Mike’s Weblog

With the recent news of the murders of an abortion doctor and a Holocaust museum employee, all in the name of white supremacy, I’m starting to get concerned about the mental well-being of this country.

Now granted, the United States (and most countries, for that matter) has always had its share of lunatics, but the increasing frequency of these home-grown acts of terrorism, combined with promises and threats of more killing, makes me fearful of what lies in store for our future. More frighteningly, these sick people are getting an increasing amount of obstreperous support from the far-right and fringe groups. Read more…

With all this talk that Obama’s a socialist and America is headed towards being a more socialist country than, say, *gasp* Canada, here’s a chart even the knuckle-dragging right can understand:

Source: What Socialism Looks Like

Now before you go calling me some right-wing nutjob, I’m only quoting the title of the article linked from Digg. If I could change it, it would probably say “Study” says the Most Liberal States are Least Free.

Why? Because if you look at the source of this so-called study, you’d find that the minds behind it come from a neo-conservative think-tank by the name of the Mercatus Center.

Let’s dig a little deeper, shall we?

The Mercatus Center was founded as the Center for Market Processes by Rich Fink, executive vice president of Koch Industries and former president of the Koch Foundations, who went on to found Citizens for a Sound Economy.

Koch Industries is the largest privately-held company in the United States, bringing in annual sales of over $90 billion, and is part of the Koch Family Foundations.  Koch money flows through Triad Management Services, an advisory service to conservative donors ongroups and candidates to support.

Interesting… let’s learn a bit about these Koch-heads. (It’s pronounced coke.) Read more…

I’m back from Miami. Things certainly come at you all at once sometimes.

May have some interesting work lined up soon; will post about it once I get some more info.

I’m headed out of town to Miami to visit my grandparents for a week. Sadly, my grandfather recently discovered he is suffering from pancreatic cancer and the prognosis isn’t terribly great. He’s a tremendously loving and respected patriarch of my family, and we’re hoping for the best.

I’ll try to post while I’m away, maybe take some nice pictures like I did with my last trip to Florida.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is probed on why President Obama is meeting and shaking hands with some of the world’s “bad guys”. Clinton correctly recalls a time when previous Presidents were meeting with communist leaders and dictators and then puts Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) in his place by stating that America voted for President Obama, and it’s his decision as to how America presents itself to the rest of the world.

Well, let’s give this website/weblog thing another shot…