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Fifth Columninsts: Republican Opposition and National Security

Daniel Ihonvbere — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:51:52 +0000

For all intent and purpose, it is safe to say that as long as Obama is president, he can rule out any contributions from most of the leadership of the Republican Party. I will actually go further and say it right now, that the Republican Party and its supporters are Fifth Columnist who are willing to engage in espionage or sabotage within our national borders with the intent of undermining the government from within and bringing down the Obama administration. In the course of this “Obama must fail” campaign, the right-wing master puppeteers of the Republican Party are blind to the national security implications of their opposition to anything the current administration wants to do.

Guantanamo and the New Imperialism

Daniel Ihonvbere — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:24:19 +0000

So the United States wants to close down the “tainted” gulag called Guantanamo Bay Prisons but the ruling elite represented by the American congress does not want any of the prisoners “on our soil”. Let’s get the difficult question out of the way: if the U.S., who snatched these individuals from various corners of the [...]

What does Dick Chenney want?

Daniel Ihonvbere — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:46:51 +0000

For eight long years, ... (Dick Chenney) devised the most egregious form of abuse of the U.S. constitution in the history of the country.

The Spectacle called Lindsey Graham

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:34:56 +0000

Some people have absolutely no shame. Take the senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, for example. I could not help but double up in raucus laughter the other day when I saw him on television yelling “look at this bill!, look at this bill!” while brandishing what I suppose was the current stimulus package that is going through the senate at the moment. Do these folks ever stop to think about the reaction of the public to their silly showmanship for a minute? Was this the same senator Graham who supported every bill George W. sent to the senate and even went on national television to support some of the most odious ones? Where was his outrage when billions of dollars were being wasted on a useless war? Where was he when billions of dollars were dolled out to billionaire farmers while many Americans were losing their jobs? Was he in this country when millions of dollars were allocated to stupid projects like the so-called bridge to nowhere? Oh, I know, a Republican president was in the White House then, so stupid and wasteful bills for stupid and wasteful expenditures were okay.