JJG Journal http://www.josefg.com/journal Life, the Universe and Everything Fri, 11 May 2012 19:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Thanks for nothing, Mr. President. http://www.josefg.com/journal/2012/05/11/thanks-for-nothing-mr-president/ http://www.josefg.com/journal/2012/05/11/thanks-for-nothing-mr-president/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 19:09:02 +0000 JJG http://www.josefg.com/journal/2012/05/11/thanks-for-nothing-mr-president/ 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 Scheer best describe the President’s motives. President Obama’s first term has been a deep disappointment for progressive voters. His advocacy for something as obvious as equal rights for non-straight couples makes this disappointment slightly less acute.

]]> http://www.josefg.com/journal/2012/05/11/thanks-for-nothing-mr-president/feed/ My favorite Daily Show Clip of the Week http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/11/17/my-favorite-daily-show-clip-of-the-week/ http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/11/17/my-favorite-daily-show-clip-of-the-week/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:46:24 +0000 JJG http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/11/17/my-favorite-daily-show-clip-of-the-week/ summarizing everything that is wrong with U.S. domestic politics in one ironic, sarcastic and hilarious clip. Well worth watching…

 

]]> http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/11/17/my-favorite-daily-show-clip-of-the-week/feed/ The Space Shuttle boondoggle - R.I.P. http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/07/22/the-space-shuttle-boondoggle-rip/ http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/07/22/the-space-shuttle-boondoggle-rip/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:20:23 +0000 JJG http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/07/22/the-space-shuttle-boondoggle-rip/ 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.

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]]> http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/02/09/us-foreign-policy-at-a-glance/feed/ Wikileaks http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/12/03/wikileaks/ http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/12/03/wikileaks/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:28:39 +0000 JJG http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/12/03/wikileaks/ 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 in this on-line Q&A session between readers of the Guardian and Wikileak’s Julian Assange…

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]]> http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/11/05/uncertainty/feed/ A summary of U.S. political reality… http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/26/a-summary-of-us-political-reality/ http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/26/a-summary-of-us-political-reality/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:46:54 +0000 JJG http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/26/a-summary-of-us-political-reality/

What to do?

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

]]> http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/19/the-growing-number-of-women-religious-leaders/feed/ Winning Hearts and Minds.. http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/12/winning-hearts-and-minds/ http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/12/winning-hearts-and-minds/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:43:44 +0000 JJG http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/12/winning-hearts-and-minds/ 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 the Afghanistan/Iraq nightmare.

 

Nice going!

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cartoon by Mr. Fish

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