Hillary Clinton is soaring these days. Both her worldwide influence and her domestic popularity are at an all-time peak. Today Mrs. Clinton, 64, is being touted as a shoo-in for the 2016 democratic presidential nomination. (Or to replace Joe Biden later this year.) If Hillary were nominated in 2016, she would be very hard to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘USA’
SHOULD HILLARY RUN NEXT TIME?
April 21, 2012SHOULD THE VATICAN CRACK DOWN ON AMERICAN NUNS?
April 20, 2012Yesterday the Vatican took a blow torch to the leadership conference of American nuns. Rome said the in the nuns’ leadership there was a prevalence of certain radical themes incompatible with the Catholic faith. American nuns did not sufficiently support the church’s teaching on abortion, same-sex marriage and the ordination of women priests. The Bishop [...]
IS MICHELLE OBAMA ‘SOME KIND OF ANGRY BLACK WOMAN’?”
January 12, 2012A new book, just out on the Obamas by New York Times writer, Jodi Kantor, characterizes the first Lady as a behind-the scenes-force in the White House, whose strong views often draw her into conflict with President Obama’s top advisors. The Kantor book portrays a White House where tensions developed between Ms Obama and former [...]
WHO SHOULD CAIN ENDORSE?
December 4, 2011Well, sadly, we won’t have Herman Cain to kick around any more. The disgraced southener bailed out from the GOP presidential campaign, not because women accused him of sex but because his family is hurting. Even so, Cain will have a few more minutes in the television sun. He says he will endorse another candidate [...]
IS CAIN HURTING THE GOP?
November 30, 2011Four women have publicly accused Herman Cain of sexually harassing them. Cain says they are all lying. Now a fifth women has stated that she and Cain had a 13-year affair that ended when he decided to run for president. Cain says she is lying. Oddly, Cain’s lawyer issued a statement saying an affair between [...]
SHOULD CANADA NOW SELL OIL TO ASIA?
November 14, 2011Canada sells more oil to the United States than any other country does. We planned to sell another 830,000 barrels a day through the Keystone project carrying oil from Alberta to Texas. But a telephone conversation between Hillary Clinton and President Obama has delayed the Keystone pipeline until after the 2012 election and maybe has [...]
SHOULD CAIN’S ACCUSER BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK?
November 2, 2011Through her lawyer, one of Herman Cain’s accusers, Ms A, says she wants to tell her side of the story. But she is forbidden to do so by a confidentiality agreement she signed with the Restaurant Association at the time of the settlement. She received a settlement of $35,000 contingent on the fact that she mantain [...]
SHOULD MORE CATHOLIC BISHOPS BE CHARGED WITH SEX ABUSE?
October 16, 2011For the first time in the history of American jurisprudence a Roman Catholic bishop has been charged with sex abuse. If convicted he could pay a fine and spend a year in jail. Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City is in the crosshairs for protecting one of his abuser priests. The accusation involved a priest [...]
SHOULD THEY TRY FOR BUSH?
October 14, 2011I don’t understand why Canadian oil billionaires keep inviting George Bush up here to give a vapid speech at a hundred grand a pop. But sure enough Bush will be up here again next week. And as the same time, Amnesty International has come up with an interesting idea. Amnesty has called on the Canadian [...]
WHY DID PALIN CHICKEN OUT?
October 6, 2011After months of political strip tease, Sarah Palin finally decided. She won’t run for president after all. Her explanation is that she puts her family, God and the country in that order. Far more likely she looked at the data and threw up her hands. She has the highest unfavourable ratings of any politician in [...]
