Thought for the day… What has the US Government done, in your life time, that you can be proud of?
March 20, 2020 § Leave a comment
Vietnam?
Afghanistan?
Libya?
Cambodia?
Honduras?
Cuba?
Venezuela?
Nicaragua?
Syria?
Iran?
Iraq?
Guatemala?
Ecuador?
Worst government on the planet.
Doing Badly Something that Shouldn’t be done at all. The costliest, losingest military in human history…
August 5, 2019 § Leave a comment
Simple Murder, or US foreign policy?
April 30, 2019 § Leave a comment
This is what a criminal regime would do, wouldn’t it? Hamper the investigation.
April 5, 2019 § Leave a comment
Welcome to “Named after sexual predator International Airport” Have a nice day.
March 28, 2019 § Leave a comment
Surely this a sensible recommendation: “Why not name the airport after Mark Takai or Dan Akaka or Patsy Mink, all of whom served us well? Or what about astronaut Ellison Onizuka, a man who gave his life in search of the stars?”
But one way to avoid the problem of post-morten [or pre-mortem for that matter] bubbling to the surface of ugly truths about persons who have done ‘some good’ is to simply not name things after people at all as it avoids the a couple of problems: changing attitudes towards what is ‘admirable’; newly discovered facts; new cogency of previously known facts.
Five generations ago William McKinley presided over the beginning of the US war Philippine independence which may have resulted in the death of 10% of all Filipinos [yes, there is some uncertainty]; seems to have been where the US military first learned the techniques practiced in Abhu Ghraib [and like the abuses in Iraq, were covered up; yet he got a High School named after him in Honolulu. Coming up on twenty generations ago Andrew Jackson ethnically cleansed Native Americans in a manner little different from modern day genocidists.
Honolulu High is a fine name.
Honolulu International Airport is a fine name.