Archive for April, 2009
« Previous EntriesIt’s a bird. It’s a plane. IT’S A PLANE!!!!
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009From CNN REPORTS: A White House official apologized Monday after a low-flying Boeing 747 spotted above the Manhattan skyline frightened workers and residents into evacuating buildings. Witnesses reported seeing the plane circle over the Upper New York Bay near the Statue of Liberty. The huge aircraft, which functions as Air Force One when the president [...]
On Potholes
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009At what point, I wonder, is a pothole no longer a pothole, but a canyon? My research into the craters dotting Toledo’s roadways reveals that potholes could pose a problem for the powers that be when it comes to election time….unless they capitalize on the problem and turn the citizen’s frowns upside down. Were Fidal [...]
WWHD? What Would Hoover Do?
Saturday, April 25th, 2009After reading that President Obama calmly sat through–and failed to rebuke–a 50-minute anti-American rant of socialist Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega during last week’s Latin Summit, I flipped through a book or two looking for a similar situation in which Herbert Hoover was audience to a raging dictator. In March 1938, then former President Hoover was [...]
Raising Fears, Raising Taxes: Let’s Raise Hell
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009When Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday was criticized for witholding the run-down of Police Department layoffs, he explained, “The last thing that I think that anybody responsible should do in the city of Toledo is raise the fears of our citizens.” So, why was fear the first thing that he, Toledo City Council, and the [...]
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009When he faced criticism for signing a peace treaty with the Yassir Arafat and his Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1993, Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said, “You don’t make peace with your friends, only with your enemies.” Right. But do you make peace with people who call you names? Do you make peace [...]
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