The Brooding Cynyx

FIESTY CLINTON BLASTS PAKISTAN Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Lahore earlier today. (October 29, Lahore, Pakistan) On a trip meant to improve our relations with Pakistan, Secretary of State, Mrs. Bill Clinton, took the opportunity to lambast the Pakistani government. In her most strident tone Hillary Clinton commented, "I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get to them if they really wanted to," she said to a group of Pakistani journalists on her second day here. "Maybe that's the case; maybe they're not gettable. I don't know." The United States has poured billions ... Read Full Story

MICHELLE OBAMA HULA HOOPS TO RAISE FUNDS Mrs. Obama on the South Lawn of the White House. Falls short of Guinness record, raises campaign funds for Democrats. (October 22, Washington, DC) What could be more “down to earth” than the First lady hula hooping, running, and jumping rope on the manicured South Lawn of the White House? Yesterday, while hosting the “Healthy Kids Fair”, Mrs. Obama attempted to break the Guinness World Record in the Hula Hoop event. While she fell far short of her goal, she did attract a good deal of attention from the area children who were present as well as ... Read Full Story

IMPOTENT DEMS, IGNORANT REPS No Little Blue Pill Will Fix This Disorder DIVIDED WE FAIL   (October 13, Washington, DC) Let's face it, no matter which side of the political divide you inhabit, your Party of choice is letting you down. The perpetual state of gridlock that has come to define national politics, legislating, and governance is now the norm: ineffective, inefficient and rabidly partisan are the defining characteristics of members of Congress and the White House Administration. Our tripartite system of government has been subverted over the last 15 years or so by ideological divides, endemic corruption, special interest influence and money as ... Read Full Story

MONEY TALKS Hamid Karzai – Crook, Opium King, Statesman Time For This Bum To Go Or Go It Alone. (October 20, Kabul, Afghanistan) All of a sudden the corrupt “president” of this war and neglect ravaged country is supporting a run off election after evidence of widespread voting irregularities were documented by a United Nations elections watchdog group. Hamid Karzai had been opposed to the idea of a run off between his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, until the United States threatened to shut off the spigot from which he has collected billions of our dollars. If nothing else, like every other corrupt, self serving politician, ... Read Full Story

AWARD OR REW ARD? (October 9, New York, NY)  Oslo Norway is a world away from Dallas Texas, the home of former President george W. Bush.  Despite the geographic distance, the two locations are sites in the nexus allowing the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize to be bestowed on our current President Barak Obama.   There are not many real surprises in Washington DC politics aside from scandals however, the news from Norway in the predawn hours this morning that Obama had won the Nobel was a major, stunning and, in some quarters, outrageous news surprise.  Obama is the first sitting United States President since ... Read Full Story