JJG Journal

After years of triangulating and waffling, President Obama finally came out in favor of full marriage equality for homosexual couples. The President deserves praise for his stand no matter why he chose to take this position at this pre-election time. There is almost a whiff of “Hope and Change” in the air. On the whole I think that these articles by Scott Tucker and Robert...Continue Reading »

summarizing everything that is wrong with U.S. domestic politics in one ironic, sarcastic and hilarious clip. Well worth watching…

With yesterday’s landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis this colossal waste of U.S. taxpayer’s money came to its well-deserved end. Good riddance. See this article in the Guardian for more analysis.

The job of the media is not to protect power from embarrassment. It should be independent of and adversarial to Government. This is not the case here in the U.S. as has been made clear by the U.S. media’s response to the latest Wikileaks revelations. In my opinion Wikileaks deserves the support of those citizens that value democracy and transparent government. Compare the hysteria, paranoia, lying and stupidity of Wikileaks’ detractors to the simple and rational answers given...Continue Reading »

is there any way to say these things better?

What to do?

proves that men don’t have a monopoly on looking silly and spreading nonsense.

Add this to the long list of President Obama’s accomplishments…along with such notables as

Closing Guantanamo.

Single Payer healthcare choice/reducing healthcare cost while insuring every U.S. citizen.

Accomplishing meaningful climate legislation.

Stopping the assault on civil liberties and holding accountable those that violated U.S. laws via committing/condoning torture.

Reducing poverty levels in the U.S.

Ending...Continue Reading »

cartoon by Mr. Fish