DeanVX's blog

Yesterday, George Bush pardoned 29 convicts. Among them were car jackers, drug dealers & moonshiners. The press has been making note of the fact that no pardon was issued for Scooter Libby. What should be more noteworthy is that no pardons were issued for Ignacio Ramos & Jose Compean.  Read More »

I watched both of the most recent presidential debates on CNN. I'm not enamored with any of the candidates that both parties have fielded, but I decided to watch with an open mind. There was a definite difference in tone between the two debates. During the Democratic debate, the candidates were largely asked softball questions.  Read More »

Someone recently commented in a blog that our government is fascist. This person was a teenager, & I instantly became very alarmed. I began to wonder what our schools are teaching kids about our government. Do I sound like an old man?  Read More »

You may have heard that Paul Tibbets, the man who piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II, died yesterday. There has been so much controversy surrounding the use of the bomb. Many believe that using the atom bomb brought about a speedy end to the most destructive conflict in human history.  Read More »

I've read blogs on other websites where people have referred to Republicans as "RepubliKKKans," as though they were trying to convince others that Republicans & the KKK were one in the same.  I guess they do that because Republicans have traditionally tried to reign in government spending, thus cutting funding for programs that liberals believe benefit the poor & minorities.  M  Read More »

Many free-speech advocates decried the treatment that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received from Columbia University a few weeks ago.  "We may not agree with him, but he should be allowed to speak," they said.  Well from what I saw, Ahmadinejad was treated fairly.  He was allowed to give a speech.  The question & answer segment was conducted in a civil manner (even if Ah  Read More »

Isn't it interesting that when we see something going on in the world that we don't like, we compare it to Nazism?  People on the far left & far right have done it.  Liberals call anyone with even one conservative viewpoint a "Nazi."  Staunch conservatives who oppose abortion have compared it to the Nazis rounding up Jews & sending them to concentration camps.  People somehow  Read More »

Supporters of illegal immigration have said that a border fence between the United States & Mexico would be just like the Berlin Wall.  Even the Vatican has come out against such a fence (an interesting comment coming from the "Walled City").  I've been mystified by the comparison, because if these people understood the history of the Berlin Wall, they wouldn't be making it.  Or p  Read More »