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I live in the Pacific Northwest and I am interested in current affairs.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Obamabots Should Be Renamed "Alibi Ike".
Those who support Obama instead of primarying him might as well become Republicans.

Sunday, March 21, 2010
Hating "Obama-Care" Neocons Advocate "Don't-care"

Monday, March 8, 2010
I Hate What Americans Have Become
(5 comments) This is a 'rant' posted by an anonymous blogger on Craigslist and re-tweeted to my Twitter by a follower. I am reposting it here. I didn't write it.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Here We Go Again--A message from Alan Grayson

Friday, January 22, 2010
Alan Grayson asks if you'll please sign the "Save Democracy" petition in response to SCOTUS

Sunday, December 20, 2009
Old Song From 40's Fits GOP to a tee. Give it a listen right here

Saturday, December 5, 2009
Senator Dianne Feinstein Getting ready for big cuts in Social Security and Medicare To Help Pay for Bailouts and the War
(1 comments)

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Cash for Karzai over there_Zilch for US over here

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Cash for Karzai over there_Zilch for US over here

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Feel like you've just been betrayed? You HAVE

Monday, November 30, 2009
Updated (plagiarized)_Country Joe and the Fish song 'Fixin to Die Rag'
Handmedown song from Vietnam era still applies

Saturday, November 28, 2009
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy And the Big Fool Said to Push On
An Allegory for Afghanistan

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Comments from the blogosphere (in NY Times) RE Obama adding another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan
(3 comments)

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Medicare CUTS Contemplated while Obama Ponders Expanding the War

Thursday, November 12, 2009
You've Got To See This Video: "Learn to Speak Teabag"
animated political cartoon by Mark Fiore

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tell Democrat Leadership Joe Lieberman Must Go

Friday, November 6, 2009
Al Franken's Petition for Health Insurance Reform

Sunday, October 25, 2009
Why Counter-Insurgency by the West Won't Work in Afghanistan
(1 comments)

Saturday, October 24, 2009
ABC's Jake Tapper Assails White House Press Secretary for Saying that "Fox News isn't news"
This is a re-print here of an emailing I received from "Media Matters".

Friday, October 23, 2009
Who Wants to be Governor of the Failed State of California?

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Read Bob Herbert's Column "Safety Nets for the Rich"
Mr Herbert, as always, has a great article today and gets to the heart of the matter with elegant, straightforward accuracy.

Sunday, October 18, 2009
Press Using Questions As Headlines to Undermine Obama
(2 comments) The Press has begun to use sneaky doubt-provoking questions posed as headlines to undermine the President.

Friday, October 16, 2009
How bad would things be if the U.S. just got out of Afghanistan?
(1 comments)

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Limbaugh The Master of Slander Assumes Mantle of the Victimized and the Defender Against the Evil Liberal
(10 comments)

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Obama's War: Thoughts
(2 comments)

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
A New Supreme Court That is Very Dangerous

Sunday, October 4, 2009
"Rabbit Ragu Democrats"
Op-Ed Columnist Frank Rich: NY Times.Published: October 3, 2009

Thursday, October 1, 2009
Why We Get Out of Afghanistan and Why Obama is Wrong to Stay There
(2 comments)

Saturday, September 12, 2009
Health Care Hostilities Result From Right's Declaration of War on Obama
People For the American Way gives a synopsis of who and what is behind much of the 'teabagger' movement. This is a reposting of an article on People For The American Way's website "Religious Right joins industry, right-wing media, and GOP officials in anti-Obama propaganda campaigns." For more of PFAW's research and reporting on the Far Right, visit the Right Wing Watch blog.

Sunday, September 6, 2009
Oh Horse Manure!

Sunday, August 30, 2009
When the right to protest crosses over into active sedition
(8 comments)

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Obama's Trust Problem Threatens Health Care Reform

Saturday, August 22, 2009
Media Matters: Press should take finger off button in "nuclear option" health care coverage

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
OBUMMER-CARE: THE FIX IS IN
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
A short list of con healthcare lies vs. the TRUTH (cons hate the truth)
(5 comments)

Thursday, August 6, 2009
Schwarzenegger's win; California's loss
Bob Williams Op-Ed in Redding Record Searchlight

Sunday, August 2, 2009
The Trivialization of The Presidency: Obama Becomes Oprah
Re-print of Francis Schaeffer's Blog in the Huffington Post

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
NBC Today Show Channels Fox News
(3 comments)

Saturday, July 25, 2009
Harry Reid's Vacation, Obama's gallavanting and Blue Dog Republicrats: A Perfect Power Vacuum
(2 comments)

Friday, July 24, 2009
GOP Will Use Any Port in a Storm to Pull Obama Down
Re-printed from the "Progress Report"

Friday, July 24, 2009
Tell Imhof and Blunt to Stop Obstructing Healthcare Reform

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Sign this Petition; Tell GOP "No More Obstructionism" on Health Care

Saturday, July 18, 2009
The Economic Downturn and the GOP's Obstructionism: Twin Wrecking Balls Destroying California

Friday, July 17, 2009
Some Hand Wringing Over Current Drags on Recovery and Reform

Friday, July 10, 2009
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Tea-bagging California
by Joseph A. PalermoAuthor/Associate Professor of History

Thursday, July 2, 2009
GOP dismantling of CA social safety net at the heart of CA's budget crisis
California's budget crisis is turning into a worldwide spectacle that could harm the state's business climate â and chase companies away.

Sunday, June 28, 2009
California's Fiscal Crisis: The Legacy of the Right Wing
(3 comments) Lest people in other states think this crisis is unique to California, think again. The whole country may soon be facing a similar crisis caused by right wing malfeasance over the years.If California goes bankrupt, Obama's recovery will be out the window. Count on it.

Sunday, June 21, 2009
Graham calls Obama 'Timid and Passive' on Iran
(2 comments) "If after thirty years you don't succeed, try the same things and 'fail, fail again'"

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Rocket Science, "no new taxes" and California Republicans
The following is about California's budget woes made worse by a stupid populace believing fanatic Republicans. But lest you think it doesn't apply to you in other states, think again. This may be coming to you soon in your state, even if you don't have California's dysfunctional constitution and political problems.

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Statement from Senate Health Committee Hearing on Health Care Reform Legislation

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Red vs Blue Dollars: The Republican Hysteria about the Deficit
(2 comments) Reprinted from a blog by Jeff Schweitzer in the Huffington Post

Friday, June 12, 2009
No, We're Not Part of the Problem: Civil Discourse with the Right Wing is Wasted Effort
A rant against fellow progressives who are making the same mistake they've always made with respect to the right wing in America.

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Right Wing Rampage Going on Across the Land
(2 comments)

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Republican Party Financially,Morally and Intellectually Bankrupt; Reorganizes As A Church

Tuesday, June 2, 2009
It's Over, Norm

Saturday, May 30, 2009
Cons Leave Out CON-TEXT, As Usual So They Can Twist Facts
(8 comments)

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The GOPers Don Their White Hoods to Go After Sotomayor
(6 comments)

Monday, May 18, 2009
Conservatives Try To Prevent Reform
(Re-print of "Progress Report" received in email)

Sunday, May 17, 2009
An Open Letter to the Witch Hunters

Friday, May 15, 2009
The Party of "Nope" Calls out the 'dopes' to Brandish the Hangman's Rope
(3 comments)

Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Polluting the Debate:
Copied over from email I received from "The Progress Report"

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Mega-Banks Behind the Meltdown Want to Continue to Rule the Roost
This was a blog originally posted on Huffington Post by Bill Buzenberg Executive director of the Center for Public Integrity and reprinted here with permission of the Center for Public Integrity.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Distractions threaten to submerge urgency of reforming the banks and trimming back the oligarchs before it is too late.
(This is a re-posting of Moyers Journal on the subject of re-regulating the banks. I found this to be an eye -opener). Formatting is less than desirable, but I hope it will get the point across).

Monday, April 27, 2009
I may be a nutjob but I wonder if this new flu was genetically engineered?
(3 comments)

Friday, April 17, 2009
Why is there Democratic Party Opposition to the 'Fairness Doctrine?"

Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Time for Franken and Democrats to Take Out The Coleman-Trash
(2 comments)

Thursday, April 9, 2009
Congress Needs to Order Breakup of Big Failing Banks

Saturday, April 4, 2009
Press Failing to Challenge Right Wing Talking Points on a Number of Issues
The following is a reprint from an email that I received from "Media Matters For America":

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Ronald Reagan: An Over-rated, Under-criticized President
(6 comments)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Debt, Deficits, and Deception
(2 comments) An article by Borosage On "Ourfuture.org"

Saturday, March 28, 2009
Why Reality TV Trumps Reality Around Us: The Meltdown of the American MInd

Thursday, March 26, 2009
Is Your Stimulus Money Going to Pay Credit Card Companies' Exorbitant Interest Rates?

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers: Stiglitz
Source: CNBC___http://www.cnbc.com/id/29848741

Monday, March 16, 2009
The Criminal Party (GOP) Becomes Finger Pointer in Chief at Barack Obama--Amazing
(5 comments) Hypocrisy and failure to learn from failure are not enough. The GOP now has to go on the attack against a president who is trying to fix the mess the GOP made because its members do not care about America.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Networks in All Out Quest to Call Obama's Policies into Question

Saturday, March 7, 2009
The Oligarchy's Bailout Ball (web article from Truthout)

Saturday, March 7, 2009
The media's fraudulent reporting on Obama's tax policies

Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Karl Rove, Not Rush Limbaugh, is the REAL threat to Democratic Party's Reforms
While Democrats, myself included, allow ourselves to be drawn away, like moths to a bright distraction, (i.e., to Rush Limbaugh's outrageous hatefulness), the real "intellect" behind the Republicans is Karl Rove, who has gotten away with murder and is the guiding mind behind neocon policies.

Thursday, February 26, 2009
Conservatives Search For Way Back Into Power
(1 comments) Taken from "The Progress Report": This bears repeating for a wider audience.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Bobby Jindal: The "Jack Jeebs" of GOP Grandstanders

Thursday, February 19, 2009
This song fits the GOP to a tee:

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The GOP's War Against Obama
My take on the Republican "counter revolution" against the interests of the American people.

Saturday, February 14, 2009
An Open Letter to President Barack Obama
(2 comments)

Friday, February 13, 2009
News Media acting like GOP mouthpiece
(2 comments)

Friday, February 6, 2009
An Open Letter to Sentator Lindsey Graham and the rRest of the GOP
(1 comments)

Friday, February 6, 2009
Obstructionist Republicans Spouting Same Old, Tired Trickle-Down Nostrums

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
CHENEY SAYS OBAMA'S POLICIES INVITE A TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE USA

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The New US China Friction and Who Made This Mess

Monday, February 2, 2009
McConnell-Boehner Talking Points Are Same Old GOP Shell Game

Monday, February 2, 2009
McConnell-Boehner Talking Points Are Same Old GOP Shell Game

Sunday, February 1, 2009
To Whom It May Concern
(1 comments)

Sunday, January 25, 2009
Synopsis of Moyers Journal Regarding Current Bailout and State of the Country and Obama's Election
(2 comments)

Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Conservatives Strain at Hillary after having swallowed George W. Bush

Monday, January 12, 2009
Bush's "Exit" Speech Fits Right Wing Pattern

Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Hypocrite Right is Rising Again to Parse and Grouse
(1 comments)

Friday, January 2, 2009
A Dissent Against All the Israel Bashing
(41 comments)

Sunday, December 28, 2008
Rush Limbaugh__The Pig of Propaganda
(2 comments) This web page is dedicated to describing the 'porker' as he really is: a down and dirty pig of GOP propaganda and bigotry.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Write to Washington, Tell Banks to Disgorge Bailout Money

Sunday, December 14, 2008
The South Rises Again To Stab America in the Heart with the Complicity of the GOP
(4 comments)

Sunday, December 7, 2008
About our national stupidity and double standards
(2 comments) My take on the current public 'controversy' about helping the auto industry, but not a peep about the huge bank bailout giveaway of hundreds of billions to greedy Wall Street bankers who have zero accountability demanded of them.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Questions about HAARP Ionospheric Heater: Is it contributing to bizarre weather and global warming?
I am just paranoid to think that there may be some connection between the bizarre, unheard of, freak weather patterns and massive earthquakes and the HAARP project?