Black Republican Flips Out at RNC
The Young Turks have been broadcasting all week long from the Republican National Convention. We have had some really interesting interviews with Dunc...
The Young Turks have been broadcasting all week long from the Republican National Convention. We have had some really interesting interviews with Dunc...
"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."
Thousands of Texas Gulf Coast storm victims who are now picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ike may be in for a shock when they file insurance claims.
When John McCain makes his grand exploitation trip to Louisiana later this week, keep in mind that he voted down every chance he had to actually provide help and oversight the last time this happened.
So this is my plea to you: Don't do this to Louisiana again. The Republicans got your message. They are doing the best they can to get planes, trains and buses to New Orleans so that everyone can get out.
The sad truth is that famines are shaped less by drought and more by inequitable political and economic access to seed diversity, technical assistance, and temporary food relief.
After reports of devastating floods in Haiti, Americans opened their hearts to flood victims. Dignitaries and celebrities visited and international relief agencies ministered emergency aid.
Karl Rove's minions may be smiling at the brazen gamesmanship of this pick: but if Americans fall for it, they should know all too well what to expect.
The disconnect between McCain's words and his actions, all in an effort to distort his record, is the central approach to his campaign. And it smells a lot like the last eight years of Bush.
What happened in New Orleans, and what is happening today in the heartland, is the result of a massive infrastructure failure and the siphoning of tax resources into the war economy.
Governor Jindal has noticed a disparity between the federal government's willingness to lift a recovery burden off the state of Texas and its refusal to do the same for Louisiana.
Those Bible-writing jerks only WISH they lived now. The Middle Ages losers couldn't hack it with their plagues and what not and the Cold War leaders didn't have the balls to pull the trigger.
The response to this situation has been as horrible as the Hurricane Katrina response. It's just that it's about finance, so not as many people easily understand it.
Why was there so much flooding in streets and homes this weekend? Simply put, the water had nowhere else to go.
As Oprah Winfrey takes her Barack Obama support on the road, the celebrity currently courting 2008 candidates' involvement in New Orleans recovery is Brad Pitt.
As we approach the anniversary of Katrina, I celebrate the gift of artists who lovingly reclaim pieces of a cities long torn asunder.
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Hope they take care of that soon. Winds are picking up down in San Diego.
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