A Modest Proposal
An Iraqi Vote on Troop Withdrawal
By Michael Collins
(Also published at OpEdNews, The Agonist, The Smirking Chimp )
Over the years, we’ve seen various “exit strategies” proposed for withdrawal from Iraq. The best proposal was made by a Baghdad man on his way to a demonstration just a few days after that city [...]
Archive for February, 2009
A Modest Proposal – An Iraqi Vote on Troop Withdrawal
February 25, 2009Too Little Too Late? The Money Party In Action
February 19, 2009Too Little Too Late?
The Money Party at Work
By Michael Collins
Wash. DC, Feb. 19 — President Obama announced a $75 billion assistance package to address home foreclosures yesterday. He also promised a $200 billion infusion into Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the nation’s underlying lenders. That’s exactly $275 billion more dollars than the previous administration [...]
Obama & the Military – Tinfoil Blogging
February 10, 2009Michael Collins
There is some understandable gnashing and wailing going on about the “team” that Obama has put together. It certainly doesn’t look like the “change” we’d hoped for, “we” being those free thinkers who are looking at results first instead of justifying “belief” by rationalizing uncomfortable and highly inconsistent facts.
We see Geithner and Summers in [...]
Economic Disaster Are You Next?
February 5, 2009
Economic Disaster
Are You Next?
Michael Collins
The human costs of the U. S. financial crisis are coming into clear focus. Family members lose their jobs, then their homes, and the cascade of ruin begins in earnest. Health problems are ignored, anxiety and depression increase, and domestic violence is more common. Many are on the edge, [...]
