Marco Rubio v. Iran
Marco Rubio is running for president. Marco Ruboio asserts that Iran must be given a choice: they can have a nuclear weapon or they can have an economy. Not both. Marco Rubio would put an end to any agreement President Obama would make with Iran related to Iran’s handling of fissionable materials. Iran, a bad-boy government, must submit to U.S. demands to cease unconditionally all activity that even smells like it may be related to the build-up of nuclear weapons. The U.S., of course, true-blue to her imperialist ideology, sits on a cache of thousands of nuclear missiles. She prefers overwhelming superiority in her military might. It’s the way of the bully. Marco Rubio is itching to be the bully’s new avatar.
Marco Rubio would have us believe that his good, caring and noble heart bleeds for the debt of honor he owes to the American people for taking him in when he was sorely oppressed by Fidel’s tyrannical rule. This is why he runs — to repay the debt, not for the cushy compensation package and access to the levers of power. Marco Rubio sees no contradiction between his self-professed nobility and his willingness to impose crushing economic sanctions upon the Iranian people until they submit to U.S. demands.
American exceptionalism would have all the rest of the world suffer so that America can do exactly as she pleases. Here is a geopolitical torture technique, slow-drip economic suffering imposed upon a whole population. America tortures some folks. She tortures in pursuit of some larger social good — U.S. world domination. Marco Rubio is a tough guy, very bright indeed, spewing all the pretty words that will send us down to war again.
Springfield is more than bars and crime
If your “20 Ways You Know You’re From Springfield,” April 9-15, 2015, piece was simply not clever or amusing, I could let it go. But telling me I know I’m from Springfield because I “stay the hell out” of Six Corners after dark, or because I know a bar that “doesn’t mind if regular patrons smoke cigarettes?” Offensive. Springfield is about way more than bars and crime, and it would be nice if the media was part of the solution instead of the problem.
Give Holyoke a chance
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I believe that The State of Massachusetts and The Board of Education should give Superintendent Sergio Paez the time and the chance to implement his plan to better the results. I also believe that MCAS testing does not reflect students’ capabilities to learn. These standardized tests should be either renovated or terminated.
