by Jim Hoover We made a mistake. We elected Barack Obama in 2008. I want Bernie Sanders of Vermont to run as an independent. His choice and their single-payer health care system choice shows there are smart people in Vermont. We should have supported Hillary over Obama. Can you…
By Jim Hoover Two clowns, Rep. Eric Cantor and Senator John Kyl, performers for their real ringmasters, the rich, walked out of bicameral bipartisan debt ceiling talks. Ironically, the elephant in the meeting room still remained. Not the Republicans, but the obvious fact that these meetings, for the Republicans,…
By: Jim Hoover Obama needs about one billion dollars to get re-elected next year, and he will get the money from the rich. Therefore, he must prove the perspective of the well-heeled, like the old classic song, “You belong to me.” He knows that while Republicans will agitate over…
Ms. Henry I am a writer who does not write as much as I should. I have some talent, but I do not have the passion that is truly necessary to be a writer because most of my passion is being used to find full-time employment. It’s hard being…
By Jim Hoover The Republicans have made an excellent case for replacing all House Republicans who voted for the Paul Ryan budget plan. It is a budget so obviously unfriendly to the majority of Americans that Paul Ryan was booed at a town meeting a few days ago. A…
by Jim Hoover With the ruthless and relentless monolithic corporate assault on anything getting in the way of stellar profits, it is easy to imagine any number of dirty tricks to achieve this end. The cause of greed has many allies in government and business. For example, Governor Scott…
By: Ray Rife Welcome to Ray’s “Boom-Boom” Room. This is a weekly review of anything that interest Ray, the proprietor. The idea is to give you a weekly look at how I view the world, which I’ve been told is a bit off the beaten path. I don’t expect…
By: Jim Hoover Republicans are united in pettiness and vindictiveness. If that isn’t enough, they lie with impunity; for a media that checks veracity has long fled the American scene. The neo-conservative paradigm they must follow requires certain generic qualities; that is, if they don’t want to be drummed out of the…