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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Greatest Failure of Thought in Human History
(2 comments) In fact, this failure will be our collective epitaph.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
What the World Needs Now
This would be a good place to start.

Friday, August 1, 2008
How to Recognize a Human Scumbag
Seems like I wrote on this topic before. But David Michael Green gives us yet more pointers (as if we need them!)

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Bush 'Divorced From Reality'
The headline is nothing new, of course, but you may appreciate Mike Gravel's comments, given that he is one to speak truth.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Mike Gravel Quits Democratic Party, Joins Libertarian Party, Vows to Run For President
(1 comments) Headline gives the drift here, but please read on if you aren't familiar with Mike Grave.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Want to control your own government?
(2 comments) I mean really? Stop yakking about it, stop crying what corporate whores are doing, and maybe actually get up and do something? Ok, just read this article and pay close attention...

Sunday, February 24, 2008
Want Fair Taxes? Don't read this unless you mean it.
(10 comments) Economics professor gives lesson in Taxes for Dummies--I thank him kindly, for articulating what this dummy vaguely felt. Want more social justice, less global warming, sensible wealth distribution, and to end war? Please read and ponder...

Friday, February 22, 2008
thinkmike.us
What would happen if we stopped spending money on political campaigns, ignored the mainstream media, and just casually talked with friends about a handful of important issues?

Saturday, February 16, 2008
A Vision We Can Live With... and the man behind it.
(3 comments) The more I learn about this courageous individual and his ideas, the more I am inclined to say,"We should MAKE him our next president!" I ask anyone with a better idea to please post it below...

Monday, February 11, 2008
Who the Hell is Mike Gravel?
(2 comments) Maybe you sat at home wondering what you would do when you found out that Dennis Kucinich was no longer running for President. Perhaps you put your face in your hands in shock when Ron Paul announced in a confusing and tepid e-mail to supporters that he was cutting down his national campaign and instead focusing on his congressional race.

Sunday, February 3, 2008
Winner of World's Best Idea!
(2 comments) Awarded by me.

Saturday, February 2, 2008
Abortion and the Earth
(3 comments) This is the most thoughtful article on abortion I have seen, and I've read quite a few.

Monday, January 28, 2008
Killing Kucinich
(3 comments) Why they had to do it, and why America doesn't give a hoot. (But I plan to write him in anyway. I call it voting my conscience.)

Sunday, January 27, 2008
Facism Has Kitten Feet...
(1 comments) and silently devours heros. PS/FYI: I plan vote dk as a write-in.

Friday, January 25, 2008
Who Broke the Republican Party?
Can The Vile Rag Newspaper possibly post an opinion that a sane person might want to read? You be da' judge, as Peggy Noonan of the WSJ points her accusing finger at Georgie Boy.

Sunday, January 20, 2008
Man With a (bona fide) Plan
(1 comments) Kucinich's fight to bring credibility to the Democratic Party.

Friday, January 11, 2008
Kucinich Seeks NH Dem Vote Recount
(1 comments) Last night, I went to bed thinking, "Why doesn't Kucinich call for a recount in N.H.? If the only leader we have doesn't do it, who will?" So I was pleased but not overly surprised to read that "he who speaks my mind" did it again.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Criminal Copyright: Using Your Brain to Record Song
Most Americans will probably be safe, but if you're one of those freaks who still uses your brain, you may be in trouble! (satire)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Shall we tax babies?
Should those who want kids pick up the tab? The resources one consumes in a lifetime are enormous; ditto the pollution caused. Then again, how do you compare someone in the African brush with someone in suburbia?

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Everything You Need To Know*
*About everything that matters. An A+ article here, in my humble opinion.

Sunday, December 9, 2007
Bought your gifts yet?
(4 comments) I hope you did, because you may have a bad attitude about it after you watch this little flick.

Thursday, November 22, 2007
Two Goofballs in the Corner
Ever wonder why Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich are required to sit in the corner all day? Read this and wonder no more.

Sunday, November 18, 2007
Global Frying Pan
Do you remember that "titration" experiment in high school or college chemistry? The one where you added phenothalen to a clear solution, drop by drop, until that one last drop suddenly turned the solution pink? I always wish I could forget it when I read articles like this.

Saturday, November 17, 2007
Romney Calls Attackers of His Faith "Un-American"
An April '03, article in the Salt Lake Tribune noted, "To LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, the war in Iraq can be justified as defending liberty and unseating a dictator. He also believes in supporting the U.S. government, but acknowledges that Mormons in other nations may have different views." This, combined with the powerful allegiance Mormons have to their leaders, offers context for Romney's bellowing.

Saturday, November 17, 2007
Ron Paul on Global Warming: Yakety yak.
(11 comments) I listened to a Ron Paul campaigner for twenty minutes, before asking where Ron stood on global warming. "Global warming is a hoax," she said. "Where do you think all the carbon dioxide goes?" She had no answer. Which appears consistent with Ron Paul himself on these two videos.

Thursday, November 15, 2007
TV Worth Watching!
Many of us had tried to get through to DK long ago to side-step the mainstream, which is a losing battle for anyone not part of the problem who wants to change the problem. So I was most pleased to see this article.

Sunday, November 11, 2007
Kucinich on Iran War
DK says we're headed for war with Iran unless we impeach. (Could he possibly be wrong? Perhaps. But I haven't seen it yet.)

Thursday, November 8, 2007
16 Reasons to Give Thanks
According to David Michael Green, who is remarkably adept at distinguishing up from down, black from white, and left from right--particularly the regressive right!

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Kucinich Calls for Impeachment Cheney
Watch video of this headline.

Saturday, November 3, 2007
Good work, George!
(2 comments) Once again we prepare to reap the fruits of the Bush Administration. Should al-Qaeda gain control, they'll have the nukes Allah wants so much for them to have. At least then we can stop worrying about Iran...

Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Kucinich to Introduce Cheney Impeachment Resolution
Better late than never! Let's roll!

Friday, October 26, 2007
Inconceivable! Government in the public interest!
This damn fool must be a communist... or maybe he's just intelligent. Which is why I believe I'll vote for him.

Thursday, October 25, 2007
Screw the campaigns; I'll do what's correct.
Hyperventilating over the similarities between candidates who may as well be stuffed animals? I can't help it, I'll be voting my conscience once again. That's MY campaign, and all I plan to do about it is point out why.

Monday, October 22, 2007
Patriots take heed! Or shut the hell up.
I offered to pay for Sean Hannity's ticket to Iraq some time back, and never heard a word from this piece of excrement. Now here is a writer with far more patience than I, explaining with polished words and good reason what seems to me self-evident, and what Sean and his ilk would rather not talk about.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
How to avoid WWIII
(1 comments) Just start it!

Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Genflecting for Israel
I was going to comment on this excellent Alternet article, but it looks like virtually every commenter has done it for me. If we could put a dollar amount on what a handful of money makers and blind followers are costing every present and future American, it would surely be instructive.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Sea Ice in Retreat - The New York Times
Interactive graphic on North Pole ice shrinkage.

Saturday, August 18, 2007
Dangerous Ideas
are often ones that threaten fat and comfy bottoms. This alone makes them worth pondering. But they also help stretch little brains, like mine. I particularly liked Carolyn Porco's article on science and religion, since it could well be a beacon of light for our species.

Saturday, August 4, 2007
Science Must Destroy Religion
(12 comments) When we find reliable ways to make human beings more loving, less fearful, and genuinely enraptured by the fact of our appearance in the cosmos, we will have no need for divisive religious myths. From this article in "What's Your Dangerous Idea?," a book by John Brockman.

Thursday, August 2, 2007
Toss out the brown glasses...
for a rosier tint. A way of looking that is well worth looking at, particularly for the morbidly depressed, such as myself. :)

Sunday, June 24, 2007
Cameras look both ways
It's said that people have as much power as they assume. Maybe true, maybe no, but I think it's a good attitude to adopt. One good example here...

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Google et. al. collapse when needed most
Should the s**t roll uphill or downhill on the internet? Uphill is generally where it belongs, but downhill may be where it's headed. (AI is one of the few groups that consistently strikes me as worthy of a donation; here they hit the bullseye once again, this time a HUGE one.)

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
MySpace postings = free speech
(1 comments) Hail Free Speech! Go Patricia Riley! A judge who rules (correctly)!

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Bill ties climate to national security
(1 comments) Give me more Chuck Hagels and I may become a Republican (on the other hand, why doesn't he become a Democrat and help show them how to behave?)

Sunday, April 8, 2007
The Path to Peace has arrived!
(1 comments) Easter festivities with our come-again Jesus; Let us pray for peace!

Friday, April 6, 2007
Global Suicide
(6 comments) Al Gore and the world at large call it global warming. But with no evidence that the trend is going to stop--or that we will somehow be able to reverse it later than sooner--I propose that we call the present trajectory "global suicide."

Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Hot Air from a Hot Ass
(1 comments) William Buckley's apologist-for-the-rich cortical passageways are tortuous, but their bedrock lunacy seems clear enough: 1) Through some supernatural economic intervention, conservation and efficiency will somehow cost more than pissing away our fossil fuels; 2) The U.S. should not bother trying to set a good example to the world, since others might not follow; 3) We should carefully chose the prophecies we wish to hear.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Major technological advance, inspired by GW!
(5 comments) This probably isn't for everyone (and apologies in advance if it offends anyone)... BUTT, as they say, it's the thought that counts!

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Strong Grounds for Impeachment
(1 comments) Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, member of the House Judiciary Committee during Nixon impeachment hearings, presents legal and political grounds for impeachment, and notes that the topic has moved from the margins to the mainstream.

Sunday, March 25, 2007
Help take Nancy off the table; Bush too.
(7 comments) We know the reasons why impeachment should be the first course on the 110th Congress' table. Join Cindy in propping up the one person who we hope will have the cahunas to do it.

Friday, March 23, 2007
On voting "Yes" to Iraq supplemental funding
(1 comments) One, two, three, what are we fightin' four? (A "Yes" vote for Iraq or HR 1234?)

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Has impeachment time actually arrived?
(1 comments) Here's one instance where what you think actually might matter. Speak now or forever hold your peace...

Saturday, March 17, 2007
Cindy Sheehan: The Ides of March | BuzzFlash.org
(1 comments) Cindy urges you to thank DK for mentioning the "I" word. Good idea, but you might want to add your own words. Here are mine: If not you, Dennis, then who? If not now, when? May I remind you of a quote from your last campaign? NOW IS THE MOMENT! Recognize that, act on it, and you've got my fullest support and vote for President.

Saturday, March 17, 2007
Purple Hearts and Democrats Abroad
(1 comments) Heather Wokusch on the annual meeting of Democrats Abroad and the condition of American soldiers.

Thursday, March 15, 2007
Faux News & Kucinich
(7 comments) Paddle him or promote him? That is the question.

Sunday, March 11, 2007
Can a soldier have a brain?
(4 comments) Can you be in the military and still be a human being?

Saturday, January 6, 2007
Dems prepare slew of oversight hearings
(3 comments) Yakkity, yak, but who will bring the troops back? Herein you may find the answer!

Friday, December 29, 2006
Peace Mom aims to ramp up "peace surge" after arrest Thursday
(4 comments) Cindy Sheehan said she plans to become more "confrontational" and that it's time to "ramp up" peace efforts, in what she calls a "peace surge."