Voice of North America Articles

EXCERPT:    With the scary threat of bank failures on the rise, it is appropriate to consider just which banks might be most at risk.     We explored briefly the major banks' increased exposure in “Big Credit Cramps”.  But what about the small and midsized banks, and other community institutions such as savings and loans, and credit unions?      It appears that there could be some winners in this debacle. ...

EXCERPT: John McCain has a problem with the religious right wing of his base.  Perhaps you've heard.  Anyway, he decided that he had to be more proactive in courting their support in his bid for the     On the advice of his handlers, he had his people on the ground in the Deep South identify the most conservative church in their district and submit that information to his campaign.  The campaign manager would then make a list and make the necessary...

EXCERPT: John McCain has a problem with the religious right wing of his base.  Perhaps you've heard.  Anyway, he decided that he had to be more proactive in courting their support in his bid for the     On the advice of his handlers, he had his people on the ground in the Deep South identify the most conservative church in their district and submit that information to his campaign.  The campaign manager would then make a list and make the necessary...

EXCERPT: Our veterans group is going to attend.  It is my first year to do so.  I am told it is a moving experience with American Indian marching units from across the nation.  A B-17 bomber in the past has flown up and down the parade route four times at a low altitude – quite impressive (if it is scheduled this year).  I am looking forward to this event.    If you are not familiar with his story, you may get a good summary of his service at:  ...

EXCERPT: That Hillary!  She has had a change of heart.  She is now the populists’ populist.  It seems she has heard us, and is demonstrating great flexibility.  How nice.     Her campaign is faltering.  She is well behind Obama in fund raising, and he has come out of the last eight state races ahead in votes and delegates.  He has crept slightly ahead on total points as well.      So Hillary is now pledging to be...

EXCERPT: I understand that Double A is writing a book.  That got me to thinking.  I considered writing a book myself some years ago, but nothing ever came of it.  Maybe I should go ahead and give it a try.    Let me explain.  We moved to AZ back in 1991, at the zenith of Papa Bush’s economic achievement.  I was out of work, and we came here and stayed with relatives while I searched the dry desert of the Bush economy for a job that was more...

EXCERPT: I owned a book once, back in the 1970’s.  I loaned it to a friend who loaned it to a friend who ‘lost it’ in a move.   This author impresses me because he interpreted quatrains from Nostradamus’ writings that have since come true or are currently hatching. 
Communism will crumble with barely a whimper.  (Done deal – Russia is no longer Communist, China is some hybrid, but not something Marx or Lenin would recognize, and the dying...

EXCERPT: These people in Green Zone DC inside the beltway have disdained their constituency, and insulted our intelligence.  They either supported Bush’s Iraq attack putting party loyalty before loyalty to the people (RepubliCons), or they assumed a supine position out of political cowardice (Dimocrats).  Preserving and extending their power was the only gleam in their eye.    A sizeable proportion of the American people saw this Bush hobby war for the political...

EXCERPT: Retired Army colonel Lawrence Wilkerson summed it up a while ago: the arrogance and ineptitude of this Bush administration has gotten us into a war that it has no idea how to win or get out of.  (“How Scary Is This”, Bob Herbert, NY Times, October 24, 2005)
Ginsberg’s Theorem states that in the game of life “You can’t win; you can’t break even; and you can’t get out of the Looks like Bush has adopted Ginsberg’s model as his Oilrag...

EXCERPT: Now that the Republican Party has chosen Senator John McCain as its presidential nominee, it seems some party faithful will have to just get over their extreme distaste for the candidate.      But that is a good thing.  George W. Bush was propelled into office by the Supremes and the faithful.  We don’t want that tribulation visited upon us again by these extremists, and McCain’s lockup of the nomination pretty much precludes that. ...