(Akiit.com) The frustrated fringe elements of the Republican and independent voter electorate gathered in Nashville, Tennessee this past weekend to vent about the first year of the Obama administration. They named the convention the “Tea Party,†a spin on the Boston Tea Party of 1767, where the British American colonists ...
(Akiit.com) In 2008 and 2009, 50 separate federal programs offered $23 trillion in loans, grants, or asset guarantees to the financial sector. Huh! This item was buried in paragraph 11 of 12 paragraphs in a joint statement that California Senator Barbara Boxer and Virginia Senator Jim Webb issued demanding taxes ...
(Akiit.com) I’ve never in my life questioned the value of having a democratic society. I still don’t question my democracy, since I believe that in most cases, democracy works quite well. But the textbook on democracy needs to have a chapter describing exceptions to the rule, and that chapter would ...
(Akiit.com) MSNBC analyst Chris Matthews, apparently in celebration of the fact that he believes we now have a “post-racial America,” felt the need to congratulate President Barack Obama on his State of the Union Address by proudly claiming that he “forgot Obama was black for an hour.” The comments were ...
(Akiit.com) He came. He saw. He did what was expected. President Barack Obama, one of the greatest orators to ever grace the White House, used his standard recipe of charisma, charm and vocal rhythm to renew his national agenda. I found his State of the Union address to be relatively ...
(Akiit.com) A quiet revolution is underway and it represents real change that is positively impacting all Americans. In departments and agencies all over Washington, the most diverse Cabinet in American history is retooling and transforming government to better serve the people. Consider the Department of Justice. Over the last year, ...
(Akiit.com) Haiti will need help long after the television cameras have focused their attention elsewhere. But there’s one person who can keep the Caribbean nation in the spotlight. As international aid pours in to provide relief from the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti, development workers and NGO professionals are beginning ...
(Akiit.com) The heartbreaking and pathetic scene I and a group of other American visitors witnessed at the small beach town in Northern Haiti still haunts me. We had no sooner arrived at the beach when a contingent of Haitian police and local officials frantically waved away a throng of the ...
(Akiit.com) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama is weighing a levy on Washington-rescued banks to help recover shortfalls in a $700 billion bailout fund and to help balance a budget that is looking increasingly grim amid an ongoing economic crisis. A senior administration official said Monday that Obama would seek modifications ...
(Akiit.com) The latest botched act of terrorism raises important questions about U.S. competence in guarding against terror, and yet another American effort to build an important relationship with a fragile, unstable country. On Christmas Day, a clatter, a puff of smoke and a brief, terrifying flame: Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, ...
(Akiit.com) Since being thrust into the mantle of leadership after the ignominious fall of his predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, New York Governor David Paterson’s rocky tenure has transformed him into something of a political piñata. A withering recession, the state’s battered finances, New York’s often treacherous politics, and the weight of ...
(Akiit.com) The Congressional Black Caucus got another painful reminder that President Obama is not black President Obama. In a press interview Obama bluntly said that he would not propose any special initiatives for blacks. Obama’s sharp retort was in direct response to questions about how he’d solve a glaring problem ...