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Rep. Dennis Kucinich: “Wake Up, America!”
A Progressive Tax Plan?
It will come as no surprise that Sen. McCain is running on a promise to cut taxes, despite the biggest federal budget deficit in history–nor is it news that he wants to give the biggest tax cuts to wealthy families. What gives me hope is Sen. Obama’s plan to shift the tax burden upward, increasing [...]
Just Don’t Call It a Timetable
A few months ahead of the November election comes the news that President Bush has suddenly discovered a need to pull troops out of Iraq. This was the war that we had to have, and had to keep fighting, but it seems that that was then.
In agreeing to pull U.S. combat troops out of [...]
Oil-Soaked Rags Catch Fire
It’s a little late in the Bush-Cheney Era to start crowing every new smoking guns–too many of those have simply been ignored by the Legislative and Judicial Branches, the media, and the citizenry–but here’s a tawdry little bolus that floated to the surface of Sen. Ted Stevens’ indictment. The senator seems to have used [...]
Homes, Sweet Homes
Are you feeling tired? Unappreciated? Unable to recall how many homes you own? You might be Senator John McCain:
All told, the seven properties at which the McCains can rest their weary heads after long days on the campaign trail are valued at nearly $14 million, according to two separate research documents obtained [...]
The Culture of Incarceration
Ed at GinAndTacos reminds us of why we have prisons. It’s not about paying a debt to society, or about rehabilitiation:
….The Pew Center, as reported in the excellent industry sheet Correctional News, have announced the results of a study on incarceration, finding that a staggering 1.01% of the American population (1 in 99.1 adults) [...]
Get on the Bus, or Under It
You know it’s an election year when the Democrats quietly scrub gays and lesbians from the platform:
2004: “We support full inclusion of gay and lesbian families in the life of our nation and seek equal responsibilities, benefits, and protections for these families.”
2008: “We support the full inclusion of all families in the life of our [...]
Tax And Spend Conservative
Senator John McCain’s economic “plan” doesn’t pay for itself, much less reduce the massive Bush deficit. He’s selling fantasy.
“Serious Blunder”
Whaddya know? When the US condemns Russia’s invasion of Georgia, we get a charge of hypocrisy in return because of guess what invasion and conquest?
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, commenting on the Russia-Georgia conflict, has accused the United States of making a “serious blunder” in pursuing its interest in the Caucasus region.
He also said [...]
Oops
Senator John Edwards (February 12, 1999):
“I think this President has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office, for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his precious daughter. It is breathtaking to me the level to which that disrespect has risen.”
Senator John Edwards (August 8, 2006):
“I was and am ashamed [...]
