Tag Archives: militarism

Absentee Democracy

Posted on April 28, 2014 by johnrachel

Sometimes I am challenged by the dimmer bulbs among us: “What kind of American are you? YOU LIVE IN JAPAN!” The answer that comes immediately to mind is: “I’m the kind of American who lives in Japan.” Continue reading →

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Ship of State

Posted on February 10, 2014 by johnrachel

We can sweat the small stuff but all we will end up doing is standing in a puddle of sweat. Continue reading →

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It’s Nothing Personal

Posted on January 31, 2014 by johnrachel

Our elected representatives may or may not be nice folks. It’s irrelevant. They are out of touch and working day and night in opposition to the interests of the majority of Americans. Time to give them their walking papers. Continue reading →

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The Face of Courage

Posted on February 28, 2013 by johnrachel

On September 18, 2001, the Authorization to Use Military Force was signed into law by President George W. Bush. It had passed 98-0 in the Senate and 420-1 in the House of Representatives. The one dissenting vote against the legislation that has sent this nation headlong into the abyss which we have been brainwashed into embracing as the War on Terror, was cast by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). Continue reading →

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Life In Japan: Going Postal

Posted on February 25, 2013 by johnrachel

We can deliver enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world 25 times over with 12,000 active ICBMs, and fleets of nuclear submarines and long range bombers.

BUT WE CAN’T DELIVER THE MAIL ON SATURDAY! Continue reading →

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Maybe the Islamic protesters have a legitimate complaint.

Posted on September 18, 2012 by johnrachel

Let’s be honest with ourselves: We are not welcome in much of the world. Continue reading →

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This is what our brave soldiers are dying for in Afghanistan . . .

Posted on September 17, 2012 by johnrachel

This is what our brave soldiers are dying for in Afghanistan. Continue reading →

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Debtor’s Prison

Posted on February 25, 2012 by johnrachel

To live in a country which has borrowed up to its eyebrows to build bombs and promote war is incarceration at its worst. It is living in the confines of a shameful and ruinous nightmare, a jail of bankrupting tyranny. We truly live in a debtor’s prison. Continue reading →

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