Why Hillary Clinton Lost My Vote
Hillary Clinton lost my vote in 2008. I think a person’s character comes into focus when under pressure. When Hillary was under pressure from Barack Obama during the primaries, she decided to throw...
View ArticleFor Trayvon Martin
This evening a six member jury in Florida found George Zimmerman not guilty in the murder of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. Though a verdict was delivered I can't say justice was served.A teenager walking...
View ArticleWall Street Hearts Geithner
After the Treasury Department released the refurbished plan to buy up "legacy assets" (formerly known by the less tasteful moniker "toxic assets") Wall Street responded with two thumbs up. Treasury...
View ArticleRobbing The Taxpayer
The United States government is colluding with the banks to rob the taxpayer. That, in a nutshell, is the newly shaped Tim Geithner bank rescue plan. That, in a nutshell, was the Hank Paulson bank...
View ArticleBarack Obama's Bonus "Outrage"
Barack Obama was outraged yesterday over the AIG bonuses. He was OUTRAGED. He saidyesterday: This is a corporation that finds itself in financial distress due to recklessness and greed.Under these...
View ArticleThe Taxpayer Gravy Train
Let me get straight to the point. If the Obama administration gives AIG the additional $30 billionthat it says it will, then it is the Obama administration that is using taxpayer money to pay hundreds...
View ArticleBangladesh Bans YouTube
Bangladesh has blocked YouTube and some other file sharing websites after audio of a meeting between the Prime Minister and a large gathering of army senior officers was leaked and posted on YouTube....
View Article"In Our Time"
President Obama delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress tonight. It was a speech for our times.There is one sentence from this speech that may not get much press coverage. But it...
View ArticleA Disappointing Financial Stability “Plan”
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced the Obama administration's financial rescue plan yesterday. The Administration calls this the "Financial Stability Plan." The "Plan" has Paul Krugman confused....
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My Day At The Mall
Today was a beautiful day in Washington, DC. To be sure, it was bone chillingly cold, but it did not matter.
View ArticleBiko
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different...
View ArticleThe Children Of Gaza
The International Committee of the Red Cross has issued a written release demanding immediate access to Gaza after the discovery of weak children laying next to their dead mothers.
View ArticleEhud Olmert's Folly
Ehud Olmert has done it again. Two years after the fiasco in Lebanon, he has once again committed Israeli forces on a fool's errand. The target is different this time, but the one constant is the body...
View ArticleDemocracy Returns To Bangladesh
A Muslim majority country of over 150 million people just held a high-turnout peaceful democratic election. The secular Awami League won a landslide victory in Bangladesh's parliamentary elections and...
View ArticleA Small Measure Of Justice
The most anonymous victims of murder are the victims of genocide. We count the victims in numbers - one in a hundred thousand, one in eight hundred thousand, one in three million, or one in six...
View ArticleKennedy Derangement Syndrome
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy, is apparently interested in the New York Senate seat that will be vacated by Hillary Clinton. Good for her. I hope New Yorkers think it is good for them...
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Pakistan: Terrorism As Military Doctrine
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, earlier this week, the president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari wrote an op-ed in The New York Times urging India and Pakistan to work together to battle...
View ArticleSteve Hildebrand And Progressive Criticism
Steve Hildebrand, the Obama campaign's steller field general, has a message for me and other like-minded progressives. The message is: "Hush".
View ArticleDaily Kos, General Jim Jones, Chevron and Burma
Last year, when the Burmese junta was killing its own people the community at Daily Kos stood with the Burmese people.We stood with Aung San Suu Kyi and rallied to her call: "Please use your liberty to...
View ArticleBarack Obama's Hawkish National Security Team
The Associated Press is reporting that Barack Obama will announce Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State this Monday. ABC News reports that the entire national security team will be announced...
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