June 2011 Archives

The Fourth of July will be here soon.(Above--Black Americans observing the Fourth in 1939 in St. Helena Island, South Carolina.)What books would be helpful to learn more about the American Revolution and about America?As I've said before, I don't believe the Revolution was a liberal or conservative event in the sense we think about such things today.Some of the Founding Fathers were religious. Others were not.  The Revolution had some aspects of a tax revolt. But who...

A new study says that sea levels are rising at the fastest rate in 2000 years.(Above--The sea is all around us.)Is this complete proof that global warming is taking place and causing the seas to rise?You can't prove it for 100%.Any bit of doubt allows corporate intrests--and the Republican Party that corporate interests own--to avoid discussing this issue in any serious fashion.Here is the EPA climate change website.I know--- The EPA website is socialist plot...

Submitted for your approval by The Daily Hurricane's very own, the one, the only.....drum roll please....carguy. Minneapolis,MN: Tea Party darling and presidential candidate Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was in International Falls, MN on an early stop in her campaign seeking the GOP presidential nomination: Mrs. Bachmann: I'm so happy to be in International Falls, one of my favorite cities. It's my first trip, although I did spend one summer just down the road in Frostbite Falls,...

From The Hill yesterday:"The White House, seeking an agreement to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by Aug. 2, on Monday said it would not insist that any deal include an end to former President George W. Bush's controversial tax rates on the wealthy...The White House said the president is pushing the GOP to agree to eliminate some tax breaks for businesses and loopholes for wealthier taxpayers, but is not seeking to eliminate the...

You didn't honestly think it was on the field, did you?...

The Transportation Safety Administration. Keeping us safe from 95-year-old terminal cancer patients in wheelchairs:"A woman has filed a complaint with federal authorities over how her elderly mother was treated at Northwest Florida Regional Airport last weekend. Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members...

Astrogirlkel got the ball rolling a few days and I've struggled to figure out where to go with it. She talked about patriotism and how it seems to be manifesting itself these days. I watched the Jon Stewart vs. Chris Wallace discussion (another blog post) and Stewart referenced the fact that FoxNews viewers were the least informed among those polled. Before we get too far into that little debate I thought we should look at...

(Blogger's Note---This is a post I run each year. It merits another go-round because the places I list here are good places to go.)Where should you and your family take a summer vacation this year? Where should you go by yourself or with that someone special for an excellent summer trip?The answer is clear enough.Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Galveston, Texas are the places to go.I have visited all these cities in the summer and I can...

Ya coulda knocked me over with a feather. In a startling revelation, it turns out Pakistan's version of the CIA, the ISI, may have known of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts all along and was, hold on to your seats, protecting him. Hard to believe, I know."The cellphone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier, which was recovered in the raid that killed both men in Pakistan last month, contained contacts to a militant group that...

Extreme conservative House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has pulled out of the ongoing debt ceiling talks in Washington.Republican Senator John Kyl of Arizona--who has a problem with facts--has also left these talks.It appears that additional stimulus  and possible tax increases for those most able to pay may be on the table as needed steps to help the economy.What a welcome difference from the Republican strategy of working to keep the economy from recovering in order to hurt President Obama politically.I'm wary of all sides...