Author: gottlieb

The difference between a recession and a depression? A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. Old joke. But who is laughing now? The layoffs keep on coming. Massive. Unprecedented....

Many are counseling patience and understanding. Many aver for the fruits of bipartisanship. Because Obama is not President yet, many advocate a withholding of criticism for his behaviors/actions taken since he won a mandate for...

As the Red Scare, Joe McCarthy worshipping Republicans use words like “socialist” and “communist” as epithets rather than a description of reality, it’s probably a good time to examine words and how...

As if I really didn’t understand That I was just another part of their plan I went off looking for the promise Believing in the Motherland And from the comfort of a dreamer’s bed And the safety of my own head I went...

(translated by gottlieb) United State of Americans: God is great. You are the people of the great Satan and you have proved worthy of the epithet. Your great fool President Bush has done exactly as we wanted from the very start....