By Art Smith. Posted Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:33 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Presidential Election Issues Analysis, Barack Obama, Economy, Featured, International Affairs, Iraq, John McCain, Leadership, National Defense, Pakistan, US Congress, US Treasury, War on Terror
This is Part 2 of the analysis of Friday night’s Presidential Debate. Part 1 was posted on Saturday.
Iran
Lehrer asked for a “reading” of Iran by the candidates. Are they a threat? Both candidates made it very clear that nuclear weapons in the hands of Iran was not acceptable.
McCain did a good job of highlighting both [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Sep 27, 2008 at 8:15 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Presidential Election Issues Analysis, Barack Obama, Economy, Featured, International Affairs, Iraq, John McCain, Leadership, National Defense, Pakistan, US Congress, US Treasury, War on Terror
Here’s Part 1 of my assessment of Friday night’s Presidential Debate. Part 2 will come on Sunday.
All I can say is, I was wrong. Jim Lehrer does want to be the next Tim Russert.
I will say, I did not sense any partisanship on Lehrer’s part, but he sure dug into follow up questions, including a [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Thursday, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:44 pm Filed Under: Books For Soldiers, Terrorism, War on Terror
Seven years ago today our world changed. Expressing how that day felt and how it has changed the way we live today I will leave to the rest of the world today. It was a day of great heroism and pain, and I cannot forget it. It hurts.
My concern today is how quickly we seem [...]
The US Senate voted today to approve the FISA bill, including immunity for the telecomm companies who acted at the government’s request with the understanding they were receiving and acting on legal requests. The bill was approved after Republicans agreed to allow Democrats more judicial and congressional oversight. And the bill passed 69-28.
Bush is, of [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Mar 15, 2008 at 11:38 pm Filed Under: Courts, Eliot Spitzer, Privacy, War on Terror, Wire-tapping
There is little need to retrace the Eliot Spitzer story except to say: he got caught with a prostitute and apparently was using a form of structuring (attempting to get around federal bank reporting rules) in an attempt to hide the source and/or use of funds. Although a lot of hay is being made about [...]
I’ve got to assume that what we needed has passed the Senate (and will eventually in the House) since the New York Times website headline reads: “Senate Passes Bill to Expand U.S. Spying Powers”. I usually figure I’m getting what I need when the Times tries to make it sound bad.
Senator Christopher J. Dodd [...]
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