Bush's Twin Poisons: Crony Capitalism, Fanatical Government
Besides Iraq - that all-rending, violent, bloody hell - let's campaign on Bush's Twin Poisons. Crony capitalism and fanatical government are deliberate Bush philosophies and are slowly rotting the...
View ArticleLet Us Serve - the path to a new e-voting machine
Let us call the engineers and designers and auditors of this country to service. Lets us pour our skills and passion into the foundation of our democracy If we can have a competition for the freedom...
View ArticleNet neutrality kills Telecom Bill - lose the battles, win the war
According to Red Herring it looks like the Telecom Bill is dead, with net neutrality being the victor. US Telecom Bill Is DOA. Net neutrality kills long-overdue legislation, as new Internet lobby force...
View ArticleOur framework: not Impeachment but Probation.
I liked Nancy Pelosi's recent comment on impeachment - it would be a circus and would let the Republican congress of the hook. So what's our framework then? Investigation is too open-ended for me. I...
View ArticleWebb-Warner: A Coalition for the Facts
Nobody believes Bush/Condi/Snow any more. Most believe that politions add a partisan spin to their statements. The media are failing as watchdogs Yet the America people need the facts on Iraq, reliably...
View ArticleWho is our Strongest Team? w/poll
Lots going on, all round the country. Who’s going to actually make it happen? Who’s actually going to get us out of Iraq and get us decent healthcare?Who is our Strongest Team? The Senate: Harry, Jim,...
View ArticleThe State of Denial: Home of the Hawks
Now we know where the famous "undisclosed location" is - and it explains much. VP Cheney has been holed up in a bunker deep in Denial.Actually the northern mountains of Denial are riddled with such...
View Article"so you fight the long defeat"
As we despair, rage or re-gird I found inspiration in these words form Mountains beyond Mountains, and book by Tracy Kidder about Paul Farmer. Paul has spent his life fighting for healthcare for the...
View ArticleThe sum of all the peace in all hearts in the world
Once asked about advancing world peace, the Dalai Lama first responded by asking "What is world peace?" and answered himself, "It is the total sum of all the peace in the hearts of all the people in...
View ArticleThe babies Jackson kissed are going to the polls.
An interesting and moving article in the UK Guardian on Obama and Jessie Jackson, complete with a quote from Marx.Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not...
View Articlethe road less travelled
slightly modified from the orginal with thanks to Robert Frost.Two roads diverged in a Californian wood, And sorry I could not travel both With just one vote, long I stood And looked down one as far as...
View ArticleSuper Delegate "Primary" issues: lobbying and coat tails
In other primaries, the candidates have spent time addressing the particular concerns of each constituency; NAFTA in Ohio, immigration in Texas, corn in Iowa.So if there was to be a super delegates...
View ArticleStrategic Brilliance
In our leaders we are looking for something singular. An ability to see things we cannot see An ability to do things we cannot doSo I’m looking for examples of Strategic Brilliance fore each...
View Articleto Oregon! The symbol of the trail
The campaign moves on to Oregon, to the Pacific, to the West. The symbolism of having it end in Oregon is huge.Let me count the ways. It took around five months (just like the primaries) for a family...
View ArticleContemplation on the corpse of a campaign
It helps, I think, as we gag on the rotten stench of decay, to contemplate the corpse of the McCain/Palin campaign. Decay is after all just the natural consequence of death. The following is adapted...
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