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Billary
Billary – second verse, same as the first. They are the epitome of what is wrong with the American political landscape. Their howling ambition has become a match for Lady and Lord Macbeth. Their fierce need for fame and fortune is obscene. Their obsessive insistence on the secrecy surrounding their dubious financial dealings is bordering on paranoid and tyrannical. Then there is their personal behavior.Posted by Brad Parker, Sunday, September 30, 2007
Los Angeles Times: Blackwater and the business of war
Missing is the mention that war has become our business. America merchant of Death! MBPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, September 30, 2007
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Taleban shun Karzai talks offer
The Taleban sounds like GWBPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, September 30, 2007
Los Angeles Times: Mugabe: a tyrant from the start
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, September 30, 2007Petraeus Admits to Rise in Iraq Violence
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, September 30, 2007AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Naomi Wolf Schools Stephen Colbert on The Rise of Fascism in America [VIDEO]
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, September 30, 2007NYT Op-Ed (Rich): Is Hillary Clinton the New Old Al Gore?
"Beware the bloviation in the Beltway." Rich fears that Hillary is making Gore-like errors in her campaign and her public approach, becoming overly wonkish and overly cautious: not being willing to take bold - and yes, admittedly risky - steps to truly separate herself from both the Democratic pack and the Republican candidates.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT Op-Ed (Friedman): 9/11 Is Over
"It's time to find the America that was buried in the rubble." Friedman finally comes out and says what everyone (admittedly including him) has been afraid to say - and what urgently NEEDS to be said. Bravo.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT Guest Op-Ed: Jena, O. J. and the Jailing of Black America
"Yes, racism lingers. But civil rights leaders ignore self-inflicted ills." The brilliant Orlando Patterson does it again with a solid, incisive piece.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT Op-Ed (Dowd): The Nepotism Tango
Largely on-target (but somewhat overly caustic) attack on Hillary and the possibility of a continued Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton dynasty.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT: Other Voices: Offensive Speech and Free Speech
Letters in response to the NYT Public Editor's comments (posted last Sunday) on the MoveOn ad. My favorite is the fifth (by Alex Marshall).Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT Editorial: The Roberts Court Returns
The Times laments a Supreme Court that has become as politically partisan as Congress, and what that may mean for the coming year.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT: Big Coffers and a Rising Voice Lift a New Conservative Group
The "anti-MoveOn" is better funded and better-connected than its rival. They will need to be watched and challenged at every turn.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT: Legacy of School Segregation Endures, Separate but Legal
Systemic racism rears its ugly head yet again...Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT: Between Free Speech and a Hard Place
"Who gets a forum gets even touchier on campuses." But why should it? Indeed, campuses should be an even more sacrosanct place for free speech than even the "public square." This issue shows just how quickly we are sinking vis-a-vis our historical underpinnings, and the rights and freedoms that made America what it is.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT: Human Behavior, Global Warming, and the Ubiquitous Plastic Bag
Americans consume over 100 billion plastic bags a year - none of which is biodegradable. Shame on us!Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
NYT Books in Review: “The Art of Political Murder,” “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History,” “The Great Upheaval”
The unsolved Guatemalan murder of human rights advocate Bishop Juan Conedera; notable women in history and how they became notable; and how the "modern world" emerged from late 18th century America.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 30, 2007
Naomi Klein: Alan Greenspan and the Myth of the True Believer
go to articleKlein has this fascinating tidbit on Ayn Rand ... "'What she did ... was to make me think why capitalism is not only efficient and practical, but also moral,' [Greenspan] said in 1974. Rand's ideas about the 'utopia of greed' allowed Greenspan to keep doing what he was doing but infused his corporate service with a powerful new sense of mission...Of course, the flip side of this is the cruel disregard for those left behind. 'Undeviating purpose and rationality achieve joy and fulfillment,' Greenspan wrote as a zealous new convert. 'Parasites who persistently avoid either purpose or reason perish as they should.'" ... Hidden in plain sight as it were - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Sunday, September 30, 2007
Letter to Barack Obama
go to articleThis is from a guy named James Bowlin ... "The biggest divide in America right now is between those who watch tv and those who don’t. None of the corporate media outlets (including PBS..) are fair and balanced. They’ve been herding the Democrats to the right and excluding those who don’t follow the herd. They viciously attack you when you make a stand for anything that is not to the right of Hillary Clinton" - couldn't have said it better myself - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Sunday, September 30, 2007
That Clinton cackle
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, September 30, 2007‘The IED problem is getting out of control. We’ve got to stop the bleeding.’
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, September 30, 2007IEDs: ‘The single most effective weapon against our forces’
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, September 30, 2007NYT: Leader Quits Ballot Effort by G.O.P. in California
"A movement to reapportion electoral votes may stall." This is almost too much to hope for. I can only believe they are pretending to back away from it in order to take it out of the "public eye" (and the news) for a while - but will be back with it when the attention dies down and they have a better chance of bamboozling the Californians. Watch this space.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, September 29, 2007
NYT: The Monks Are Cut Off, and Burmese Clashes Ebb
Monks are virtually sealed in their monasteries as the junta crackdown continues.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, September 29, 2007
NYT: U.S. Steps Up Confrontation With Myanmar
"The Bush administration's leverage in Myanmar is limited."Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, September 29, 2007
