‘Insights by R. Herriman’ Archives
India: Mother attempts to kill daughter because she had leprosy
A woman has been booked for attempting to murder her 17 year old daughter in the woods on Nellore district. Parveen Bee, the mother of three and relative Mahabub Peera allegedly took the girl from her home to the Porumamilla forests explaining they were taking her for treatment. Instead the alleged murder plot resulted in the girl being [...]
An e-mail from soldier in Iraq: combat troops still in country, just with new names
This is a follow-up to my assertions concerning the farce known as the "withdrawl of all combat troops in Iraq" in my recent piece "My thoughts on the Iraq "withdrawal". An e-mail has been floating around Facebook, apparently from a soldier named Travis who had some things to say about this issue; check it out: ---------- Forwarded [...]
My thoughts on the Iraq “withdrawal”
President Obama was really patting himself on the back last night during his speech concerning keeping his campaign promise. Though in my opinion, his speech is barely above Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” spectacle, I will give credit where credits due. He has reduced US military combat forces in Iraq by 95,000 since taking office. That [...]
Facebook censors marijuana legalization ad
An ad from the Libertarian Party which advocates the legalization of marijuana was banned by the social media giant Facebook. Initially the ad (pictured on the left) was accepted by Facebook on July 15; however a week later on July 22, Facebook revoked the ad stating “The image of this ad is either irrelevant or inappropriate." The [...]
What is nullification?
Though it may seem like a new theory with the opposition to President Obama’s health care plan, cap and trade and other intrusive, unconstitutional laws, nullification is far from being new. The legal principle of nullification can be simply defined as an act by the states (or less frequently by individuals) to resist and refuse to enforce [...]
Mr. President, put down the shrimp and answer the question
Mr. Obama, I realize that you didn’t put us in this disaster we call Iraq and as a Senator you voted more than once for bills calling for the withdrawal, but I think as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, your plans for withdrawal and the disaster that happened in Iraq yesterday, you owe it to the citizens to answer questions on this [...]
The Florida Senate Race: there is another choice, a better choice
In last Sunday’s Miami Herald, an article titled “In Florida Senate race, voters unimpressed, undecided” really tells it all. There are 4 candidates that the media seem to recognize, all with either horrible voting records, shady past dealings or both. Obviously Crist cannot be trusted since his whole focus is getting elected at all [...]
Sean Hannity avoids important question on mosque “issue”
Sean Hannity has been devoting nearly every minute of his TV program these past several days to the mosque distraction. He is obviously a huge opponent to the building of this mosque a couple of blocks from “ground zero”. I knew it’d only be a matter of time before he started showing his true colors again. When Obama got elected, all [...]
Lead neocon puts preemptive strike on Iran on a schedule
Israel has 8 days to strike the Bushehr nuclear power facility according to former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton. After this point, the uranium being supplied by Russia, will be loaded into the reactor. This starts at the 3:33 mark in the video. The moment of truth is August 21. Could this guy be any more hungry for war with Iran? [...]
The audacity of Obama
The other day the US President was on television criticizing corporate CEO’s for hoarding cash. Depending on who you believe, cash holdings are somewhere between $1-2 trillion. Obviously this is a distraction technique by Mr. Obama. With all the economic woes the United States is facing and the obvious, predictable failures of government [...]
