http://marc.perkel.com Marc Perkel is the most dangerous mind on the Internet Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:02:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Letter to the Editor During the entire Bush administration and the Republican domination of Congress the super rich have been pushing for the total elimination of capital gains taxes. With the record drops in housing prices and the stock market the super rich are getting what they asked ... http://marc.perkel.com/2008/10/09/rich-get-tax-cut-they-asked-for/ Letter to the Editor With the economy of the world melting down what is it that we as citizens can do about it? There is one thing that we can do. We can vote. And - it is important to start pointing fingers and figuring out who is to blame because ... http://marc.perkel.com/2008/10/09/what-can-the-people-do-vote/ Letter to the Editor Barrack Obama is a game changer when it comes to race relations here in America. Once we have a black president the black community has arrived. No longer will black people see themselves the way they used to. It has been a long struggle ... http://marc.perkel.com/2008/10/09/obama-will-transform-how-we-see-the-black-community/ Letter to the Editor Maybe I'm just an old timer but back in my day I remember when a Trillion Dollars was a lot of money. Things sure has changed. http://marc.perkel.com/2008/10/07/a-trillion-dollars-used-to-be-a-lot-of-money/ Letter to the Editor In 2004 journalist Ron Suskind had a conversation about reality with a senior Bush aid who said that the ""reality-based community consists of people who believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality. That’s not the way the world really works ... http://marc.perkel.com/2008/10/07/bush-finally-recognizes-reality/ Letter to the Editor I watched the VP debate and, who would have thought Joe Biden would be the first one to tear up? Neither side made any serious mistakes and both were interesting to listen to. But the bottom line is that Joe Biden seemed competent and ... http://marc.perkel.com/2008/10/02/i-just-cant-picture-palin-as-president/ Letter to the Editor Many politicians are saying that this is no time to play the blame game and point fingers when talking about the Wall Street bailout. I actually agree. We need to do what is best for the nation and the economy. The time to play the blame game ... http://marc.perkel.com/2008/10/02/no-time-for-the-blame-game/ Letter to the Editor People are suggesting that we have lowered expectations of Sarah Palin in the Vice President debate. I disagree. In the past we lowered expectations for George W. Bush and look the mess we got. This is what happens when we do not demand the ... http://marc.perkel.com/2008/10/02/we-should-not-lower-the-bar-for-sarah-palin/ Letter to the Editor They say we are in the middle of an economic crisis and that the economy is going to die. Yet Congress is off on holiday. So if this is such a crisis then why are they taking a vacation? I'd like to take a vacation ... http://marc.perkel.com/2008/09/30/crisis-what-crisis/ Letter to the Editor America is in a scary position. The economy is so bad that that people are too scared to panic. And we are getting close to the point where people are too scared NOT to panic. But whose fault is it really? Clearly it's Nancy ... http://marc.perkel.com/2008/09/30/is-it-time-to-panic-yet/