After the euphoria comes generally a reality check. And that is what the democrats in the US are going through after the scandals, maneuvering and corruption that is going on in three states which are trying to replace the three senators ‘lost’ to the new administration of president-elect Barack Obama. Read the rest of this entry »

As the days advance towards the inauguration of Barack Obama, the 44 US president, he and his team seem to be concentrating in picking up the members of his cabinet. Already the firsts rumbles among the citizens are beginning to be heard. There is a certain amount of discontent, disbelief and or distrust about his pickings. Read the rest of this entry »

Many times one has those intentions of doing something, one prepares for it and when the time comes to follow those intentions…things change. I have been telling myself that I would watch the conventions on TV as I was lucky enough to get CNN Read the rest of this entry »

As many democrats who were followers of Hillary Clinton, I needed a little time to decompress. One thinks one is rational and suddenly emotions take over. I had to admit the roller coaster of the Democrat primaries has taken its toll and when we realized that Obama had obtained the nomination Read the rest of this entry »

With a major milestone possibly being reached today in the US democratic presidential race – a majority of the pledged delegates going for one of the democratic candidates – maybe we can start concentrating on what a presidential race Read the rest of this entry »

This is beginning to be too much. Some days watching the democratic candidates giving speeches, at rallies and debates, pretending to be what they are not, I wonder at how they are able to keep it up. They seem to have a stamina that we, the voters, are beginning to lose. And not just the ordinary voters but those whose jobs depend on reporting the news. I believe those especially have lost it. Read the rest of this entry »

Last Saturday, Charlton Heston the 84 year old Oscar winning actor died. But he was not only well known as an actor but also as a champion of gun rights and president of the National Rifle Association and that is why he is mentioned here.
I have had many discussions with Europeans about the Americans love of guns and I do not intend to get into it now. I know that for those Americans who defend the right of the people to keep and bear arms, what is in the mind of the candidates for the presidency about that matter is quite important. Read the rest of this entry »