Remember, you guys get more insight than I do. Nevertheless another bash at predictions including the dropouts: Clinton: Going strong into Super Tuesday. Obama: Ahead in SC but loses Florida to Clinton. I think both are neck and neck into Super Tuesday. Huckabee: Hopes on Missouri. I think he'll be out soon. Romney: Still there and getting nasty with McCain campaign. Thomson: Out. Edwards: Out. Guiliani: Out. Last but not least , my man McCain is still there after FLA. A s Super...
The World has become small enough through technology for everyone to watch the build up to the American Elections. I'm enjoying the action, the debate and the move towards Super Tuesday. I am not qualified to understand American politics but I am getting a flavour of what's happening and I can, forgive me , give my own views. I felt the Hillary/Obama debate was badly handled by their advisors. It has received "negative press" and has achieved nothing. However, it's early days and this is ...
The annual summit of the African Union has just ended in Ghana. A major topic of debate was the possible formation of a United States Of Africa embracing all 53 member states in a type of USA style bond of states governed by a higher body. Gwynne Dyer, a leading journalist who writes for 45 or so publications, postulates that it may make sense as Africa has so many diverse cultures and across-border languages. He is right but I doubt whether he has thought it through entirely. The Colonial po...
I study American History--it hasalways fascinated me. The modern political scene evades me simply because I do not keep up with it. However, reading the Houston Chronicle online I wondered what Joeusers think of these two statements: "Given his current trajectory and speed, Bush is on course to be the worst President since at least Warren G. Harding (I know a fair bit about billiards in the White House--my comment).That would mean that Bush would sink past Jimmy Carter, which is no mean fe...
When it comes to American politics I am naive. A report in the UK Mail on Sunday (by William Rees Mogg), suggests that Senator John Mc Cain and Rudi Guillaini (don't know about that spelling), will be up amongst the leaders. I heard months ago that Senator Hillary Clinton was a certainty for the race. Have things changed and who do Jousers think will be the next President? Who are the other contenders and, seriously, who has the most credence to take over from a President who, though he m...
As the embattled Tony Blair shuffles his cabinet after disastrous Labour party losses in council elections,I wonder if he realises that the Scots, always prominent in Westminster politics, are quietly making a run towards total rule of the "Sassenachs"! Consider the following facts and judge whether you think there is no Scottish "coup" in the offing: There is no doubt that "Oor Dour Gordon" Brown will take over from Blair. The Chancellor is the "Heir Apparent" and will, eventually be T...
I believe the Blair government is heading for a fall. I don't know when but every day brings new revelations about incompetence or indiscretion. If I were headmaster Tony I would really have a talk with my staff (i.e. cabinet). Look at the record of one week in the life of a cabinet: # Tony and company have a failing NHS on their hands. # Patricia Hewitt has nurses on her back. # Tessa Jowell has a husband who is accused of impropriety. # Prescott is sleeping with a secretary. # Tony...
I am naturally a person who worries a lot. I worry about all sorts of things: the big and the small. I worry about my electricity consumption every month. But that pales in comparison to the bigger worries I have about the World in general. Where are we going? Here are the things I worry about and comments from JU bloggers are welcome: * I worry about countries like Syria. Their ruler Assad brushes aside any criticism of his role in the Lebanon Prime Minister's death. This man is openly defi...
Many Joeuser readers will note that I harp on about Zimbabwe. This is because I have so many ex-Rhodesian and ex-Zimbabwean friends. They are, all of them, mourning for a country that was once prosperous and supplied fruit, vegetables, maize and tobacco (1971: biggest tobacco producer in Africa). Please read the link I have supplied to gain more insight into the Zimbabwean situation. Here are some facts about modern day Zimbabwe that you will find interesting: * One USD (the mighty D...
The young David Cameron, MP for Whitney, became the new Tory leader today. He is a confident, sincere and tough politician. He speaks with authority in the Commons and he pulls no punches. The big question is: Is he tough enough, honest enough and capable enough to remove Blair and Brown? The young Tony Blair, as opposition leader, sounded just like Cameron three elections ago. Youthful vigour, confident speeches and a no-nonsense approach were his forte. It went far and the British came u...
What can be done about Iraq? MERNEWS editorial. By MERNEWS Iraq is in a mess--a real mess. MERNEWS believes that this mess can be sorted out but it is going to cost a fortune. Why are terrorists (kindly called insurgents), still pouring into this country? Why are car bombs still going off daily? MERNEWS reports that if Bill Clinton is worried and criticizes the Bush administration for errors in Iraq, then we are hearing from someone who speaks with authority. Clinton (speaking in Dub...
Answers (Carefully researched and documented on many sites) 1.Which other President was decorated for service in WW2? ---George H.W. Bush 2.Which 2 Presidents were assassinated in the 20th Century? ---Easy one: Mc Kinley and JFK. 3.How many Presidents were Generals before being elected President? ---Easy again: IKE 4.Which President was never elected President by popular vote? ---Easy Again. Ford. 5.Which two Presidents were born with different surnames? ---Not so easy: Clinton (Wil...
I love Americana and I have an extensive library of books, although I have never been to the US. Here's a quiz on Presidents. Try to answer off the bat. Most are easy but I've tried to throw in one or two puzzlers: All the answers apply to the 20th Century only! * Which President, other than JFK and Ike, was decorated for service in WW2? * Which two presidents were assassinated in the twentieth Century? * How many presidents were Generals before taking up office? (20th Century only). * ...
Last week's London Sunday Times has an editorial and a full page article on Robert Mugabe, the fool who runs tinpot Zimbabwe. The Times editorial wonders (rightly), why Mugabe was allowed to fly to Rome last week to attend the 60 th anniversary of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. Now MERNEWS has a problem with that too! How can a senile old man, subject to sanctions by the UN itself, be flown by Kofi Annan to Rome just so that Mugabe could rant and rave at George Bush and Tony Blair?...
Personally, I think Dubya's news conference yesterday (28-10), was a disappointment. He threw out all the old cliches about 9/11 and terrorism and how America was making itself safe. He should have thrown a nasty, full-on curve ball at Syria and Iran. All he did was mention them in passing. Had he been told to hold his tongue by his advisors? Did he decide to play a waiting game? He said (rough quote):"Countries like Iran and Syria are not helping the movement against terrorism." Sheeit,...