The Britts Grill Blair

Why is it OK for the British to have a commission on why Great Britain went to war in Iraq and we can not? I don't know if I want George Bush et al to be indited at this time. I want a commission to find out what truly was known. If there were misleading statements made by anyone who was involved in the start up and invasion of Iraq or laws broken the people of The United States need to know the truth. Then there should be public hearings just like the British are conducting. If the ex Prime Minister of the UK can testify on what he knows then George W Bush needs to go under the same scrutiny?

There has been a great deal of speculation on who knew what and when. The public needs to hear what happened and when and then if laws were broken and if the commission recommends the Justice Department to get involved the Attorney General needs to call for a special prosecutor and proceed with indictments.

I know the Right wing will say I am piling on George W, but I am not. The Republicans are the ones who lowered the bar on what should be investigated when they sought to Impeach Bill Clinton for having a sexual indiscretion. Going to war under false pretenses is a far more serious crime than getting a blow job in the oval office and lying about it.

Think of all the havoc the two wars have placed on our society. The wars are a direct reason we are in 3 trillion dollars in debt. The Bush administration created this money hungry monster and although the housing market collapse has nothing to do with the war it does relate to the current deficit via Tarp and Stimulus spending to right the economic ship of the country. The recession was created by bad economic policies that go back to Ronald Reagan. Of the past Presidential Terms going back to Jimmy Carter, Republican Presidents have out spent Democratic Presidents and added more to the deficit. Not one Democratic President created more debt than any of the Republican Presidents. In fact Reagan, Bush I and II created more debt and spent more money than any Democratic president going back to JFK.


So lets make our leaders accountable for their actions. If its OK for the Britts it should be OK with us.

Thoughts on MLK Day

We have become such a mean spirited lot. A woman told me if a person is describing themselves as smart and non-religious. That is an oxymoron. So, I said “you’re calling me dumb because I don't believe in god?" She said "No she was talking about good vs. evil," No shit, so I said “So since I don't believe in god, that makes me a bad person?" How Christian of her I thought, well her form of Christianity anyway.

The gall to think, if you do not believe in their god you are an evil person doomed to spend eternity in hell.
Dr. King was very Christ like. Don Kenna was Christ like. Don Kenna was the only priest I know who was Christ like. Shit, none of the nuns that kicked my ass every day were Christ like.

The brothers were good men but I don't know how Christ like. They were great educators, still are. They freely gave me their knowledge and influenced me on my way to becoming a man. The lay teachers did the same. Tim Leary my HS coach was like my big brother, as were my other coaches at St. Augustine HS.

The outpouring of love for the plight of the people of Haiti is tremendous and an act of humanity and love. That is a great statement for our world and how we can come together as humans in the time of tragedy. But, what about the segment of the world that does not value human life? People who will blow themselves up in the name of their god. Killing innocent people as an act of political ideological terrorism is evil at its best. In the name of god of course. Do not let anyone fool you into believing that the people who recruit dysfunctional people to commit such acts are not doing this for any other reason other than POWER.
So, on this day, let’s remember, above all else MLK was a man of peace just like Gandhi. Gandhi died at the hands of a Hindi who was upset Gandhi reached out to Muslims. Killing in the name of one’s god is not just limited to Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
John Lennon said it best in song via “Give Peace a Chance” .

Thoughts On Mark McGwire

I have another thought on McGwire and the Hall of Fame. I was thinking driving home what he did to the game of baseball. How dare he seek forgiveness with tears in his eyes and his voices cracking? What a farce. He said he started using steroids in 1989. What he did to The Maris family was unconscionable. He used them for his own gain knowing that he was cheating.
He told Bob Costas that he would have hit 70 HRs even if he never took steroids. Well, a closer look at his career will show he was a life time 260 hitter and only hit more than 40 HRs in 4 seasons leading up to 1998 and his 70 HRs breaking Roger Maris record. In the 14 seasons prior to his record breaking year he averaged 27 HRs a year. We really don’t know what his career states would have looked like because he admits to having only 2 full seasons in which he did not take steroids.