PragueWriter, Jim Freeman
- An American expat's view of politics and life. "We all exist in dreams and live the actual. It's the actual we can't get over, the dreams never stop."
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Doing Away With Tookie
Twelve days from now, unless Governor Schwarzenegger commutes his death sentence, California will put Stanley Williams to death by lethal injection. Every route to clemency has been closed to the convicted murderer nicknamed ‘Tookie,’ including the California Supreme Court,...
A Snake River-Colunbia River Fish Story
There are certainly enough claims for ‘equity’ these days and salmon may not strike you as having a voice in the discord that’s out there, but Congress thought they did. Admittedly, they thought that some twenty-five years ago, a full...
There’s a Strong Consensus Building
That’s the quote from Scott McClellan, the White House press secretary, the full statement enlightening us further that There is a strong consensus building in Washington in favor of President Bush's strategy for victory in Iraq. Uh huh. Okay, Scott....
Corporate Ethics vs Congressional Ethics, There Is a Difference
There is a sense of absolute wrong about various corporate misdoings and yet, somehow a kind of natural entitlement to money-contributions in the Congress. That’s always seemed strange to me because I would think it would be the other way...
Deeply Split By the Mid-Term Axe
Makes me chuckle to pick up the paper and read a headline “Republicans Are Deeply Split Over How to Apportion New Tax Cuts†in the New York Times. They're not split, they're scared to death of the mid-term election axe....
It’s Not Where You Are, It’s What You See
In a stunning victory for panoramic views, New Hampshire has made it legal for townships to adjust assessed property values according to the view. Look out now, every burg with a panorama from Sitka, Alaska to Jackson, Wyoming is going...
The Grapes of Warlord Wrath
According to the Associated Press (AP), gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms burst into the home of a Sunni Arab sheik Wednesday, killing him, three of his sons and a son-in-law. The sheik, who lived on the outskirts of Baghdad,...
Someone Forgot to Tell Bill Ford
When Dick Cheney had all the big oil honchos in to divide up the spoils of energy policy, someone forgot to tell William Clay Ford, the family scion, CEO and largest private shareholder of Ford Motor Company. Following a speech...
The First Shoe to Drop
Ah well, what we?ve come to know and wait for is the first guilty plea. Smaller fish trade prison for bigger fish, it's the way of the oceans. Michael Scanlon, partner to lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty yesterday, the first...