Mr. Nutter has taken Philadelphia in the wrong direction for more than 3 years, and I believe he will continue this odyssey if he is re-elected. To be blunt, Mayor Nutter does not possess the attributes consisting of effectiveness, nor is he innovative enough to reverse our city’s decrepit and financially bankrupt infrastructure.
I will not spend much effort addressing an unlimited list of failures by Mr. Nutter during his tenure, but I will say this--its crystal clear that rebuilding and restoring Philadelphia to its greatness is simply too big of a job for Mr. Nutter to handle.
So, where do we go from here? Currently, there is an incumbent mayor running for reelection that has done so “brilliantly poor” in serving the will of Philadelphians, and yet, there are no viable Democratic challengers.
“Progressives will bring balance to the Republic.”
Anthony P. Johnson
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
“Greatest American Hero…Not!”
I find it comical how the GOP and conservative talk radio attempt to package former President Ronald Reagan as a poor man’s version of the “Greatest American Hero” when it was clear early on in his Presidency that he resembled more of an “American Nightmare.” Ronald Reagan played the fear monger card to millions of Americans and convinced them that the true threat to America’s prosperity was African-American welfare queens, Central American leftists, and the U.S Federal Government.
In fact, in his First Inaugural Address in 1981, Reagan declared that, "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." Yet, during his tenure as the Commander and Chief, he increased the size of the federal government that would have made President Franklin Roosevelt say, “Damn.” Three years after he left the White House, Ronald Reagan was anything but America’s greatest action hero. As a recession enveloped the country, Americans came to see the Reagan years which featured a massive defense buildup, soaring deficits, and even a stock market crash in 1987--as the source of their economic woes. Reagan presided over the worst recession at that time--since World War II and under his guidance from 1982-1983 the unemployment rate exceeded 10% for 10 consecutive months?
Ronald Reagan was also the Pied Piper of tax breaks for the wealthy, and since his Presidency ended more than 20 years ago--the richest Americans have received more than 400% in tax breaks while the middle class, working poor, and the poor citizens have not received any benefits in the form of improving the nation’s medieval infrastructure or job creation as a result of those tax cuts.
So to all my neo-conservative friends, stop attempting to cast Ronald Reagan as a President deserving to be mentioned with the likes of great U.S. Presidents such as Lincoln, FDR, T.R., Washington, Jefferson and Clinton. Yes Clinton! Reagan was not a great president, pure and simple, and no matter how you attempt to distort history with myths of his accomplishments--they fall flat like Carl Lewis' rendition of the “Stars Spangled Banner.”
It was President Reagan that deemed mental health obsolete when he made massive cuts in order to build up the military which led to the closing of thousands of behavioral health facilities. It was President Reagan who participated in the illegal transaction of arms-for- hostages, and it was Reagan who didn’t mention the word “AIDS” until 1987--and after between 20,000-30,000 citizens had perished. Perhaps in the country of "Bizzaro" Reagan would be an exceptional President but in the United States, he was far from it.
“Progressives will bring balance to the Republic.”
Anthony P. Johnson
In fact, in his First Inaugural Address in 1981, Reagan declared that, "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." Yet, during his tenure as the Commander and Chief, he increased the size of the federal government that would have made President Franklin Roosevelt say, “Damn.” Three years after he left the White House, Ronald Reagan was anything but America’s greatest action hero. As a recession enveloped the country, Americans came to see the Reagan years which featured a massive defense buildup, soaring deficits, and even a stock market crash in 1987--as the source of their economic woes. Reagan presided over the worst recession at that time--since World War II and under his guidance from 1982-1983 the unemployment rate exceeded 10% for 10 consecutive months?
Ronald Reagan was also the Pied Piper of tax breaks for the wealthy, and since his Presidency ended more than 20 years ago--the richest Americans have received more than 400% in tax breaks while the middle class, working poor, and the poor citizens have not received any benefits in the form of improving the nation’s medieval infrastructure or job creation as a result of those tax cuts.
So to all my neo-conservative friends, stop attempting to cast Ronald Reagan as a President deserving to be mentioned with the likes of great U.S. Presidents such as Lincoln, FDR, T.R., Washington, Jefferson and Clinton. Yes Clinton! Reagan was not a great president, pure and simple, and no matter how you attempt to distort history with myths of his accomplishments--they fall flat like Carl Lewis' rendition of the “Stars Spangled Banner.”
It was President Reagan that deemed mental health obsolete when he made massive cuts in order to build up the military which led to the closing of thousands of behavioral health facilities. It was President Reagan who participated in the illegal transaction of arms-for- hostages, and it was Reagan who didn’t mention the word “AIDS” until 1987--and after between 20,000-30,000 citizens had perished. Perhaps in the country of "Bizzaro" Reagan would be an exceptional President but in the United States, he was far from it.
“Progressives will bring balance to the Republic.”
Anthony P. Johnson
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