Wednesday Jun 11, 2008

Betraying George W. Bush

Posted by Ed Koch

Loyalty is one of the great virtues in life. We offer it to and expect it from our families and close friends. In government, we expect it from colleagues, but to a lesser degree.

But even in government and the workplace, it would be impossible to function if you believed that everyone with whom you worked was morally free to publicly disclose your every offhand statement or indiscretion. If you knew a colleague was capable of such actions, you would avoid him or her like the plague. You would think twice before saying or doing anything in his or her presence. You would consider such a person loathsome.

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Wednesday May 21, 2008

Bush is one of the few who really understands

Posted by Ed Koch

We are now getting down to the homestretch as we wrap up the Democratic primary and begin the race to the November general election. We will be electing the next president of the United States, and almost everyone expressing an opinion, informed or uninformed, believes the Democratic candidate will be Barack Obama.

I am a supporter of Hillary Clinton, but I too believe the odds of her defeating Barack Obama are overwhelmingly against her.  It looks as if Senator Obama will prevail in the Democratic primary before or at the Democratic convention.

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Tuesday Mar 04, 2008

The US and global warming

Posted by Ed Koch

Al Gore won national recognition because of his effective and ongoing campaign to alert the US and the world to the dangers of global warming. His campaign has garnered him, among other things, an academy award for his documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth" and the Nobel Peace Prize.

I accept the likelihood that global warming has been building as a result of human activity, and in particular, the creation of greenhouse gases - primarily the result of fossil fuel use. However, because the world has been heating up and cooling down for millions of years  without human help, some doubt remains. That's one reason I have not joined the efforts to criticize President Bush because he, along with the US Senate, have declined to support the Kyoto protocols

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Recent Comments

Renny, Israel: I just read your blog Mr. Koch and I cannot believe that in the 21st century the right to life still exists. Not to allow abortion when rape or incest is the cause is disgraceful and I hope that people in America will go and vote, more than 50% this time as it is crucial that judges sitting in the High Court will respect people's right to choose. Anything else is dictatorship and not democracy.
Mitchell Kaplan, Pittsburgh, PA: You're right, Mayor Koch: The abortion issue will be determinative for many voters -- particularly liberal women and fundamentalist Christians. However, your statement about former Hillary supporters is not consistent with my experience. I worked hard for Hillary during the primary, in several states. What I witnessed about the way Obama and the Democratic Party handled this primary -- from the Texas caucuses to the Rules Committee meeting, via innumerable injustices -- was infuriating. I and many others like me find it very difficult to support the Democratic ticket this time around.
David Katcoff, Jericho, Vt: Why are so many Christians so passionate against abortion, when in fact there is nothing in the Bible which refers to abortion? Perhaps it's because:the Christian Bible is the story of a mortal woman who gives birth to a deity, who is then unjustly killed. Thus, in an allegorical sense, abortion is a kind of crucifixtion. It helps if Jews can understand why Christians feel the way they do, while Chritians respect the civil liberties of others.

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