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The author was once the 18-year-old candidate for U.S. President ('84) and later the founder of the China Support Network, post-Tiananmen Square.

www.chinasupport.net

OpEdNews Member for 273 week(s) and 2 day(s)

59 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 149 Comments, 42 Diaries, 1 Polls

Public Diaries

Personal Diaries

42 Diaries

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Why Obama Fails
(1 comments) And how to turn things around on health care

Sunday, November 29, 2009
War Criminal Obama Announces a Troop Decision
(1 comments) The view from a human rights campaigner

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
CSN publishes letter to Obama re: China trip upcoming this month
(2 comments) The President will visit Asia Nov. 12-19 and China on the 15th-18th. In an open letter published today, the China Support Network has some advice for Obama and for a CNN anchorman.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Rep.Chris Smith (R-NJ) chides China on its October 1 anniversary
Congressman Chris Smith Remembers the Victims of 60 Years of Communist Rule in China

Thursday, September 3, 2009
I Expect To Oppose Obama's Health Reform
Really quickly, here is my short-and-sweet stance on health care reform.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tiananmen Repercussions Continue
A public statement on behalf of the China Support Network

Thursday, August 27, 2009
Implications for younger Americans of the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy
Senator Kennedy left behind some work for the younger generation(s) of Americans.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Give Me Death Panels, Or Give Me Liberty!
I am truly and genuinely sitting on the fence as I contemplate this decision. Do I support death panels? Or do I support my fellow Americans?

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Practical Idealism on Health Reform
From a one time alternative presidential candidate, here is a practical idealist's plan for U.S. health care reform.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Crackdowns in China prompt rally on National Mall in DC
Announcement for rally - speech - concert

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Obama offers more malarkey that I'm not buying
(2 comments) Sheesh.

Friday, April 17, 2009
MSNBC Gets It All Wrong This Week
(2 comments) Cancel my subscription to MSNBC!

Saturday, March 14, 2009
Down With CNBC! Up With David Sirota!
(1 comments) In these troubled times, I feel that it is worthwhile to change the media. One suggestion for such change is below.

Friday, March 13, 2009
Free Tibet and Chinese Democracy unite?
This diary includes a speech given by the Federation for Democracy in China - given in Dharamsala, India to supporters of the Free Tibet cause, who this week marked the 50th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day.

Friday, February 27, 2009
Have we suffered from Clintonomics or Boomernomics?
Should the globalization of "free trade" be called Clintonomics, or Boomernomics?

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I refuse to unify!
These thoughts came to me on Inauguration Day.

Friday, November 7, 2008
The United States Must Withdraw From The WTO
Just my unsolicited advice on how to run the country.

Monday, November 3, 2008
The Legacy of Jennings, Brokaw, and Rather
(2 comments) An analysis.

Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Economy, Stupid
With economic answers so easy to come by, the author is losing patience with nervous nellies.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Lizard versus Lizard in tonight's debate
(3 comments) Americans should stand up for themselves, rather than just take another Madison Avenue debate.

Friday, October 3, 2008
Final thoughts before the House vote
They are trying again to mug America.

Thursday, October 2, 2008
October Surprise: Obama Mugs America
(1 comments) Continued attempts at the mugging of the American taxpayer have now been aided and abetted by 74 U.S. Senators, including Obama and McCain.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Hail to the Thief: the Pick Pocket In Chief has spoken
(4 comments)

Monday, September 15, 2008
"Please Explain The U.S. News Media."
(1 comments) I got the call.

Friday, September 12, 2008
"That's not journalism. That's cowardice."
(1 comments) A blanket of shame continues to descend upon CNN, the U.S. "news" network.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
AP and Reuters on the fritz
Sacrilege! was the charge levelled at AP and Reuters in this archive article, retrieved from 2006. Beijing, AP, and Reuters appeared to be "pulling a big sham" as Communist propaganda crossed the newswires.

Thursday, September 4, 2008
CNN: Death for you is fine by them
(3 comments)

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Two parties? CNN? Boo hiss!
(1 comments) It's good to oppose the two party system, and CNN.

Saturday, August 23, 2008
Biden: Smart Guy, Wrong on PNTR
(1 comments) Joe Biden fits right in.

Saturday, July 19, 2008
The Olympic Crisis of 2008
(7 comments) They can't hide in August.

Friday, July 11, 2008
In Defense of John McCain's 'Natural born citizenship'
(2 comments) Here is a hypothetical test: Is McCain a 'natural born' citizen anywhere else?

Friday, June 13, 2008
Good vs. Evil at the Tipping Point
(1 comments) This is a "Week in Review" summary, with my take concerning June 9-13. In the battle of good vs. evil, this week was quite a reversal -- evil got three setbacks.

Saturday, May 31, 2008
Shame on Anderson Cooper!
(16 comments) I continue to remain unhappy at MSM -- Media Sadly Mistaken. Here is another blast of that.

Friday, May 23, 2008
Diplomatic demarche called for by China Support Network
Condoleeza Rice is addressed in this open letter.

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Hip Hip Hooray!!!
I second the sentiment as Ralph Nader calls for Bush/Cheney to resign!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Heck of a job, Commie
(12 comments) It's about the news media.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Generations
Setting the record straight about how to discern Boomers from Xers from Millennials

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Bigots of the U.S. news media
(2 comments) Musings about the media

Monday, April 14, 2008
Seething at United States network TV "journalists"
(4 comments) News media coverage now suggests that a Tibetan life is worth something, but a Falun Gong life is not. To the Falun Gong and to Chinese dissidents, America's MSM owes an apology.

Sunday, March 2, 2008
Attention CNN: Please Fire Bill Schneider
No matter how you feel about Ralph Nader, the matters at issue here are democratic rights of both candidates and voters. The author calls for CNN to let go Bill Schneider based on his branding Nader a "public nuisance."

Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Will I Die In A Food Riot?
Energy was a focus of the politics of practical idealism in the 1980s. The issue has become hot again, and the author reviews the situation.

Thursday, April 12, 2007
Imus is the new Pluto
'Tis better to be Plutoed than to be Imused!

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