I hate being a dirty hippie blogger with nothing left to say except, “I told you so,” I started “telling you so” in 2004, Jeeze. These stupid, incompetent, ideologically insane, hateful, arrogant, cultish, corrupt, right-wing, ignorant CLUCKS got duped, sold … Continue reading
US intelligence fears Iran duped hawks into Iraq war: “An urgent investigation has been launched in Washington into whether Iran played a role in manipulating the US into the Iraq war by passing on bogus intelligence through Ahmad Chalabi’s Iraqi … Continue reading
Many of us fought hard to reform the filibuster and fight the Republican obstruction that is blocking everything the country needs to get done. And I do mean everything. We said please just “make them talk,” which is what the … Continue reading
This post first appeared at Government Cheese – Chronicling the collapse of democracy It hasn’t sunk in yet but yesterday’s vote to allow Republican election-rigging and keep the filibuster marks the end of democracy. From here on out the fight … Continue reading
Ry Cooder / Across The Borderline There’s a place where I’ve been told Every street is paved with gold And it’s just across the borderline And when it’s time to take your turn Here’s a lesson that you must learn … Continue reading
George McGovern was the Democratic nominee against incumbent Richard Nixon in the 1972 election. He lost in a landslide. Were the right lessons learned from that campaign? Continue reading
Public polling shows that the things Sanders talked about in his speech are things that most Americans agree with and approve of. They are, as Sanders worded it, “wildly popular.” Continue reading
President Obama said that people who have concerns about Fast Track and TPP “don’t know what they’re talking about,” and compared them to conservatives like Sarah Palin talking about “death panels.” Continue reading
Obviously the trade partners know what is in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The only people that this secrecy will prevent from knowing what is in the agreement are members of the U.S. public. Continue reading
I have this up at AlterNet: The Privatization Scam: 5 Horror Stories of Gov’t Outsourcing to Greedy Private Companies, For decades we’ve been subjected to constant propaganda that government is inefficient, bureaucratic and expensive. We’re told that the answer is … Continue reading
So why DID we invade iraq, anyway? We know for a fact it had nothing to do with “WMD.” We went through this huge sell-job, the “run-up.” The whole country was whipped into a terrified frenzy. Do you remember being … Continue reading
Ever since the Reagan tax cuts the country has been deferring essential maintenance. Everyone said, “If you do this, later you’ll be sorry.” Now it’s later, and we’re really sorry. Continue reading