the opinionist

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century.
In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush administration [...]

Posted on March 18th, 2009 under 9/11, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Americans, Apocolypse, Axis of Evil, BRIC, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, China, Chávez, Cold War, Communism, Crazy Ivan, Defense Security Service, Dmitry Medvedev, Emerging Markets, Federal Reserve, Global Policeman, Globalizm, Great Depression, Homeland Security, Hugo Chávez, Jingoism, Medvedev, Moscow, Multipolar, NeoCons, Nuclear Weapons, OPEC, Obama, Oval Office, Pentagon, Politics, President Hu, Putin, Recession, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Thatcher, U.S., WTO, War on Terror, Washington, World Trade, Zhirinovsky, climate change, gorbachev. Comments: 1

Remember the days before 9/11? Don’t they seem quaint in comparison to the tsunami of fear we, as a society, face across all fronts – social, economic, and militarily?
As the Obama administration tries to reenergize the American (and therefore, Global) economy – the focus on the U.S. Budget is upon us with renewed and very [...]

Posted on February 24th, 2009 under 9/11, Arms Trade, Budget, Bush Administration, Conspiracy, Corruption, Deficit, Eisenhower, Global Policeman, Homeland Security, JFK, NeoCons, New York Times, Obama, Patriotism, Pentagon, Politics, Rumsfeld, Social Security, State of the Union, U.S., US Dollar, War on Terror, Washington, debt, defence, john mccain. Comments: 1

The World’s media – or at least that outside of the U.S. (being rather distracted by Academy Awards and crippling of our economy) – has shone light on a ‘new’ book by Al-Qaeda founder, Sayyid Imam al-Sharif (aka Dr. Fadl) – from an Egyptian dungeon – that rigorously criticizes Al-Qaeda leaders – Osama bin Laden [...]

Posted on February 23rd, 2009 under 9/11, Al-Jazeera, Arab Americans, Axis of Evil, Bush Administration, Conspiracy, Domestic Spying, Dr Fadl, Egypt, Gitmo, Homeland Security, Iraq, Islam, Islamofascist, Madrassa, Middle East, Muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, NSA, Osama bin Laden, Terrorism, U.K., War, War on Terror, al Qaeda, patriot act. Comments: None

We are truly submerged in a Katrina of conspiracies, convenient fall-guys, and opportunistic (for some) chaos. So let us propose the most simple causes and perhaps, with a glass (or three) of Scotch, we can sleep better for it!

Posted on February 14th, 2009 under 9/11, Armageddon, Conspiracy, Corruption, Global Policeman, Global Poverty, Globalizm, Great Depression, Homeland Security, Islamofascist, Multipolar, Muslim Brotherhood, Patriotism, Security, State of the Union, Stock Market, Sub-Prime, São Paulo Forum, Terrorism, Unipolar, United Nations, WTO, coverage, fiction!?, global warming, opinions, patriot act. Comments: 3