It seems as if a certain political sentiment has fully metastasized into the form it will take for the next 7 months. It goes something like this…as Krugman notes on point.. And it’s not just gas prices, of course. In fact, the conspiracy theories are proliferating so fast it’s hard to keep up. Thus, large [...]
Both Sides are the Same : Trayvon Martin Edition
As a consistent watcher of the political process and the chaos that surrounds it in the world’s most powerful country, I’m often faced with a particular type of disaffected participant in the process. There are a good number of folks who will consistently consider themselves above the process, noting that both sides and bad…and largely the same. [...]
Huntsman Reverse Climate Change Line, Blames “Scientists”
Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman appeared to take a notably more skeptical view towards current climate change science Tuesday, saying that the “scientific community owes us more” on the issue and that not enough solid research exists to “formulate policies” based on global warming. “I’m not a scientist, I’m not a physicist, but I would [...]
And that’s the question all of you will constantly ask, but never answer…
Bachmann, Perry seek advantage as Pawlenty exits GOP race – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-gop-pawlenty-20110814,0,4998075.story?track=rss Reprising a line that Pawlenty had often used on the campaign trail, Bachmann noted that she is from Minnesota: “It’s not a conservative state; it’s more of a liberal state—” “But a conservative district,” Crowley interrupted. “It’s a swing district and it’s a [...]
U.S. Occupation of Iraq More Than Doubles Poverty, Sickness — Leaves Country a Total Disaster
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/147928 – According to the U.S. Census of 2000, 80 percent of the 285 million people living in the United States are urban dwellers. Those living in slums are well below 5 percent. If we translate the Iraqi statistic into the U.S. context, 121 million people in the United States would be living in slums. [...]
Republicans officially Anti-American, Anti-Constitution
This is sick, sad, and disgusting. Everything that this country stands and has stood for, is now under attack for short term political gain. This is the Republican *leadership*, working every day to change what it means to be an American (which you can only be if they approve of your heritage). This is officially [...]
Stay Classy, GOP
The level of absurdity on this one just went to 110 (out of 10). Here’s the backstory (a bit of it anyway). And here’s the ad from a political group that invaded and destroyed a country because it had the same religion as “them”. You really can see “their” thought process on Iraq in this [...]
It’s time to cut off all aid to Israel (period)
U.S. Confirms Citizen Shot Dead in Gaza Flotilla Raid http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=atkYRIaRZWSw I really don’t like the idea of foreign governments (caught spying on the U.S. repeatedly) summarily executing U.S. citizens. So far the Obama administration’s reaction to this massacre has been pathetic. Cut off funding, totally, then talk to them again (after they stop building settlements).
FBI details surge in death threats against lawmakers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100525/pl_politico/37726/print;_ylt=Aoof3wZr80p4TN8LPdxvX7PCw5R4;_ylu=X3oDMTBvajZzaTFyBHBvcwMxNQRzZWMDdG9wBHNsawNwcmludA– In February 2009, a man left voice mail messages for Stabenow in several of her Michigan offices. “We’re gonna [expletive] get you,” he said in one message. “We’re gonna get you with a lot of [expletive] bolt action. Like we did RFK; like we did MLK. We know who you are. We’ll get you.” [...]
72% of Fox Viewers Reject Civil Rights Act
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36420_SC_GOP_Voters-_15_Oppose_Civil_Rights_Act_27_Not_Sure_-_Update-_72_of_Fox_Viewers_Reject_CRA This doesn’t surprise me, although it does sadden me a tad.
A beautiful blonde, the CIA and America’s lies about Iraq
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article7132341.ece I hope that film can add its unique qualities to the journalistic record on this set of events, so that Americans can truly understand one of the most important, dramatic and personally intense intersections of principle and personalities in their own recent history — a history that is not behind us but that still [...]
Clearing off the desktop…
…sometimes I fall behind. So to catch up, I just dump a lot of stuff with short commentary and reboot the browsers so my computer can think again. Here goes… First up is an acknowledgement of the change to Arizona law. This took away the worst of it, but I’d expect the rest to be [...]
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