May 17, 2008
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McCain Can't Keep His Enemies Straight?
Yes, McCain is obviously very seriously confused on many, maybe all, issues. Of course, a majority of Americans voted for a man (Reagan) in the early stages of Alzheimer's, so maybe they don't give a damn. Republican presidents since Reagan have just been front men for larger pro-corporate, anti-democratic national security regimes anyway. posted 05/17/2008 at 16:11:53
Think you need a raise? Caregivers for the disabled need one more than you do
My God! Raising the pay of these people is tantamount to taking millions out of the mouths of Halliburton and Exxon executive officers! How can you? posted 05/16/2008 at 22:40:26
Six Reasons Why Obama and Clinton Would Each Say "Yes" to VP
Okay, disgust, I assume you are literate, and can read. So why don't you read the blog, then actually take issue with one or more of the points the author makes, rather than engaging in meaningless generalizations and personal attacks? posted 05/13/2008 at 23:44:22
Clinton has turned me off with her negative attacks against Obama. I suspect she may be too strong a personality to work well under him, and then there is the question of Bill, also a strong personality. All reasons for Obama to choose someone else.
Then there is the fact that she is seen as more "moderate" than Obama, and has attracted the support of millions of voters, if not as many as Obama. If she helps secure a victory for Obama, brings the Executive branch back to the Dems, so that we can undo the harm of Bushco, then I say, good, I'll vote an Obama-Clinton ticket.
My son supports Kucenich as VP, but I think that would make Obama less electable, if I also prefer Kucenich to Clinton as VP. The important thing to do here is get Obama in the White House. posted 05/13/2008 at 23:21:19
Then there is the fact that she is seen as more "moderate" than Obama, and has attracted the support of millions of voters, if not as many as Obama. If she helps secure a victory for Obama, brings the Executive branch back to the Dems, so that we can undo the harm of Bushco, then I say, good, I'll vote an Obama-Clinton ticket.
My son supports Kucenich as VP, but I think that would make Obama less electable, if I also prefer Kucenich to Clinton as VP. The important thing to do here is get Obama in the White House. posted 05/13/2008 at 23:21:19
Climbing Out of the Rabbit Hole
It's a little premature to cry victory. The opposition has strong media support, loads and loads of cash,skilled propagandists, the religious right infrastructure, the indoctrinating military media, and the backing of the greedy and selfish in communities across the nation. I hope we prevail, if a little too late, but I am not counting on it. I think our chances are better this time, as much Republican corruption has been exposed. Let's all work to bring down the corrupt Republican regime. posted 05/13/2008 at 23:06:02
Young Evangelicals Abandoning GOP Over Iraq, Economy
The bible is as irrelevant to me as it is to any discussion and the U.S. Jesus was an interesting hebrew mystic with some ideas. Rippinit is neither a mystic nor does he have any ideas. He is a true believer who interprets the bible to justify his protofascist hatreds. posted 05/13/2008 at 21:42:00
Becoming greedy and selfish (i.e., a Republican) with age and material gain is not a sign of a brain, it is a sign of moral corruption and a betrayal of self. posted 05/13/2008 at 21:34:52
Wright-aholism
One would be inclined to think that the MSM is unable to understand issues outside of biography, or at least thinks dirty laundry sells better than the really important issues bearing on the future of America and the world. However, the way they give McCain a pass on his copious dirty laundry makes me think many in the MSM are trying vigorously to bring down Obama. Not only Hagee, but many of the fundie preachers who have endorsed McCain have made similar statements about gays, Muslims, and natural disasters. Plus, McCain has plenty of skeletons in his own closet--affairs, divorces, support for the disaster in Iraq. Why is he let off the hook? Being a rich brat who becomes a POW is hardly a sufficient qualification for President. As for Hillary, she has associated herself with the far right. This doesn't seem so much an attempt to heal rifts in body politic as an attempt to find support, which she lacks in the Democratic Party for good reason. posted 05/04/2008 at 15:47:02
New Photos Reveal Horror Of Hiroshima (GRAPHIC IMAGES)
Blutus, your ideology is blinding you to reality. If a person has sex with another person under threat of injury or death, it isn't rape. E.g., a father forced to attempt to have sex with a daughter under threat of harm isn't raping her. (Personally, if a person put a gun to my head and demanded I get it up, it would be the end of me. I imagine most men are the same.)
I do not disagree that the Rape Of Nanking was horrible thing. But it did not justify killing the 200,000 or so civilians in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Punishment of a civilian population for actions of a military is a war crime. Your strident ideology has perverted your ability to reason. posted 05/04/2008 at 16:23:16
I do not disagree that the Rape Of Nanking was horrible thing. But it did not justify killing the 200,000 or so civilians in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Punishment of a civilian population for actions of a military is a war crime. Your strident ideology has perverted your ability to reason. posted 05/04/2008 at 16:23:16
The Question of Hillary Clinton's Guilt-By-Association Tactics
American politics, in the age of far right domination, has devolved into the politics of personal attack. Issues of national direction no longer matter. People of no conviction, like Bush and McCain, fair better than people of principles, like Obama.
I used to think I would vote for either Hillary or Obama, but Hillary's personal attacks on Obama make her seem like Republican lite, not Democrat. I will not vote for her. posted 05/04/2008 at 23:12:59
I used to think I would vote for either Hillary or Obama, but Hillary's personal attacks on Obama make her seem like Republican lite, not Democrat. I will not vote for her. posted 05/04/2008 at 23:12:59
Justice Dept Says US Spies Can Use Interrogation Methods That Would Be Prohibited By International Law
As our government loses whatever little moral authority it ever had, it is forced to rule by pure power. This spells the end of democracy, of the republic, and a future as a police state. This state of affairs has been caused by the neocons and their fools, the religious right. Decked out in their flag lapel pins, wrapped in their flags, they have destroyed this countries.
Ironic, isn't it, that we should be destroyed by those claiming to be superpatriots? posted 04/27/2008 at 00:41:02
Ironic, isn't it, that we should be destroyed by those claiming to be superpatriots? posted 04/27/2008 at 00:41:02
US Weighing Readiness For Military Action Against Iran
Maybe starting a war with Iran is just the thing to get McCain elected. McCain is preferred to either Clinton or Obama since Mc won't look too much into bushco's activities. posted 04/26/2008 at 00:30:28
Guess The 46-Year-Old Bikini Body
She looks healthy. Nothing looks sexier to me than looking healthy. I don't find the starving, consumptive look appealing. Heather has nice, strong-looking legs and a muscular upper-body--she's great! posted 04/27/2008 at 00:51:54
A Guide to NYT Bombshell on Military/Media Propaganda
Just more corruption. When people turn cynical and distrust the government and the major media, those institutions will throw up their hands and ask "why?" and be at a loss for answers. We are no longer citizens of a republic. We are subjects of an empire. We are fodder for the manipulators. This country is over, welcome to the empire. posted 04/20/2008 at 16:17:50
The Difference Between Tough and Inappropriate Questions
Yes. The hosts rarely rose above the level of National Enquirer/People journalism. Not at all appropriate to finding out more about those who might be a future President. posted 04/20/2008 at 15:20:20
Well said. It's more like a news conference of a kind bushco has never had to face. It's not a debate in any sense of the word I am familiar with, and the "hosts" seemed clearly against Obama. posted 04/20/2008 at 15:17:50
Joe Scarborough Walks Off MSNBC's "Race To The White House" After Exchange With Rachel Maddow
Scarborough is, like most bullies, a wimp inside. Maddow handed his ass to him on a platter with a clear refutation of a ridiculous point he was trying to make and he ran like a rabbit because he can't handle it. Just like a lot of right-wingers. posted 04/20/2008 at 14:44:19
Betsy, that is just plain bizarre. Speculating that Maddow is motivated by jealousy of Clinton doesn't make any sense. Rachel isn't running for any political office. She is a politically active journalist, and seems strongly motivated by the issues she has written books and stories about, as well as the ones she discusses on her show.
But I suspect that doesn't make any difference to you, Betsy, as your opinions are not fact-based, but rather appear to be based on fantasy or ideology. posted 04/20/2008 at 14:39:18
But I suspect that doesn't make any difference to you, Betsy, as your opinions are not fact-based, but rather appear to be based on fantasy or ideology. posted 04/20/2008 at 14:39:18
Hillary And The Commies
I get the feeling that the American economic elite is scared shitless of Obama and is going all out to get him off the agenda. They feel safe with McCain and Hillary, but Obama isn't dancing to their tune, so they are trying to bring him down. Typical America. The people will, as usual, probably get scared off of voting in their own interests, and vote in another toadie of the wealthy. posted 04/17/2008 at 01:37:29
Blue-Collar Workers = The Taliban: John McCain's "Elitism" Problem
Peters seems quite intelligent, in that immoral way so characteristic of Nazi intelligentsia. No wonder the right-wing is anti-education. An educated populace is not so easily manipulated, a frightening prospect for the new imperialists. posted 04/17/2008 at 15:25:02
Pure Goldwater
Ozzy, I don't where you studied history, but you are seriously misinformed. Um, ignoring the role that the laissez faire approach to the stock market played in causing the Great Depression, allowing buying stock on 10% margin, along with the low wages of the masses that kept consumption well below production and caused a rising backlog of unsold production, seems a bit disingenuous. And while our sanctions against Japan did motivate them to bomb Pearl Harbor and attack our bases in the Philippines in pursuit of oil from the Dutch East Indies (Royal Shell Oil), our sanctions were motivated by the horror and outrage felt at the Imperial Japanese brutality in China and Manchuria. We would have eventually had to confront the Japanese imperialists, or they would have conquered most of east Asia, and posed an even greater threat than they did.
And re-read about the Versailles conference. Wilson opposed reparations; they were sought by France and Great Britain, who outvoted the US. In fact, I believe Wilson spoke quite stridently against them, believing they would undo the peace. posted 04/17/2008 at 15:59:13
And re-read about the Versailles conference. Wilson opposed reparations; they were sought by France and Great Britain, who outvoted the US. In fact, I believe Wilson spoke quite stridently against them, believing they would undo the peace. posted 04/17/2008 at 15:59:13
"That Boy's Finger Does Not Need to Be on the Button"
"Geoff" Davis? Sounds a lot like Jefferson Davis. posted 04/15/2008 at 21:27:38
Does Obesity = Suicide?
There is a truth to obesity being a sort of suicide. Obese people are far more likely to develop heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and kidney failure, than people with lower body fat. Obesity is correlated to a shorter lifespan. The demographic truth is, however, hard to describe with precision as "suicide." It seems a bit overly dramatic, meant to attract attention. More accurately would be to say it puts one at greater risk of pain, suffering, and a shorter lifespan. Not as scary, but more accurate. Can people be frightened into healthier living? I doubt it.
(I just read Idytme's post saying much the same thing as mine, but am posting it anyway since mine makes some different points.) posted 04/17/2008 at 00:01:43
(I just read Idytme's post saying much the same thing as mine, but am posting it anyway since mine makes some different points.) posted 04/17/2008 at 00:01:43
Keeping Track of the Bush Administration is Torture
Yes, it's perfectly legal for the government to surveil us, but we can't surveil the government. Odd, isn't it? posted 04/17/2008 at 17:27:07
The White Working Class is Not a Cardboard Cut-Out
This laptop sometimes does things, like transmit a message inadvertently. So I will finish the thought of the post below here:
Those who think otherwise, that the suffering caused by the neocons and their economic policies hasn't had a far-reaching negative impact on our culture and society, fail to understand much of recent social developments in America and the world,and will be unable to fix the real problem. Police, prisons, and suspension of constitutional rights will not solve them, only make them worse. posted 04/15/2008 at 00:11:05
Those who think otherwise, that the suffering caused by the neocons and their economic policies hasn't had a far-reaching negative impact on our culture and society, fail to understand much of recent social developments in America and the world,and will be unable to fix the real problem. Police, prisons, and suspension of constitutional rights will not solve them, only make them worse. posted 04/15/2008 at 00:11:05
Absolutely spot on, Joseph. Bush said early in his first term he represented the wealthy. To claim the Republicans are "common folks" is so ludicrous it isn't even funny. Cheney is a millionaire how many times over from his time as CEO at Halliburton. Delay was harvesting bucks with Abramoff. Only crank Republicans and Hillary faithful could believe such a claim as that Obama is an "elitist."
Obama was right. People in difficult circumstances tend to cling to their traditions. The people of the Pennsylvania hinterlands, like some Americans everywhere, have been harmed by the neocon agenda, driven to search for something to believe in as well as someone to blame, as often as not the illegal Mexican immigrant. The posted 04/15/2008 at 00:00:40
Obama was right. People in difficult circumstances tend to cling to their traditions. The people of the Pennsylvania hinterlands, like some Americans everywhere, have been harmed by the neocon agenda, driven to search for something to believe in as well as someone to blame, as often as not the illegal Mexican immigrant. The posted 04/15/2008 at 00:00:40
Lieberman: Good Question To Ask If Obama Is A Marxist
First he was a muslim, then a radical black power advocate, now he's a commie? Dragging out red-baiting show a new level of desperation. When is this asinine name-calling going to end and a discussion of real issues happen? Probably never. The far right has always been master of character assassination, from the time it was operating out of the John Birch bookstores if not before. posted 04/15/2008 at 00:16:38
Wall Street Journal Parody — With A Topless Ann Coulter — Rankles Murdoch In Real Life And On YouTube
Next I want to see the James Carville/Mary Matalin porn video, complete with whips and cuffs. Or rather, I don't want to see it, I want to hear about it. posted 04/15/2008 at 00:22:14
When Is a Gaffe Not Newsworthy?
I think Obama has been scaring a lot of the powerful people in this country. He's articulate, honest, was right about Iraq, and is likely to be a threat for the White House, but (unlike HIllary and McCain) he's not vetted by the rich and powerful as being willing to protect their interests. They want to see him attacked at every opportunity--and there haven't been many. Labeling him "elitist" (coming from the elite themselves) is the most effective attack they've had yet. Of course they won't unload why his statements make him "elitist," they'll just repeat it until Fox News-type fools take it as a truism.
He will probably survive this attack, but the attack machine that helped bring down John "Swift Boat" Kerry and Al "I invented the internet" Gore is hard at work here, trying to create an epithet to attach to Obama. If they succeed he will probably be defeated.
That Hillary sat down for lunch with Richard Scaife-Mellon, the most vile, worker-hating, anti-democratic force in the history of our elite oligarchy, should be much more important than an analysis only slightly off the mark given by Obama. posted 04/14/2008 at 01:21:06
He will probably survive this attack, but the attack machine that helped bring down John "Swift Boat" Kerry and Al "I invented the internet" Gore is hard at work here, trying to create an epithet to attach to Obama. If they succeed he will probably be defeated.
That Hillary sat down for lunch with Richard Scaife-Mellon, the most vile, worker-hating, anti-democratic force in the history of our elite oligarchy, should be much more important than an analysis only slightly off the mark given by Obama. posted 04/14/2008 at 01:21:06
Does the Dalai Lama Know He's Nepalese?
Yes, I heard that and it left me wondering. I'd like to think that Hadley had a brain fart, and hope that the National Security Advisor actually attended, and learned something, in college. It is a little worrisome, though, that someone so high up wouldn't have that straight in his head. posted 04/13/2008 at 18:50:05
Obama's Not Running For Sociologist-In-Chief
Excellent point. Like W not knowing that gas was nearing $4/gal. When was the last time Hillary went through the line at FoodMaxx? McCain, a commoner? C'mon, give us a break. Obama, if not a member of the middle income group, is closer to them by far than either McCain or Clinton, or most of his critics, for that matter. posted 04/13/2008 at 23:07:55
Absolutely correct, Bob. I suspect his analysis isn't perfect, guns, religion, and xenophobia being long established in those Pennsylvania hills. However, I think it is true that many of those hurt by the loss of jobs are embittered, and have thereby become attracted to more extreme religious and social beliefs, including anti-immigrant feelings. For some, their impotence in the face of global economic changes (mostly brought about by Republican neocons), may drive them to seek feelings of power in guns. So while not wrong, his analysis lacked clarity as to the relationship between economics and social currents among rural Penn staters.
As for Hillary ad the Repubs jumping on it as elitist, it is just trying to build an issue where there isn't any. For people like McCain, who grew up the son of an Admiral and has spent decades partying it up in D.C., and hundred-millionaire Hillary, to accuse Obama of elitism, would be laughable if it wasn't such a lie, steeped in that old anti-intellectualism that Ike used to defeat Stevenson in '52. posted 04/13/2008 at 19:12:55
As for Hillary ad the Repubs jumping on it as elitist, it is just trying to build an issue where there isn't any. For people like McCain, who grew up the son of an Admiral and has spent decades partying it up in D.C., and hundred-millionaire Hillary, to accuse Obama of elitism, would be laughable if it wasn't such a lie, steeped in that old anti-intellectualism that Ike used to defeat Stevenson in '52. posted 04/13/2008 at 19:12:55
The Coming War with Iran: It's About the Oil, Stupid
I don't think Cheney and the rest of his ilk give a rat's ass about civilization, American, world, or otherwise. What Cheney, et al, care about is maintaining their World Empire, which is based on oil. Civilization was around long before humans learned to crack oil. It will survive without it. The World Empire arose because of cheap oil, and will die without it. I say let it the Empire die. It has been nothing but a disaster for everyone but a few million at the top. posted 04/13/2008 at 15:14:52
Cheney Challenges Hillary to Hunting Contest
A shooting contest between Cheney and Hillary? This I've got to see.
From a safe distance, of course. posted 04/13/2008 at 15:34:44
From a safe distance, of course. posted 04/13/2008 at 15:34:44
Saying Goodbye To Charlton Heston
I think it has something to do with getting to be older and richer. Some start hanging out with older, richer industrialists and such, and it rubs off on them. Look at Reagan, Sinatra, etc. posted 04/13/2008 at 15:44:03
Between the Sheets in Texas, and Everywhere
I've talked to girlfriends over the years about their sexual experiences growing up. Several recounted being molested. One was repeatedly molested by her stepfather from about 11 until about 16. He was a Boston cop. She thought her mother knew about it but was happy to have his paycheck so looked the other way.
Another was molested by her father around 10 to 13, usually while giving her a bath (she had polio), with the bathroom door locked. He was a captain in the fire dep't of Salem Oregon.
A third was molested when her mother would leave her home alone around 6 to 10 years of age, by an uncle who lived with them. They were fairly poor, and she said she had precocious sexual maturity, developing breasts around 6 or 7. She later became a stripper at the Squirrel Cage in Santa Maria, CA, and died in an apparent suicidal car crash, attempting a U-turn on hwy 101 in San Luis Obispo at around 90 mph with an unknown man in her car.
I think this sort of thing is far more common than people like to admit. posted 04/13/2008 at 16:20:41
Another was molested by her father around 10 to 13, usually while giving her a bath (she had polio), with the bathroom door locked. He was a captain in the fire dep't of Salem Oregon.
A third was molested when her mother would leave her home alone around 6 to 10 years of age, by an uncle who lived with them. They were fairly poor, and she said she had precocious sexual maturity, developing breasts around 6 or 7. She later became a stripper at the Squirrel Cage in Santa Maria, CA, and died in an apparent suicidal car crash, attempting a U-turn on hwy 101 in San Luis Obispo at around 90 mph with an unknown man in her car.
I think this sort of thing is far more common than people like to admit. posted 04/13/2008 at 16:20:41
We're Not Staring Into the Abyss, We're In It
McCain is off his nut. AQI will never take over Iraq. Iran will. posted 04/12/2008 at 23:44:25
Administration Set To Use New Spy Program In U.S.
The new American totalitarianism is much more effective, more total, than any that have preceded it. Stalin? a rank amateur. Hitler? paper-and-pencil, nothing compared to the advanced electronic surveillance of America. 1984? Still very primitive compared to this modern totalitarianism. We are less free than at any time in our history. We are subjects of the American Imperial State. posted 04/12/2008 at 16:02:23
George Bush: I Was Aware Of Harsh Tactics Meetings
They not only tortured AQ, they tortured Iraqis in their pursuit of the fictional "WMDs" in the early part of the invasion. One Iraqi General was tortured to death, and no one was ever brought to justice for the crime. posted 04/12/2008 at 09:36:42
Yes, and in the end, Bush will pardon the torturers from Cheney on down so they will never have to face justice for their heinous crimes. This is pure corruption at the highest levels. posted 04/12/2008 at 09:23:32
It's not falling apart for Bush and those he represents. They are doing quite well, thank you. Frankly, his friends at Halliburton and Exxon say things have never gone better. posted 04/12/2008 at 09:17:58
Didn't the Nazis swing in the Hague gallows? posted 04/12/2008 at 09:15:30
Don't forget who was key to their election: the wealthy Republicans, the Christian right, and Fox news. The only difference between Bushco and the Nazis is extermination factories.
And what goddam liars they are. "Torture is only pain equivalent to major organ failure." We know, and they know, that torture is the infliction of pain for persuasive purposes. A man goes to prison for growing a dozen marijuana plants in his home, but serial torturers in the executive walk free and enjoy cocktails at 4-star restaurants. There is no justice in the American tyranny, only brute oppression of the lower classes by the powerful. posted 04/12/2008 at 09:12:50
And what goddam liars they are. "Torture is only pain equivalent to major organ failure." We know, and they know, that torture is the infliction of pain for persuasive purposes. A man goes to prison for growing a dozen marijuana plants in his home, but serial torturers in the executive walk free and enjoy cocktails at 4-star restaurants. There is no justice in the American tyranny, only brute oppression of the lower classes by the powerful. posted 04/12/2008 at 09:12:50
Junk War and Petraeus: I, Robot
Market-driven, corrupt? yes. Your reference to olde-tymey values almost brought tears to my eyes, then I recalled Hearst. Great journalism is precisely not market-driven, it is driven by a commitment to higher values, like truth. Truth and morality are non-market values. Market values are, for lack of simpler terms, money. Filthy lucre. The bottom line. Market-driven means driven by profit, i.e., money, the only value the market in its infinite corruption is able to recognize.
You really need to think this through more clearly, Lib2. Romanticizing the market as governed by some mythical "invisible hand" only demonstrates your naivety. The "invisible hand" is, and has always has been, a lie. posted 04/10/2008 at 08:22:34
You really need to think this through more clearly, Lib2. Romanticizing the market as governed by some mythical "invisible hand" only demonstrates your naivety. The "invisible hand" is, and has always has been, a lie. posted 04/10/2008 at 08:22:34
The mass media is market-driven, and that means it is corrupt, wholly-owned. Bushco is also market-driven, by the global ruling elite. They have lied about their real reasons for being in Iraq, as they have lied about most things. We are in Iraq, not only for Iraqi oil, but also to dominate the oil-rich region in which it is located. Oil is vital for the global corporate capitalists' empire, and America that is the core of that empire. Bushco represents and serves the global corporate capitalists, not the American people. We are subjects of the empire, as is the almost the entire rest of the world. This is a fraudulent democracy, a sham republic, fooling the naive to send their sons or themselves off the fight for the empire that is poised against them. posted 04/10/2008 at 00:02:37
Hillary Clinton's Special Op in Tuzla
The acrid scent of body odor mixed with gunpowder filled my nostrils as I read this. It was just like I remembered it, if I had been there. posted 03/31/2008 at 18:02:56
Let's Not Discard Working Families That Got Subprimed
The hands-off approach worked fine for Hoover. Drove the country into a deep depression. Woohoo, workers and girls were never so cheap for the guys at the top! The top 30% were doing fine, the top 1% were absolutely having the times of their lives! posted 03/31/2008 at 18:11:49
McCain Gaffe -- It Wasn't on Our Minds
You know, I like older people. I've worked and talked with them many times. They have many fascinating stories to tell. Sometimes, unfortunately, they develop Alzheimer's, or more commonly, and almost inevitably over time, one of the dementias. Some younger people even develop a type called "pre-senile dementia."
In a man of McCain's age, the early stages of dementia, if not common, are not rare. So many "senior moments" in such a short span of time point toward brain disease. As sorry as I feel for McCain's suffering as a victim of the US invasion of Vietnam, I personally don't want a president with dementia.
If it's not brain disease, then it points to an incapacity to understand issues. In either case, I would prefer to be entertained by stories of his life than to have him the head of government, given the serious foreign and domestic challenges this country will face in the coming years. posted 03/23/2008 at 12:47:38
In a man of McCain's age, the early stages of dementia, if not common, are not rare. So many "senior moments" in such a short span of time point toward brain disease. As sorry as I feel for McCain's suffering as a victim of the US invasion of Vietnam, I personally don't want a president with dementia.
If it's not brain disease, then it points to an incapacity to understand issues. In either case, I would prefer to be entertained by stories of his life than to have him the head of government, given the serious foreign and domestic challenges this country will face in the coming years. posted 03/23/2008 at 12:47:38
Freedom to Travel? More on the Audacity and Hypocrisy of Debbie Wasserman Schultz
What are Bush, Wasserman, et al scared will happen if Americans travel to Cuba? That we will see that it's not such a bad place? Certainly, if it was crime-ridden with vast impoverished ghettos, like Rio or some other Latin American places, we could see that it was as much a failure as those other places. We could see, and judge, the truth of it for ourselves.
Maybe that's what they are scared of. posted 03/23/2008 at 12:27:48
Maybe that's what they are scared of. posted 03/23/2008 at 12:27:48
The 100 Years War
Yes. Oil is fundamental to the neocons' New American Empire. They understand that quite clearly. posted 03/28/2008 at 01:07:13
Watch: 140 Arrested In San Francisco Iraq War Protest
I hope that by publicizing the addresses of the evil global/war corps in SF (e.g., the Carlysle Group) they can drive the snakes out of San Francisco. The city doesn't need them, California doesn't need them, America doesn't need them, the world doesn't need them. They are a blight on humanity, anti-democratic, anti-social justice, and anti-American. posted 03/23/2008 at 13:10:59
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