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26 Articles, 133 Quick Links, 434 Comments, 167 Diaries, 0 Polls

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Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 10:26:15 AM

Article : "2012: Where do we go from here?"

Are you going to speak out on Obama's signing of the NDAA?


Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 8:24:55 PM

Article : "Urging Obama to Stop Rush to Iran War"

Why bother to 'urge' Obama to do anything?


Friday, December 23, 2011 at 1:11:50 PM

Quicklink : "Paul Krugman: The Post-Truth Campaign"

News Media Complicit in Rampant Corruption


Monday, September 26, 2011 at 6:33:28 AM

Article : "Occupy Wall Street: Day 9 - 200+ Arrested - MSM Finally Wak"

I don't see MSM 'waking up'


Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 6:13:46 PM

Article : "What in the World is Going On?"

This is anti-christ thinking


Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:40:48 PM

Article : "We Are So Screwed-- So Let's Not Take It Lying Down"

New Christmas song: "I saw Barry kissing gansta arse"


Monday, December 13, 2010 at 9:17:10 PM

Article : "We Are So Screwed-- So Let's Not Take It Lying Down"

Good Article, Rob Kall. You hit the bullseye with this one


Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 1:48:21 PM

Article : "PROGRESSIVES: WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT?"

I agree up to a point


Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 10:35:32 AM

Article : "'R'Oil Indignation"

The oil needs to hit England's coasts


Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 11:40:08 AM

Article : "Was it a Non-Violent Flotilla or Intentionally Violent, Even"

Rob, I saw interview on PBS


Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 3:08:49 PM

Article : "Not in My Jewish Name."

Bless you Rob Kall for speaking truth to power


Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 2:27:39 AM

Article : "The Tea Party as Shock Troops for Those in Power"

How much of Tea Party is funded by Koch Industries?


Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 2:27:34 AM

Article : "The Tea Party as Shock Troops for Those in Power"

How much of Tea Party is funded by Koch Industries?


Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 3:36:40 AM

Article : "Ann Coulter Confronted by Canadians for Racist Comments"

It is a sad commentary on US public


Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 8:53:15 AM

Article : "Karl Rove: Is Outing an Anti-Terrorist Expert Patriotic?"

Well said


Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 8:36:12 AM

Article : "Karl Rove: Is Outing an Anti-Terrorist Expert Patriotic?"

You're right about GOP filibustering and bullying.


Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 11:47:18 PM

Article : "Karl Rove: Is Outing an Anti-Terrorist Expert Patriotic?"

Why isn't the right called out on its lies, distortions etc?


Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 11:36:08 PM

Article : "Karl Rove: Is Outing an Anti-Terrorist Expert Patriotic?"

You bet I do


Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 11:24:15 PM

Article : "A Trillion Here, a Trillion There"

A Few Questions


Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 2:10:24 PM

Article : "Karl Rove: Is Outing an Anti-Terrorist Expert Patriotic?"

Rove still at it


Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 6:54:59 PM

Article : "PHOTO ESSAY: The Anti-War March in DC, Mar 20, 2010, Part 2"

Thanks 4 the fine photos and giving us what MSM won't cover


Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 1:53:48 PM

Article : "Raise Taxes and Cut Services? Why Not Stop Unneccesary Bailo"

I say the same thing as you every day and they NEVER answer


Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 5:58:04 AM

Article : "The Moral Problem of Neocons like Bunning Who Love to Cut Of"

Will you apply the same "pay go" standards to the GOP?


Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 4:42:18 AM

Article : "The ghastly dangers of unregulated derivatives trading"

Read this: Experts predict even worse collapse is coming


Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 6:16:23 AM

Article : "Five Supremes: Corrupt to the Core"

A letter from Alan Grayson


Monday, January 4, 2010 at 12:15:10 AM

Tweet : "The Perils of Passivity"

Tweet: The Perils of Passivity: http://bit.ly/5fHCQ8


Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 12:49:40 PM

Tweet : "Dennis Kucinich: US War Presidents ignore Congress & Constit"

Tweet: Change you can believe in? More like "you can be ignored"


Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 12:16:49 PM

Article : "Israel Rules"

What are you? Some kind of apologist for Iran?


Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 8:56:39 PM

Tweet : "No Chance Obama's Afghan War Will End Well"

Tweet: Who runs USA? The People or the Pentagon?


Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 11:49:29 AM

Tweet : "Radio Interview Download With Daniel Ellsberg; Obama's Decep"

Tweet: Daniel Ellsburg speaks out on Afghanistan


Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 11:45:15 AM

Diary : "Radio Interview Download With Daniel Ellsberg; Obama's Decep"

Oh wow! This interview is dynamite. THANK YOU Rob


Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 3:29:41 PM

Tweet : "The Democrats' Health 'Reform' Bill: Kill It Before It Comes"

Tweet: No Public Option, No Mandate either


Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 3:06:21 PM

Tweet : "The Democrats' Health 'Reform' Bill: Kill It Before It Comes"

Tweet: No Public Option? Then NO mandate, NO Afghan War


Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 4:45:47 PM

Tweet : "Gravel's Lament: Fighting Another Dumb War"

Tweet: Watch this


Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 11:57:56 AM

Tweet : "China and U.S. Hit Strident Impasse at Climate Talks"

Tweet: Tweetie Pies in a Gilded Cage


Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8:54:14 PM

Article : "The Solution for the Big Holdup on a Public Option is..."

Socialism vs. Private Sector


Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8:51:14 PM

Article : "Why the Silence on Escalation?"

Your answer isn't more than halfway helpful


Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8:40:07 PM

Article : "Why the Silence on Escalation?"

I'll tell you why I wasn't there


Friday, December 4, 2009 at 10:37:49 AM

Article : "Pretense of an Afghanistan Exit Plan"

Obama Interruptus


Friday, December 4, 2009 at 10:09:54 AM

Article : "What Is Obama Getting Us into in Afghanistan?"

Obama Interruptus


Friday, December 4, 2009 at 10:08:46 AM

Article : "Keeping troops in Afghanistan violates U.S. law"

How can we get Congress to stop funding for this war?


Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 10:14:27 AM

Article : "At West Point, Anti-War Protesters Voice Their Dissent"

Watch


Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 9:49:20 AM

Article : "Doubletalk on Afghanistan: War is Peace; Escalation is Withd"

Our ruling elite is criminal and out of control


Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 8:26:43 AM

Article : "Comcast-NBC Merger: Just Say No; Analysis of Proposed Deal R"

I've written my Representatives and Said "No" but what now?


Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 11:40:41 PM

Article : "The End of the Obama Administration"

What are you talking about.


Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 6:56:33 AM

Article : "More War But Still No Jobs"

Well stated.


Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 5:33:44 AM

Diary : "The real Obama emerges"

I feel betrayed and my trust violated. I had believed Obama


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:38:28 PM

Article : "The End of the Obama Administration"

You echo the sentiments of many of us


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:28:00 PM

Poll : "Poll: Did Obama Persuade You the US Needs to Send More Troop"

This escalation is based on fantasy assumptions


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:21:16 PM

Article : "38 Antiwar Groups to Obama: No Escalation! Troops Home Now!"

Here's the gist of what we are doing over there


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 5:52:16 PM

Quicklink : "How the War Hawks Caged Obama - Robert Parry"

Obama is supposed to be the boss


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:55:55 AM

Article : "An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore"

Obama becomes O-Bushma with One Speech Tonight


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:45:05 AM

Article : "Failure to Embrace Power; Obama's, Democrats' Betrayal"

They will never "stand up". Benchmarks are merely a Fig-Leaf


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:28:45 AM

Article : "Tonight Obama's escalation will be IMMEDIATELY opposed"

'Change we can believe in"


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 1:24:13 AM

Article : "The Tiger Woods Beatdown"

One more comment


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 1:20:26 AM

Article : "The Tiger Woods Beatdown"

The Relevance of our Mainstream Media


Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 1:08:25 AM

Quicklink : "Obama orders 30-35,000 more troops for Afghanistan, surge to"

Old Vietnam Era Song Fits Afghanistan-War_Here it is_Updated


Monday, November 30, 2009 at 9:38:19 PM

Article : "Afghanistan: Our 177th Colony"

Updated Country Joe & The Fish "Fixin to Die Rag"


Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 2:18:00 PM

Article : "President Obama prepares to “finish the job” and follow "

Old Pete Seeger Song is also an Allegory for Afghanistan


Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 2:09:30 PM

Quicklink : "Taxing the Speculators by Paul Krugman"

All the more reason to tax them


Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 7:53:16 PM

Diary : "Doubling Down on Afghanistan is a Dumb Ass Idea. Obama is Ou"

Excellent! Well said.


Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 1:21:34 PM

Tweet : "Tweet: Any involvement in Afghanistan is futile.: http://bit"

Afghanistan is Foolish Waste of Money and Lives


Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 1:20:20 PM

Tweet : "Any involvement in Afghanistan is futile."

Tweet: Any involvement in Afghanistan is futile.: http://bit.ly/7cNWny


Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 9:51:25 PM

Diary : "Scientific paper points to possible laboratory origin of swi"

It makes one wonder


Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 9:29:39 PM

Diary : "Comments from the blogosphere (in NY Times) RE Obama adding"

Thank you for what you wrote.


Friday, November 20, 2009 at 9:55:21 AM

Quicklink : "Eliot Spitzer: Obama Economic Policies Ineffective, A Contin"

We Abide Other Criminals, Why Not Spitzer


Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 8:05:26 AM

Article : "The Ugly Truth about Jobs"

Even Slave Owners provided jobs for their slaves


Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 8:01:31 AM

Article : "The Ugly Truth about Jobs"

Trillions for War but not One Cent for American citizens


Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 7:54:17 AM

Tweet : "Tweet: The Ugly Truth about Jobs: http://bit.ly/4DHhEc"

Trillions for War but not One Cent for American citizens


Friday, November 13, 2009 at 5:11:08 PM

Article : "Get Tough, Obama"

Good Video on Subject


Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 2:21:12 AM

Article : "Obama Rejects all Four Afghanistan Plans"

You said it elegantly, succinctly : "cluster-f**k"


Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:48:37 PM

Article : "Top-down blowback; The GOP Discovers that the Grassroots Bit"

Phil, Who are You?


Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:50:17 PM

Article : "Guaranteed; Initial Senate Bill Will Not Have A Public Optio"

This song is dedicated to Barack Obama and the "Centrists"


Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:50:47 PM

Article : "General McCrystal challenges the President's authority; who"

The Soviets had 500,000 and couldn't win


Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:48:04 PM

Article : "General McCrystal challenges the President's authority; who "

Obama needs to take a page from Harry Truman


Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:45:56 PM

Article : "America's Love Affair with Obama; Showing Signs of Fraying"

HuffPost's Bob Cesca says the following. It is worth a read.


Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 1:40:13 AM

Article : "The Health Care Reform Republicans Want"

Republican Theme Song


Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 3:09:11 AM

Quicklink : "BREAKING: Eight US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Bomb Attack"

This whole war is a non-starter, a loser and a quagmire.


Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:02:39 AM

Article : "Iraq and Afghanistan: black holes swallowing the wealth of A"

One more comment


Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 8:56:31 AM

Article : "Iraq and Afghanistan: black holes swallowing the wealth of A"

sorry the link didn't work


Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 8:52:58 AM

Article : "Iraq and Afghanistan: black holes swallowing the wealth of A"

Great Post: Thank you. It needs to be said


Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 8:48:00 AM

Quicklink : "Obama: Won't rush Afghan decision"

Link for above comment


Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 8:29:22 AM

Quicklink : "Obama: Won't rush Afghan decision"

Senior Official Resigns Citing Futility of Afghanistan War


Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 6:44:30 AM

Article : "MoveOn.org takes the fudge, in Iraq and Afghanistan"

You Projectors forget the role of the GOP in all this.


Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 2:02:12 AM

Quicklink : "Taliban threaten Afghan voters in November runoff"

Fallacies Upon Which Our Afghanistan Policy is Based


Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 9:45:52 AM

Quicklink : "McCain introduces bill to block Net neutrality"

Here's my assessment of John McCain aka "Songbird McCain"


Monday, October 19, 2009 at 1:07:51 AM

Diary : "Press Using Questions As Headlines to Undermine Obama"

Thank you for the tip on Axelrod Interview with Stephan-etc


Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 3:42:27 AM

Quicklink : "Sharpton pondering lawsuit against Limbaugh"

Good for Reverend Al


Friday, October 16, 2009 at 6:35:55 AM

Article : "A Trail of Failed Policies and Lost Battles"

U.S.must get out of Afghanistan/stop meddling in Pakistan


Friday, October 16, 2009 at 5:41:19 AM

Article : "Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Decision Points"

How bad would things be if the U.S. just got out?


Friday, October 16, 2009 at 5:10:49 AM

Diary : "Limbaugh The Master of Slander Assumes Mantle of the Victimi"

You stop playing into ignoring real evil done by this man


Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 4:52:47 AM

Article : "GOOD MORNING, DEPRESSION - Thank You, Rush Limbaugh"

Rush, Knight of Whiteness and Defender of Right-Wing-Hate


Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 1:36:55 PM

Diary : "Obama's War: Thoughts"

Amen to EVERYTHING you said


Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 2:46:10 AM

Article : "Workers to Obama: No Recovery in Sight"

Recovery for the Rich, not for us Average People


Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 2:41:12 AM

Quicklink : "Schwarzenegger Joins in Support of Health Care Reform"

You know why he supports it?


Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 12:09:59 PM

Article : "Yellow City? Spineless Cowards Almost Everywhere in DC"

I'm glad you're God, Perry.


Monday, October 5, 2009 at 8:00:19 AM

Article : "Yellow City? Spineless Cowards Almost Everywhere in DC"

Well Stated.


Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 2:38:40 PM

Article : "Grayson: the New Face of the Democratic Party?"

One wishes that Grayson's model, not Baucus's be adopted


Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 2:22:27 PM

Diary : "I THINK IT IS TIME TO NATIONALIZE CIGNA & A FEW OTHER INSURA"

I agree and would go even further


Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 3:50:57 AM

Article : "Copenhagen: Obama Better Go Back"

Obama likes to gallavant

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