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Category Archives: usa
Only Obama
Only Obama Succeeded Where Bush Failed (“Great shot sir!”) Only Obama can deal with the financial collapse caused by the right wing libertarian attitude towards proper regulation of financial institutions Only Obama could persuade us that the Lion King was … Continue reading
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Obama Speech on Religion
This comes from before he was president. But note that (at 2:30 on the tape) he says “politics involves compromise” and perhaps that is being applied also to the very principles advocated in this speech.
Collateral Murder
Arrest over leaked video of US gunship attack – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). The video really is shocking – especially since nothing I could see (except the camera) looked remotely like a weapon to me. But the former soldier … Continue reading
Stephen Hawking . . .
. . . would have died long ago if he had lived in the UK – or so said an anti-medicare US “thinktank” (the Investors Business Daily) until Jay Bookman and others pointed out that . . . he does!
Stupid ‘stupid’
Obama’s retraction is refreshing, but does leave some questions about his willingness to comment on the basis of incomplete information.
McCain Puts Country Second
John McCain’s nomination of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate is a mind-blowingly cynical choice in the light of his criticism of Barak Obama as not yet ready to assume the highest office. Michael Cohen says it well in … Continue reading
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Contrary Brin: Arguments for your obstinate uncle…
David Brin quotes and annotates Russ Daggat comparing Bush and Clinton records.
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Brin: The Decadence Excuse
Contrary Brin: The Decadence Excuse… The Song Sung by All Our Foes. comments on the anti-intellectual attitudes of bushite right wing america
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Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld
democracyarsenal.org on the Guantanamo ruling It’s time to really expose the falseness of the Bushites’ claims to represent what are claimed to be true American values (or, less likely, for them to show the world that they can truly accept … Continue reading
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Iraq’s War Porn
AlterNet: War on Iraq: Iraq’s War Porn is powerfully written and has stimulated a thoughtful set of responses – well worth reading.
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AlterNet: How the Right Stole the ’60s (And Why We Should Get Them Back)
AlterNet: How the Right Stole the ’60s (And Why We Should Get Them Back)
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Senator John Kerry | The Right to Dissent
Senator John Kerry | The Right to Dissent was linked from David Brin
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