Richard Mynick

                 

Richard Mynick is a US citizen who, despite the best efforts of the corporate media, noticed something disturbing about how the 2000 election was decided, & felt it augured poorly for democracy.

OpEdNews Member for 83 week(s) and 3 day(s)

2 Articles, 3 Quick Links, 1065 Comments, 1 Diaries, 0 Polls

1065 comments


Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 1:27:24 PM

Diary: "Socialism Explained: Chavez's Nationalizations are for Polit"

In order to "explain" socialism, you'd have to know what it


Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 7:56:11 PM

Article: "Loserville: Obama Is Channeling Kerry and Gore"

You proved Dave's point, at least twice.


Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 1:04:16 PM

Article: ""Caroline: Pull a Cheney!" An Open Letter to Caroline Kenned"

Moore has his limits, & this article shows it.


Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 12:31:22 PM

Article: "New Zogby/Reuters Poll: Obama Down 5, in Deep Doo Doo"

You forgot about the facts that he stands for nothing, & is


Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 11:59:11 AM

Article: "Loserville: Obama Is Channeling Kerry and Gore"

Basically true, but I challenge the idea that Obama ever


Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 10:50:00 AM

Diary: "Rob Kall Radio Show Tonight:: Howard Zinn and Dorothy Fadima"

Ask him if he's read the new JFK book by James Douglass,


Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 10:02:50 AM

Article: "New Zogby/Reuters Poll: Obama Down 5, in Deep Doo Doo"

It's a choice between a real Republican and a fake one.


Friday, August 15, 2008 at 10:56:36 AM

Article: "There May Be Many Mushroom Clouds In Our Future"

PCR is top notch, as usual. // But let's look at that final


Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 12:06:24 PM

Article: "The United States has lost its moral authority"

Agreed, but actually, the US has NEVER had any moral


Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 12:05:12 AM

Article: "Obama's Giving McCain Enough Rope to Hang HImself With Russi"

You're kidding yourself & giving Obama way too much credit.


Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 12:23:32 AM

Quicklink: "For Hillary--Smart Dems Want Hillary on Ticket"

Are you aware of the contradiction between the 2 halves of


Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 7:36:27 PM

Article: "This Is Not News, This Is Propaganda"

Fine article. The cited WSWS & Pravda pieces are also


Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 11:40:45 AM

Quicklink: "For Hillary--Smart Dems Want Hillary on Ticket"

Exactly right. // Neither Hill nor Obama has challenged Bush


Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 10:17:44 AM

Quicklink: "For Hillary--Smart Dems Want Hillary on Ticket"

The Democrats' Theater of the Absurd


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 9:59:02 PM

Article: "Will the US Electorate Lay Down in the Poppy Field Sowed by"

What are you trying to say with your reference to "the jews"


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 3:36:07 PM

Quicklink: "Why isn't Obama crushing McCain?"

Margaret, if you say Bill Clinton"lit up your bank account,"


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 1:47:12 PM

Article: "Will the US Electorate Lay Down in the Poppy Field Sowed by"

I don't blame you for running away from this argument. If I


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 12:42:45 PM

Article: "Will the US Electorate Lay Down in the Poppy Field Sowed by"

Nader was basically correct, though the "no difference"quote


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 11:53:54 AM

Article: "Will the US Electorate Lay Down in the Poppy Field Sowed by"

OK, let's go through the specific list. Both parties support


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 11:21:33 AM

Article: "From Stupid to Moronic to Evil"

Why don't you include "The US" in your list of nations that


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 10:45:47 AM

Article: "Will the US Electorate Lay Down in the Poppy Field Sowed by"

The electorate has no choice, since both parties are run by


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 10:32:02 AM

Quicklink: "PRAVDA: War between Russia and Georgia orchestrated from USA"

Condi Rice visited Tbilisi only a few weeks ago, & denounced


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 10:20:35 AM

Quicklink: "The Pipeline War: Russian bear goes for West's jugular"

The title of this article is unfair to the Russians, who are


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 9:43:54 AM

Quicklink: "Why isn't Obama crushing McCain?"

This is a really easy question -- it's because he's a phony


Monday, August 11, 2008 at 12:35:49 AM

Quicklink: "Impeachment Won't Help; Only Revolution Will Save America"

Sure, that's true. If you like, you could cut it to simply


Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 9:48:43 PM

Quicklink: "Impeachment Won't Help; Only Revolution Will Save America"

Please name some of those groups that "use revolution in


Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 6:37:03 PM

Article: "From Stupid to Moronic to Evil"

PCR often sounds almost like a leftist. In this piece, there


Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 4:34:54 PM

Article: "Building Alliances and Voting for Change in 2008"

Oh, baloney. Voters also make up the "vast majority" of the


Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 2:15:06 PM

Article: "Building Alliances and Voting for Change in 2008"

Your description of how things are is generally right, but


Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 1:28:52 PM

Quicklink: "Impeachment Won't Help; Only Revolution Will Save America"

'Revolution' doesn't have to be a physical confrontation


Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 11:46:49 AM

Diary: "Chavez's Dictatorship: Tascon's List"

ideological drivel


Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 9:07:07 PM

Article: "WPost Admits Bungling Obama Quote"

There are tons of things Obama should be attacked for --


Friday, August 8, 2008 at 5:57:02 PM

Diary: "The April 2002 Coup Attempt in Venezuela"

Ideological drivel


Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 6:18:48 PM

Diary: "Co-Opting the Left"

That's not why we have the Electoral College. The EC was


Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 11:34:33 AM

Article: "Working Poor Unready to Revolt"

That analysis is not half bad, especially for only 20 words.


Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 9:57:46 AM

Diary: "Co-Opting the Left"

OK, I'll bite. Who are you thinking of, in the statement


Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 3:19:22 PM

Article: "Impeachment-- Key To Dem Win In November"

You're blurring the line between 2 different things.


Monday, July 28, 2008 at 4:12:24 PM

Article: "A World that Stands as One: Transcript of Obama's Berlin Spe"

This is a disgusting, hypocritical & deeply dishonest speech


Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 12:46:35 PM

Poll: "Poll: Who do you believe gave the most valuable testimony at"

It's the wrong question, since the whole thing was farcical


Friday, July 25, 2008 at 11:29:40 AM

Article: "Impeachment hearings underway now."

Too little, too late. And it is nothing more than a stunt.


Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 6:54:29 PM

Article: "Degrees of Significance: The Nomination of Barack Obama"

The essay asks, "will Obama....denounce the 'War on Terror'


Friday, July 18, 2008 at 11:47:33 AM

Poll: "Poll: Do You Support Cindy Sheehan's Campaign Run Against Na"

I'd sooner vote for a poodle than for Pelosi. I admire Cindy


Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 10:02:00 AM

Poll: "Poll: How do you feel about the New Yorker's satirical Obama"

It's distasteful, & not 'satire,' but I'm not outraged.


Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 9:30:14 AM

Diary: "Am I Going to be President?"

That's wild! // Question: Why is it called a 'viral' spoof?


Monday, July 14, 2008 at 11:11:04 AM

Quicklink: "Barack Obama NY Times Op-Ed: My Plan For Iraq"

Obama's plan stinks. It's Bushism-Lite, and even the "Lite"


Monday, July 14, 2008 at 9:51:08 AM

Article: "McCain's Phil Gramm is Worse than Obama's Rev. Wright"

Stephen, when you call someone "ignorant," it's smarter


Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 12:01:23 PM

Diary: "The War's Over Rambo: We Lost"

You're at least triply right about the Meyerson article.


Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 11:20:05 AM

Article: "Poll Shows 74% COULD Give Congress a Positive Rating; Tell U"

Here are 6 areas for work: 1) slashing military spending


Friday, July 11, 2008 at 9:13:29 AM

Article: "Conyers Floats Inherent Contempt for Rove and Pelosi Shifts"

I'd bet heavily that this will go nowhere. Here's why --


Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 1:09:08 PM

Article: "Paul Krugman and Blindness About the War and the Economy"

That's more accurate -- but still leaves out important


Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 10:32:34 AM

Article: "Paul Krugman and Blindness About the War and the Economy"

Right on most points, but wrong on one important point -


Monday, July 7, 2008 at 11:52:10 AM

Article: "Hands Off Obama"

Your article is just recycled 'Lesser-evilism' -- & this is


Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 10:34:11 AM

Poll: "Poll: I'm Holding Back on Contributing to Obama Because of h"

You're the one who should "stop and think." If the Dem


Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 1:20:49 PM

Article: "What's A Voter to Do?"

Why don't Repubs fear TV branding them as "right-wing nuts?"


Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 5:47:04 PM

Article: "We, the Salt of the Earth, Take Precedence"

I'd question 2 points here. First, the assertion that


Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 3:18:07 PM

Article: "What's So Special About Veterans?"

US society is unable to discuss this subject rationally.


Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 12:21:40 PM

Quicklink: "Report: Iran to Hit Israel if Attacked"

That would be almost like taking away the US's nukes - which


Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 9:29:40 PM

Article: "Ball Girls, Big Lies and Bombing Iran"

Terrifically good article, Mac. It would be hard to find


Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 3:58:36 PM

Article: "The Obama Problem"

OK, that's a lot better than what you wrote above. I agree


Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 1:26:03 PM

Article: "Primary Season Over, Barack Channels Hillary"

Lindorff's analysis is spot-on. I wonder how Dave now


Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 11:47:34 AM

Article: "The Obama Problem"

Re: "the extreme urgency of our situation..." -- You don't


Friday, June 27, 2008 at 11:06:04 PM

Article: "The Obama Problem"

I'm afraid you're really just kidding yourself. What you lay


Friday, June 27, 2008 at 1:32:20 PM

Article: "The Audacity of Arrogance"

I basically agree. I'd like to add that voting for Nader is


Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 11:38:47 AM

Quicklink: "Nader: Obama 'talking white'"

Nader is exactly right, as he usually is. There's no


Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 10:11:04 AM

Article: "What's Happening To Obama?"

He's showing his true colors -- typical Dem Party sellout.


Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 9:52:16 PM

Quicklink: "Senator Feingold Will Filibuster FISA"

PS - this has obvious relevance for those who argued that


Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 9:46:21 PM

Quicklink: "Senator Feingold Will Filibuster FISA"

Feingold's comments on impeachment were very revealing.


Monday, June 23, 2008 at 4:52:00 PM

Article: "Growing Right-Wing Chorus Backs Impeachment. When Will Pelos"

Pelosi's actions are not "baffling," the Dems are not being


Monday, June 23, 2008 at 11:31:50 AM

Quicklink: "The New Surveillance Bill: The Worst of Both Worlds"

It's not "Bush," Wolfie. The Dems agreed to this, & could


Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 10:25:52 PM

Article: "Democrats Have Legalized Bush's War Crimes"

A major part of this discussion that's frequently overlooked


Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 3:35:25 PM

Diary: "Dear Lindsey Graham, So?"

John, do you really believe Obama's $$$ comes mainly from


Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 1:35:13 PM

Diary: "Open Discussion Thread: Why do You think that Impeachment is"

The real issue is defense of Establishment interests, versus


Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 1:08:39 PM

Article: "Obama Campaign Vowed To Filibuster Any Telecom Immunity Bill"

Your letter to Burton is pretty good, but I think it must be


Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 10:59:07 AM

Quicklink: "Obama's support for the FISA "compromise""

A careful & well-reasoned analysis of Obama's cave-in --


Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 10:46:00 PM

Article: "FISA - Obama can choose to lose the War, but still fight the"

Obama has already sold out on the FISA bill.


Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 6:32:03 PM

Quicklink: "Jason Leopold: Top Dems Hand Bush Key Victories"

Anyone who believed the Democrats would "oppose" Bush


Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 5:56:42 PM

Quicklink: "Obama Supports FISA Legislation, Angering Left"

Let's quickly count up the number of major Obama sell-outs


Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 1:51:34 PM

Article: "June 22: The Noble Rage"

Powerful piece, Mark -- We must indeed cultivate our "Noble


Friday, June 20, 2008 at 4:44:50 PM

Quicklink: "Roll Call Votes for FISA Capitulation- Corp shills triumph"

Here's the RollCall - 105 Dems vote 'Yea', siding with 188


Friday, June 20, 2008 at 4:02:32 PM

Article: "Doug Dowd's "At the Cliff's Edge" - Part II"

I had the honor & privilege of being one of Doug Dowd's


Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 11:25:05 PM

Article: "Impeach Bush now?"

No Aurora, you don't quite have that right. Yes, it's true


Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 11:13:55 PM

Article: "Impeach Bush now?"

Reply to Brett's points: It's of course impossible to ever


Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 3:09:38 PM

Article: "Impeach Bush now?"

You're entitled to your wrong opinion, but Kucinich's action


Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 10:34:11 AM

Article: "Impeach Bush now?"

The 251 House votes McGovern cites were voting to BURY the


Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 11:17:36 AM

Article: "Do Democrats Like Peace?"

The most accurate way to view the 2 parties is that both are


Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 10:57:31 AM

Article: "My Tim Russert Article Generates Controversy"

I didn't see the death threats you got for criticizing Tim


Monday, June 16, 2008 at 7:01:00 PM

Quicklink: "Tim Russert and the decay of the American media"

This is a very astute analysis, in contrast to the nausea-


Monday, June 16, 2008 at 3:26:09 PM

Article: "Ducking Impeachment in Congress and the Newsroom"

Yesterday I saw a huge sign painted on a house in N Calif -


Friday, June 13, 2008 at 10:30:24 AM

Article: "Has Kucinich Exposed the Dems Complicity?"

I'm 110% for impeachment, but to imagine that Obama would


Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 12:06:47 PM

Article: "Kucinich Commments on Referral of Impeachment Resolution"

Look, Cheryl -- In 2004, Kucinich supported the prowar Kerry


Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 11:19:45 AM

Article: "Kucinich Commments on Referral of Impeachment Resolution"

Sorry to be a party pooper, but why is Kucinich agreeing to


Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 12:04:04 PM

Article: "Democracy Unfolds under Kucinich's Care: 35 Articles of Impe"

Sure, Jefferson would be for impeachment. I'm not in any way


Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 11:52:00 AM

Diary: ""Off The Table""

Pelosi is just as much a criminal as Bush & Cheney. She


Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 9:36:07 AM

Article: "Democracy Unfolds under Kucinich's Care: 35 Articles of Impe"

There's way too much celebration of Kucinich's initiative.


Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 9:27:41 AM

Article: "Democracy Unfolds under Kucinich's Care: 35 Articles of Impe"

You're the one who should "wake up."


Friday, June 6, 2008 at 2:48:24 PM

Article: "Time for Congress to Stand Up in it's Own Defense: Impeach B"

The Dems' refusal to impeach poses the question -- Do we as


Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 8:12:10 PM

Article: "Why Hillary Lost: She Failed to Share Her Heart's Stories"

What laughable drivel! If you go by Hillary-Math, you count


Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 4:37:27 PM

Article: "Why Hillary Lost: She Failed to Share Her Heart's Stories"

Terrible analysis. You're trying to read a moral into it,


Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 1:27:28 PM

Article: "Obama's Win ; How It Will Change the Leadership and Future o"

No change, except for the sleek new packaging.


Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 7:37:45 PM

Poll: "Poll: How Will Obama's Win Change The Democratic Party's Lea"

There will be no real change, except in the packaging of


Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 3:35:02 PM

Article: "On Line Petition to Remove Pelosi as Speaker of the House of"

I signed it, but it isn't just Pelosi -- it's most Dems in


Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 10:05:10 AM

Quicklink: "Waxman asks DoJ for Bush and Cheney FBI Interviews Of CIA Ou"

Needless to say, nothing will come of this. The Democrats'


Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 2:36:11 PM

Poll: "Poll: Will Impeachment Hearings Help or Hurt Obama and Democ"

I agree totally on the necessity of impeachment. These


Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 9:37:44 PM

Quicklink: "Obama Will Overturn Unconstitutional Bush Laws In First 100"

I doubt he'll do any such thing, since he supported many of


Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 4:24:02 PM

Diary: "Anti-war Resolution Passed by the Libertarian Party"

How about prosecution of those who led us to war?


Friday, May 30, 2008 at 6:56:12 PM

Diary: "A Post About the Future of the Libertarian Party"

It's a big subject. But roughly speaking, it's the idea of


Friday, May 30, 2008 at 12:54:45 PM

Diary: "A Post About the Future of the Libertarian Party"

Obama, a "socialist"? Don't use words you don't understand.


Friday, May 30, 2008 at 11:13:09 AM

Diary: "Libertarianism: Loveably Kooky or Dangerously Crazy?"

Have you ever heard of "logical fallacies"?


Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 10:20:53 AM

Quicklink: "Where Is the Outrage? By Robert Scheer"

Yes, I think those estimates are about right. The problem


Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 9:50:20 AM

Diary: "Libertarianism: Loveably Kooky or Dangerously Crazy?"

No, we don't agree. You didn't understand what I said!


Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 11:35:47 PM

Diary: "Libertarianism: Loveably Kooky or Dangerously Crazy?"

OK. First, about "only applies to countries not following


Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 11:11:06 PM

Article: "Poisonous Plutocracy Pushes Economic Inequality"

This is an excellent statement. The above responders are


Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 8:26:46 PM

Diary: "Libertarianism: Loveably Kooky or Dangerously Crazy?"

They're Un-loveably Kooky AND Dangerously Crazy.


Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 10:31:55 AM

Diary: "Barack Obama Mispeaks for the last time"

Infantile, dishonest & manufactured "outrage"


Monday, May 26, 2008 at 1:55:20 PM

Quicklink: "Bob Geiger: Dead Troops Remembered By President Who Had Them"

It's way too easy to blame it all on Bush. The Democrats


Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 8:36:37 PM

Article: "Jacoby Can't Handle the Truth"

Jacoby is a no-talent mediocrity. Regardless of what his


Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 8:18:42 PM

Quicklink: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr.- How the news media fails us (video)"

RFK Jr tells too much of the truth, & is thus a danger to


Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 1:04:32 PM

Article: "What Hillary's Kennedy Assassination Misstatement Really Mea"

I agree that it was an attempt to make the contest be about


Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 8:50:41 PM

Quicklink: "Biden: "This Is The Worst Administration In American Foreign"

So why doesn't Biden move to impeach? Why doesn't he


Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 3:57:58 PM

Article: "Why I'm Kinda Fonda Obama (And More So Each Week)"

Prof Green is a very polished point-maker, but how can he


Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 2:21:19 PM

Article: "Hillary Isn't Quite Ready For Prime Time"

Why are you being so gentle with this vicious monster?


Friday, May 23, 2008 at 10:20:17 PM

Article: "Bending Over For Bush - 21 Dems Help with $165 Bil."

There are actually more than 21 Dems in the War Party.


Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 5:17:11 PM

Quicklink: "Everything You Love You Owe to Capitalism"

Response to selected phrases --


Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 1:35:20 PM

Quicklink: "Pelosi: More must be done to stop Iran"

A useful reminder that Pelosi is no better than Bush, &


Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 12:42:04 PM

Quicklink: "Everything You Love You Owe to Capitalism"

Something's pathetically wrong with libertarians' brains.


Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 11:57:45 AM

Quicklink: "McCain Hits Obama's Ex-Terrorist Ties - Craig Crawford"

What a crock. Obama has plenty of shortcomings, but


Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 11:13:23 AM

Quicklink: "Matt Taibbi: If Cheney & Co. Had Really Plotted the 9/11 At"

Calling this "wickedly hilarious" would be an understatement


Monday, May 19, 2008 at 11:29:23 PM

Article: "What Are We Waiting For?"

I agree with these points, but doubt there's any "we" to


Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 2:29:06 PM

Article: "Triple Cross: How Britain Created the Arab-Israel Conflict"

This is actually an EXCELLENT response. There's far more


Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 2:15:08 PM

Diary: "Remembering the NAKBA on Democracy Now"

2 follow-up suggestions for those interested in this subject


Friday, May 16, 2008 at 7:52:19 PM

Quicklink: "Peggy Noonan: Republicans -- Pity Party"

Most of these criticisms are true, but Noonan is in no


Friday, May 16, 2008 at 6:26:54 PM

Diary: "Appeasement of Hitler"

Mark mentions the US ambassador to the USSR in the '30's,


Friday, May 16, 2008 at 5:01:56 PM

Article: "Rehabilitating Hillary Clinton"

The premise here makes no sense. The problem is not that


Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 10:54:18 PM

Article: "We Stopped the War Funding!"

No need; I accept your theory (the Al Jazeera link above)


Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 10:00:23 PM

Article: "We Stopped the War Funding!"

My guess on what happened here -- it's something that was


Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 8:46:07 PM

Diary: "I Agree with Bush . . . Stop Appeasing the Terrorists!"

Those comments are interesting, but you still didn't answer


Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 8:12:14 PM

Article: "We Stopped the War Funding!"

Here's the actual roll call link - it was 149-141 with


Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 2:41:18 PM

Quicklink: "In Speech Before Israeli Parliament, Bush Compares Democrats"

The Democrats are Nazi-appeasers, all right, but the


Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 2:09:00 PM

Diary: "I Agree with Bush . . . Stop Appeasing the Terrorists!"

Tom, do you hope Bush will attack Iran? Do you think it's


Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 11:26:37 AM

Quicklink: "Lieberman On Bush Comparing Democrats To Nazi-Appeasers: "˜T"

Yes, but Kerry is no better, either. What's most truly


Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 2:39:24 PM

Diary: "Who are YOUR Heroes?"

Also: Pete Seeger, R.P. Feynman, Emma Goldman, the vets of


Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 1:04:37 PM

Diary: "Who are YOUR Heroes?"

Chomsky, Zinn, MLK, Lenin, Trotsky, Eleanor Roosevelt,


Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 5:41:54 PM

Quicklink: "Jon Stewart Interviews Douglas Feith"

Very good interview. Note that Stewart, a "comedian", asks


Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 1:13:43 PM

Article: "Hillary Clinton, John McCain and the "Stupid" Vote"

You know your country's in trouble when a leading candidate


Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 11:20:35 AM

Quicklink: "Congressional Democrats plan three-stage charade to pass Ira"

The R's could never have done it, with the Dems' complicity.


Monday, May 12, 2008 at 11:59:18 PM

Quicklink: "Kathy Bay Malloy: Barack's Religion Problem"

Oops, my mistake. Sorry --


Monday, May 12, 2008 at 10:32:29 PM

Quicklink: "Kathy Bay Malloy: Barack's Religion Problem"

(Actually, this article was already posted this morning, at


Monday, May 12, 2008 at 9:40:52 PM

Article: "Slimy Love 4: In Your Face. A Monologue Of An Angry Jew"

Barbara, I'm afraid you're kidding yourself. What Mark is


Monday, May 12, 2008 at 12:35:34 PM

Article: "McCain Is Dangerous"

No, this is all a bunch of hackneyed baloney. It's simply a


Monday, May 12, 2008 at 10:19:35 AM

Quicklink: "President Apostate?"

This is a remarkably vile article, whose main value is as a


Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 4:01:15 PM

Poll: "Poll: UFO and Exterrestrial Articles on OpEdNews?"

It's like doing articles on Britney Spears. Our consumer


Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 12:56:46 PM

Article: "Jon Stewart asks the Right Question"

Granted, it's funny - but Bush is only a "moron" in a very


Friday, May 9, 2008 at 7:38:19 PM

Article: "After Hillary, Voting With Conscience and Pride"

I have some suggestions for you. First, no one is going to


Friday, May 9, 2008 at 1:43:42 PM

Article: "After Hillary, Voting With Conscience and Pride"

I agree with much of this, but you contradict your generally


Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 3:50:15 PM

Article: "I, Too, Have Been Damaged by the Evil Bushite Forces"

There's something wrong with anyone who hasn't been affected


Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 10:06:57 AM

Quicklink: "The delusion of markets"

Well, yes and no. Actually, in an ominous way, the markets


Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 9:54:53 AM

Diary: "Martin Luther King, Jr. Was A Republican!"

You can "prove" anything by cherry-picking the facts. Doing


Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 2:02:17 PM

Article: "May 9. Glory and Sorrow."

Yes! -- Gratitude to the Russian soldiers, who won WWII.


Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 9:54:11 AM

Poll: "Poll: Should Hillary drop out of the race?"

Yes, because she's a disgusting liar, & family dynasties


Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 9:35:36 AM

Article: "Investigate the Pentagon Pundit Program"

Oh, you noticed that, did you?! How terribly perceptive.


Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 8:27:04 PM

Quicklink: "Democrats Set to Defy Bush on War Bill"

The title of this article is completely misleading.


Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 8:06:21 PM

Diary: "Predictions for North Carolina and Indiana - Obama on Top"

So far, both your predictions look pretty good!


Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 5:50:04 PM

Article: "Why you should not support the parties or their candidates."

This article was part of testimony given before a House


Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 11:28:23 AM

Article: "Ashamed to be American"

Mr Beach is clearly the type of American who makes Gitmo &


Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 9:29:13 PM

Diary: "Parasites: Real and Imagined"

Our society is full of very real parasites -- including the


Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 6:52:27 PM

Quicklink: "Who Will Tell the People? Thomas L. Friedman"

(just to note: this article was already posted, a few items


Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 3:48:57 PM

Quicklink: "Thomas Friedman: Who Will Tell the People?"

This isn't much of an 'endorsement,' & most of it is drivel.


Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 10:29:43 PM

Article: "Was Stalinism Nationalistic? A Review Article"

Well, let me explain it to you, Barbara.


Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 2:32:19 PM

Article: "Perhaps the most important editorial in the US today"

Hmm. You say "America is being destroyed by diversity," &


Friday, May 2, 2008 at 8:20:16 PM

Article: "American and Israeli War Crimes: Same Atrocities, Different"

Other than on your own ignorance & dishonesty, on what do


Friday, May 2, 2008 at 10:45:05 AM

Article: ""Long National Nightmare" is What Obama Should Be Talking Ab"

To speak "vividly of how profoundly wrong-spirited America


Friday, May 2, 2008 at 9:49:18 AM

Diary: "ECONOMY TANKS--DOW-JONES BREAKS 13,000"

The Fed's bailout meant the US govt was now in the business


Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 11:38:41 AM

Article: "Rev. Wright's Comments: The "Unintended" Benefits To Obama"

Tom moves towards a core issue here, when he writes


Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 9:28:06 PM

Article: "Rev. Wright's Comments: The "Unintended" Benefits To Obama"

No, Wright meant exactly what he said, & it isn't going to


Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 11:52:34 AM

Article: "Barack knocks Rev. Wright's remarks out of the ballpark"

Aside from his remarks on AIDS, can you specifically point


Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 8:13:25 PM

Article: "Barack knocks Rev. Wright's remarks out of the ballpark"

By the way, the above article is a crock of silly BS.


Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 7:29:22 PM

Article: "Barack knocks Rev. Wright's remarks out of the ballpark"

The main point people should take away from today's sad


Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 3:16:49 PM

Article: "Barack Ends His Relationship With Rev. Wright"

I disagree with your interpretation. What has really


Monday, April 28, 2008 at 11:25:09 PM

Article: "Hello? Hello? Helllloooo?"

With all respect to john & Joel, you guys are not allaying


Monday, April 28, 2008 at 1:58:27 PM

Article: "Fastened To A Dying Animal: a short jeremiad regarding that"

One of your sentences is perhaps all too accurate -


Monday, April 28, 2008 at 1:32:02 PM

Article: "Hello? Hello? Helllloooo?"

You say that the "scrutiny" attending such a historic event


Monday, April 28, 2008 at 10:44:59 AM

Article: "Hello? Hello? Helllloooo?"

Why is it "bogus & irrational" to fear that a convention


Monday, April 28, 2008 at 10:12:14 AM

Poll: "Poll: Has Reverend Wright Helped or Hurt Obama with Talks an"

Probably no difference. Those who were "offended" by the


Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 4:27:22 PM

Quicklink: "Ralph Nader: Disintegration is Everywhere"

To criticize Nader for "ego" is ludicrous. ALL those who


Friday, April 25, 2008 at 12:36:20 PM

Article: "Spoiling the Party: Clinton and the Michigan and Florida Vot"

"Spoiling" the Dem Party would be immensely constructive,


Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 11:05:29 AM

Article: "The Agenda Behind the Hoax; What the Iraq War is About"

These arguments are worth considering, but why would the


Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 8:39:20 PM

Article: "For the Good of the Party and America, an Obama-Clinton Demo"

Hillary is not only unworthy, she wouldn't accept the VP


Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 6:12:43 PM

Article: "Rounding Out the Pennsylvania Primary Story"

Though I admit I was impressed by Obama's dignified refusal


Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 12:21:09 PM

Article: "How Hillary Can Knock-Out Obama"

Yeah, except Hillary isn't the slightest bit interested in


Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 12:03:09 AM

Quicklink: "Bush's disapproval rating worst of any president in 70 years"

I agree with your explanation (as far as it goes), but would


Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 2:56:29 PM

Article: "What About the War, Benedict?"

I guess "His Holiness" can't be bothered with "minor issues"


Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 1:23:46 PM

Quicklink: "Clinton on Iran Attack: 'Obliterate Them'"

Hillary is a repulsive sociopath. Anyone who talks like this


Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 7:19:46 PM

Article: "Clinton Slams "Activist Base of the Democratic Party"--Priva"

In effect, you did indeed "call people names."


Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 5:47:19 PM

Article: "Clinton Slams "Activist Base of the Democratic Party"--Priva"

The article itself is full of ludicrous claims, such as --


Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 2:39:51 PM

Article: "Clinton Slams "Activist Base of the Democratic Party"--Priva"

Are you under the misimpression that you're being clever?


Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 9:36:35 PM

Quicklink: "Top Neocon Calls For Destruction Of Constitution"

I've never heard of Philip Bobbitt, but there's a Wikipedia


Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 6:09:25 PM

Article: "The Main Debate Question; This is a Debate?"

I only watched a few minutes, but in those minutes, I saw 2


Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 4:46:54 PM

Article: "51 to 11: The Odds That ABC Knows How To Run A Presidential"

For that matter, it's well past time for a General Strike,


Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 1:44:29 PM

Diary: "ABC Dem Debate a Disgrace"

Yes, but look -- they're all the same. CBS, for example, is


Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 11:31:41 AM

Article: "Obama Wins an unusual Wednesday night Debate"

There's no doubt that the focus on "Bitter, Pastor Wright,


Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 10:19:14 PM

Quicklink: "Closing in on Bush's Torture Cabal: Who Will Take the Fall?"

No one will take the fall. There's no such thing as "being


Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 6:00:46 PM

Article: "The Expulsion Libel: 1948 Arab "Exodus" Reconsidered"

Here's a letter written by Einstein, Hannah Arendt & many


Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 11:57:08 AM

Diary: "HELP THE VICTIM OR PUNISH THE THIEF? HOUSING SOLUTIONS GET I"

The necessity of putting these SOB's in jail can't be


Monday, April 14, 2008 at 12:18:31 PM

Article: "Right Wing, Assisted By NY Times, Labels Obama "Elite""

I agree with the author, but am not sure it will "backfire"


Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 11:43:01 AM

Article: "Finding Voters 'Bitter and Frustrated,' Obama is Sounding Li"

The NYT is claiming Obama is "on the defensive" about this;


Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 2:00:44 PM

Article: "If Obama becomes President, no forgiving and forgetting!"

So, I take it you'd oppose the Nuremberg Trials?


Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 1:27:08 PM

Article: "Israel- A Haunted Land"

This is a real jewel of an essay. Thanks, Mark --


Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 8:11:39 PM

Quicklink: "Israeli minister threatens “destruction of the Iranian natio"

Why do you say "the radical Muslims in Iran are warmongers"?


Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 11:17:20 AM

Article: "Musings on the Fed"

The power shift from Washington to Wall St is an inevitable


Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 5:45:30 PM

Diary: "A Fishmonger Sells Fish. A Warmonger Sells War. Obama Distan"

Those are good questions, but to find an answer you'd have


Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 4:00:14 PM

Article: "Remember: They Are Liars"

Yes, they are. So why haven't the Dems started impeachment


Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 12:17:34 AM

Article: "Losing the War for Reality"

Despite my great respect for Robt Parry, I take issue with


Monday, April 7, 2008 at 3:14:42 PM

Article: "RELOCATE OLYMPIC GAMES, DON'T BOYCOTT"

The real concern of this former White House propagandist


Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 10:54:29 AM

Article: "An Open Letter to University of California at Berkeley Chanc"

His name is spelled "Birgeneau." He's a Canadian physicist,


Friday, April 4, 2008 at 1:00:38 PM

Article: "An Open Letter to University of California at Berkeley Chanc"

Here's a revealing quote from one of Yoo's torture memos,


Friday, April 4, 2008 at 12:03:38 PM

Article: "Saving the American Left: The Case for a New Progressive Cre"

Let's look at your own internal contradictions,


Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 1:02:08 PM

Article: "Is It Time for the Peace Movement to Start Protesting Senato"

You're suggesting that there will be a "Step Two," where he


Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 11:14:32 AM

Article: "If We Go To War With Iran, Who Will You Blame?"

"We have met the enemy, and he is us."


Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 10:27:02 AM

Article: "Pelosi Preparing to Refuse Further Iraq Funding"

I'd bet good money that this is just an April Fool's joke.


Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:39:24 PM

Diary: "Isn't it about time..."

I agree, but for a slightly different reason -- Hillary is


Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:21:09 PM

Diary: "Farmer John Explains the Art of Politics"

I like it!


Friday, March 28, 2008 at 1:10:26 PM

Diary: "Please Name the Special Interests because our politicians re"

The phrase means "Bad guys who shall remain nameless."


Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:34:43 AM

Diary: "Is The Democratic Party Imploding? Open Thread"

On the contrary, it's the LACK of "extremist diatribe" that


Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 6:43:11 PM

Diary: "Is The Democratic Party Imploding? Open Thread"

The DP is unfortunately not imploding - at least, not fast


Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 1:55:01 PM

Article: "Five Years of a Disastrous War and the Bills are Coming Due"

Re: "pitchforks and torches march on the White House" --


Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 11:59:45 AM

Quicklink: "Full Text: Barack Obama's Philadelphis Speech 18 March 2008"

I'm sorry to see people swallowing the phony "unity" pitch.


Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 8:07:29 PM

Quicklink: ""Liberalism is Gone""

This article asks an important question, but provides no


Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 3:28:35 PM

Article: "WINTER SOLDIER BLACKOUT CONTINUES: Look in the Mirror Americ"

You just can't watch this testimony without weeping --


Monday, March 17, 2008 at 7:35:18 PM

Article: "Commulism and the Bear Stearns Fiasco: Cancel the Stimulus P"

Right on the small stuff, but 100% wrong on the big picture.


Monday, March 17, 2008 at 2:36:07 PM

Article: "Outrageous - Taxpayers Bail Out Bear Stearns; JP Morgan Buys"

Amusingly, as I write, the US stock market is actually UP!


Monday, March 17, 2008 at 12:32:56 PM

Diary: "MUGGED ON WALL STREET--HOW YOU AND I MADE J.P. MORGAN RICH(E"

The fact that "nary a bleat was heard" with a sheep-shearing


Monday, March 17, 2008 at 11:03:10 AM

Article: "The Inconvenient Truths of Reverend Wright"

Rev. Wright was right, all right.


Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 6:38:14 PM

Diary: "Obama is a Big Skinny Liar"

Which statement of Wright's do you consider "ludicrous"?


Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 3:01:13 PM

Diary: "ANSWER TO A POSTED 'COMMENT'"

I agree with both of you - that the wrong people are in jail


Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 2:19:00 PM

Article: "Censorship and the Anemic State of Political Discourse in Am"

You point out the basic conundrum here: Obama (or any


Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 1:52:00 PM

Diary: "What is the Difference Between the M