Connecting the Dots
Much Ado About Property Taxes
Submitted by Connecting.the.Dots on Tue, 09/25/2007 - 17:59.We’re celebrating the centennial of a major event in American history. It was back in 1907 that a Republican president introduced legislation for the Estate Tax.
Ah, the Death Tax, as the ultra-right likes to call it. The Dynasty Tax, as its defenders more accurately call it.
Are you surprised that it was the Republicans who gave us the Estate Tax? And the Republicans were right!
Because They Hate Us: In the dark on 9/11
Submitted by Connecting.the.Dots on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 20:40.Commentary by Paul M. Troop
One of the most amazing things about watching the television news reports on 9/11 was that no one asked the most obvious question:
Why did they do it?
The reporters were so tied up with the Who and How, they missed the real issue. Without the Why, the whole event doesn’t have any meaning. Worse, it led to what most in the Arab world consider al Qaida’s success.
Did We Give In?
Submitted by Connecting.the.Dots on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 22:21.It was the advice the nation needed to hear on 9/11. Sadly, it was ignored.
