188 Articles

Saturday, July 19, 2008
Obama Leads on Iran and Iraq – Bush and McCain Follow
However you define leadership, Barack Obama has an overabundance of it and has done something unprecedented with his ability

Wednesday, July 9, 2008
McCain Jokes about Killing Iranians ... AGAIN
(20 comments) I will never understand this fascination some Republican politicians have with joking about killing people. It must be something that appeals to the Republican electorate because both of the past two Republican Presidential nominees have done this.

Monday, June 16, 2008
My Tim Russert Article Generates Controversy
(2 comments) I don't believe people like me should be censored or pressured to self censor at any time when they are discussing what they/we believe is the truth about powerful figures.

Saturday, June 14, 2008
Tim Russert - A Good Man but Biased Journalist
(5 comments) When I think of the life of Tim Russert I will think of a man who could have done so much good with the power that was given to him and instead used it to help those who had some of the worst motives and intentions on the American political scene.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
McCain is more of McSame
Its always a hard thing to watch someone deny who they are and what they believe. With the amount of television coverage that McCain will get as we head to the general election campaign, this is going to be continually painful

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
McCain Lies about Negotiating with Iran and North Korea on Nukes
(2 comments) John McCain was against negotiating with other countries to reduce or eliminate their nuclear programs before he was for it.

Sunday, May 25, 2008
What Hillary's Kennedy Assassination Misstatement Really Means
(9 comments) Hillary Clinton and John McCain have fed the media a diet of scandal and innuendo and kept feeding it to the point where it has become a monster that will consume them both.

Monday, May 19, 2008
James Baker Hammers Senator John McCain on Appeasement
"Talking to an enemy is not, in my view, appeasement."

Saturday, May 17, 2008
McCain & GOP Continue Politics as Usual with False Appeasement Charges
We need a new kind of politician and President, one that embraces honesty and change. If you are reading this and saying that the American people will never be able to get someone like that for their President, I have a simple answer, "Yes We Can".

Thursday, May 15, 2008
McCain Campaign Rips off My Idea on President's Questions
When people seem to come up with the same idea and then phrase their justification of the idea almost exactly the same way and then do not give any sort of nod as to where they got the idea, that is irksome.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Barack Obama is the new Comeback Kid
History will record May 6, 2008 as the day when Senator Barack Obama sealed the Democratic nomination for President.

Saturday, May 3, 2008
Why only Obama can beat McCain
(19 comments) When the Superdelegates decide whom they are going to support, if electability factors into their decision at all, they should consider the constituencies and who can unite those constituencies and the party.

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Joseph Andrew, Former DNC Chair Switches Support from Clinton to Obama
(1 comments) "A vote to continue this process is a vote that assists John McCain" - Joe Andrew

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Hillary Endorser NC Gov Easley uses anti-Gay slur in Endorsement Speech
(1 comments) Slurs against any minority group do not belong in mainstream American politics or anywhere near the campaigns of potential Presidential nominees.

Saturday, April 26, 2008
Hillary Clinton Challenges Barack Obama to a Duel
(1 comments) "Barack, if you have the guts, meet me at the Mall in DC on May 1 at high noon, and bring your favorite pistol. - Hillary"

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Hillary Clinton's Pyrrhic Pennsylvania victory
Campaigns run on money. Staff has to be paid, venues rented, ads bought, transportation gassed and ticketed. Most candidates for their party's nomination don't drop out as a direct consequence of losing one too many contests, they drop out because after they start losing, their campaign contributions drop off and they run out of money.

Monday, April 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton runs Bush like Osama Bin Laden Scare Ad
(5 comments) Fear mongering, cynical appeals and regressivism to the Republicans, or at least I thought we did until Hillary came along.

Sunday, April 20, 2008
Hillary Clinton Attacks Activists and Southern Whites & Alienates Progressives
(4 comments) Hillary's problems are multiplying. It isnt just that she is behind by numbers that make it mathematically close to impossible to win, she is turning off large groups of voters and her negatives and unfavorable ratings are skyrocketing.

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Obama Wins an unusual Wednesday night Debate
(25 comments) Before the debate was halfway complete, the blogosphere was erupting in outrage at the lack of questions about substantive issues.

Sunday, April 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton thinks everything is A-OK with Bush Policies and their End Result
(10 comments) Read between the lines of Hillary Clinton and her surrogates criticizing Barack Obama and his 'bitter' statement and that is one of the places her logic takes you. Hillary seems to be saying that Americans aren't bitter because they have no reason to be.

Sunday, April 6, 2008
Stagflationary Abyssal Part II - More Evidence and Suggestions for What to Do
(1 comments) More evidence that the economy is heading into a tailspin, several suggestions for how individuals and famlies as well as businesses and the Government and Banking and Lending industry should react to the current crisis.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
It's not a Recession or even a Depression that is coming, it is a Stagflationary Abyssal
(9 comments) A recess is a small indentation while a depression is a larger hole, so I think this new worse economic crisis should by called an Abyssal, and since it comes with inflation, it will be a Stagflationary Abyssal.

Sunday, March 23, 2008
McCain Intentionally Cost Boeing the Air Force Tanker Deal and sealed it for Europe's Airbus
(6 comments) I don't know what has to happen to fix this, but the contract needs to be awarded to Boeing and a complete investigation initiated into how this all happened.

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Hillary Clinton's Released White House Records show she Lied about Opposing NAFTA
(2 comments) One of the things you would expect of someone who really has good experience and judgment is that they can articulate a basic set of principles and positions on issues that they can run on and defend and that stay relatively static. Hillary gives a different opinion on the same subjects every couple of weeks depending on her audience and what she thinks it will net her.

Sunday, March 16, 2008
It's Hillary Clinton's Fault if Democrats fail to win the White House and hold Congress
(16 comments) It is time for her to regain her grip on reality, put her party and her country above herself and concede the race to Obama.

Friday, March 14, 2008
Hillary presses Obama on former Pastor, Communist Barber and Closet Nazi Pool Boy
(27 comments) Another unnamed Clinton staffer was quoted as saying "We have to know everything there is to know about Barack Obama.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
1/21/09 – Hillary Clinton Refuses to Concede Nomination to President Obama
Barack Obama won the Presidency and was inaugurated yesterday. With all that, one would think all was well with the Democratic Party, but the rumblings of disharmony are not hard to find.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Hillary Clinton - The Debbie Downer of American Politics
(2 comments) The ultimate joke about Hillary's tactics and many accusations against Obama is that now she is suggesting that they run on the same ticket together. If ANY of the harsh accusations she is making is true, why would she want to run on either the top or the bottom of the ticket with Obama?

Monday, March 3, 2008
Hillary Clinton's Tactics in Ohio and Texas Show Why She is Karl Rove's Favorite Democrat
Attempting to win campaigns by lies, mudslinging and appealing to the lowest common denominator is not what I am about. This is not what I thought the Democratic Party was about. Hillary should have pulled out of the race after the February 5th super Tuesday shellacking that she received

Saturday, March 1, 2008
Obama Executes Rope-A-Dope on Hillary Clinton, McCain, Huckabee and George W. Bush after attacks
(6 comments) Obama has now stood up to nearly simultaneous major attacks from the four other most prominent politicians in the country

Monday, February 18, 2008
Hillary Clinton - Desperate Final Attempts to Smear Barack Obama and Stave off Defeat
When you see likely defeat coming around the corner in politics, you can go one of three ways, you can give up, which I don't recommend, you can fight harder using the best of what you have, or you can fight harder using the worst you have to offer.

Thursday, February 14, 2008
New Mexico Democratic Caucus Recount Results in more Questions than Answers
Someone is going to have to explain why the exit polls were altered and what mistakes were made in either the exit polls or the actual vote.

Sunday, February 10, 2008
Someone break it to Momma, the country is going Obama !
If they get swept on Tuesday, barring some catastrophic event for Obama, Hillary is finished.

Friday, February 8, 2008
Democratic Catastrophe in Florida and Michigan – Follow-up and Better Solution
We all need to get together on the one solution that will be fair and everyone can feel good about. We need a new Democratic caucus in Florida.

Thursday, February 7, 2008
Democrats the DNC and the Florida and Michigan Debacle that threatens everything
(2 comments) The DNC and Howard Dean MUST step in, show leadership and implement a fair compromise.

Monday, February 4, 2008
My Super Tuesday Prediction for the Democrats
Below shows a prediction where Obama wins 13 states and Hillary wins 9. But I think Obama will win at least two of the states where I indicated the potential for an Obama upset is high, making it 15 states for Obama and 7 for Hillary.

Saturday, February 2, 2008
Obama Endorsement – I, a former Edwards supporter, endorse Barack Obama for President
(10 comments) I strongly endorse Barack Obama for President and urge all of my fellow Democrats to support him.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Economic Woes a Result of the Iraq War and Bush Tax Cuts
(1 comments) You can talk about the housing bubble and sub-prime mortgages and the lending crisis, but without the loss of $1.7 trillion dollars in revenue and without the expenditures of $600 Billion on the Iraq war, I feel confident in saying we could have dealt with those issues.

Friday, January 18, 2008
Stagflation Returning to the US Economy after 30 years
(2 comments) It is important to recognize whether a recession is a typical one and when it is stagflation. The remedies for each are completely different and utilizing the wrong remedy will have disastrous consequences.

Monday, January 14, 2008
Coulter Sheds any Remaining Vestiges of Humanity in her Latest Rant
(6 comments) I realized as I continued to read her latest exercise in visceral hatred that this person has ceased being human. Ann's entire world is now about hate.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Conservative Right Confused and Depressed by Clinton's Failing Candidacy
(15 comments) The Republican obsession with the Clintons that spans 16 years going back to 1992 is something that has no parallel in the history of American politics.

Saturday, January 5, 2008
New Hampshire Primary - Democrats agree with John Edwards on the Issues
(2 comments) For what sort of change are you voting if you are not voting with a candidate with whom you agree on the issues?

Thursday, January 3, 2008
Iowa – Outspent Edwards a close 2nd in Iowa to Obama and beats Clinton
(13 comments) I hope this prompts voters to take a second look at Edwards and that they examine the detailed policy proposals of all three Democratic candidates to separate the real hope from the hype

Monday, December 31, 2007
Obama – His Message of Hope Clashes with his Lies and Hypocrisy on 527 Groups
(9 comments) A disturbing picture of Obama is starting to emerge in these last few weeks leading up to the Iowa caucuses.

Monday, December 24, 2007
Edwards - surging in Iowa faces Holiday Attacks and Lies by Obama & Clinton
(3 comments) With polls showing Edwards in a dead heat with Obama and Clinton in Iowa, and Edwards listed as the preferred second choice of supporters of other candidates (an important factor in the Iowa Caucuses) an argument could be made that Edwards is actually leading in Iowa at this point.

Sunday, December 16, 2007
Afghanistan NATO Surge Sought by US to Stem Taliban Tide
(1 comments) We will lose Afghanistan to the Taliban if more troops are not committed

Thursday, December 6, 2007
Afghanistan's Women Should be Granted Asylum in the West - All of Them that Want it
(23 comments) The men of Afghanistan and any other country that treat women this way don't deserve to have any women around.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Bush Administration admits Iran is probably not pursuing a Nuclear Weapons Program
There is a striking similarity between the incorrect statements and assessments from the White House on both Iraqi and Iranian weapons programs.

Sunday, November 25, 2007
Iraq and Afghanistan War Surge Hokey Pokey WH attempts to Obscure the War Failures
(3 comments) The GOP has been spending most of the last few months trying to convince everyone that our Iraq policy is a success because the surge has reduced violence levels in Iraq. Republicans know that this is a lie of omission designed to obfuscate the political failures in Iraq that mark the entire war there as a failure.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
McClelland Confirms Bush et al Conspired to Leak and Cover-up the Leak of Plame's Identity. Impeachment should Follow
(31 comments) Both Bush and Cheney should be investigated, impeached and removed from office.

Sunday, November 18, 2007
Venezuela's Chavez & Spain's Juan Carlos and ¿Por qué no te callas? (Why don't you shut up?)
(1 comments) What the cultural phenomenon of "¿Por qué no te callas?" glosses over are some real issues that were attempting to be addressed at the 17th Ibero-American summit in Chile

Saturday, November 17, 2007
Democratic Debate in Las Vegas on Nov 15th – Performance Evaluation of Edwards, Obama and Clinton
(5 comments) Its crunch time. How did the top three perform and what should they do in the final debate in California on December 10th.

Friday, November 16, 2007
Murdoch and News Corp. accused of Sleazy & possibly Illegal efforts to protect & promote Giuliani
(1 comments) Murdoch is an interesting person. My research on him reveals a man who is enigmatic and ruthless but generous in terms of money and effort to his friends.

Thursday, November 1, 2007
Minot Nuclear Weapons Incident – Unit Involved Given Excellent Inspection Rating 16 months Prior
(1 comments) The inspection was covered in the Minot Air Force Base's own official publication and can be seen online

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Democratic Party Strategy Regarding the Iraq War and other issues Smacks of Fear and Cynicism and should be Abandoned
(18 comments) Democrats are biding their time and attempting to run out the clock and betting on the election of a Democratic President in 2008 after which, bully pulpit in hand, they will begin their attempts to govern in earnest.

Sunday, October 28, 2007
Republicans turning USA into Capitalist equivalent of 80's East Germany or Werde der USA der neue DDR sein?
(6 comments) Current Republican Party policy and belief is that warrant-less wiretapping is necessary to combat terrorism and other illegal activities. It is a short and slippery slope from there

Monday, October 22, 2007
Swift Boating 2008 Ahoy! Thompson Campaign Turning the Ship on McCain in latest GOP Chickenhawk Disgrace
(2 comments) Republicans claim they are for the troops and for veterans, but their actions in campaigns (among many other things) shows that it's a sentiment they will sell out at any time if it suits them.

Saturday, October 20, 2007
John Edwards , Hillary Clinton , Fred Thompson and the state of the 2008 Presidential Election
(10 comments) Thompson's not going to make it, Hillary needs to reach out to progressives, and Edwards is my guy.

Friday, October 5, 2007
Yankees Robbed of Win in Game 2 of ALDS by Bugs and Inept Umpiring
(74 comments) Bugs should not decide the result of a baseball playoff game.

Sunday, September 30, 2007
Democratic Party - In Danger of Winning the Battle and Losing the War
(3 comments) There are times when a party in power is so intoxicated with how well they are doing and their polling results that they vote themselves into a position that guarantees their downfall.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Ahmadinejad and his Columbia University Visit – All Happened as it Should
(41 comments) I think the whole series of events were in the best traditions of free speech, free exchange of ideas and higher education.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
9/11 Was there a conspiracy and if so what did the conspiracy entail?
(44 comments) With the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks upon us, while we remember the deaths of so many good Americans, it is time to take a look at an issue much of the media seems afraid to tackle.

Thursday, September 6, 2007
Iraq Surge a Well Documented Failure, Bush Attempts Clueless Spin Anyway
Conditions in Iraq are worsening as time progresses.

Monday, September 3, 2007
Senator Larry Craig - A Democrat who Feels Sorry for Him
(11 comments) While I feel sorry for certain individuals in the Republican Party who have found themselves on the wrong end of this bigoted juggernaut, as a whole and as to their recent election and popularity losses, I have to feel like the GOP have been hoisted on their own petard.

Saturday, August 25, 2007
Vick Dog fighting Suspension Raises More Questions
(8 comments) I don't understand our culture that says that if someone commits a crime, they should automatically and permanently lose their ability to earn a living in their profession.

Saturday, August 18, 2007
Offerman Bat Attack Reaction Misses Important Perspective
(8 comments) The act that should be garnering the universal condemnation is the beaning that ignited this whole episode.

Saturday, August 11, 2007
Clash of Civilized Ideas – How Can We Reconcile Religious Freedom and Individual Freedoms
(11 comments) The stakes in this policy exercise are high. What is your suggestion? I'd like to hear it.

Thursday, August 9, 2007
Chick-Fil-A : Can you Please Hold the Propaganda?
(4 comments) No Democrat/Liberal/Progressive should patronize Chick-Fil-A until they get out of the business of promoting the Christian Right.

Sunday, July 29, 2007
Hitchens - Scheduled to speak at Atheist Convention , Generates Controversy
(4 comments) Are Hitchens or his views good examples for other Atheists to follow? Should he be given a platform all to himself at an important Atheist convention?

Sunday, July 29, 2007
Michael Moore – Why some people don't like him
Those who hate or dislike Moore are those who fear change and attack the champions of change.

Sunday, July 15, 2007
Kucinich embraces deceit in his spin of the Hillary Clinton & John Edwards post debate discussion
(6 comments) Kucinich has always been touted as the guy who is for all things good, honest and decent, the guy who believes what he says and who eschews rhetoric. That is now over as far as I am concerned.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The death of the hated Dron
A personal life lesson in the futility and waste of hate.

Thursday, July 5, 2007
Bush and Libby and Impeachment – Follow up on my July 4th Article
(1 comments) Here is why I wrote such a long article on the Libby Commutation and advocated Impeachment.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Bush Impeachment – Libby Commutation Makes it Imperative
(8 comments) A President cannot be allowed to take such a brazen act to impede an investigation in which he is one of the potential suspects. Congress should ALWAYS respond to acts like these with impeachment hearings otherwise Presidents will feel like they can live above the law and take action to prevent any consequences.

Friday, June 29, 2007
Sicko – A Depressing, Funny, Earth shattering and Incredible perspective on our Health Care System
Managed Care and the HMOs have killed people in this country, probably a lot of them, people who paid to have their services take care of them.

Thursday, June 28, 2007
Coulter vs. Elizabeth Edwards - Crass vs. Class
(1 comments) It is hard to imagine a more stark contrast than Ann Coulter and Elizabeth Edwards

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Republican 2008 Presidential Nomination to come down to Rudy Giuliani vs. Fred Thompson
(5 comments) The campaigns of McCain, Romney and the rest are dead men walking. I wonder if they or their campaigns know that yet?

Sunday, June 24, 2007
It is time for President's Questions
(1 comments) The point of Prime Minister's Questions is to provide a public forum where at least once a week, the most powerful person and party in government is directly challenged on his (or her) policies regarding the most important issues of the day. We need to adopt this kind of accountability here in the United States.

Sunday, June 10, 2007
Iraq, Pre-emption and Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game
(1 comments) An important idea of the book is the idea of an ultra-violent preemption. Not surprisingly, the author, Orson Scott Card, is a Bush supporter and a fan of what we did in Iraq.

Sunday, June 3, 2007
Democrats Missed it Badly on Iraq War Funding
(24 comments) I think some congressional Democrats felt that they did enough after sending two bills to the President requiring firm (more or less firm anyway) deadlines for bringing home the troops ... The problem is, that was just not enough here.

Monday, May 7, 2007
Discrimination – Which group experiences the worst discrimination in the US? Non Custodial Parents
(6 comments) Non custodial parents are the approved 21st century whipping boys (and girls). Non Custodial Parents are the only group where there is next to zero support from those not in our situation. There are plenty of men who fight for women's rights, plenty of non-blacks and straights who fight for African American and Gay rights. Who stands with Non Custodial Parents?

Monday, April 23, 2007
Red Sox – Are they the real losers in their Sweep of the Yankees?
(3 comments) This last sweep by the Red Sox might actually be better news for the Yankees than one would normally think and could actually foretell something grim for the Sox.

Sunday, April 22, 2007
No Snitching Creed a Poisonous Ethos for the Black Community
(2 comments) No snitching isn't noble or brave, it is a way for a community to commit a slow and painful suicide

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Virginia Tech Massacre and our Sick Society full of Lost Souls
(1 comments) When we have an eruption of violence by one person or a small group of people like Cho Seung-Hui or Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold I think I have the opposite reaction to that of most people. I am surprised that things like this do not happen more often.

Sunday, April 8, 2007
2004 Presidential Election Ohio - Kerry Votes Switched to Bush says James Q Jacobs
(3 comments) Jacobs, a self described anthropologist and archeologist, analyzed the ballots in predominantly Democratic Cuyahoga county and suggests that the ballots were purposely designed so that errors that voters might make by voting in the wrong precinct resulted in extra votes for Bush

Friday, March 30, 2007
Iran Does Itself No Favors Broadcasting Statements From Captives
(13 comments) Iran should release the British troops and bring any grievances it might have regarding the incursions into its territory to the United Nations.

Friday, March 9, 2007
Coulter – Where are her defenders now? Why does anyone continue to carry her column?
In my opinion, any periodical that continues to carry her column isn't worth the paper on which it is printed.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Libby Guilty - Will the Leak-Gate Investigation Continue and go Farther up the Chain?
(2 comments) Does anyone think the conspiracy ends with Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby?

Friday, February 23, 2007
Democratic Presidential Candidates – Help me Make up my Mind!
(13 comments) If I could speak directly to the candidates and give them a hint as to what it would take to bring me into their camp, here is what I would say to a few of them

Thursday, February 15, 2007
Iran Supplying Weapons to Iraqi Insurgency? Cheney Abbott and Bush Costello say so! Sort of?!?!?
Administration spokespeople whine that they do not understand why they are repeatedly asked whether the administration intends to attack Iran despite many assertions to the contrary. What is so hard to understand?

Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Democratic Presidential Candidates are Setting the Wrong Tone on Iran
A regional or perhaps global catastrophe is in the works based on misinformation (or many would say DISinformation) regarding Iran's atomic energy program. It upsets me that some of my favorite Democrats are operating based on that misinformation. The Bush administration is asserting at every turn that Iran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons. They have no basis for that accusation.

Thursday, January 25, 2007
Ohio Elections Officials Convicted of Tampering with 2004 Presidential Recount
(5 comments) As I have said many times on this topic, why is it that Cuyahoga and many other Ohio county election officials refused to perform a complete and thorough recount as specifically prescribed by Ohio state law?

Monday, January 22, 2007
Iran Showdown – The barring of SOME of the UN Nuclear Inspectors is a Non Issue
If I could give any advice to the public on what to believe about Iran and its weapons programs, it would be to trust only what you hear coming from the UN and UN agencies like the IAEA.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Bush and Iraq Executions – The President and his Hypocrisy have reached a new Low
The question is who is Bush to say any of this? While Governor of Texas, Bush had over One Hundred and Fifty Five people put to death.

Monday, January 15, 2007
Boxer vs. Rice – A Textbook Example of GOP Expertise at Manipulating a Discussion
(1 comments) Honest journalists, famous and otherwise, need to step up to the plate and help expose the Republican tactics for what they are, desperate, cynical and manipulative attempts to avoid accountability on Iraq.

Sunday, January 14, 2007
Cheney: FISA Courts are Infiltrated by Islamic Terrorists
Either the administration knows they are doing something immoral or illegal and thus wants to avoid the paper trail that going to a FISA court would generate, or they believe that the FISA Courts are infiltrated by Islamic Terrorists.

Thursday, January 11, 2007
Bush to US - Let me risk Your children to try to fix the un-fixable in Iraq
Like a feudal monarch, Bush is deepening our risk and commitment to war despite the fact that over 70% of the country disagrees with his actions and policies. Bush does not care what any of us think or want and in a further illustration of this, he engaged the troops immediately before the congress had the opportunity to advise and consent (or dissent) to his actions.

Monday, January 8, 2007
Iraq War – Bush Surge Policy and Why the Administration Cannot Admit Defeat and Failure
(6 comments) On any conservative website or Blog when the topic of Vietnam comes up, a litany of posts follow with the theme, 'If only those traitorous Democrats and the Liberal media would have let the military "do what they needed to do" we would have won'.

Friday, January 5, 2007
Iraq War – The President has Failed & the New Democratic Congress cannot Acquiesce to Escalation
What Democrats cannot do is agree to an escalation or surge or whatever other nom du jour the President attaches to sending additional troops to Iraq.

Sunday, December 31, 2006
Progressivism the Journey – How I approach Progressivism
(1 comments) Progressives have to find a way to come together to sell Progressivism. Complaining about the Democratic Party, arguing about who is and who isn't a Progressive or who is and isn't "Progressive Enough" and other negative pursuits are not going to get the job done.

Thursday, December 28, 2006
Iraq War – So Much About Which to Work and Worry, Why Spend Time & Effort to Execute Saddam Hussein?
The execution of Saddam Hussein is sure to enrage the Sunni Baathists at a time where what is needed is a general easing of tensions all around. And what will the execution give the Iraqis?

Sunday, December 24, 2006
Iraq War - Pardon the Troops Accused of Crimes
(15 comments) It is our fault that this happened to them. When I say 'our' I mean everyone who is a citizen of the United States. It is in our name that they are there fighting. I know that certain segments of our nation deserve more of a share of the blame, namely those who were in favor of this war from the beginning, but it does not mean that the rest of us do not still share some of it.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Iraq War – When the Wrong Path Was Taken and What to Do Now
I spend a lot of time listening to people talk about Iraq. There is so much incorrect information on both sides of the ideological aisle. No wonder we have made so many mistakes.

Saturday, December 16, 2006
Bush and Spending – So Now President Bush Wants to Talk Fiscal Responsibility?
(3 comments) This President has presided over the most irresponsible fiscal record in history. His administration, along with his cronies in the Republican congress, turned several years of surplus federal government budgets delivered by the previous administration into massive deficits.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006
January 20, 2009 – It Still Seems so Far Away it is Hard to Keep Thinking About Tomorrow
Our Democratic congress is going to do its best to get the country moving back in the right direction, but to finish the job we will need a Democratic President.

Friday, December 8, 2006
Election 2006 Continued Wrap up – The Coming Economic Swoon and Did Republicans Throw the Election?
(1 comments) Are the Republicans ruthless and calculating enough to do all of this? If so, DID they do it? I'll let my readers and time be the judge. One thing is certain, among all the other plans the incoming congress is making, contingency plans for a major depression should be one of them.

Monday, December 4, 2006
Republican Corruption Fallout Continues – The New Hampshire Election Phone Jamming Scandal
New Hampshire voters saw just how much Republicans respect those values they are always talking about and they did not like what they saw. Voters nationwide need to understand that when Democrats talk about issues with elections and how the GOP seem to play fast and loose (I am being generous) with election laws, there is something behind what we are talking about.

Friday, November 24, 2006
Election 2006 Aftermath – Media Attacks the Not Yet Seated Democratic Congress
(15 comments) Let's see some fair and accurate reporting that gives the government our people have elected a chance to operate before the harsh and vitriolic comments ensue.

Thursday, November 23, 2006
Charlie Rangel - His Efforts to Bring Back the Draft Deserve Support
(4 comments) Rangel's efforts to shake up the status quo regarding people who happily send 'The other family's children' to war is working

Wednesday, November 22, 2006
John McCain – Continuously and 'Critically' Wrong on Iraq
(1 comments) Election 2008 will provide voters an opportunity to voice their opinions of their elected official's actions with regards to Iraq. Presidential candidates with a record of votes or statements on Iraq will face the glare of a harsh spotlight indeed.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Bush Administration – Condoleezza Rice Where Hast Thou Been? Condi?
(2 comments) It is actually Secretary Rice who in my opinion has been the worst member of the Bush Cabinet. To be sure, the worst single blunder, the Iraq war, is owned by Rumsfeld, but Condi Rice shows the remarkable ability to make terrible mistakes on multiple different issues month after month and year after year without a single major accomplishment to which to point and seemingly without negative consequences.

Thursday, November 9, 2006
Election 2006 – Aftermath, Deconstructing the Results and Perspectives on the Democratic and Republican Parties and more
(4 comments) If the people of this country are not demanding progressive policies, neither party will make it their business to deliver them. It is that simple.

Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Election 2006 – A Democratic Grassroots GOTV or Get Out The Vote Effort
I was wondering, what could every Democrat at the grassroots level do to combat the cash rich Republican Get Out The Vote Machine? Here is what I have come up with, the ultimate KISS or Keep It Simple Stupid method.

Monday, October 30, 2006
Dixie Chicks and NBC – NBC now stands for Negative Bush material Censored
(1 comments) Thomas Jefferson said it best when in 1987 he said: The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

Sunday, October 29, 2006
Election 2006 – Bush Stumps for Republicans, Touts Failed Policies
A vote for a Republican in any race in 2006 is a vote for continued policies of failure no matter what plane, ship, tank is in the background or any other clever photo op the President and his handlers engineer.

Saturday, October 28, 2006
Pianist Alan Gampel, the Newmarks and a Night to Remember
If you get the chance to hear or book one of Gampel's performances or 'informances', take it! His contact information is on his website, http://www.gampel.com/ .

Friday, October 27, 2006
Election 2006 – Electronic Voting Machines Are Already Failing
The question is, why are we still having these problems six years after the election 2000 meltdown? I cannot help but feel seriously let down by legislators of virtually every state of the union.

Friday, October 27, 2006
Election 2006 – Electronic Voting Machines Are Already Failing
The question is, why are we still having these problems six years after the election 2000 meltdown? I cannot help but feel seriously let down by legislators of virtually every state of the union.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Election 2006 – Desperate Republicans Set New Campaign Lows with Attacks
In terms of campaign ads and attacks, in race after race, GOP members of the House and Senate are slinging mud as if they each had eight arms and hands with which to do it.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Iraq War – Report of 655,000 dead Iraqi's sounds Unbelievable, but it is Real and Credible
100 years from now, what people will remember about this era of American politics and policy is how our Iraq war killed well over half a million Iraqis.

Friday, October 13, 2006
George Allen, Republican Senator from Virginia - I'm Macaca, you're Macaca, he's Macaca, she's Macaca, wouldn't you like
Is there anyone who believes that Senator George Allen didn't know exactly what he was saying when he pointed at a person of color and called him a slur designed for a person of color?

Friday, October 13, 2006
Appeasement - Republicans misuse the term so much it no longer means anything
Now, merely suggesting that we hold diplomatic talks with North Korea brings charges of appeasement.

Monday, October 9, 2006
North Korean Nuclear Test Marks another Failure of Bush, Republicans and PNAC/NeoCons
(4 comments) It is getting difficult to keep up with the negative consequences of Republican control of the branches of our government.

Sunday, October 8, 2006
Foley Scandal – What We Know Now and Who Should Resign and Why
(5 comments) In the wake of Florida Congressman Mark Foley's resignation in disgrace for predatory acts toward teenage boys, there have been daily revelations concerning additional disgusting acts perpetrated by the former congressman. There have also been daily disclosures of the prior knowledge and culpability of growing numbers of Republican congressmen including members of the Republican congressional leadership.

Thursday, October 5, 2006
Bush Quotes as Deep Thoughts
(1 comments) I was a huge fan of "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey on Saturday Night Live. So on my old blog over at "The Dumbya Chronicles", I had a thing where each week I posted a Bush quote that really "spoke" to me and I called them "Deep Quotes". Here are a few of the Gems:

Monday, October 2, 2006
Rice and Foley and the Republican Party in Power. Incompetence, Pedophilia, Hypocrisy and Hubris.
(4 comments) To sum up, adultery, pedophilia and other perverted acts and cover-ups of same are OK as far as Republicans are concerned, provided a Republican is doing the deed. And Secretary Condoleeza Rice has turned out to be one of the worst cabinet members of a Presidential administration in the history of this country.

Sunday, September 24, 2006
Iraq, Afghanistan and now Iran – Prepare for the Clash of Civilizations
(2 comments) Before the Iraq war lies regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction and non-existent Iraqi links to Al Qaeda, there was a definite suspicion in the minds of the world's Muslim population towards the US and its motives. That suspicion has now been replaced by complete disbelief and contempt. Why shouldn't they have those sorts of feelings? Most of Europe, Asia, Africa and at least half of the United States feel the same way

Sunday, September 17, 2006
Pinellas County Democratic Party Shows Need for New Model
What I think the state and national party has to decide is whether the current model still makes sense. The current model consists of letting local counties completely run their local parties without the benefit of any substantial guidance by political professionals.

Saturday, September 16, 2006
Bush - A modern day Marie Antoinette and the best friend Bin Laden could have
(1 comments) Like Bush, Marie Antoinette was not stupid. When Marie applied herself, decided to take something seriously and performed the requisite research and work, she was as bright and capable as anyone was. The problem is that like her 21st century counterpart, George W. Bush, she rarely did so.

Saturday, September 2, 2006
Ohio Election – Blackwell's Spokesperson has Changed from LoParo to Lee but the Lies Remain the Same
(4 comments) What we have here by two separate spokespersons for Secretary Blackwell are similar cleverly crafted lies of omission.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Iraq and the Republican and PNAC Miscalculation and Lesson they never seem to learn
My guess is that most of the two thirds of the American Public who now believe and understand the Iraq war was a mistake do not know the origins of the failed policy. It is important to understand where the policy comes from and which individuals pushed for it for half a decade before its being put into use because the people that gave us Iraq are not finished.

Sunday, July 30, 2006
Middle East Conflict - Israel, Syria and Iran Headed for Non-Conventional War likely to Destroy all Three plus Lebanon
(1 comments) It is difficult to understand what goes on in the minds of some leaders. The game of brinksmanship going on in the Middle East right now defies any semblance of logic.

Saturday, July 29, 2006
Rove Blasts Political Journalists - Here is My Response
It is an interesting experience to be part of a group called out for its ethics by Karl Rove.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Middle East Conflict - Continuing the Debate from a Progressive Perspective
To me, progressivism means peace and non-violence. To me, progressivism means not ignoring violence and crimes just because the group with whom you sympathize most performs it.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006
American Utility Companies - Everything that is wrong with Corporatism
(1 comments) How is it that the utility companies cannot handle a short period of spiked energy usage due to a heat wave?

Friday, July 14, 2006
Bush Administration's Lack of a Middle East & Israeli - Palestinian Policy Proving Disastrous
(1 comments) The Bush Administration's decrepit Middle East non-Policy should be listed in the dictionary as a definition for failure. We're spending 11 million dollars an hour for the never ending failure of a war in Iraq and what has it bought us, more people angry with us, more war, more bloodshed, less stability, less peace and less hope.

Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Democrats, Liberals and Progressives Need to Return to Protest 101 Classes
(2 comments) One of the worst moments in my life was the day of the beginning of this latest Iraq war. Many of us had done as much as we thought was possible to stop it, knowing it was a criminal act and a policy born of lies and yet at the same time feeling powerless in the face of its seeming inevitability.

Friday, June 30, 2006
Election 2006-2008 A Manual for Republican Party Secretaries of State and Supervisors of Elections
There is no reason why the GOP cannot retain control of the Congress in 2006 and the Presidency in 2008 despite widespread dissatisfaction with our policies.

Thursday, June 29, 2006
Offshore Drilling – How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Sludgy Water
At a time when other countries are touting "eco-tourism" we are about to turn the beaches of Florida, California and the Carolinas into "Petro-tourism."

Sunday, June 25, 2006
Lieberman – A Defense of the Connecticut Senator
(8 comments) I like Senator Joseph Lieberman and I always have. I am not happy that he has become one of the favorite whipping boys of the progressive press and electorate. I am also unhappy that a campaign has been waged by progressive groups such as Progressive Democrats of America to find and support a candidate to run against him in the Democratic primary.

Saturday, June 24, 2006
Immigration Debate – My Daughter Teaches her Father about the Innocent Victims, the Children
(1 comments) They are illegal and they committed a crime in coming here! They are illegal and they committed a crime in coming here! The mantra repeated over and over by Republicans on the immigration issue ignores a series of inconvenient facts. Let us take a look at them.

Saturday, June 17, 2006
Democratic Plan Election 2006 – A New Direction for America
When the American People go to the polls this November 7th to elect a new congress, they will have a clear choice, a choice between the failed policies of the Bush administration and the current majority Republican congress, and a New Direction unveiled recently by the Democratic Party.

Thursday, June 15, 2006
Coulter article – My editorial on Ann Coulter Thoroughly Confused Right Wing Journalists, Pundits and Their Readers
Because these folks clearly slept through High School English as well as any discussions of ancient Greece, Rome and study of any of the ancient Philosophers and Philosophical disciplines, their ability to understand various writing techniques is decidedly limited.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Karl Rove Non-Indictment – Time for Jason Leopold and William Rivers Pitt to Pony up with Names and Specifics
(2 comments) Truthout as well as Jason Leopold who reported that the indictment had in fact happened on Friday May 12 and his editor William Rivers Pitt now have a responsibility to take readers through the process that led them to report the incorrect information.

Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Bush and Rove Wag the Gays - Yes they are Incompetent, but You should Support Them Because They Hate and Want to Discrim
I recommend that everyone in America who is straight and is against discrimination of the type that led to the Holocaust join PFLAG - Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays on their website at http://www.pflag.org

Sunday, June 4, 2006
Associated Press writer Andrew Taylor crafts Biased Article - Says potential future Democratic House Leaders all ‘Libera
(2 comments) News is supposed to be fact-based and not include judgments, opinions or subjectivity. If you want to include any opinions or subjective information, you write an editorial and clearly label it as such.

Saturday, June 3, 2006
Ann Coulter - Trying to Beat an Election Fraud Rap
The Peevish Eva Braun of the Far Right is now Hoping for Amnesty from a Liberal, Bleeding Heart Judge

Thursday, June 1, 2006
Election 2004 and RFK Jr – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Questions Whether 2004 Ohio Prez Vote Stolen
(1 comments) With over 208 citations of official data and other commentary, those on the right will find it cannot be dismissed offhand as partisan rhetoric.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Rice repeats the Follies of her Predecessor Colin Powell in Hostile Rhetoric
(1 comments) In Condi’s speech, she did as much as possible to exaggerate the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons, particularly with regards to speed of development.

Saturday, May 27, 2006
Giuliani – A More than Fatally Flawed Potential GOP 2008 Presidential Nominee
Examining the current platform of the GOP alongside Giuliani’s more than demonstrated personal beliefs, it is hard to imagine reconciling the two.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Cheney – CIA Leak-Gate focuses on the Vice President
Today, the Associated Press reported that Cheney may be called in a witness in the case against his former Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. It is hard to believe that is going to be the extent of the Vice President’s involvement in the Leak-Gate legal proceedings.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Rove Indictment and Jason Leopold
(4 comments) Brief Update

Monday, May 15, 2006
Karl Rove Indictment an elaborate Hoax? Did Jason Leopold get Rolled?
(3 comments) If his story on the Rove indictment is incorrect, and I want to stress that we do not know either way right now, I have a theory as to what might have happened.

Sunday, May 14, 2006
John McCain – Remember When people thought he Wasn’t a Sellout?
(1 comments) According to a recent Newsweek article, “McCain’s aids say…He has an 80-plus percent approval rating from the National Tax Limitation Committee. He enjoys similarly high marks from the Christian Coalition. His legislative record is pro-life and pro-gun, his aides say. "Has he ever not voted for a conservative jurist? There may be one or two cases," says McCain's chief of staff, Mark Salter. “

Saturday, May 13, 2006
Dick Cheney – CIA Leak-Gate investigator Fitzgerald files two Briefs With Evidence Regarding Cheney’s Role
Investigation is Rapidly Moving Up the Chain of Command

Saturday, May 13, 2006
Election 2006 State Legislature Races – An important Reminder to Democrats and Progressives
Remember – MAKE SURE you vote for your Democratic candidates for state legislature. You will thank me and yourself later.

Thursday, May 11, 2006
NSA Domestic Spying Program Also Developing Database of All Phone Calls Made in the US
(5 comments) Already Scary, What Else is the NSA and other Government Intelligence Agencies Doing that We Still Do Not Know About?

Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Hayden for CIA – Rove’s Gambit
(1 comments) The implications for this confirmation hearing go way beyond the CIA to the protection of our Constitutional rights and to election 2006.

Sunday, May 7, 2006
Hayden - The Wrong Choice to Head CIA
General Hayden tells us ... the NSA needs to be able to wiretap American citizens at the Presidents behest without such pesky requirements as going through any semblance of the legal system, secret or not. Any American who thinks the Constitution and Bill of Rights are more than just a cute idea should recoil at any such suggestion.

Thursday, May 4, 2006
A New Deal for the Twenty First Century. A Democratic Party Manifesto
Yes, the Republicans have failed miserably, but I want the people to know in no uncertain terms what we Democrats are offering. I could have listed more and I could have been more specific or more vague, but five had a nice ring to it.

Thursday, May 4, 2006
Emperor Palpatine aka Darth Cheney Lectures Putin about Freedom
(1 comments) We now have evidence of one of the big weaknesses of this administration, memory retention. Yes, I know, there exists a lot of other, perhaps more important shortcomings, but this one is a serious one too.

Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Bush and the America he created
I feel like some kid went back in a Delorean and made Biff President, it screwed everything up, and we are all just waiting for some mad scientist to get the kid 1.21 gigawatts to go back and fix everything.

Sunday, April 30, 2006
Bush – Trying the comedy Jedi mind trick again
(3 comments) Is there any wonder why we think he is in some kind of bubble, self-insulated from the realities of the country? Is there any wonder why his approval rating is threatening to dip into the 20s? Could the transparent attempt to make us forget his many failures with humor be any more insulting?

Saturday, April 29, 2006
Bush Impeachment First Follow up - People go Rushing for a Copy of Jefferson's Manual
(2 comments) This action by the Illinois legislature and now that of California and Vermont caught a lot of people off guard. How can a state legislature do this? It seems so out of line to most people. But to Thomas Jefferson and the framers, it was right in line with their way of thinking about the power of a state legislature.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Tony Snow - Cover-ups for Press Secretary Begin Before he Officially Starts
When the White House press corps first starts asking questions of new White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, the first question should be, "Sir, exactly what are you trying to hide?".

Saturday, April 22, 2006
Bush Impeachment - The Illinois State Legislature is Preparing to Drop a Bombshell
(37 comments) Members of state legislatures are normally not considered as having the ability to decide issues with a massive impact to the nation as a whole. Representative Karen A. Yarbrough of Illinois' 7th District is about to shatter that perception forever.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Bush and Rumsfeld in ‘Baghdad Mountain’
“Look Rummy, you know I love you. You know I would do anything for you.” Bush started crying again, “Don’t you know you have to do something to make things better over there?

Sunday, April 16, 2006
Immigration Reform – Republicans Show Their Mastery of Disinformation and Lying
As clearly proven by the harsh bills and amendments put out by Republicans like Frist, Sensenbrenner and others, Republicans want to make undocumented immigrants, mostly Latinos, into Felons and send them back where they came from. These are the indisputable facts.

Friday, April 14, 2006
Bush – The Dynamics of a Failed Presidency
(1 comments) I do not like to write articles that just rehash what everyone else is talking about unless I have what I think is a new angle to present on it. In a way, it is getting boring to continue to list all the failures of the Bush administration. Everyone but the hardcore Republican base knows he is a complete failure on everything he and his administration have touched.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Iran - Are they Inviting Attack, if so, Why?
(3 comments) You could argue that countries have the right to pursue peaceful uses of nuclear power. However, combine that assertion with a country that recently has developed and tested MIRV missile technology, combine that with a country that has recently developed and tested missile technology that has a low radar visibility...

Wednesday, March 29, 2006
More back and forth with Colleen Graffy at State
I've proposed that the administration send me to GITMO to see for myself what is going on over there and have promised balanced and accurate coverage. Ball is in their court.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Bush Administration Card Resignation and Shakeups - New Faces, same Hubris and Failed Policies
(1 comments) The American People are not going to kiss this dirty, smelly pig no matter what color Lipstick this administration puts on it.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
A Response Letter to Colleen Graffy, United States' deputy assistant secretary of state for public diplomacy
If the perceptions of problems at Guantanamo are misconceptions, and the administration you work for really wants to clear up said alleged misconceptions, I have an idea that I think might work.

Friday, March 24, 2006
Bush Censure Efforts – The Looney Right strikes Back with… a campaign to Censure Carter!?!?
This baseless effort to censure Carter is a blatant knee-jerk reaction to the efforts to censure President Bush and should be condemned by all thinking people everywhere.

Monday, March 13, 2006
Katherine “Cruella De-“ Harris pulling out of Florida Senate Race?
Harris’ campaign took a turn for the worst when allegations were reported she took thousands in illegal contributions from a defense contractor who had also bribed a California congressman.

Sunday, March 12, 2006
Progressive Democrats of America – Do you know them? Here is why you should
(2 comments) PDA's stated mission is as follows, "Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) exists to carry the progressive agenda from the American grassroots to Congress to guide the development of progressive legislation, fight for its passage into law, and support the realization of progressive policies at the state and local levels."

Friday, March 10, 2006
Bush Poll - Supporter Wavering
All cabinet officials have been pulled off their normal assignments and pressed into service to come up with a plan to keep Sher’s support firmly in the White House camp.

Thursday, March 9, 2006
Thanks to Bush and Congressional Republicans, US has no moral authority on Human Rights
Thanks to this administration, the Chinas out there are now lecturing us on Human Rights, throwing back our words in our collective faces

Saturday, February 25, 2006
The Samarra Mosque Dome Bombing – The Tet Offensive of the Iraq War
(5 comments) The parallels are unmistakable. Even William F. Buckley, the conservative and Bush administration protagonist that he is, could no longer deny the truth

Saturday, January 28, 2006
Osama Bin Laden and his Latest Message: George W Bush and the US Missed a Tremendous Opportunity
What did the administration do? They said that America does not negotiate with terrorists. Since when? Republicans set the bar for negotiating with terrorists and criminal states when they made the Iran-Contra arms for hostages embarrassment.

Monday, January 16, 2006
Iraq - Why we REALLY went to war
(5 comments) The debate over why we went to war in Iraq has raged ever since the current Bush administration began to publicly discuss removing Saddam Hussein from power in 2002, almost a year before the war began.

Friday, January 13, 2006
Iran: We are exactly where I feared we would be.
(7 comments) What are we to do and what course may things take now that Iran has decided to continue development of its nuclear program.

Saturday, January 7, 2006
The Freepers Doth Protest too much Methinks
My last editorial... [about the hypocrisy of the right toward Iraq] struck a nerve with the folks over at Free Republic

Saturday, December 31, 2005
The Fight over the Iraq vote and the strange hypocrisy of the American Right regarding Iraq
(2 comments)

Sunday, December 18, 2005
When One Wades Past the Bush Administration's Spin; One Realizes they are Drowning in Failure
(1 comments) If only governing was the same thing as putting out Public Relations spin, Bush's team would be excelling in their element instead of floundering like a fish out of water or out of touch like a man in a bubble, if you prefer.

Monday, December 12, 2005
Bush Asserts Having New Medical Condition in NBC Nightly News Interview
(1 comments) Does the President not feel only certain types of objects or feelings while in a bubble, or is it a complete lack of tactile and emotional feeling?

Monday, December 12, 2005
Why the Support for the Tookies and O.J.s in the Black Community?
The issue is the continuing disconnect between white and black people when the matter at hand is the prosecution or punishment of a high profile black defendant. Blacks tend to root for the defendant and whites tend to root against them.

Friday, December 9, 2005
New Cost of Iraq War - We cannot conventionally deal with Iran
Another reason why we should not have started this unnecessary war