Archive for August, 2009
8 Years is Enough: Out of Afghanistan Now!
by Jeff Hackman
Item: 18-year-old Pfc. Matthew E. Wildes, of Hammond, La., was killed by an IED on Aug. 27.
Item: The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan will ask for 20,000 more international troops. This of course is in addition to the Obama surge of 17,000 additional US troops already sent this year.
Item: The Taliban has [...]
How to Save $1 Trillion; and Democracy Too
By Jeff Hackman
August 14, 2009
With six weeks left in Fiscal Year 09, it looks like the Federal budget deficit will be about $1.7 or $1.8 Trillion (what’s a hundred billion to us anyway?). This monstrous number that numbs the brain is over four times the previous worst-ever deficit.
Some debate who’s responsible for this red ink, [...]
