A media frenzy this week, picking and kicking at Tony Hayward, the six-million dollar man, who heads up British Petroleum (BP), appearing before a congressional hearing in Washington. Apparently bedazzling the whole lot of members of Congress with his footwork and adept question dodging.
Over the years, I have listened to many congressional fact-finding hearings, on the radio, television and once in person. Plus reading many accounts of hearings, like the Alger Hiss hearings. Never have I heard anyone in the hot-seat before Congress with the mental dexterity to handle elected officials like Tony Hayward.
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BP CEO TONY HAYWARD YACHTING – CONGRESS YO YO-ING – OBAMA YAKKING – MEDIA YELPING – HEAR YE, HEAR YE (Issue 393)
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“Imposters in The Temple,” by Martin Anderson.
Here’s a reprint from Laissez Faire Books issued in1992. “Feisty, tell all sizzler about the corrupt professors who rule our universities today, Imposters in The Temple. American intellectuals are destroying our universities and cheating our students of their future .”
“At many universities, tuition is now about $20,000 a year. For this princely sum you get professors who often don’t teach because they’d rather spend their time cluttering academic journals with un-readable, occasionally plagiarized articles reporting on research of little interest, even to their peers. The Cloistered professors, however, do have a passion for leftist politics. Outside of Albania, American universities remain the last great Marxist strongholds.”
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TAX-SUPPORTED SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES -MARXIST TEACHINGS – IMPOSTERS IN THE TEMPLE – OBAMA-SPEAK (Issue 391)
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In my opinion the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, is the most devastating event in our history. It threatens the species of wildlife, the planet and the future of mankind. More so than wars, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, or nuclear threat. On the exponential scale of devastation, worsens daily.
If there’s anything positive about it, it’s an opportunity to use as a wake-up call, as to what is happening to mankind in general and this nation in particular. We hear so much about our dependence upon oil. The fact of the matter is, we have reached this hellish state as a result of our dependence upon a political process to take care of us from cradle to grave, and instead of recognizing the lesson, louder cries go out to those in power to fix the problem they caused. This disaster is man-made.
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BARACK & BP – THE POLITICS OF RIGGING – A THREE ACT PLAY IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA (Issue 390)
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I have just taken a month sabbatical away from writing. Spending my time with Prince William, and our little garden, reading, resting, artwork, trips back into Atlanta, shopping, playing and into a pastime of Southerners, i.e., just getting in staring time.
In the past two years, I’ve posted nearly 400 lengthy articles on the internet, covering a wide variety of subjects. As my readers know by now, I’m not very savvy when it comes to anything mechanical, electrical or electronic, and have trouble operating a can opener. All I do is write, and others take care of anything relative to my website. In this connection, I recently asked the web manager for a print-out of activity on Octogenariansblog.com.
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THE ART OF ANALYTICS – AYN RAND – CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS – ROAD TO SERFDOM – FREEDOM OR BONDAGE (Issue 389)
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