Latest Comments

• Was Hurricane Irene overhyped?

  Mon Aug 29, 2011
  • Hurricane predicting is not an exact science and people must prepare for a worst-case scenario. Yes, it can be inconvenient, but preparing for the worst while hoping for the best is prudent.

• Who's to blame for US debt downgrade?

  Fri Aug 5, 2011
  • In their refusal to include increasing revenue to balance the budget, the GOP created a dysfunctional government.

• What's the tipping point in gas prices for you to cut back on driving?

  Mon Apr 11, 2011
  • I've already cut back, at $3.

• Do you think President Barack Obama struck the appropriate tone in his remarks to a memorial service for victims of the Tucson shootings?

  Wed Jan 12, 2011
  • May this country act in such a manner as its children imagine it, a paraphrase from the President's speech, to which we should all say, Ame

• What does the apparent compromise on the Bush-era tax cuts tell us about Obama and the Democrats?

  Mon Dec 6, 2010
  • This did not have to be done, all cuts could have been allowed to expire which would not be the first of Obama's campaign rhetoric to go by the wayside, Obama could have refused to sign any bill not allowing tax cuts to expire for the wealthy.

• What does the apparent compromise on the Bush-era tax cuts tell us about Obama and the Democrats?

  Mon Dec 6, 2010
  • Obama caved; there was no outmaneuvering.

• Is President Obama doing enough to tackle the oil spill and its effects?

  Tue Jun 15, 2010
  • No, and hell no, he's not doing enough! His speech, stopping the oil and clean up are pittiful!

• What do you think of President Barack Obama's plan to increase offshore oil drilling?

  Wed Mar 31, 2010
  • Bad move; we need to be concentrating on alternative-to-oil, renewable sources and not potentially creating an environmental horror.

• Should the U.S. impose a surtax on bankers’ bonuses?

  Wed Dec 9, 2009
  • Yes, and I like Britain's taxing the bank, the entity that received the gov't money, the one that decided to pay the bonus.

• Are auto workers being shafted by the Obama administration?

  Tue Mar 31, 2009
  • Compared to bankers, they are being shafted. Government interference has tilted to the wealthy, but doesn't it always?