Politics

“The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.”
~ H. L. Mencken


	Afghanistan	In 2001, the USA, Britain and Canada attacked Afghanistan unprovoked and attempted to overthrow the Muslim extremist theocracy and install a corrupt puppet dictator, Hamid Karzai. 2008-05-07

	2008 Election Lineup	A ranking and commentary on the main candidates running for US president in 2008. 2008-04-30

	Iraq	The Iraq war is a $20 trillion oil heist disguised as a compassionate regime change. 2008-04-30

	Iraq War Blog	Read blog feedback from readers of the Iraq war essays. You can also post your own comments.

	Iran	The United States has threatened nuclear war and has already invaded Iran in yet another oil grab, pretending that the invasion is self defence against the peaceful use of nuclear energy. George Bush as been threatening to use small nuclear bunker busters to attack Iran. I consider this not only a foolish move, but a suicidal one. 2008-04-30

	9/11	Why I think Bush planned the 2001-09-11 World Trade attacks. This also covers some of his duplicity in the Afghanistan war. 2008-04-30

	Bushisms	Bushisms: quotations displaying the wit and wisdom of George W. Bush, verbatim. 2008-04-30

	Wounds	Dr. Norman Bethune on wounds and war. 2008-04-30

	Books	Books about George W. Bush, 9/11 and the Iraq war. 2008-04-30

	The Asbestos Connection	Why I think the Bush crime family murdered Senators Wellstone and Carnahan and many others for their opposition to asbestos and for opposition to the Bush family generally. 2008-05-03

	The Anthrax Murders	The Israeli connection in the anthrax murders. 2008-04-30

	Israel	Israel has instituted genocide against its Palestinian citizens. The suicide bombers are not the only ones up to evil in Israel. 2008-05-04

	Lowell Green	Lowell Green, right wing talk host sets his furies to attack Roedy. 2008-05-03

	George W. Bush’s Resume	The resume of job experience and outstanding achievements of George W. Bush 2008-04-30

	Why I don’t Like George W. Bush	Overview of some of the reasons I don’t like George W. Bush. Other essays give more detail. 2008-04-30

	Patriotism	Patriotism is nothing to be proud of. A collection of quotations from famous people about patriotism. 2008-05-01

	9/11 Blog	Read blog feedback from readers of the 9/11 essays. You can also post your own comments.

	Abortion	Breaking the logjam in the polarised Abortion debate. 2008-04-30

	Speakers’ Corner	Scripts of Roedy’s soap box TV public service announcements on Speakers' Corner on A-Channel (formerly the newVI) TV Station. 2008-04-30

	Proxy Voting	A more democratic way to vote. 2008-04-30

	Paul Martin	Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada in the first coup of a sitting prime minister in Canadian history. 2008-04-30

	BC Politics	In the Maritimes, politics is a disease, in Quebec a religion, in Ontario a business, on the Prairies a protest and in British Columbia entertainment. 2008-04-30

	Bowling For Columbine	An exploration of the possible causes of gun violence in the USA. 2008-05-03

	One World	Autonomous nation states are outdated. We need to think of ourselves as citizens of planet earth. 2008-04-30

	Election Fairness	The close election magnified the inequities in the voting scheme. Fairness is important for both winner and loser. For political legitimacy, the winner needs to be perceived to have won squarely. My essay offers dozens of suggestions to make elections more fair. In particular it calls for getting rid of admittedly crooked Diebold voting machines. 2008-05-03

	Supreme Court Decision	A layman’s guide to the supreme court decision in Bush v. Gore. 2008-04-30

	God Overrules the Supreme Court	Press release from St. Michael on God overruling the Supreme Court decision on the 2000 election 2008-04-30

	The Grinches Who Stole the Whitehouse	about how five supreme court justices stole the election for Bush. 2008-04-30

	Napoléon	Quotations from Napoléon Bonaparte. 2008-04-30

	Feedback	Read feedback from readers of the politics section. If you don’t want your message and my reply publicly posted, please let me know. 2008-05-03

“The relationship of America to the rest of the world is similar to the relationship of ancient Rome to its provinces. From Rome’s point of view, the purpose of the provinces was to provide goods and services to the people of Rome. Rome was prepared to use any means necessary to transfer wealth/capital from the provinces to Rome. Like ancient Rome, the USA is a parasite. With only 1/20th of the planet’s population, America consumes the lion’s share of the global production. It vainly imagines itself to be magnanimous, yet it is acually the stingiest of all the developed nations. It’s wealth comes from deliberately grinding other countries into poverty.”
~ Roedy (1948-02-04—)

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