The summer season of politics is alive and well in America as citizens devour hot dogs and hamburgers and wave flags in parades to celebrate the nation’s birth. Senator Barack Obama, is making certain one and all recognize that he is a patriot just like Bush or McCain or Ron Paul or any other […]

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Each week we offer a review of headlines that appeared in the world’s press with our own commentary.
Sweden, The Local: “Chocolate Penis Craving Lands Man In Court”
I think the judge drooped the case.
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Gazette: “Remove Sex Curriculum From Schools”
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Nobody Asked Me But,
If you see three people walking together, it is most likely the person in the middle does more talking than the other two.
I saw a girl walking in the park holding a bottle of water, talking on a cellphone and carrying a laptop. What is she doing in a park?
I watched a […]

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The storm in a teacup over a comment by retired Army General Wesley Clark continues echoing in the halls of Republican followers of John McCain. The senator from Arizona denounced Clark’s comment “I don’[t think riding in a fighter plane and getting show down is a qualification to be president.” McCain demanded “I think it […]

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Each week, we survey the world scene about the ordinary events of life. This entry is about nothing, but, being about nothing, it is about everything.
I saw a sign saying, “Dolls Heaven.” I wonder if gay and lesbian dolls are allowed in Dolls Heaven.
If you see a group of elderly people in the morning having […]

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Right wing critics are fastening onto Michelle Obama and in order to transform her into some wild eyed un-American woman who doesn’t belong in the White House. I have been fascinated how attacks on her resemble those made about Eleanor Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt was always much more liberal than her husband and openly sided with […]

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The American political world is still discussing recent remarks by Charlie Black, a foreign policy adviser to John McCain, in which he told Fortune magazine his candidate would benefit from a terrorist attack on America. Mr. Black now says he regrets the words of honesty and terms them “inappropriate” because he recognizes “that John McCain […]

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Nobody Asked Me But,
I am not a mall person. I prefer small shops whose owners I know. I enjoy talking with them and when I leave there is comfort in knowing if anything goes wrong, it can be returned.
The army taught me how complex was the action of having 200 men make a right turn. […]

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During the past two presidential elections, the Republican party and right wing conservatives have been remarkably successful at tarnishing the reputation of Democratic opponents. In 2004, a Democratic senator who lost both arms and legs fighting in Vietnam was transformed into a disloyal American while draft dodgers like Dick Cheney came across as paragons of […]

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Yasser Khali, writing in the Cairo Daily News, believes the Barack Obama candidacy has drawn global attention, particularly among Muslims who are fascinated at the prospect of a black skinned man becoming president of the United States, a nation most view as prejudiced against those with dark skins. The is new interest in the United […]

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