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A political blogger for the International Business Times, Steve Leser is a hot national political pundit. He has appeared on MSNBC's Coundown with Keith Olbermann, Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Russia Today's (RT) Crosstalk with Peter Lavelle. But, Leser is most known for his work as commentator and the progressive counterpoint on the very conservative FOX News cable network. Steve Leser has been frequently featured on Your World with Neil Cavuto, Bulls & Bears, and Cashing In against such FOX notables as Neil Cavuto and Stuart Varney. Leser gave the stirring live commentary on FOX as news broke of the resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska.
Steve Leser is in demand in New York as keynote speaker for his authority on the power and machinations of Republican think tanks, the economy, health care reform and various other political topics.
Leser is also a political organizer and has held positions within the Democratic Party including District Chair and Public Relations Chair within county organizations.
(56 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 1, 2009 North Korea – Impending Missile Launch May Require US Military Action
A dangerous situation is brewing on the Korean peninsula and it has me, someone who is typically anti-war, of the opinion that we might need to act militarily to stop a potential catastrophe.
(73 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Palin: Drill Baby Drill, but blame Obama for the Spill!
What happened in the gulf is the responsibility of people who operated on exactly the same assumptions that Palin did. That is the mentality that caused us to be where we are now.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, September 29, 2008 Palin to McCain - Oops I did it Again
Oops! I did it again
I played with your campaign, got lost in the game
Oh baby baby
Oops! You thought I was smart
Cause I was a Governor
I'm just not competent!
(4 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 9, 2007 Chick-Fil-A : Can you Please Hold the Propaganda?
No Democrat/Liberal/Progressive should patronize Chick-Fil-A until they get out of the business of promoting the Christian Right.
(25 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 29, 2010 Bizarre Fight Plays out between Joe Scarborough and Markos Moulitsas on Twitter
It was like a train wreck. You didn't want to keep reading but you were compelled to keep on keeping on. The Twitter fight between Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's morning Joe and Daily Kos' Markos Moulitsas was spread out over several hours in the early afternoon on Friday.
(6 comments) SHARE Friday, March 13, 2009 I too am a Grass Mud Horse - Cao Ni Ma!
The Chinese government, which has been censoring internet content available to its citizens since the world wide web came into being, has recently embarked on what it calls a "anti Smut campaign", an aggressive program designed to filter out all objectionable content.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Dennis Rodman Gives Back and unveils Rodman Raffle
Dennis Rodman, arguably basketball's best defensive player in the modern era, has joined with the Mission of Saint Francis to raise money for their efforts to assist with helping people beat addiction and substance abuse.
(37 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 22, 2006 Bush Impeachment - The Illinois State Legislature is Preparing to Drop a Bombshell
Members of state legislatures are normally not considered as having the ability to decide issues with a massive impact to the nation as a whole. Representative Karen A. Yarbrough of Illinois' 7th District is about to shatter that perception forever.
(23 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 28, 2008 Palin flunks two GED Interviews
The question I would ask my readers is, if she is able to 'cram' enough information to make a passable show at the Vice Presidential debate, should that matter? We know how little she knows and we know that she isnt ready. If she is able to somehow come close enough in performance during the debate to Joe Biden, would that mean anything?
(139 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Election 2010 - Republicans Plan Broad Attack on Women's Rights if Elected
Republicans have simmered in anger for over 40 years at the progress of the women's equal rights movement. Finally, now, in 2010, they feel comfortable enough to run on a broad spectrum of policies that are blatantly anti-women's rights.
(44 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 16, 2009 Tea Parties Fail to Draw Anywhere Near Predicted Attendance
For the event to have so low a turnout after two weeks of non-stop promotion by Fox News and the backing of all of these heavy hitting Republican think tanks is a statement in itself. Just think about what a few minutes of time on a major nationwide cable network like Fox News costs to buy.
(54 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 8, 2009 Republicans have no Clue what Socialism and Communism means
In fact, no Democrats are Socialists or Communists (at least none that understand what it means to be a Democrat). If any of us were, we would leave the Democratic Party and join one of the many Socialist or Communist parties that exist in the US. The fact that we are Democrats means that we believe in Capitalism albeit with appropriate oversight and rules.
(30 comments) SHARE Friday, April 10, 2009 Tea Parties - Crackbrained right wing protests to occur on April 15th
In a few days, one of the most convoluted political spectacles in American history will unfold in all its cacophony. Some Republicans are mad they lost the election and they cannot get over it.
(21 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 30, 2008 McCain funded Rashid Khalidi and now criticizes Obama for meeting with him
When historians look back at the McCain campaign, I am certain they will decide that the defining aspect of the McCain Campaign is the lies, contradictions and missteps concerning everything they do.
(17 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 13, 2009 9/12/09 – Another day, Another Teabagging Failure
What FreedomWorks and the rest of the Teabagging architects didn't take into account was that people wouldn't care enough about the message to show up.
(20 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Coakley Loss Massive Blow and Wakeup Call for Obama, DNC
President Obama and the Democrats have to get back in touch with the people of this country and rally the base. If they don't, we're looking at a real disaster this fall.
(28 comments) SHARE Friday, October 10, 2008 Palin Guilty - Troopergate Witnesses & McCain Campaign Obstructed Justice
In all, the commissioner and his aides were contacted about Mr. Wooten three dozen times over 19 months by the governor, her husband and seven administration officials, interviews and documents show.
(145 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 1, 2011 Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and deserve Harsh Punishment
I thought that was the point of Wikileaks, to highlight issues that need investigation. I was therefore extremely disappointed when I heard that the next thing being released was over 250,000 miscellaneous materials that are mostly diplomatic cables that suggest no wrongdoing that needs to be investigated. That was the beginning of my disillusionment with Wikileaks and as more information came out about the materials...
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 19, 2008 McCain and Republican Lies about Acorn are attempts to hide GOP Election Fraud
What Republicans do not want the American public to know is that they are conducting a coordinated, widespread and very sophisticated election fraud effort to try to ensure that Republican Party candidates win regardless of the will of the voters.
(16 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 16, 2008 McCain vs Obama Final Debate Deconstructed
Since McCain has been for the typical Republican economic platform, he had to prove to people that he would chart a new direction different from what he has done in his past.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 20, 2008 Hillary Clinton's Released White House Records show she Lied about Opposing NAFTA
One of the things you would expect of someone who really has good experience and judgment is that they can articulate a basic set of principles and positions on issues that they can run on and defend and that stay relatively static. Hillary gives a different opinion on the same subjects every couple of weeks depending on her audience and what she thinks it will net her.
(16 comments) SHARE Friday, September 12, 2008 Palin Casually Speaks of War with a Nuclear Armed Russia
Palin has casually talked of war with a country that has thousands of nuclear warheads each many times greater than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs and this same country unequivocally has the ability to deliver these weapons to every part of the United States.
(73 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 27, 2008 The Real Bailout Needed is a Consumer Bailout
Businesses cannot survive without the consumer and yet the average household is completely broke and drowning in debt.
(22 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Jindal the Joke
His performance was so bad it was even derided on Free Republic and right leaning news media like National Review.
(9 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Palin vs. Biden - A Debate Preview
Anyone is capable of being taken in by a snake oil salesman if they aren't paying attention and the expectations for her are so low that if she doesn't dribble on the microphone or start speaking in tongues, she could be seen as exceeding those expectations.
(65 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 13, 2008 Pelosi Team Hints at Progressive Shift
The Obama team isn't the only National political leadership team undergoing a transition. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reorganizing the House Leadership team to include almost exclusively progressive members.
(12 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Iraq War – Six Year Anniversary of what Should have Prevented it
As of March 7, 2003 the date that will always remain in my mind for the rest of my life, it was shown to be very unlikely that Iraq continued to have any WMD or programs to produce them.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 22, 2009 Unemployment – Yes I bet 7.5% or lower by August 22, 2010
Today, on the Fox News' show “Cashin' Inâ€, I bet that in one year, unemployment will be at or below 7.5%. I backed up that bet with some serious, albeit humorous (for everyone but me, I assure you) potential consequences.
(38 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 26, 2009 Coulter Angers Her Base, Criticizes Conspiracy about Obama's Nationality
I've been extremely hard on Coulter in the past (below you will see why), but in this case, I have to give credit where credit is due. Ann is right on here, and in confronting the lunatics she has actually shown some courage and integrity for a change.
(76 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 22, 2008 Obama's Cabinet Picks and Flawed Criticism Thereof
Someone who knows how to be a leader can make a big difference in how an organization and individuals in that organization perform. The leader sets the tone and expectations, inspires (or fails to inspire) and follows up to make sure their expectations are being met.
(13 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 25, 2008 Palins Pastor "Israelites (Jews) in control are reason for Financial crisis"
Click View Article to see Palin's Pastor rant against Jews (Israelites) Control of banking being reason for Financial Crisis and Exorting Christians to take banking over, right before Palin comes up on stage with him.
(7 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Students Biggest Lesson from Obama Speech? Republicans Lie - A LOT!
Students learned one important lesson from the speech and it is an unintended one as far as politicians on both side are concerned. The dissonance between what the Republicans claimed would be in the speech and the speech that was given will forever have these students questioning whether anything the Republican Party and its politicians and pundits say is true or yet another fantastic lie.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Bush Administration – Condoleezza Rice Where Hast Thou Been? Condi?
It is actually Secretary Rice who in my opinion has been the worst member of the Bush Cabinet. To be sure, the worst single blunder, the Iraq war, is owned by Rumsfeld, but Condi Rice shows the remarkable ability to make terrible mistakes on multiple different issues month after month and year after year without a single major accomplishment to which to point and seemingly without negative consequences.
(70 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Obama's Economic Challenge Underestimated
What is almost universal is the lack of understanding of how bad this economic downturn is likely to get and what impact that will have on Obama's first term and whether that first term is seen as a success or failure.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, January 16, 2006 Iraq - Why we REALLY went to war
The debate over why we went to war in Iraq has raged ever since the current Bush administration began to publicly discuss removing Saddam Hussein from power in 2002, almost a year before the war began.
(12 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 5, 2008 Palin Debate Performance Deconstructed
This is the kind of preparation and performance that you would expect given someone who doesnt know very much and isn't prepared to be Vice President.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, November 3, 2008 Election 2008 - Predictions and What to Expect Tuesday Night
We have a race where Barack Obama is clearly ahead and increasing his lead in the last few days of national polling and where we have tightening polls in some battleground states. Making this more complicated this year is that some 32 states allow early voting including some of the states whose polls are tightening.
SHARE Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Palin Delivers Tired, Nasty, Telepromptered 40 Year Old Conservative Rhetoric at RNC
Palin delivered the lines against Obama like a comedian that specializes in nasty sarcasm, like a kind of right-wing female version of David Spade. "Obama's Pre-school, look into it". In fact, I wondered if Palin was trying to convince people she would be a good Vice President, or auditioning for the open position at Saturday Night Live.
(23 comments) SHARE Monday, December 22, 2008 Limbaughs Ridiculous Recession Statement Begs for Fairness Doctrine
If you want to assess blame for the polarization of America and the warped views of the conservative electorate, Rush Limbaugh is one of the people that deserves a large portion of the blame.
(36 comments) SHARE Friday, January 9, 2009 Palin Whines in Interview about Unfair Treatment During Campaign
Palin churlishly attacks the blogosphere, Katie Couric, Caroline Kennedy, John McCain and McCain campaign decisions, Tina Fey, etc. Palin also makes the bizarre claim that it was her social class that caused her to be attacked and that is why Caroline Kennedy will not be attacked.
(19 comments) SHARE Monday, July 19, 2010 Progressives Fail because Progressivism is not Understood
Gallup's study shows that 54% of Americans do not know whether the term "Progressive" describes their own views. If they cannot determine that, it means to me that they do not know what Progressivism is.
(6 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Rush Limbaugh Moves Out of New York City in Protest! "quot; I'm throwing a Party
Rush's final act of separating from NYC came in the form of selling his ten room, four terrace condo on Fifth avenue for $11.5 million as reported in the Wall Street Journal. The condo overlooks central park on East 86th street.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 14, 2008 Tim Russert - A Good Man but Biased Journalist
When I think of the life of Tim Russert I will think of a man who could have done so much good with the power that was given to him and instead used it to help those who had some of the worst motives and intentions on the American political scene.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 7, 2010 Conservative Boycott of "Too Liberal" CPAC is ON!
This year, CPAC has accepted the sponsorship of a conservative gay rights group, GOProud. According to an article on Free Republic, "GOProud advocates same-sex "marriage," a repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and "expanding access to domestic partner benefits" for "homosexuals' "
(18 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 4, 2010 Tea Party Republicans: Time to Put Up or Shut Up
Republicans are no longer outside agitators, they are part of the government and responsible for coming up with solutions.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 5, 2008 McCain - Coming are his Desperate Attacks
Most normal people in John McCain's position would fight harder to try to convince the people of this country that his positions on the issue were better and that he was the better candidate. I call this the "Try to get people to like me more" strategy. Republicans don't think that way. They employ the "Try to get people to like the other guy less" strategy.
(22 comments) SHARE Monday, January 18, 2010 Coakley Headed to Defeat in Massachusetts Unless Democratic Base Turns Out
This race will be won or lost on turnout, specifically that of Democrats. If Massachusetts Democrats come out and vote on Tuesday, January 19, Brown and the Republicans don't have a chance. Most experts are banking on the idea that this will not happen.
(10 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 23, 2008 Enough with Sarah "Chauncey Gardiner" Palin
When we Democrats say that, the rest of you had better listen. We tried to warn everyone about George W. Bush's lack of cognitive abilities and look how he is about to leave the country.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, February 19, 2010 Republicans Finally Caught up in Their Own Hypocrisy
Republicans elected officials have completely shed their principles and become purely political animals who stand for only one thing and that is hurting Barack Obama's Presidency.
(9 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Teabagging 2.0 April 15, 2010 --" Lying, Ignorant Puppets who are STILL a Sham and a Fraud
A year ago, the same group of people that had cheered on George W. Bush's massive government spending and soaring deficits for eight years changed their mind overnight and decided that government spending and deficits were bad, at least they were bad now that they were being done by a black Democrat.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, January 18, 2008 Stagflation Returning to the US Economy after 30 years
It is important to recognize whether a recession is a typical one and when it is stagflation. The remedies for each are completely different and utilizing the wrong remedy will have disastrous consequences.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 2, 2008 Chambliss - Georgians Can Rid Themselves and the Senate of this Anti-Veteran Outrage
If a non-veteran is going to attack the patriotism of a veteran, particularly a combat-wounded veteran, they better have audio tapes and video of the veteran committing treason, not the trumped up nonsense spouted by Chambliss and his campaign in 2002
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 22, 2010 Rand Paul -" Embattled GOP Senate Nominee Cancels Meet the Press Appearance
For a politician to beg out of attending means things are so bad for them that their handlers believe that they do not have the ability to handle the tough questions that might be asked on the show and thus this incredible opportunity to introduce yourself to millions of voters and potential contributors on TVs most respected political show has to be squandered.
(44 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9/11 Was there a conspiracy and if so what did the conspiracy entail?
With the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks upon us, while we remember the deaths of so many good Americans, it is time to take a look at an issue much of the media seems afraid to tackle.
(11 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 23, 2008 Desperate McCain Campaign to Accuse Obama of being Jack the Ripper and a Martian
According to McCain campaign Operations Chief Steve Schmidt, McCain and Palin are getting ready to unveil a narrative that accuses Obama of being a time traveling Martian that made stops in 1880's London to commit crimes as 'Jack the Ripper'
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Economic Woes a Result of the Iraq War and Bush Tax Cuts
You can talk about the housing bubble and sub-prime mortgages and the lending crisis, but without the loss of $1.7 trillion dollars in revenue and without the expenditures of $600 Billion on the Iraq war, I feel confident in saying we could have dealt with those issues.
(11 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 7, 2008 McCain vs. Obama - Debate Preview
People are hurting, those who participate in the financial markets are terrified, and John McCain wants to talk about something that has already been discussed and has absolutely no bearing on what is going on in this country.
(8 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 4, 2007 Bush Impeachment – Libby Commutation Makes it Imperative
A President cannot be allowed to take such a brazen act to impede an investigation in which he is one of the potential suspects. Congress should ALWAYS respond to acts like these with impeachment hearings otherwise Presidents will feel like they can live above the law and take action to prevent any consequences.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, July 6, 2009 Palin Resignation - She Got "Fed Up"
Many of us speculated as to the reason for the resignation but having seen now the reports after a few days, it is Stuart Varney who I think nailed the reason for the resignation. Stuart's first read was that Palin got "Fed Up".
SHARE Sunday, October 29, 2006 Election 2006 – Bush Stumps for Republicans, Touts Failed Policies
A vote for a Republican in any race in 2006 is a vote for continued policies of failure no matter what plane, ship, tank is in the background or any other clever photo op the President and his handlers engineer.
(8 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Joe Lieberman plays the Scorned Ex so well
Are there any lengths to which Joe Lieberman will not go in order to punish the Democratic Party for denying him the nomination for senate three years ago?
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Healthcare Reform Foes Claim US Citizens To Be Made Into Vampires
In the latest round of sensationalist claims coming from Healthcare reform opponents, the claim is being made that, to save money and make Healthcare reform budget neutral, the latest Democratic plan mandates that US citizens are to be made into vampires.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 10, 2007 Iraq, Pre-emption and Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game
An important idea of the book is the idea of an ultra-violent preemption. Not surprisingly, the author, Orson Scott Card, is a Bush supporter and a fan of what we did in Iraq.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, May 7, 2007 Discrimination – Which group experiences the worst discrimination in the US? Non Custodial Parents
Non custodial parents are the approved 21st century whipping boys (and girls). Non Custodial Parents are the only group where there is next to zero support from those not in our situation. There are plenty of men who fight for women's rights, plenty of non-blacks and straights who fight for African American and Gay rights. Who stands with Non Custodial Parents?
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, August 10, 2009 My Debate with Fox News' Neil Cavuto Regarding Healthcare Forum Protesters
Me debating Neil Cavuto on Fox News' Your World Regarding Pelosi and Hoyer "UnAmerican" comments on Healthcare townhall protesters. Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Steny Hoyer called the tactics of those people disrupting Town Hall Meetings "UnAmerican".
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, February 23, 2009 Schwarzenegger vs. Jindal - Political Games vs. Constituents
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quipped, "You just tell them that anyone that doesn't want to take the money: I'm ready to take their money and rebuild California."
(8 comments) SHARE Monday, August 24, 2009 Why Health Care Reform Failed
Democrats have 10-14 days to get mobilized and start working or this is over.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, June 29, 2009 Personal Democracy Forum 2009
One of the things that the Personal Democracy forum or PDF explores is the impact of technology on politics and sessions help attendees better understand the relationship and how to leverage technology in politics and civic action.
(5 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 1, 2009 Holder Attorney General Non-Prosecution Assurance Controversy Part 2
What we do know is that several Republican senators tried to get Holder to make as broad an assurance as possible that he would not prosecute certain offenses and that Senator Bond was probably one of those Senators.
SHARE Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Palin Responds to the $150000 Clothes Controversy
The McCain campaign spent $150,000 on clothes to dress up Sarah Palin for her role as his Vice Presidential running mate. Here is her take on the controversy.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 25, 2008 McCain Debate Cancellation Is Attempt to Stop VP Debate
McCain may very well lose the election anyway, but if Biden takes apart Palin in the Vice Presidential debate as is almost certain to happen, McCain will lose by a landslide. No one would have any confidence in McCain's judgment after the Vice Presidential debate.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, January 8, 2007 Iraq War – Bush Surge Policy and Why the Administration Cannot Admit Defeat and Failure
On any conservative website or Blog when the topic of Vietnam comes up, a litany of posts follow with the theme, 'If only those traitorous Democrats and the Liberal media would have let the military "do what they needed to do" we would have won'.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 31, 2008 Gustav – A Divine Plague against the Self Proclaimed God Party ?
Assuming the existence of God, you would think that if this emphasis by the GOP on the ecclesiastical were genuine and appreciated, you would see the effect in terms of all kinds of divine preferential treatment.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 31, 2006 Progressivism the Journey – How I approach Progressivism
Progressives have to find a way to come together to sell Progressivism. Complaining about the Democratic Party, arguing about who is and who isn't a Progressive or who is and isn't "Progressive Enough" and other negative pursuits are not going to get the job done.
SHARE Monday, September 28, 2009 Steve Leser on The Perez Notes radio show
Roberto and I discussed election 2000, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Democratic Party politics in general and a host of other topics during the 45 minute show.
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 29, 2009 What I want to hear from President Obama about Afghanistan
Would a pullout result in another terrorist attack? Would a pullout be the right thing? What is the current situation on the ground? If escalation is the right thing, is 30,000 troops enough?
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 8, 2009 Israelis - Please Do Not Elect Netanyahu or Likud Legislators
I humbly beg the Israelis not to vote Netanyahu or Likud in the February 10 (Shvat 17) elections. Kadima's Tzipi Livni and Labor's Ehud Barak and other candidates from their parties are better choices.
SHARE Sunday, March 21, 2010 Health Care Reform Passes - Democrats Get Their Act Together
In a historic Sunday night vote, 219 House Democrats voted to pass the Senate's version of Health Care Reform sending the bill to President Obama who will sign the Health Care Reform bill sometime on Monday.
(9 comments) SHARE Friday, March 27, 2009 Does the United States Enjoy Privileged Status?
There is a tendency to regard America as the most righteous country in the world and because of that, they believe that America is allowed to do things that other countries are not allowed to do.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, December 8, 2006 Election 2006 Continued Wrap up – The Coming Economic Swoon and Did Republicans Throw the Election?
Are the Republicans ruthless and calculating enough to do all of this? If so, DID they do it? I'll let my readers and time be the judge. One thing is certain, among all the other plans the incoming congress is making, contingency plans for a major depression should be one of them.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 6, 2008 Stagflationary Abyssal Part II - More Evidence and Suggestions for What to Do
More evidence that the economy is heading into a tailspin, several suggestions for how individuals and famlies as well as businesses and the Government and Banking and Lending industry should react to the current crisis.
SHARE Saturday, June 17, 2006 Democratic Plan Election 2006 – A New Direction for America
When the American People go to the polls this November 7th to elect a new congress, they will have a clear choice, a choice between the failed policies of the Bush administration and the current majority Republican congress, and a New Direction unveiled recently by the Democratic Party.
(7 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 14, 2009 Israel Election Aftermath: Hope Is Lost
Whenever a modern state has turned to the far right, the result has almost always been catastrophe for that country and often for many of its neighbors.
(14 comments) SHARE Monday, May 25, 2009 Video of my Appearance today on Fox News vs Stuart Varney and Mike Slater
Topic was regarding the stimulus package, specifically, the outrage among some Republicans regarding the signs being posted near stimulus infrastructure projects explaining that the projects are being funded by the Stimulus.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 25, 2007 Iraq and Afghanistan War Surge Hokey Pokey WH attempts to Obscure the War Failures
The GOP has been spending most of the last few months trying to convince everyone that our Iraq policy is a success because the surge has reduced violence levels in Iraq. Republicans know that this is a lie of omission designed to obfuscate the political failures in Iraq that mark the entire war there as a failure.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Jilted Joe Lieberman is the new Zell Miller
Why do I get the feeling that when he was a kid, Lieberman was the kind of person that would take his ball and go home when the rest of the kids didn't want to play the same game he wanted to play?
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, June 16, 2008 My Tim Russert Article Generates Controversy
I don't believe people like me should be censored or pressured to self censor at any time when they are discussing what they/we believe is the truth about powerful figures.
(20 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 9, 2008 McCain Jokes about Killing Iranians ... AGAIN
I will never understand this fascination some Republican politicians have with joking about killing people. It must be something that appeals to the Republican electorate because both of the past two Republican Presidential nominees have done this.
SHARE Saturday, October 28, 2006 Pianist Alan Gampel, the Newmarks and a Night to Remember
If you get the chance to hear or book one of Gampel's performances or 'informances', take it! His contact information is on his website, http://www.gampel.com/ .
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre and our Sick Society full of Lost Souls
When we have an eruption of violence by one person or a small group of people like Cho Seung-Hui or Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold I think I have the opposite reaction to that of most people. I am surprised that things like this do not happen more often.
(13 comments) SHARE Friday, February 23, 2007 Democratic Presidential Candidates – Help me Make up my Mind!
If I could speak directly to the candidates and give them a hint as to what it would take to bring me into their camp, here is what I would say to a few of them
(19 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 3, 2008 Why only Obama can beat McCain
When the Superdelegates decide whom they are going to support, if electability factors into their decision at all, they should consider the constituencies and who can unite those constituencies and the party.
SHARE Monday, February 18, 2008 Hillary Clinton - Desperate Final Attempts to Smear Barack Obama and Stave off Defeat
When you see likely defeat coming around the corner in politics, you can go one of three ways, you can give up, which I don't recommend, you can fight harder using the best of what you have, or you can fight harder using the worst you have to offer.
(15 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 24, 2006 Iraq War - Pardon the Troops Accused of Crimes
It is our fault that this happened to them. When I say 'our' I mean everyone who is a citizen of the United States. It is in our name that they are there fighting. I know that certain segments of our nation deserve more of a share of the blame, namely those who were in favor of this war from the beginning, but it does not mean that the rest of us do not still share some of it.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 8, 2007 2004 Presidential Election Ohio - Kerry Votes Switched to Bush says James Q Jacobs
Jacobs, a self described anthropologist and archeologist, analyzed the ballots in predominantly Democratic Cuyahoga county and suggests that the ballots were purposely designed so that errors that voters might make by voting in the wrong precinct resulted in extra votes for Bush
SHARE Monday, December 4, 2006 Republican Corruption Fallout Continues – The New Hampshire Election Phone Jamming Scandal
New Hampshire voters saw just how much Republicans respect those values they are always talking about and they did not like what they saw. Voters nationwide need to understand that when Democrats talk about issues with elections and how the GOP seem to play fast and loose (I am being generous) with election laws, there is something behind what we are talking about.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, December 11, 2009 Steve Leser debates Eric Bolling re: Cap & Trade on Fox News' Your World
Steve Leser debates Eric Bolling re: Cap & Trade on Fox News' Your World. Topics include Climate Gate, Copenhagen, the EPA's ruling on Carbon and other climate change and global warming topics and impacts.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, October 2, 2006 Rice and Foley and the Republican Party in Power. Incompetence, Pedophilia, Hypocrisy and Hubris.
To sum up, adultery, pedophilia and other perverted acts and cover-ups of same are OK as far as Republicans are concerned, provided a Republican is doing the deed. And Secretary Condoleeza Rice has turned out to be one of the worst cabinet members of a Presidential administration in the history of this country.
SHARE Tuesday, December 19, 2006 Iraq War – When the Wrong Path Was Taken and What to Do Now
I spend a lot of time listening to people talk about Iraq. There is so much incorrect information on both sides of the ideological aisle. No wonder we have made so many mistakes.
SHARE Sunday, April 16, 2006 Immigration Reform – Republicans Show Their Mastery of Disinformation and Lying
As clearly proven by the harsh bills and amendments put out by Republicans like Frist, Sensenbrenner and others, Republicans want to make undocumented immigrants, mostly Latinos, into Felons and send them back where they came from. These are the indisputable facts.
SHARE Monday, October 27, 2008 McCain continues Failed Bush Logic on Taxes & Economy
McCain is arguing for the same failed Republican policies that bankrupted the federal AND state governments, put a lot of money into the hands of the wealthy and hurt the middle class and this resulted in an overall much weaker economy.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Hillary Clinton - The Debbie Downer of American Politics
The ultimate joke about Hillary's tactics and many accusations against Obama is that now she is suggesting that they run on the same ticket together. If ANY of the harsh accusations she is making is true, why would she want to run on either the top or the bottom of the ticket with Obama?
SHARE Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Barack Obama is the new Comeback Kid
History will record May 6, 2008 as the day when Senator Barack Obama sealed the Democratic nomination for President.
(25 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 17, 2008 Obama Wins an unusual Wednesday night Debate
Before the debate was halfway complete, the blogosphere was erupting in outrage at the lack of questions about substantive issues.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 30, 2007 Democratic Party - In Danger of Winning the Battle and Losing the War
There are times when a party in power is so intoxicated with how well they are doing and their polling results that they vote themselves into a position that guarantees their downfall.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 16, 2006 Bush and Spending – So Now President Bush Wants to Talk Fiscal Responsibility?
This President has presided over the most irresponsible fiscal record in history. His administration, along with his cronies in the Republican congress, turned several years of surplus federal government budgets delivered by the previous administration into massive deficits.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, December 24, 2007 Edwards - surging in Iowa faces Holiday Attacks and Lies by Obama & Clinton
With polls showing Edwards in a dead heat with Obama and Clinton in Iowa, and Edwards listed as the preferred second choice of supporters of other candidates (an important factor in the Iowa Caucuses) an argument could be made that Edwards is actually leading in Iowa at this point.
SHARE Sunday, April 4, 2010 My Presentation on the New Health Care Reform Law to Harlem4
I was asked to speak to the Harlem4 organization and help them understand the new HealthCare Reform Law and what it will mean to them. I gave a 32 minute presentation that describes the law and I videotaped it and uploaded it to youtube. Due to limits on the size/duration of Youtube videos, I had to break it up into four parts.
(6 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Obama Coverage – When it's a Better Product, it's not Bias
One of the things that are most surprising is that McCain and his campaign staff haven't been able to dream up anything to put out there that distinguishes him from President Bush
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 4, 2006 Emperor Palpatine aka Darth Cheney Lectures Putin about Freedom
We now have evidence of one of the big weaknesses of this administration, memory retention. Yes, I know, there exists a lot of other, perhaps more important shortcomings, but this one is a serious one too.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 29, 2006 Bush Impeachment First Follow up - People go Rushing for a Copy of Jefferson's Manual
This action by the Illinois legislature and now that of California and Vermont caught a lot of people off guard. How can a state legislature do this? It seems so out of line to most people. But to Thomas Jefferson and the framers, it was right in line with their way of thinking about the power of a state legislature.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 16, 2006 Bush - A modern day Marie Antoinette and the best friend Bin Laden could have
Like Bush, Marie Antoinette was not stupid. When Marie applied herself, decided to take something seriously and performed the requisite research and work, she was as bright and capable as anyone was. The problem is that like her 21st century counterpart, George W. Bush, she rarely did so.
(11 comments) SHARE Monday, September 3, 2007 Senator Larry Craig - A Democrat who Feels Sorry for Him
While I feel sorry for certain individuals in the Republican Party who have found themselves on the wrong end of this bigoted juggernaut, as a whole and as to their recent election and popularity losses, I have to feel like the GOP have been hoisted on their own petard.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 20, 2008 Hillary Clinton Attacks Activists and Southern Whites & Alienates Progressives
Hillary's problems are multiplying. It isnt just that she is behind by numbers that make it mathematically close to impossible to win, she is turning off large groups of voters and her negatives and unfavorable ratings are skyrocketing.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 5, 2006 Bush Quotes as Deep Thoughts
I was a huge fan of "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey on Saturday Night Live. So on my old blog over at "The Dumbya Chronicles", I had a thing where each week I posted a Bush quote that really "spoke" to me and I called them "Deep Quotes". Here are a few of the Gems:
(24 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 3, 2007 Democrats Missed it Badly on Iraq War Funding
I think some congressional Democrats felt that they did enough after sending two bills to the President requiring firm (more or less firm anyway) deadlines for bringing home the troops ... The problem is, that was just not enough here.
(9 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 25, 2008 What Hillary's Kennedy Assassination Misstatement Really Means
Hillary Clinton and John McCain have fed the media a diet of scandal and innuendo and kept feeding it to the point where it has become a monster that will consume them both.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, October 30, 2006 Dixie Chicks and NBC – NBC now stands for Negative Bush material Censored
Thomas Jefferson said it best when in 1987 he said:
The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
(8 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 25, 2007 Vick Dog fighting Suspension Raises More Questions
I don't understand our culture that says that if someone commits a crime, they should automatically and permanently lose their ability to earn a living in their profession.
SHARE Monday, December 12, 2005 Why the Support for the Tookies and O.J.s in the Black Community?
The issue is the continuing disconnect between white and black people when the matter at hand is the prosecution or punishment of a high profile black defendant. Blacks tend to root for the defendant and whites tend to root against them.
SHARE Wednesday, November 1, 2006 Election 2006 – A Democratic Grassroots GOTV or Get Out The Vote Effort
I was wondering, what could every Democrat at the grassroots level do to combat the cash rich Republican Get Out The Vote Machine? Here is what I have come up with, the ultimate KISS or Keep It Simple Stupid method.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 22, 2006 John McCain – Continuously and 'Critically' Wrong on Iraq
Election 2008 will provide voters an opportunity to voice their opinions of their elected official's actions with regards to Iraq. Presidential candidates with a record of votes or statements on Iraq will face the glare of a harsh spotlight indeed.
SHARE Saturday, May 17, 2008 McCain & GOP Continue Politics as Usual with False Appeasement Charges
We need a new kind of politician and President, one that embraces honesty and change. If you are reading this and saying that the American people will never be able to get someone like that for their President, I have a simple answer, "Yes We Can".
SHARE Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Democratic Presidential Candidates are Setting the Wrong Tone on Iran
A regional or perhaps global catastrophe is in the works based on misinformation (or many would say DISinformation) regarding Iran's atomic energy program. It upsets me that some of my favorite Democrats are operating based on that misinformation. The Bush administration is asserting at every turn that Iran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons. They have no basis for that accusation.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 24, 2007 It is time for President's Questions
The point of Prime Minister's Questions is to provide a public forum where at least once a week, the most powerful person and party in government is directly challenged on his (or her) policies regarding the most important issues of the day. We need to adopt this kind of accountability here in the United States.
SHARE Monday, February 4, 2008 My Super Tuesday Prediction for the Democrats
Below shows a prediction where Obama wins 13 states and Hillary wins 9. But I think Obama will win at least two of the states where I indicated the potential for an Obama upset is high, making it 15 states for Obama and 7 for Hillary.
(10 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 13, 2008 Hillary Clinton thinks everything is A-OK with Bush Policies and their End Result
Read between the lines of Hillary Clinton and her surrogates criticizing Barack Obama and his 'bitter' statement and that is one of the places her logic takes you. Hillary seems to be saying that Americans aren't bitter because they have no reason to be.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 24, 2006 Immigration Debate – My Daughter Teaches her Father about the Innocent Victims, the Children
They are illegal and they committed a crime in coming here! They are illegal and they committed a crime in coming here! The mantra repeated over and over by Republicans on the immigration issue ignores a series of inconvenient facts. Let us take a look at them.
(5 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 8, 2006 Foley Scandal – What We Know Now and Who Should Resign and Why
In the wake of Florida Congressman Mark Foley's resignation in disgrace for predatory acts toward teenage boys, there have been daily revelations concerning additional disgusting acts perpetrated by the former congressman. There have also been daily disclosures of the prior knowledge and culpability of growing numbers of Republican congressmen including members of the Republican congressional leadership.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 14, 2006 John McCain – Remember When people thought he Wasn’t a Sellout?
According to a recent Newsweek article, “McCain’s aids say…He has an 80-plus percent approval rating from the National Tax Limitation Committee. He enjoys similarly high marks from the Christian Coalition. His legislative record is pro-life and pro-gun, his aides say. "Has he ever not voted for a conservative jurist? There may be one or two cases," says McCain's chief of staff, Mark Salter. “
SHARE Sunday, September 17, 2006 Pinellas County Democratic Party Shows Need for New Model
What I think the state and national party has to decide is whether the current model still makes sense. The current model consists of letting local counties completely run their local parties without the benefit of any substantial guidance by political professionals.
SHARE Thursday, May 4, 2006 A New Deal for the Twenty First Century. A Democratic Party Manifesto
Yes, the Republicans have failed miserably, but I want the people to know in no uncertain terms what we Democrats are offering. I could have listed more and I could have been more specific or more vague, but five had a nice ring to it.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Iran - Are they Inviting Attack, if so, Why?
You could argue that countries have the right to pursue peaceful uses of nuclear power. However, combine that assertion with a country that recently has developed and tested MIRV missile technology, combine that with a country that has recently developed and tested missile technology that has a low radar visibility...
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 30, 2006 Bush – Trying the comedy Jedi mind trick again
Is there any wonder why we think he is in some kind of bubble, self-insulated from the realities of the country? Is there any wonder why his approval rating is threatening to dip into the 20s? Could the transparent attempt to make us forget his many failures with humor be any more insulting?
SHARE Tuesday, May 2, 2006 Bush and the America he created
I feel like some kid went back in a Delorean and made Biff President, it screwed everything up, and we are all just waiting for some mad scientist to get the kid 1.21 gigawatts to go back and fix everything.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 24, 2006 Iraq, Afghanistan and now Iran – Prepare for the Clash of Civilizations
Before the Iraq war lies regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction and non-existent Iraqi links to Al Qaeda, there was a definite suspicion in the minds of the world's Muslim population towards the US and its motives. That suspicion has now been replaced by complete disbelief and contempt. Why shouldn't they have those sorts of feelings? Most of Europe, Asia, Africa and at least half of the United States feel the same way
SHARE Monday, March 3, 2008 Hillary Clinton's Tactics in Ohio and Texas Show Why She is Karl Rove's Favorite Democrat
Attempting to win campaigns by lies, mudslinging and appealing to the lowest common denominator is not what I am about. This is not what I thought the Democratic Party was about. Hillary should have pulled out of the race after the February 5th super Tuesday shellacking that she received
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, April 14, 2006 Bush – The Dynamics of a Failed Presidency
I do not like to write articles that just rehash what everyone else is talking about unless I have what I think is a new angle to present on it. In a way, it is getting boring to continue to list all the failures of the Bush administration. Everyone but the hardcore Republican base knows he is a complete failure on everything he and his administration have touched.
SHARE Wednesday, August 23, 2006 Iraq and the Republican and PNAC Miscalculation and Lesson they never seem to learn
My guess is that most of the two thirds of the American Public who now believe and understand the Iraq war was a mistake do not know the origins of the failed policy. It is important to understand where the policy comes from and which individuals pushed for it for half a decade before its being put into use because the people that gave us Iraq are not finished.
SHARE Tuesday, June 3, 2008 McCain is more of McSame
Its always a hard thing to watch someone deny who they are and what they believe. With the amount of television coverage that McCain will get as we head to the general election campaign, this is going to be continually painful
(7 comments) SHARE Friday, January 13, 2006 Iran: We are exactly where I feared we would be.
What are we to do and what course may things take now that Iran has decided to continue development of its nuclear program.
SHARE Friday, October 27, 2006 Election 2006 – Electronic Voting Machines Are Already Failing
The question is, why are we still having these problems six years after the election 2000 meltdown? I cannot help but feel seriously let down by legislators of virtually every state of the union.
SHARE Thursday, May 15, 2008 McCain Campaign Rips off My Idea on President's Questions
When people seem to come up with the same idea and then phrase their justification of the idea almost exactly the same way and then do not give any sort of nod as to where they got the idea, that is irksome.
SHARE Thursday, January 11, 2007 Bush to US - Let me risk Your children to try to fix the un-fixable in Iraq
Like a feudal monarch, Bush is deepening our risk and commitment to war despite the fact that over 70% of the country disagrees with his actions and policies. Bush does not care what any of us think or want and in a further illustration of this, he engaged the troops immediately before the congress had the opportunity to advise and consent (or dissent) to his actions.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, July 14, 2006 Bush Administration's Lack of a Middle East & Israeli - Palestinian Policy Proving Disastrous
The Bush Administration's decrepit Middle East non-Policy should be listed in the dictionary as a definition for failure. We're spending 11 million dollars an hour for the never ending failure of a war in Iraq and what has it bought us, more people angry with us, more war, more bloodshed, less stability, less peace and less hope.
(8 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 25, 2006 Lieberman – A Defense of the Connecticut Senator
I like Senator Joseph Lieberman and I always have. I am not happy that he has become one of the favorite whipping boys of the progressive press and electorate. I am also unhappy that a campaign has been waged by progressive groups such as Progressive Democrats of America to find and support a candidate to run against him in the Democratic primary.
SHARE Sunday, January 14, 2007 Cheney: FISA Courts are Infiltrated by Islamic Terrorists
Either the administration knows they are doing something immoral or illegal and thus wants to avoid the paper trail that going to a FISA court would generate, or they believe that the FISA Courts are infiltrated by Islamic Terrorists.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 4, 2006 Democrats, Liberals and Progressives Need to Return to Protest 101 Classes
One of the worst moments in my life was the day of the beginning of this latest Iraq war. Many of us had done as much as we thought was possible to stop it, knowing it was a criminal act and a policy born of lies and yet at the same time feeling powerless in the face of its seeming inevitability.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 9, 2006 Hayden for CIA – Rove’s Gambit
The implications for this confirmation hearing go way beyond the CIA to the protection of our Constitutional rights and to election 2006.
SHARE Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Hillary Clinton's Pyrrhic Pennsylvania victory
Campaigns run on money. Staff has to be paid, venues rented, ads bought, transportation gassed and ticketed. Most candidates for their party's nomination don't drop out as a direct consequence of losing one too many contests, they drop out because after they start losing, their campaign contributions drop off and they run out of money.
SHARE Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Cheney – CIA Leak-Gate focuses on the Vice President
Today, the Associated Press reported that Cheney may be called in a witness in the case against his former Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. It is hard to believe that is going to be the extent of the Vice President’s involvement in the Leak-Gate legal proceedings.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 12, 2006 Progressive Democrats of America – Do you know them? Here is why you should
PDA's stated mission is as follows, "Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) exists to carry the progressive agenda from the American grassroots to Congress to guide the development of progressive legislation, fight for its passage into law, and support the realization of progressive policies at the state and local levels."
SHARE Wednesday, April 19, 2006 Bush and Rumsfeld in ‘Baghdad Mountain’
“Look Rummy, you know I love you. You know I would do anything for you.” Bush started crying again, “Don’t you know you have to do something to make things better over there?
SHARE Friday, March 10, 2006 Bush Poll - Supporter Wavering
All cabinet officials have been pulled off their normal assignments and pressed into service to come up with a plan to keep Sher’s support firmly in the White House camp.
SHARE Wednesday, March 29, 2006 More back and forth with Colleen Graffy at State
I've proposed that the administration send me to GITMO to see for myself what is going on over there and have promised balanced and accurate coverage. Ball is in their court.
SHARE Sunday, May 7, 2006 Hayden - The Wrong Choice to Head CIA
General Hayden tells us ... the NSA needs to be able to wiretap American citizens at the Presidents behest without such pesky requirements as going through any semblance of the legal system, secret or not. Any American who thinks the Constitution and Bill of Rights are more than just a cute idea should recoil at any such suggestion.