19 Articles

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
ABC News' Missed Opportunity to Quiz a Frontrunner
(1 comments) It's the promise to change the toxic culture of special interest and corporate influence in Washington that the Obama campaign has built much of its foundation on during its crusade to take the White House.

Saturday, April 5, 2008
NYC Gym Pundits Frustrated Over Hillary Hate
Politics was flowing from mouths faster than the sweat from brows at New York City's Crunch Gym on Lafayette this past Wednesday as a group of amateur pundits gathered within the downtown house of body worship engaging in more chit and chat than arms on curls.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Time For A New Southern Strategy
National Democratic leaders, inhibited by political strategy have proven lazy, almost timid in their approach to the vast swath of Southern voters who were hijacked by an empty right wing Republican social agenda.

Friday, March 7, 2008
In Florida, Some Rules May Be Worth Breaking
(2 comments) Despite rules over when those votes were cast, any attempt to disenfranchise a voter, much less an entire state, regardless of what party officials point to as guidelines, is fundamentally wrong. Such a move threatens the very spirit of our democracy unless there is a tangible and workable solution that gives every voter a voice in the selection process.

Monday, February 25, 2008
An Increasingly Smarmy Obama Campaign
(1 comments) What might be in order is more reality checking where purveyors of news may need to do some digging despite the danger that it may upset the flow of "smarmy and misleading" rhetoric flowing down this very popular river.

Friday, January 18, 2008
Alabama's Liberal Congressman Punts to the Preachers on Same Sex Insurance
In truth, Alabama Obama Campaign Chairman and Liberal Congressman Artur Davis' statements exposed what might be seen as a disillusioning and ugly reality of American political life and the perhaps misguided faith in a system that continues to let many of us down.

Thursday, January 10, 2008
Gym Punditry Suggests "Go Girl" Approach for Hillary
Hillary has not publicly embraced her power as a woman and icon, who as a serious contender for the White House, could along the campaign trail could chip away at the inherent plague of sexism that still infects America's culture and power structure. Where is the "Sisters are doing it for themselves" attitude on the campaign trail, the "I am Woman, Hear Me Roar" sense of confidence and catchy nuance in her television ads?

Saturday, December 8, 2007
Romney Panders Right
(1 comments) Romney sent a clear signal that he would appease Christian Conservative concerns by setting a place for Religion at the table of policy in a Romney White House and further fanning the divisive flames of us vs. them political rhetoric.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Fear of America's Cities
The "most dangerous" rankings, tend to be simplistic and incomplete. Beyond the irresponsibility of broadcasting shrill messages that fail to detail crucial criminal science and sociological factors in each of these unique places, especially the story behind the poverty that leads to high crime rates, is the fact that the lists actually help divide us as a nation, and that is more dangerous than Downtown Detroit

Sunday, September 23, 2007
Blinded, Yet Again, By Patriotism
(1 comments) Closer again to reality are more questions that ask whether or not the Senate understands that by passing such a petty and silly resolution, it stands to provide Moveon.org with greater political elevation and status, even in the eyes of those who oppose its message? And an even more disturbing question, does the Senate not recognize that its latest move fuels the perceived power of this White House

Monday, May 14, 2007
UAFA Seeks To Remedy America's Anti-Gay Immigration Policy
(1 comments) Human Rights Watch noted that U.S. immigration policy has deeply rooted anti-immigrant policies where sexuality has long played an exclusionary role. For instance, from the McCarthy era until 1990, U.S. law barred foreign born lesbian and gay people from immigrating into the U.S.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Morality, Hillary and The Gays
Delving into the definition of morality would take hours but there's no doubt that over time, American's views on what is moral or immoral has evolved.

Monday, March 12, 2007
NSL'S, The FBI, Your Privacy- Told You So
(1 comments) Worries of abuse by FBI agents sans judicial oversight had been one of the biggest fears expressed by civil libertarians opposing the patriot act. Warnings of warrant-less wiretapping, data mining and the misuse of electronic surveillance of citizens across the country ripped at the country's soul as fears of terrorism competed with fears of big brother.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Introducing Scooter "Patsy" Libby
Players from journalists to lower level White House officials stole this show, as the focus of the event changed quicker than the day's top stories at CNN. Unfortunately, the trial of Scooter Libby was a diversion from where the real digging should have been taking place, which is in the halls of Congress, a dig for real truths about what has proven to be a tragic turn of events, on view for all Americans to see.

Thursday, February 15, 2007
Beating an Old Horse Named Tragedy: How the Sale of Tragedy led to Iraq
Sen. Saxby Chambliss-R-GA says a report by Pentagon Inspector Thomas Gimble, beats an old horse. But, it's clear, this is one horse worth beating. How tragedy sold yet another tragedy.

Monday, February 5, 2007
Judge Moore Spreads The Love-On Hate
(7 comments) Not to be cliche, but Right wing poster man, former ten commandments sporting Alabama state Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore has written an op ed piece that's so far to the right it's just plain wrong. Published in "WorldNetDaily", Moore decries Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Texas' and her H.R. 254, a bill that proposes to extend federal hate crimes law protections to lesbian and gay people across the country.

Friday, January 12, 2007
TIME TO ESCORT THE PRESIDENT OUT OF THE CASINO?
(1 comments) He keep's on gambling, saying to his friends, all I need is one more chance, I'm hot, I can feel it this time, I know I can still win. Eventually, if he's lucky, his friends drag him out of the casino, cutting his losses. Compare that to the President of the world's most powerful nation, who is pushing for permission to gamble with 21 thousand more of his own people's lives.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006
How a Proposed Military Draft Provides Some Much Needed Provocation
(6 comments) Commentary on Charles Rangel's proposal for a military draft and why it asks difficult questions of us all.

Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Why is Bob Perry Funding National Elections
Some critics charge that Texas homebuilder Bob Perry funds national campaign so that he and others can export a Texas style, homebuilder friendly judicial system nationwide