Deep Keel

Cutting through the turbulent waters of blog commentary and analysis.

Unrest in Mexico

Looks like voters aren’t very happy on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border lately.  Citizens in Mexico are worried that the nation is on the verge of losing control of the nation as violence escalates without any sort of serious or strong government response.  Here’s a sample of today’s report from the Associate Press […]

News of President Bush and the Republican Congress losing support due to increasing anger from the Republican base is all over the Internet today.  This should not be a shock to anyone who actually knows many Republicans… which is likely why our mainstream reporter types just clued in to the phenomenon.  Or maybe they knew […]

Legislation has moved through the Mexican Congress to legalize hard drug use and possession, and is about to be signed into law by Mexican President Fox.  Its apparently somewhat of a mystery how the legislation got worded the way it is and still get enough votes to get this far, which means it is probably […]

The many thousands of Latinos out protesting and demanding action to give them legal sanction and/or citizenship are tools being used for election year politics.  Haven’t you been wondering, why now?  This all could have happened last year, or the year before.  Why now?  Because its an election year and the Democratic party and its […]

So the CIA catches and fires a single leaker of secret information.  All well and good, or not.  Take your pick, have fun reading the lively debate shaping up out there in the blogoshpere.  Its just one case though and however important what was leaked or not or why or wherefore will quickly fade in […]

Word is out today that the CIA has fired an employee after an investigation that resulted in said employee admitting to releasing operational secret information to reporters.  The CIA has been leaking so much lately that many have wondered if the Agency was so hopelessly politicized and compromised as to make its critical national security […]