Bush Earned Our Disapproval

The following column by Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson was forwarded to me via email. Thought it was worth sharing here …
It’s official: Bush Derangement Syndrome is now a full-blown epidemic. George W. Bush apparently has reduced more of his fellow citizens to frustrated, sputtering rage than any president since opinion polling began, with the [...]

Will Bush Cancel The 2008 Election?

The following article was written by Harvey Wasserman & Bob Fitrakis and published on Commondreams.org
 
It is time to think about the “unthinkable.”
The Bush Administration has both the inclination and the power to cancel the 2008 election.
The GOP strategy for another electoral theft in 2008 has taken clear shape, though we must assume there is much [...]

Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all.
I’ve recently heard a lot about Naomi Wolf’s new book, The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. Today, [...]

Just Dreaming …

Hey Red Staters, Here Come Mexican Truckers!

Confession time: I worked in the trucking industry for about 12 years. No, I didn’t drive a truck, but I wrote about them.
I also tend to escape to the warm, sunny beaches of Mexico as much as possible. When on those trips, we’ll often rent a car and venture out in search of another beach, [...]

Lying

Following is a letter to the editor that appeared in today’s Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Lying in the media is now legal. Fox News won the legal right to lie in 2003 in a Florida appeals court in Steve Wilson and Jane Akre v. New World Communications of Tampa Inc.
They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have [...]

An Ugly Analogy

Imagine for a moment that it’s a beautiful afternoon. Your 401K is doing well, and you have a tee time scheduled the next morning. You’re walking along a trail at a nearby state park. Life couldn’t be better.
You round a corner and witness a middle-aged man inflicting sexual violence upon a child with lethal intent.
The [...]

Publicly Financed Elections … Please

Turn on the news, view past the propaganda … and it’s easy to see how American politics and its political party system has become a captive of corporate dollars.
A few examples: Pharmaceutical companies pump millions of dollars into political campaigns to capture the Food & Drug Administration, which in turn, operates in the best fiscal [...]