Monthly Archives: January 2011

January 30, 2011

Only thing stopping a free Egypt is U.S.

Responses to my optimistic post of yesterday on the future of Egypt have been pessimistic. It is true that real democracy is never assured. It is difficult to attain and perhaps even harder to maintain. But American pessimism on Egypt’s … Continue reading →

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January 29, 2011

Democracy first for Egypt, then for the U.S.?

AFP photo Egyptian protesters surround a statue of Alexander the Great in Alexandria, Egypt. The protesters are demanding the ouster of autocratic Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. A sign that they’re likely to get their wish is that the members of the Egyptian … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "freedom", "liberty", "reforms", AIPAC, Alexandria, Barack Obama, Bertram Gross, democracy, Egypt, Egyptian protesters, Egyptians, friendly fascism, Hosni Mubarak, inverted totalitarianism, Israel, Israel-first lobby, justice, managed democracy, militarism, nonviolence, President Barack Obama, President Hosni Mubarak, President Obama, Rand Paul, regime change, Revolution, Sheldon Wolin, violence, Zionism

January 27, 2011

This is our BIG T-shirt moment!

The new Team Obama T-shirt is yours for a donation of $25 or more! Confession: I purchased and I wore a white-lettered-on-black “got hope?” T-shirt before Barack Obama was elected in November 2008. In public. Repeatedly. That was back when I … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "tea party", "we do big things", "winning the future", baby boomers, change, climate change, corporateering, corporateers, corporations, federal budget deficit, hope, hopey-changey, Obama, Obama administration, Palin, Politics, propaganda, Republican Party, Republican Tea Party, Sarah Palin, sloganeering, slogans, Team Obama, war profiteering, war profiteers, what the fuck, WTF

January 26, 2011

We’ve already lost the future

Reuters photos In character with the “hope” that he dashed and the significant “change” that he never delivered, President Barack Obama last night delivered a falsely positive State of the Union address meant to capture the “swing vote” for … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "Sputnik moment", "win the future", "winning the future", baby boomers, Barack Obama, broken promises, George W. Bush, Politics, President Barack Obama, President Obama, professional left, SOTU, State of the Union

January 14, 2011

The predictable political deaths of Palin and Steele

Orlando Sentinel photo Michael Steele and Sarah Palin embrace at a rally in Orlando, Florida, in October. Repugnican National Committee chair Michael Steele, the RNC’s first black chair, has dropped out of the race to lead the RNC for the next … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "tea party", cynicism, Democratic Party, diversity, feminism, John McCain, Michael Steele, Misogyny, Mitt Romney, postaday2011, Racism, Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee, Republican Party, Republican Tea Party, RNC, Sarah Palin, white supremacism

January 12, 2011

Sarah Palin-Quayle gives the sociopathic response that we expected

The cover of the current issue of The Stranger of Seattle, via Salon.com. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords lies in a hospital bed in Tucson with a bullet having sliced through her brain. The extent of her future recovery is unknown. … Continue reading →

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January 11, 2011

Politics permeate EVERYTHING

It may be a uniquely American inability or unwillingness — or both — to realize how everything is connected. So many are screaming that politics have had nothing whatsoever to do with Saturday’s shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Arizona, Barack Obama, false equivalencies, false equivalency, Gabrielle Giffords, gun nuts, gun violence, Jared Lee Lougher, Jared Loughner, Jesse Kelly, Loughner, Michelle Bachmann, NRA, Politics, President Barack Obama, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Sarah Palin, Second Amendment, Sharron Angle, Tucson, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wingnuttery

January 10, 2011

Giffords victim of permissive environment

When Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona spoke to the “liberal” MSNBC in March 2010 about her concerns over rhetoric about her assassination, the MSNBC co-hosts couldn’t minimize her concerns quickly enough and asserted (without any examples or proof) that the … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "tea party", Arizona, assassin, assassination, assassination attempt, baby boomers, Chuck Todd, Democratic Party, Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords, Jared Lee Loughner, Jared Loughner, MSNBC, Pima County, Politics, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Rep. Giffords, Republican Party, Republican Tea Party, Tucson, violence

January 8, 2011

Giffords was on Palin’s hit list

In March 2010, Repugnican Tea Party queen Sarah Palin-Quayle put Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ name on her hit list and indicated Giffords’ legislative district in Arizona with a graphic of gun crosshairs. Today, Giffords was shot in the head in … Continue reading →

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January 6, 2011

Why the wingnuts’ Constitution fetish

Associated Press photos Fascists John “Cry Me a River” Boehner and Darrell “Joseph McCarthy Jr.” Issa are pictured fetishizing the U.S. Constitution in Washington, D.C., yesterday. It wasn’t very long ago that that wingnuts were fetishizing our “founding fathers.” … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Only thing stopping a free Egypt is U.S.

Democracy first for Egypt, then for the U.S.?

This is our BIG T-shirt moment!

We’ve already lost the future

The predictable political deaths of Palin and Steele

Sarah Palin-Quayle gives the sociopathic response that we expected

Politics permeate EVERYTHING

Giffords victim of permissive environment

Giffords was on Palin’s hit list

Why the wingnuts’ Constitution fetish

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