which Obama might reply: After you.
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