tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25763334964414477862011-07-07T23:29:22.432-04:00Ramblings from the hornets' nestRichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-50126017830107897062010-05-24T07:55:00.001-04:002010-05-24T08:01:06.186-04:00Really bad news in Afghanistan may never go away any time soonAn article needs to be written (here is an outline) of the possibility that the war in Afghanistan could continue even if the US got out. And that the US getting out won’t ever make immediate sense, despite long turn advisability. An area where I am reluctant to go, but I hope others explore, is the possibility that the Afghan War is more hopeless than a “Catch 22". When the Soviets left, RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-8871945734438930462010-05-24T07:55:00.000-04:002010-05-24T08:00:07.576-04:00Really bad news in Afghanistan may never go away any time soonAn article needs to be written (here is an outline) of the possibility that the war in Afghanistan could continue even if the US got out. And that the US getting out won’t ever make immediate sense, despite long turn advisability. An area where I am reluctant to go, but I hope others explore, is the possibility that the Afghan War is more hopeless than a “Catch 22". When the Soviets left, RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-20224600543585998862010-02-19T12:51:00.005-05:002010-02-20T07:52:41.116-05:00We've Caught the Taliban Chief! Can We Go Home Now?We've Caught the Taliban Chief! Can We Go Home Now?http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/485 for [URGENT] more information google it. Also google ‘Peace may be Inches Away’ and google ‘peace negotiations’ Afghanistan. There is suddenly a section of the peace movement calling for "Negotiations Now" to strike a peace deal with the moderate militants that Pakistan had been protecting. This is RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-23133109494050275922009-08-20T11:59:00.003-04:002010-02-20T07:37:50.449-05:00Michael Jackson Murdered in a Conspiracy? If so, blaming Dr Conrad Murray is like blaming a US Guard at Abu Ghraib for torture policyWhen Michael Jackson died, Michael Jackson’s relatives, especially his sister La Toya, claimed there was a systematic effort to endanger Michael Jackson’s life right before he died. Claiming entertainment executives much more money from Michael dying then they possible could have from his trouble plagued efforts to go on a new tour. Competent employees were fired or chased away and he was RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-72430747587126164722009-07-17T21:13:00.003-04:002009-08-22T15:45:09.401-04:00Michael Jackson and the Double Standard over Pedophile AccusationsI joined those around the world who are standing up for Michael Jackson as a decent person who did a lot for kids. A few are alive today because he paid for a desperately needed medical procedure. But the hypocrisy where the rich and famous are treated by different standards, really troubles me. Also we have laws like Megan’s Law that is changing our system of justice. And also by our RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-8975339965400939502009-07-08T05:08:00.000-04:002009-07-08T05:13:07.815-04:00Michael Jackson isn’t the only one accused of a sex crime, who basically wants to help kids not hurt themMany know Michael Jackson, and know that he really wants to help children. And did such things a pay for desperately in the direction of kids troubled him greatly. And whatever people believe he actually did, he clearly modified his behavior somewhat with the idea that if he didn’t do so it might hurt a child.However the above could apply to many who have been accused of pedophilia. Others, RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-71059380138953695572009-07-08T04:58:00.000-04:002009-07-08T05:08:17.453-04:00Michael Jackson, Reexamining What it Means to be a PedophileMost know Michael Jackson well enough to know he really wanted to help kids, paying for desperately needed medical care. This, whether or not he actually also did things that hurt children. If we knew others who were accused of pedophilia as well as we do Michael Jackson, we’d fine that many are similar to Michael. He thought of himself as a warm and loving human being, proud of giving real RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-81923144032979218822009-07-08T04:48:00.002-04:002009-08-22T15:46:40.916-04:00This is Richard Kane againMy philosophizing and that other others, is partly based of experience. Back in 1973 when I moved to Philadelphia, a new casual acquaintance asked me to give him a blow job I refused because giving blow jobs was considered wrong back then. In hindsight he was possibly under 18. In 1980 at a news stand where I worked, for several days a very friendly young teen hung around the stand. Then RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-85880140188623454242009-06-12T03:04:00.004-04:002009-06-15T11:24:23.577-04:00Senator Specter, a Statesman Promoting Compromise, but Haunted by his long-ago Kennedy Assassination TheoryArlen Specter changed the political map. The Republican party blacklisted three Republicans, and Specter responded by becoming a Democrat. Specter, is still trying to mediate (even between Republicans and Democrats), be a healer, and promote civil liberties as he did before. Specter also urges caution and soberness in the pro-Israeli lobby. I, for one, think shrill politics is bad news. RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-3167317970122295532009-05-23T05:13:00.002-04:002009-05-30T20:24:03.847-04:00Obama-Cheney debate revisited, with a conclusion that may surprise both sidesDid Bush’s war on terror policy stop a second terror attack? Is Obama right that US policy tended to help al Qaeda grow? Is Cheney an ogre? Is Obama a naive fool? Maybe the right answers don’t fit neatly into place. Maybe US policy back under Bush both tended to empower al Qaeda, by making Muslims more militant, and discourage an attack on the US at the same time. Perhaps, bin Laden's RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-77250488626061378352009-05-12T12:35:00.005-04:002009-06-12T03:16:08.366-04:00Senator Specter - the key to our futureSpecter has changed the political map by becoming a Democrat. It’s a new chapter in the political system and in the many twists and turns of his life. He has had so many roles that most of us in Philadelphia have at least one point in our life cheered him and at another point criticized him. Many appreciated him during the Gonzales hearings, but not so his Single Bullet Theory. Many more wouldRichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-2757323350833531022007-10-01T11:10:00.001-04:002009-05-30T20:26:55.114-04:00Cyber-PrisonActivists may face cyberprison rather than roundups like the Japanese during World War II. Selectively blocked calls, mail and email. Then in the dark, when bills are falsely marked unpaid. Little hassles to encourage people to block span and keep phone and address private, that will end up making it easier to block important communication.Fight cyberprison. Crunching contact info discouragesRichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-79716578505460199172007-09-16T10:11:00.001-04:002009-05-18T00:27:56.672-04:00Conspiracy against ordinary peopleThere are real scoundrels like Carl Rove, and Ron Gonzales, who complain of a vast conspiracy, and there are the good guys, Dennis Kucinich, and Ron Paul, who complain that their perfect voting records, and uncompromising stanches keeps getting censored off the news. Unfortunately, there are some politicians, who are slightly above the herd, who have sudden decided to quit government, Colin RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-36089908450477445922007-09-14T21:56:00.001-04:002009-05-18T00:25:37.112-04:00Don’t Impeach Bush, but Debate on all Issues is Part of DemocracyI agree with Obama that it’s not all Bush’s fault. I always opposed the war, but don’t remember ever early on thinking that the Iraqi Congress in exile was lying. How do we know Bush did?In Fuluja (October 2004) an Iraqi go-between arranged for Fulujans to accept nominal Baghdad authority and US troops pulled back. Locals cheered but not the US peace movement. When Bush apologized for Abu RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-29216564246555289682007-09-14T19:29:00.001-04:002009-05-18T00:21:55.447-04:00Mumia abu-Jamal, Move, and a slightly better world that almost wasWriting this manuscript I suddenly realize that if Move's original commune was allowed to survive, while the local Black kids who admired Move grew up, we'd have a more freedom oriented world today.Current events and history cross paths in PhiladelphiaNew Jersey had a historical remembrance of the Newark riots. This seems strange in Philadelphia which shoves this kind of history under the rug. RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-32555114995641737062007-09-14T19:04:00.001-04:002009-05-18T00:18:49.499-04:00Immigration Crisis - Schwartzenegger is partly responsibleA Two Party System isn't true Democracy, but I fear a Massive Democratic Sweep, Leading to a One Party State.USA Today had a very detailed and carefully analysis of the immigration crisis, concluding that the problem is what they politely call the “California Recession” driving Hispanics out of California and into small town and rural United States. New immigrants who speak broken English and RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576333496441447786.post-29938263290123875742007-09-14T17:44:00.002-04:002009-05-18T00:14:00.521-04:00Resisting al Qaida's Advances, Not Fighting MuslimsWar on Terror = War on Drugs? -- MAYBE IT’S TIME TO PANIC!Sometimes the War on Terror is ridiculed as similar to the War on Drugs. The usual phrases used, “So-called War on Terror” and “So-called War on Drugs.”A gung-ho prosecutor makes drugs scarce. Crack addicts have to commit more crimes to get enough money for the high prices. When a prosecutor goes after Mafia kingpins, his colleagues RichardKanePAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454214520279128193noreply@blogger.com0