Archive for September, 2007
HOW LONG WILL KEVIN RUDD’S POLLS DEFY THE LAW OF GRAVITY
By Con George-Kotzabasis
Since the elevation of Kevin Rudd to the leadership of the Labor Party his polls have shot up to the stars and continue to rise unabated into the electoral “stratosphere” of the country. And this is going on beyond the normal honeymoon period most new leaders enjoy with the electorate. Taking also into [...]
MOVEON Org’s Ad on GENERAL PETRAEUS BETRAYS AMERICA
A short reply by Con George-Kotzabasis to: Beyond “The Ad”:Getting Back to Substance in the Petraeus Controversy, by Steven Clemons in the Washington Note, September 20, 2007
The MoveOn org’s ad General Petraeus Or General Betray Us in the New York Times has sparked a great controversy and debate, as it naturally was expected to [...]
ALL THE PUNDITRY THAT IS FIT TO DEFEAT AMERICA
By Con George-Kotzabasis
When men’s pride swells in folly, then their tongues become their true accusers Aeschylus
It’s both interesting and revealing that the critics of the war in Iraq, and generally on the war against global terror, have never formulated their position in concrete and effective terms what should have been America’s response to the lethal [...]
MOUNT GLOBALIZATION OR BE ITS PREY
By Con George-Kotzabasis
A tiger is stalking the world the tiger of globalization. Nations and peoples who, gazelle-like, are frightened and take flight before the huge ferocious “life-threatening” leaps and bounds of this tiger, are to be mauled and be eaten, as no swift flight can make them escape from the lightning speed with which globalization [...]
