We were LIED to. We continue to be LIED to, and CBS and MSNBC (and lord knows who else) continue to feed us a cropped video intended to manipulate and distort our view of reality … Continue reading
Margaret Thatcher detested feminism. I know this because she told us, “The feminists hate me, don’t they? And I don’t blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.” Continue reading
There is something fundamentally skewed that we want to “spread democracy” through bloodshed, but refuse to accept its practice if we do not agree with the will of their people. Continue reading
Senator John Kerry’s confirmation hearing as Secretary of State was held today. Kerry drew some heat on his Syria policy and he also spoke on Iran’s nuclear program. “The president has made it definitive–we will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” he said in his opening statement to the committee. “I repeat here today: our policy is not containment. It is prevention and the clock is ticking on our efforts to secure responsible compliance.” He added, “No one should mistake our resolve to reduce the nuclear threat.” He said Obama “knows that American foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone. We cannot allow the extraordinary good we do to save and … Continue reading
Gun control is the hot topic of the day today and today on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, former Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who led the Afghanistan war, jumped into the fray and endorsed stronger gun control laws: “I spent a career carrying typically either an M16 or an M4 Carbine. An M4 Carbine fires a .223 caliber round which is 5.56 mm at about 3000 feet per second. When it hits a human body, the effects are devastating. It’s designed for that,” McChrystal explained. “That’s what our soldiers ought to carry. I personally don’t think there’s any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in America.” McChrystal went on to say: “We’ve got to take … Continue reading
Via Foreign Policy: House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) compromised the identities of several Libyans working with the U.S. government and placed their lives in danger when he released reams of State Department communications Friday, according to Obama administration officials… …Issa didn’t bother to redact the names of Libyan civilians and local leaders mentioned in the cables, and just as with the WikiLeaks dump of State Department cables last year, the administration says that Issa has done damage to U.S. efforts to work with those Libyans and exposed them to physical danger from the very groups that had an interest in attacking the U.S. consulate. Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement … Continue reading
Yesterday I drove into Boston to hear His Holiness the Dalai Lama speak on the subject of his latest book, Beyond Religion. The event sponsored by MIT’s Dalai Lama Center For Ethics And Transformative Values, was held at the Marriot Copley Plaza Hotel Ballroom and it was a sold out event. With over 2500 attendees, it was clear there was a great interest in what His Holiness had to say on the topic. A performance by Massachusett’s own James Taylor national treasure, opened the event. Taylor performed a short set of James Taylor favorites with Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Owen Young, including: Secret O’Life, Sweet Baby James, You’ve Got a Friend, Roadrunner, America The Beautiful, and Shower The People. The roar of applause … Continue reading
I posted here earlier today that I was attending an event in Boston featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama today. It was a fascinating event on the topic of His Holiness’ new book, Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World. I plan to write a more substantial post from my notes taken today, but as I am attending another event at MIT tomorrow morning, I wanted to absorb both days and then write about the events. I did meet John Moroney today from NECN today and thought it would be good to share this video from NECN and reporter John Moroney with our readers… In his talk today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama stressed the power of compassion to change … Continue reading
