MB Blog - March 2008
On the eve of General David Patraeus' testimony before Congress, an emerging critique is worth mentioning.
Due to an increasingly bleak national economy and a spirited presidential contest, interest in the Iraq War is waning. Into this vacuum has slipped a narrative that the president's troop surge strategy is "working." The narrative has been repeated countless times the past three months by the president, members of Congress and political pundits.
The "surge is working" mantra was making in-roads, as evident by a recent Pew poll (hat tip to Huffington Post).
Absent facts, the folks who brought you claims of making their own reality were intent on shaping public opinion, much the way they've been doing for the past five years.
Remember the following classics? Read More »
Due to an increasingly bleak national economy and a spirited presidential contest, interest in the Iraq War is waning. Into this vacuum has slipped a narrative that the president's troop surge strategy is "working." The narrative has been repeated countless times the past three months by the president, members of Congress and political pundits.
The "surge is working" mantra was making in-roads, as evident by a recent Pew poll (hat tip to Huffington Post).
Absent facts, the folks who brought you claims of making their own reality were intent on shaping public opinion, much the way they've been doing for the past five years.
Remember the following classics? Read More »
O.K. folks, bear with me for a bit on the history review because I think we have to look more closely at the actions of the State Land Office.
The conditions under which New Mexico became the 47th state on January 6, 1912 are rather interesting. Land was the currency of the day and New Mexico had plenty of it.
The 1899 Ferguson Act and subsequent 1910 Enabling Act created the state land office and the position of Land Commissioner (first territorial land commissioner then state land commissioner). Due to the strict and highly specified provisions of the Enabling Act, the mission of the State Land Office could be distilled down to a simple matter of generating revenue for the state (mostly for education) from trust lands. Read More »
The conditions under which New Mexico became the 47th state on January 6, 1912 are rather interesting. Land was the currency of the day and New Mexico had plenty of it.
The 1899 Ferguson Act and subsequent 1910 Enabling Act created the state land office and the position of Land Commissioner (first territorial land commissioner then state land commissioner). Due to the strict and highly specified provisions of the Enabling Act, the mission of the State Land Office could be distilled down to a simple matter of generating revenue for the state (mostly for education) from trust lands. Read More »
As a result of the antiquated, 136 year-old 1872 Mining Act, mining companies have been given free reign in the extraction of raw materials from public lands, while leaving billions of dollars in clean-up costs to the American people. Read More »
The private heath care system in the United States is far from perfect-covering some, under-covering others and leaving millions to fend for themselves. Perhaps the biggest challenge in dealing with the looming health care crisis is how to make our way out of a fragmented system and into a system of universal coverage. Read More »
In what is being hailed as "one of the most significant changes to ethics rules in history", the House of Representatives approved a bill to create an independent Office of Congressional Ethics by a vote of 229 to 182.
Two of New Mexico's congressional representatives, Heather Wilson and Steve Pearce, voted against the landmark bill. Read More »
Two of New Mexico's congressional representatives, Heather Wilson and Steve Pearce, voted against the landmark bill. Read More »
It seems like coming out against business as usual is all the craze these days in state capitals across the country. Read More »
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