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Clive Crook on the weakness of Obama

Clive Crook in an FT article takes Obama to task for being weak. On healthcare and climate change he says Obama has ducked the issues and accepted bills that are long on rhetoric and short on any subs… more →

The Inquiring Mind

Clive Crook on the weakness of Obama — 1 comment

adamsmith1922 wrote 2 weeks ago: Clive Crook in an FT article takes Obama to task for being weak. On healthcare and climate change he … more →

Tags: 21st Century, climate change, governance, health, Politics, USA, Barack Obama, cap and trade, Healthcare

Clive Crook on affirmative action — 2 comments

adamsmith1922 wrote 4 weeks ago: Clive Crook writes about the Sotomayor nomination, but more interestingly about the nature and exten … more →

Tags: Maori, Social commentary, 21st Century, Life, Human Rights, pita sharples, Race, Sonia Sotomayor, Affirmative Action

OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH AND THE REALITIES OF ACHIEVING A FAIR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Obama’s speech wa … more →

Tags: AMERICANS TAKE LITTLE INTEREST IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, balfour declaration, DIFFICULT TO CHANGE MOMENTUM OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, GO-NOWHERE PEACE PROCESS, IDEA ISRAEL ENGINEERED SIX DAY WAR, LIST OF TROUBLING ACTIVITIES BY ISRAEL, MANTRA LINES OF MAINLINE PRESS, Obama's Cairo speech, six day war

OBAMA AND GUANTANAMO AND THE OMAR KHADR CASE

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES “First of … more →

Tags: Omar Khadr, Guantanamo, WE KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE MEN IN GUANTANAMO, concentration camp, BUSH'S COMPLETE INCOMPETENCE, A BOY'S BRUTAL TREATMENT BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS, TRUMPED-UP CHARGES, A TOTAL DISGRACE TO THE UNITED STATES, PRIME MINISTER HARPER A COWARD IN THIS BUSINESS

TEACHERS' UNIONS A BARRIER TO EDUCATION?

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Teachers’ u … more →

Tags: BARRIER TO IMPROVING PUBLIC EDUCATION, TEACHERS' UNIONS CONCERNED WITH JOBS NOT CHILDREN, EXAMINE THE BUDGET OF ANY SCHOOL, THE EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT AND ITS PROBLEMS, POPPSYCHOLOGY ADOPTED BY TEACHERS' SCHOOLS, WE COULD CHANG EDUCATION OVERNIGHT, TEACHING NOT A PROFESSION BUT A SKILL, FALLACIOUS NOTION OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS, MOST REMEMBERED TEACHERS

OBAMA'S OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT A SUPREME COURT JUDGE AND SOME OF THE GENERAL DIFFICULTIES IN SUCH APPOINTMENTS

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES The real issue in … more →

Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Supreme Court, strict constructionists, STRICT CONSTRUCTION IS AKIN TO CHRISTIAND WHO BELIEVE B, U.S. NOT MUCH OF A DEMOCRACY EARLY ON WHEN INSTITUTIONS, SOME JUDICIAL CANDIDATES RISE TO THE APPOINTMENT, AMERICA A VERY CONSERVATIVE COUNTRY

THE APPROACHING REVOLUTION IN VALUES

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES “…gen … more →

Tags: GENETIC SCIENCE WILL UPSET ALL OUT VALUES, A GREAT REVOLUTION COMING

IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GOING UNDER?

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Perhaps readers m … more →

Tags: Senator Spector, KNNEDY ASSASSINATION, SPECTOR WAS AUTHOR OF SINGLE-BULLET THEORY, REPUBLICANS DESERVE THEIR FATE, REPUBLICAN PARTYHAS BEEN ON WRONG SIDE OF EVERY IMPORTA, EIGHT YEARS OF BRAIN-DEAD BUSH, RELIGIOUS RIGHT ITSELF IN DECLINE, SCIENCE'S UNSTOPPABLE PROGRESS, A WATERSED IN AMERICAN POLITICS

ON THE LEGALITY OF BUSH'S TORTURE TECHNIQUES

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Sorry, but this d … more →

Tags: waterboarding is torture, SCHOLASTIC ARGUMENTS, TORTURE FORBIDDEN IN AMERICA'S OWN CONSTITUTION, AMERICA'S BRUTAL HISTORY, PRECISE TORTURE LAW NOT NEEDED FOR A DECENT SOCIETY, PROSECUTION ALWAYS INVOLVES JUDGMENT, A GREAT DEAL OF LAW IS INTERPRETATION

ON PROSECUTING THOSE AMERICANS WHO TORTURED AND MADE IT POSSIBLE TO TORTURE

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINCIAL TIMES The fear of prosecu … more →

Tags: EVEN FAILED PROSECUTION SERVES A PURPOSE, 1970s CHURCH COMMITTEE, KILLING FIELDS OF CAMBODIA, HELLFIRE MISSILES FIRED INTO PAKISTAN, PAST BLUNDERS DO GET REPEATED

ON THE SENSIBLE NOTION OF TREATING TERROR AS ORDINARY CRIME

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Treating terror a … more →

Tags: TERROR AS ORDINARY CRIME, AMERICA AFTER 9/11, THOUGHT EXPERIMENT ABOUT CRIME IN THE GHETTO, NO JUSTICE UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO LIVE BY JUSTICE, AMERICAN PREACHING WHILE TORTURING AND KILLING, TERROR AN ABUSED WORD, TERRORISTS LIKE STALIN'S WRECKERS OR WITCHES, CRIMES ARE CRIMES

AN OBAMA DOCTRINE?

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES The world, thank … more →

Tags: Obama Doctrine, DOING THE JOB OF PRESIDENT WITHOUT PRETENSE TO IMPERIAL, PRESIDENTS ARE JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS

AMERICA'S CRIMINALLY STUPID WAR ON DRUGS IS JUST ONE PART OF A LARGER PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Yes, indeed, a cr … more →

Tags: War-on-terror, war on drugs, MILTON FRIEDMAN ON WAR ON DRUGS, SHOWS ON TELEVISIONM LIKE COPS, INCARCERATION RATE IN THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES' OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, WAR ON COMMUNISM, AMERICAN SOCIETY FULL OF LURID DELUSIONS

IS OBAMA SIMPLY RE-BRANDING BUSH POLICIES?

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES I do think you ar … more →

Tags: RE-BRANDING BUSH, AMERICAN MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT, AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE COLOSSUS, AMERICA'S BORGIA-LIKE FAMILIES

ON OBAMA'S EFFORT TO GOVERN BY CONSENSUS

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES The political div … more →

Tags: obama, POLITICAL DIVIDE VISCERAL IN AMERICA, BELIEVE EXTREME ATTITUDES GENETIC, PURITANS ROLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AMERICA'S SENTALIZED IMAGE OF THE PURITANS ON THANKSGIV, PURITANS WERE HARD NASTY PEOPLE, AUSTRALIA LUCKY IT GOT THE CRIMINALS

JEFFERSON AND THE CATO INSTITUTE

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES The Cato Institut … more →

Tags: Cato Institute, DISTORTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND HAMILTON, JEFFERSON'S DARK SIDE, Doctor Johnson, JEFFERSON AND HAITI, JEFFERSON AND AARON BURR, JEFFERSON AS DIRTY FIGHTER, Sally Hemmings, JEFFERSON AND MODERNITY

THE EXTREME DANGER OF AMERICAN PROTECTIONISM TODAY

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES This is just fund … more →

Tags: DIVERGENCE BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND PERSONAL INTERESTS, WAL-MART AND CHINA, HOW TO MAKE YOUR COUNTRY POORER, EXPLANATION OF TRADE, American protectionism

OBAMA'S CORONATION?

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Katty Kay has it … more →

Tags: AMERICAN REVOLUTION REPLACED A FOREIGN ARISTOCRACY WITH, AMERICAN CEREMONIES BLOATED BEYOND BELIEF, PROBLEM OF PRESIDENT BEING HEAD OF STATE AND HEAD OF GO, CHENEY ASSUMED POWER HE DID NOT HAVE, THREAT OF MILITARY LAW IN U.S., WHO WOULDN'T CELEBRATE LEAVINGF TEXAS AND WYOMING BOZOS

MORE ON DEMOCRATS NEEDING TO BE RESPECTFUL

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Well, Clive Crook … more →

Tags: WHY SAY ANYTHING ABOUT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN ELECTIONS?, FOLKS WHO TELL US HOMOSEXUALS CAUSE HURRICANES, AMERICAN CIVIC RELIGION, ANGER SO COMMON ON AMERICAN STREETS


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