By Wink Forty-two years ago Moammar Gadhafi began his ruthless rule of Libya. Forty-three years ago the Basque ‘ETA’ movement in Spain began a violent campaign for sovereignty. The ETA has been decreed a terrorist group by Spain, the European Union and the United States. This is well-deserved. Since the late 60’s, in an attempt [...]
By Wink In the October 5 W-L post I tried to explain why President Obama is not Hitler, and governor Rick Perry is not a racist. A reader felt obligated to respond, by forwarding something from the conservative blogosphere. The ‘surprise’ ending is that all the below info is really about Hitler. HITLER !!! [...]
By Wink Can we stop with the name-calling already? This is seventh-grade stuff… On ‘Fox and Friends’ Hank Williams Jr. recently called President Obama ‘Hitler.’ Really Hank, Hitler? Do you know who Hitler was? What he did? Pull your head out. You have the right to free speech, Hank. You won’t go to jail for [...]
By Wink Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loves conspiracies. Like many bigots, he says the Holocaust never happened. He has also purported that 9/11 was not really an Al-Qaeda plan, but that the U.S. government orchestrated it. This view has really ticked off some people. Among them, Al-Qaeda. Yep, Al-Qaeda is mad at Iran, and they are [...]
By Wink High school is over. Your child has now grown wings and is headed off to college. This is a sad, necessary step in life. Letting your metaphorical butterfly go free is never easy. It is even less easy because said butterfly will need stuff. Lots of stuff. Don’t forget to send all of [...]
By Wink Do you think I am full of it? It is okay if you do. Conservatives who read Winkest Link will point out how I am always railing about how the GOP seems to be off base on a number of issues. Maybe I am just a liberal wacko. I don’t think of myself [...]
By Wink Do you care about government waste? Republicans do. Or they say they do. Are they screaming about $31 billion to $60 billion disappearing? The bipartisan Wartime Contraction Commission is asking Congress to quickly enact recommendations to overhaul the contracting process and increase accountability. Why? According to the commission, the Iraq / Afghanistan wars [...]
By Wink The Libyan overthrow of Gadhafi is worth celebrating. Anytime a ruthless dictator is deposed the world has a chance to become a better place. A chance. It is better when a country overthrows its own dictator, like Libya did, than when an outside country does this, like the U.S. did in Iraq. Why [...]
By Wink The GOP talking-points machine is always well-oiled. Every Republican gets a regular memo, and dutifully spits out the same sh**, to magnify the ‘seriousness’ of some alleged problem. I call these YAPI – Yet Another Phony Issue. And what is today’s YAPI, you may ask? Vacation. Too much vacation. Barack Obama has been [...]
By Wink Is it cynical to think the GOP is happy about our ongoing recession? Are their actions based on total cluelessness, or is this intentional? What Americans need are jobs. The last thing the GOP seems to care about is jobs. Putting people to work would … Take them off unemployment (which saves money) [...]
