Quickie: Texas Republicans Should Read the Bible

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/7496-focus-texas-republicans-should-read-the-bible Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently said America should be guided by “the Christian values that this country was based upon.” Even though Article 11 of the John Adams-endorsed Treaty of Tripoli states “the Government of the United States of America, is not in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,” I’m sure it warmed…

An Inside Job: how Wall Street caused the subprime crash

Last Sunday afternoon I joined twenty or so others at the Renton library to watch the muckraking documentary An Inside Job. The two hour video tells how deregulation and a revolving door between regulators and industry fueled risky practices and huge profits on Wall Street. The two hour video is filled with interviews with knowledgeable…

Quickie: Ex-Bush Insider Colonel Wilkerson Willing To Testify Against Bush And Cheney

Hope this is true. Hope something comes of it. Unlikely given the preference of the President to coddle the GOP. Ex-Bush Insider Colonel Wilkerson Willing To Testify Against Bush And Cheney Wilkerson also said: George W. Bush ‘knew Guantánamo prisoners were innocent’ Those bastards need, like the rest of the GOP, to be held accountable….

Quickie: Rick Perry presided over the execution of an innocent man.

Rick Perry presided over the execution of an innocent man “As Governor of Texas, Rick Perry oversaw the execution of an innocent man. But the media is failing to do its job and make Perry account for his role in this terrible injustice. The facts are pretty damning. Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for intentionally…

Quickie: Super-majority requirement for waging war

Many states have super-majority requirements (60% or 2/3) for raising taxes.  Some people have proposed that there be super-majority requirements for establishing or extending tax exemptions. I propose that a super-majority requirement of 2/3 or 75% be imposed on the US Congress for sending troops to fight overseas. If necessary, there should be a constitutional…