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New York Review of Books Strikes Again

July 4, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

One scathing essay and one graphic strip in the New York Review Daily which need sharing: The first is an essay from David Rothkopf: ‘The Most Ignorant and Unfit’: What Made America’s Worst Ever Leader? “Being president,” former First Lady Michelle Obama has said, “doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are.” In … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: American exceptionalism, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Donald Trump, Franklin Pierce, George W Bush, Herbert Hoover, James Buchanan, John Tyler, King George III, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Thomas Paine, Warren G. Harding, William Henry Harrison

Lest We Forget George

March 13, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Another insightful view of the damage done by George W Bush’s administration was published in the INTERCEPT, comparing Bush’s use of the press during the run up to the Iraq war against Trump’s incompetent battle with the press, 14 years after the Iraq invasion. Below, is a copy of some reminiscences of a series of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Carl Rove, evil doers, George W Bush, Harry S Truman, Iraq, Katrina, messianic zeal, Prescott Bush, torture, William McKinley

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