Poem: It's 2006

The future seems not to come for man.

September 4, 2006

1990s: As Golden Age?: I'm trying to find the great economy everybody was talking about in the 1990s...

Clean Gene is Dead: Some passing memories on the death of Euegene McCarthy.

Clinton in Coxscakie: Hillary came to town to ralley Democrats around Gillibrand.

Cuomo on the Mohawk: The man from Guy Park Place has yet to decide to run.

Dick Cheney: Shotgun Bandit: What Cheney's shotgun accident means to all Americans, gun owning or not.

Getting Health Insurance: How many desire to get low-cost insurance changed my plans.

Governing with Accountablity: Andrew has two visions on what accountablity is really about.

It's Time to Honor America: Beyond politics, there is a lot to like about America.

NO to Impeachment: Impeaching the President is a waste of time.

Ohio: Updating Neil Yong's lyrics for contemporary events.

On Car Insurance and Autobody Shops: The system that keeps you paying without getting anything in return.

On National ID Cards: Discussing the evil national ID cards.

Our Cowboy President: You don't have to like the President's policies to respect his sense of moral responsiblity.

Our Low National Saving Rate: Our lack of savings, not only impacts our economy, but also our environment and human spirit.

Poem: Bureaucratic Memorandum: Trying to make sense of the memorandum and corporate decision making process.

Recession: The predicted economic slowdown can be very bad for many.

Respect President Bush: Not agreeing with the President doesn't make him evil.

Senator Paul Wellstone is Dead: Andrew is still shocked at the news of the death of man who was becoming one of the great Senators of the '00s.

The Blackout Blame Game: In continuing my series on blaming the right people, I try to look beyond the hype and mistakes of the media in covering the blackout.

Undocumented Immigrants and Farms: Why the real solution to the illegal immigration is changing how we subsidize our farmers and not criminalizing or legalizing guest workers.

What is the Political?: The neological word I often use for describing aggregated political forces.

Why Modern Politics are Ill: Commentary on the ills of politics, and the need for activism.

Why the Democratic Stimulus Package Works: The proposed tax cuts by Republicans fail to provide adquate stimulus for sectors of the economy that need it the most.

Poem: It's 2006

It's 2006.
Not 1956 or 1966.
Nearly 30 years beyond the date,
President Johnson promised an end to poverty.

Why do people not know this?
A date like 2006 seems obvious.
Yet, a date should be more then just a date on a calender.

2006 was to be the future.
It was supposed to be a time of justice
and not a time of injustice and all the sorrow we feel today.

A time when man was better, not worst.
Yet, somehow the future never happened. The days
just rolled on and consecutively with the future never becoming
the reality.

Instead,
we are stuck in a troubled world.
That was supposed to be a long time gone.

From the Series. Added 12/31/69.