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Thomas Friedman: The New Cold War

05-15-08

US (and allies) vs Iran, why we're not winning, and thoughts on losing Lebanon, temporarily.

Maureen Dowd: Is She a Trojan Rabbit?

05-12-08

Should Obama punish Hillary by asking her to be VP or by ignoring her?

Frank Rich: Party Like It's 2008

05-12-08

Bob Herbert: Seeds of Destruction

05-11-08

The Southern Strategy in Democrat Clothing? Bob Herbert and others are understandably pissed about the Clintons' lack of class.

Maureen Dowd: Butterflies Aren't Free

05-08-08

Is Obama the young, idealistic Hillary?

MyDD Jo R: John McCain's Cabinet - Just Like Bush's

05-08-08

I also would like to state that we have to watch out for the losers who got out of McCain's way early in the race so he could run nearly unopposed to pop up. Romney at Treasury? Guiliani at State?

Thomas Friedman: Who Will Tell the People?

05-08-08

Friedman says he's for the candidate who will tell Americans the truth

Nicholas Kristoff: A Prison of Shame, and It’s Ours

05-05-08

Information and books are coming out on the horrors of Guantanamo.

Frank Rich: The All-White Elephant in the Room

05-05-08

Great column

Democrats Enlarge Majority In House of Representatives

05-05-08

Another long term Republican district goes to a Democrat. This time in Louisiana!

tabacco blog: American Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia -- Why Torture is Okay by Him.

05-04-08

Tabacco is on my list of blog-city neighborhood blogs below. I had dropped allowing b-c to put their latest titles, but I think I'll reverse that. They may be low on the site, but still someone might get down there.

Fox News Racists? See what they thought was an appropriate graphic for idea of Lincoln Douglas debates

05-04-08

The best one can hope for is complete ignorance.

Bob Herbert: Overkill and Short Shift

05-03-08

Mr. Herbert note the overkill on the Reverend Wright controversy (as the news media does all it can to help John McCain and Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile they spend little time on grilling candidates over energy policy, the economy, ways to resolve the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Joe Andrew Speaks for Himself: On My Switch From Clinton to Obama

05-03-08

Bloomberg News: Joseph Andrew Jumped From Clinton to Obama in Part Because of Hillary's Pandering With Call For Gas Tax Moritorium

05-03-08

The former DNC Chairman (nominated by President Clinton) also says it's time to end the battle, which is hurting the party.

Krugman: Republicans are the Party of Denial

05-03-08

Krugman notes that Republicans only have two solutions to every problem, tax cuts, and deregulation. If those solutions can't solve a problem they ignore it, from acid rain to global warming to health care. (I disagree. They invade other people's nations too. But still. Mr. K makes a good point there, and a minor one about Obama giving the Republicans too much credit. Darn that Senator Obama instead of focus grouping issues 5 ways to Sunday and then passing them out to selected loyal pundits, he just says what he thinks! How dare he. Doesn't he know there's a campaign going on?

Thomas Friedman: Dumb As We Want to Be

05-01-08

Our insane approach to an energy policy.

Ruth Marcus: Candidates like to play fantasy budget

05-01-08

I know what the writer means. I listen to Hillary promising people wads of money and I almost wonder if I'm turning libertarian. You can't throw those billions of dollars at people just to get them to vote for you and still manage our national debt. But it turns out the candidate that would cost the US the most is John McCain and that's before he wades into Iran to grab more oil for Exxon and it's buddies. This election will take the most from us taxpayers if we aren't careful

Jmmy Carter: Pariah Diplomacy

04-29-08

Paul Krugman: McCain's Tax Plans Could Endanger Solvency of US Government

04-29-08

I agree with Krugman again. It's been a long time no see, Bro! Besides the danger if McCain is telling the truth (So now we are don't to hoping the candidate is lying?) The many ridiculous proposals he is floating shows he is willing to pander to anyone and everyone on the right. Krugman says the most obvious example of this pandering is his call to do away with gas taxes for the summer. That's how I've felt about calls for a moratorium too, even when La Clinton does it. It is true though that we need to start focusing on McCain and his insane promises and 'plans' instead of fighting among ourselves.

Nobel Economic Prize Winner: Bush and Greenspan Responsible for US Economic Problems

04-28-08

A short article at Reuters explains what Joseph Stiglitz tells the European magazine "profil".

Andrew Sullivan -- Daily Dish: What is Wrong with McCain's Use of Hamas' Remarks About Obama.

04-27-08

After gray backed excerpt of letter, Sullivan notes: ...honorable campaigns do not allow foreign agents, especially terrorist organizations, to insert themselves into American presidential politics. No respectable foreign governments do such a thing; and the gambits of al Qaeda, Hamas, or any other grouping to play one candidate against another should in general be ignored, not exploited. More good thoughts by Mr. Sullivan at other end of link.

Democracy Now: US Globalism Policies Responsible for Haiti Hunger Riots

04-27-08

In the early 80s Haiti could feed itself with rice and even exported, but globalist policies pushed on Haiti during the Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, and Bush 43 made them dependent on US rice which has skyrocketed in price recently.

Equal Time -- Mumia: When Courts Go Wrong

04-25-08

This is a link to a page with an earlier radio essay. You can find more from him by clicking, blog-like on the title of the site. I'm sure that Mr. Jamal will have something to say on the trial surrounding the killing of Sean+Bell soon. I myself am not in perfect agreement with Mr. Jamal. I believe what we really need to do is to educate our friends and family members and everyone else we know about things we have learned via our Internet sources that they don't get through their reliance on mainstream news media. But, like I said above. This link is about equal time.

Bob Herbert: Road Map to Defeat

04-20-08

Unfortunately, Mr. Herbert is right. We need to get back to the good campaign Senator Obama was waging. Maybe they can split advisory teams, one to deal with attacks from the Clinton, and McCain and one to make sure the great ideas that Barack Obama have are spotlighted.

Frank Rich: Shoddy! Tawdry! A Televised Train Wreck!

04-20-08

On the Debate, Junk Campaigning, TV News Analysis that Americans hopefully will continue to see through. Frank Rich touched lightly on something I was forming a post about. Are Americans turned off by well-educated candidates? Or are they turned off by wealthy elitists who try, to ridiculous extent, to pretend they never went to college to capture the vote of people they intend to sell to the highest corporate and fat cat bidders?

Internet is Reducing the Power of Sound Bites and Big Donors

04-20-08

The Internet has given voters something other than packaged 'sound bites' for political information. And even more opportunities to donate than in 2004. Barack Obama is helping change politics for the better already. I'm noticing that few click on this link. Probably because its another thing Internet savvy America needs anymore: Political analysis on things we've already figured out for ourselves.