Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Sep 4, 2010, 3:13 am
Thank you to those who asked. The imagery ought to be indicative, conveying perpetual vigilance on my part; yes folks still here, watching and as always, with American Interests in mind … UPDATE 5 February 2011: Due to blogrolling's demise I have just updated the entire blogroll. If your blog is n...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 28, 2009, 7:05 pm
... It was put to me that to end a blog is to delete it, but in recognizing the role that it plays in a larger ecosystem of information, it shall NOT be deleted ... Yesterdays post, “Culture threat to American Interests” will be my last post on American Interests. After ‘x’ amount of postin...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 27, 2009, 4:02 pm
Even today, American art, dance, film, and literature continue to inspire others who appreciate its culture and power. Such elements of global culture reflect American values, way of life, and serve as useful instruments of divine will, and triumph over evil, and for good or bad, globalization is de...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 23, 2009, 2:01 pm
It's pleasing to note that the war on terror continues! Associated Press is reporting the first serious military operation of the Obama Presidency: Missiles fired from a suspected U.S. spy plane killed seven people Friday on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border, a lawless region where al-Qaida mil...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 22, 2009, 8:27 am
Columnist Frank Devine from The Australian poses a rather sobering question: Was George W. Bush's election God's way of saving us from Al Gore? And on a similar note "what if" Senator John Kerry, "embroiderer of his own combat experiences in Vietnam, would have handled the wars in Iraq and Afghanist...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 20, 2009, 5:26 pm
By my reckoning America is still today, yes even today my friends, the "exemplary society". In an atmosphere of unprecedented optimism and emotion, Barack Obama has been inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American to hold the position. As my regular readers ...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 19, 2009, 5:09 am
Are you wondering about the root cause of problems in the Middle East - no, scrap that ... are you wondering what’s behind all the problems between Islamic fundamentalists and Westerners, right across the globe? Images purportedly from Gaza such as the one on the left have been circulated by e-ma...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 16, 2009, 12:58 pm
American Interests is my contribution, one that hopefully forms part of the sum and substance of all World Wide Web content that sings the same tune ... While displaying decipherable sum of sincerity and empathy a friend recently enquired as to why I bother with blogging. What he was really question...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 16, 2009, 3:32 am
"Fellow citizens: For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your president. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence _ a time set apart. Tonight, with a thankful heart, I have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey that we have travel...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 12, 2009, 7:18 pm
December 2008 - Gore praises China's contribution to fighting climate change January 2009 - In a move likely to fuel concerns over global warming, China aims to increase coal production 30 pct by 2015 to meet its energy needs. Is it all meant to incite laughter or amusement? What a circus!!! I found...
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Otto Marasco posted an article on American Interests.blog - Jan 12, 2009, 4:23 am
The image on the left is grossly misleading and I doubt whether the U.S. Department of Labor intended it to be interpreted as it was ... Late last week we could not hide from the news that the U.S. lost over 520,000 jobs in December, which according to news reports raised the job loss figure to near...
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