Here's one reason. It's why I also think Obama will carry Arizona.
Here's another. Good luck, Bob Kerrey.
And here's one more. Thanks, Senator Snowe, for proving you have a conscience.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Everything Is Politics To The GOP
Especially oil. To them, the Keystone pipeline isn't about jobs, or energy security. It's about oil profits. That's why they're willing to sacrifice America's breadbasket to ship Canadian oil overseas. Here's the proof.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
The GOP War On Voting
That such a war is going on is no surprise. It's when they're honest about the fact that they can't compete on a level playing field that it gets really disgusting. Take a look at the second paragraph of this.
Too Big To Jail?
Until Obama and the Democrats, individually and collectively, grow more of a spine, this is never going to change. And, if it doesn't, we have no chance of regaining our democracy.
Want To Help "Crowdsource" The Government?
Tired of insiders always working on the inside? The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is giving you a chance to do something about it. Take them up on it!
Does It Matter If They're Only Theatres?
Yes, it does. Theatres and arenas are the lifeblood of our common culture; they are the places where we learn to laugh, cry, cheer, boo, love and hate together. If we lose that, we lose what little connection we have to the larger society around us. Electronic media isolates us; live media unites us.
I've believed for a long time that we should have a national policy designed to promote the preservation, construction and operation of theatres, especially historic theatres. Some kind of tax credit should be given to smaller theatres to help them convert to digital showings of films. The role that these theatres play in economic development, from Times Square to town squares, more than justifies the cost of doing so.
I've believed for a long time that we should have a national policy designed to promote the preservation, construction and operation of theatres, especially historic theatres. Some kind of tax credit should be given to smaller theatres to help them convert to digital showings of films. The role that these theatres play in economic development, from Times Square to town squares, more than justifies the cost of doing so.
Now I REALLY Believe In Miracles!
Even more amazing, Pat Roberson, whom I loathe, is responsible for this one.
I'm still looking for the flock of pigs hovering over Hell, filling up ice buckets.
I'm still looking for the flock of pigs hovering over Hell, filling up ice buckets.
It's Not Obama's Fault!
Even the conservative New York Post says so (although Crudele, to be fair, voted for Obama, but he's no knee-jerk liberal, either).
Why is there a surplus of oil, and high gas prices? For the same reason that there's a surplus of corporate cash, but high unemployment. The 1% will do ANYTHING to get rid of America's first black President. Even destroy America.
Don't let them get away with it. Go hybrid. Carpool. Walk or pedal to the store. Use mass transit. AND vote Democratic. Maybe it'll drive them so crazy, it'll destroy them instead of the rest of us.
Real patriots can only hope.
Why is there a surplus of oil, and high gas prices? For the same reason that there's a surplus of corporate cash, but high unemployment. The 1% will do ANYTHING to get rid of America's first black President. Even destroy America.
Don't let them get away with it. Go hybrid. Carpool. Walk or pedal to the store. Use mass transit. AND vote Democratic. Maybe it'll drive them so crazy, it'll destroy them instead of the rest of us.
Real patriots can only hope.
Socialism Does NOT Equal State Ownership
Socialism is worker ownership; the name was perverted by conservatives like Hitler and Stalin who slapped it onto the names of their tyranny. But true socialism does work; just ask anyone connected to a cooperative.
An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Or an idea whose time is overdue? You decide. Personally, I think the answer lies very much in two facts cited in the article: (a) Martin Luther King, Jr. was in favor of it, and (b) it would very much suit the populist case that the President wants to make. Indeed, if anything would make him a "post-racial" President, this would certainly seem to be it.
I have no doubt that the segment of the African-American community that focuses on the need for reparations would object. But (I write this on my knees, because I have no business slighting the injustice of racism) I have long thought that the pursuit of reparations is the pursuit of a fantasy, and I say this for one reason only. In the civil justice system, compensatory damages are meant to return the plaintiff to the status they would otherwise have had they not been injured in the first place. Most legal experts agree that, except for the most minor of cases, this is ultimately an exercise in guesswork.
And three to four hundred years of racism is anything but a minor case. Who knows what the individual life of every African-American would be had that racism never occurred? Do you measure it by life in Africa, itself infected with the remnants of colonialism? Do you calculate the present value of the old plantations, and divide it up by the number of descendants of slaves? Do you do that on a per capita basis, or do you divide it up by families? If the latter, do you account for the fact that some siblings had more children than others? What about lines of descent that died out?
I write all of this to illustrate the complexity of the problem, not to sugar-coat its essence or demean its impact. Ultimately, all we can do with the past is to learn from it, and use its lessons to make today the foundation of a better tomorrow. I believe class-based preferences can do that; I'm hoping that the President will believe that, too.
I have no doubt that the segment of the African-American community that focuses on the need for reparations would object. But (I write this on my knees, because I have no business slighting the injustice of racism) I have long thought that the pursuit of reparations is the pursuit of a fantasy, and I say this for one reason only. In the civil justice system, compensatory damages are meant to return the plaintiff to the status they would otherwise have had they not been injured in the first place. Most legal experts agree that, except for the most minor of cases, this is ultimately an exercise in guesswork.
And three to four hundred years of racism is anything but a minor case. Who knows what the individual life of every African-American would be had that racism never occurred? Do you measure it by life in Africa, itself infected with the remnants of colonialism? Do you calculate the present value of the old plantations, and divide it up by the number of descendants of slaves? Do you do that on a per capita basis, or do you divide it up by families? If the latter, do you account for the fact that some siblings had more children than others? What about lines of descent that died out?
I write all of this to illustrate the complexity of the problem, not to sugar-coat its essence or demean its impact. Ultimately, all we can do with the past is to learn from it, and use its lessons to make today the foundation of a better tomorrow. I believe class-based preferences can do that; I'm hoping that the President will believe that, too.
Exciting, Or Scary?
You decide. Personally, I think finding ways to expand our resources in a shrinking would should be encouraged as much as possible. Until we invent warp drive, we've only got one planet and, assuming we don't burn or dig it all up first, we might as well learn to make the most of it.
Here's another, less frightening way to do exactly that. Personally, this gives me more hope for the future than I've had for a while.
Here's another, less frightening way to do exactly that. Personally, this gives me more hope for the future than I've had for a while.
Damn Straight, Harry!
I've believed that Obama should do this for a long time. The power to advise and consent is not the power to delay and obstruct; indeed, the latter tactics can reach the point of treason.
And as for Senator Mike Lee? He's been in Congress for just over a year, and he and his fellow Teabags have long since blown past that point. You love the Constitution, Senator? Read the damn thing!
And as for Senator Mike Lee? He's been in Congress for just over a year, and he and his fellow Teabags have long since blown past that point. You love the Constitution, Senator? Read the damn thing!
As I've Said Before, It's Not "Either/Or" ...
... it's everyone working together, and it's call democracy. It can be applied to conservation. In fact, it can be applied to anything.
Red Voters, Blue Benefits
Or, to paraphrase a Christmas song, let there be peace on earth, but don't let it begin with me.
I have a marvelous idea: how about letting it begin with the people who can afford to pay for it? They benefit from being citizens of the richest country in the world. It's about time for the price tag to match the merchandise.
Occupy the 1%!
I have a marvelous idea: how about letting it begin with the people who can afford to pay for it? They benefit from being citizens of the richest country in the world. It's about time for the price tag to match the merchandise.
Occupy the 1%!
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