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Larry Sakin is a former non-profit medical organization executive and music producer. His writing can be found on Mytown.ca, Blogcritics, OpEd News, The People's Voice, Craig's List and The Progressive magazine. He also advocates for literacy and directs The Progressive Principles Project, and is a National Coordinator for the DFA offshoot group WeDemocrats.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 19, 2006 The World In Which We Live
President Bush believes his opponents don't "understand the world in which we live." However, its perfectly clear that Bush doesn't live in the same world as the rest of us.
SHARE Friday, September 29, 2006 The Folly of Arizona's Proposition 300
Life in Arizona can be quite anachronistic. While citizens here have all the conveniences of modern technology and skyscrapers that pierce the light blue sky, the state sometimes resembles the Old West politically and culturally. Take Proposition 300, a 2006 ballot initiative forcing undocumented migrants to pay out-of-state tuition costs to attend college.
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, July 15, 2006 True Believers
Are journalists who don't deal in speculative conspiracy theories cowards?
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 7, 2006 The Loathsome Death Sentence of Saddam Hussein
We all knew it was going to happen. The conservatives would pull some last minute tactic before the midterm elections today. But no one predicted the November 5th death sentence of former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein by a kangaroo tribunal of Shiite and Sunni-lite judges.
(6 comments) SHARE Friday, December 8, 2006 The Dirty Little Secret of Terrorist States
It's difficult for American progressives and conservatives to agree on many things. But one thing they do agree on is the need to eliminate state-sponsored terrorism around the globe, and work to create viable democracies in war torn regions.
SHARE Saturday, June 9, 2007 One Nation, Under Served
In one of his many explanations for the Iraq War, President Bush said that "we need to fight them (terrorists) there so we won't have to fight them over here." Little did Bush realize at the time he made that statement that his domestic policies are setting the stage for homegrown terrorists in his own back yard.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, June 27, 2006 The War Bush Said He Wanted
The Iraq War is quickly becoming the issue of the 2006 midterm elections. But are any of the incumbent candidates questioning Bush's stated justifications for that war?
SHARE Saturday, December 23, 2006 The Gift In George's Stocking
President Bush submitted a gift list to the Santa Claus' in Congress, hoping his request for $100 billion more in emergency funding for his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would find its way into his stocking this year.
SHARE Sunday, June 24, 2007 How Progressives Can Take Back the Nation
Well, it's official. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has switched political party affiliation from Republican to Independent. The announcement has the mainstream media agog - is this a sign that the billionaire media owner will run for president?
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 13, 2007 With the Terrorists
About five years ago, President Bush gave Americans a choice: we could either be with him or with the terrorists. It was an awful coercion of democratic principle but hey- we all knew back then that Bush could hardly spell democracy much less define it.
The same options are still on the table today and I have to say, sorry Mr. Bush, but I gotta go with the terrorists.
SHARE Friday, November 17, 2006 The Mexicans Are Coming! The Mexicans Are Coming!
The people of Arizona spoke loudly against illegal immigration on November 7. And it's pretty clear the electorate doesn't want illegal immigrants reaping the benefits of tax dollars. And if voters have to give their money to someone, they'd rather give it to a bureaucracy before giving it to illegal immigrants. This is hardly representative of the Republican ideal of "small government."
SHARE Friday, August 4, 2006 Holocaust Deniers
The Israeli Defense Force wants the world to believe the Qana massacre was staged by Hezbollah. But is this just another attempt by an occupier nation to deny their own culpability in the deaths of innocent civilians?
SHARE Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Realities of Media and News Programming
My friend Zoë asked a great question the other day. Zoë wanted to know why the media covers stories on school shootings ad nauseum, when America is killing innocent children living in Iraq and other countries on a daily basis. This is a very complex question, but the crass, simple answer is: Because stories about school shootings in America sell Hummers, and babies in Iraq don't.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 9, 2007 A Declaration of Complete Independence
There's no denying it. The Democrat and Republican Parties have control over America's political landscape, and there is a growing contingent of unhappy voters wanting change.
SHARE Thursday, June 29, 2006 Tough Talking Democrats Leading In Polls
While centrist democrats try to evade the tough issues in the mid-term elections, tough talking progressive candidates are addressing central issues- and benefitting handsomely for it.
SHARE Wednesday, October 11, 2006 Fasten Your Seatbelts
With the fallout from the Mark Foley scandal, it appears Republicans will only have two options for winning majorities in Congress this year. The first is a blatant theft at the ballot boxes, so obvious no one would doubt the fraud involved. The second is to stop appealing to Evangelical Christians, who are turning away from the GOP in droves, and start appealing to members of NAMBLA.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, October 30, 2006 Democratic Shuffle
Only a week to go until the 2006 midterm election, and by all accounts it looks like Democrats will get a shot at leading Congress again. But will we really see much difference in legislative policy? I don't think so.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, July 21, 2006 New American Body Count
The timing of the current Middle East Conflict couldn't have been better-- right before the 2006 Midterm Elections.