In a departure from cheap shots to his back the House Republicans asked POTUS to answer their questions face to face. They invited him to join their party (well, sort of) at their retreat today. Obama showed up, held his own, and did very well I thought. Let’s give a Bridge Award. We have lots [...]
Brian, I’ve taken my time responding to your post, not (entirely) because I am lazy, but also because it addressed several issues that are dear to the hearts of many a nutjob-commie-traitor. In this post, I would like to specifically address the role of consumption in the American psyche, even though it veers away from [...]
About today’s SCOTUS decision that equates corporations with people and money with speech FIre Dog Lake says: …Ask yourself this question. If you had to persuade your community about political opinion X, but corporations opposed your view, would you stand a chance knowing that their “political speech” was worth much more than your political speech? [...]
I wish it was easy to sell an idea to Americans without advertising, but unfortunately Dr. Lessig’s idea won’t compete with the billions of dollars corporate America now has to spend on buying candidates from now on.
(This response to Elise is off the cuff and pains me to post without editing. However, if I hold back for editing it will fade into the bin of countless pieces about which are worthless because I cared too much to share them unfinished.) Thank you for the post, Elise. Here are some of my [...]
What does this all add up to? Your rights, your childrens’ education, your air quality, your clean lakes and rivers, your healthcare, your labor rights, get sold down the river for the cost of a campaign flier.
In case you missed it, you can see US Rep. Bart Stupak’s Houghton Michigan January 7th town hall here.
Dear Representative Stupak, Reading Jodi Kantor’s piece in the New York Times today, I could not help but envy your utter certainty that further restricting a woman’s right to an abortion is worth capsizing a bill that would expand health care coverage to millions: “It’s not the end of the world if it goes down,” [...]
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