WASHINGTON -- Republicans are waging the most concerted campaign to prevent or discourage citizens from exercising their legitimate voting rights since the Jim Crow days of poll taxes and literacy tests. Four years ago, Democrats expanded American democracy by registering millions of new voters -- mostly young people and minorities -- and convincing them to show up at … [Read more...] about Witch Hunt for the Zombie Voter
2012 Presidential Campaign Could Be Ugliest and Silliest Ever
Get ready for the 2012 Presidential campaign to be one of the ugliest — and possibly silliest — ever. Actually, the campaign has been unofficially underway. It's all but completely launched now that Mitt Romney is the last Super PAC standing and presumptive Republican Party Presidential nominee, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has finally folded a campaign that … [Read more...] about 2012 Presidential Campaign Could Be Ugliest and Silliest Ever
Chen Guangcheng ‘Deluded’ by Western Media Attention (Global Times, People’s Republic of China)
Was the escape of China’s blind dissident Chen Guangcheng from house arrest to the U.S. Embassy the failed attempt by a discredited man to enlist the help of a foreign power? This editorial from China’s government mouthpiece, the Global Times, not only seeks to diminish Mr. Chen’s significance as a global human rights champion, but hopes to persuade readers that seeking any … [Read more...] about Chen Guangcheng ‘Deluded’ by Western Media Attention (Global Times, People’s Republic of China)
Obama Returning Home After Secretive Trip to Afghanistan
It is now “wheels-up” at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, for Air Force One taking the President of the United States home after a secretive, whirlwind trip to the war front to salute the troops, sign an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on post-war expectations and make an address the nation on the future of that long war. For those who were not able to watch … [Read more...] about Obama Returning Home After Secretive Trip to Afghanistan
Laughingstock
This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to appear on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Laughingstock
Romney, Obama and the Future of Europe (Die Welt, Germany)
Given the two candidates for the U.S. presidency, what do Europeans and in this case, Germans, have to look forward to? According to Die Welt columnist Alan Posener, "The good news for Europeans is also the bad news: it won’t make much of a difference who wins." To put it another way, American leadership as Europeans have come to expect it is over - and weary-sounding Germans … [Read more...] about Romney, Obama and the Future of Europe (Die Welt, Germany)
A Hopeful Lament on Spiritual Transformation, Gluten, and Depression
I'm tired because of the gluten or is it the depression? Did the doughnut bring about this heavy head, or is it the sorrow, the perpetual sorrow of seeing so many refuse you? Or is it my refusal, my refusal to be at peace with who I am and who you are? It seems easy to blame this heavy hearted sorrow on the rebellions around me or the gluten within me, but maybe it's … [Read more...] about A Hopeful Lament on Spiritual Transformation, Gluten, and Depression
National Security As A Political Issue
This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about National Security As A Political Issue
Romney Foreign Policy Spokesman Grennell Under Fire For Being Gay Resigns
We recently did THIS POST having about how Mitt Romney's new foreign policy spokesman Richard Grennell scrubbed his Twitter account of Tweets that were perceived as over the top, sexist or offensive. Now Grennell has resigned from the Romney campaign -- but not because of his Tweets: but because he was under fire from some conservatives for being gay. This somehow made him … [Read more...] about Romney Foreign Policy Spokesman Grennell Under Fire For Being Gay Resigns
Osama in Hell
This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Osama in Hell
BREAKING NEWS: President Obama in Afghanistan — After All (UPDATES)
UPDATE II: “The surprise trip was a closely guarded secret, kept by White House officials and members of the White House press corps — as is customary with presidential trips to war zones.” -- for the security of the President (added by author) Read here how the rumors and news were handled by the media and the White House. UPDATE I: The New York Times now … [Read more...] about BREAKING NEWS: President Obama in Afghanistan — After All (UPDATES)
True The Vote-Guardian At The Gate Of Voter Integrity
When I was in high school I had a curfew of 11:30pm on the weekends. I was grounded a day for every five minutes I was late. It's sounds harsh, I mean, what's 10 minutes, right? But what my Dad knew is that if he allowed me to get away with five minutes, the next time would be 10 or 15 minutes, and I would say, "Hey, I didn't get in trouble before, and I was only five minutes … [Read more...] about True The Vote-Guardian At The Gate Of Voter Integrity
May Day: The Leprous Hand of Rove
Buzz Feed gets it almost right, but the tense is wrong: Will The Navy SEALs Swift Boat Obama? — The operators' resentment is real. And their criticism could undermine the president's clearest-cut victory, the slaying of America's most notorious enemy. — President Barack Obama making a statement on the death of Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011. Gee. On May 1, a British … [Read more...] about May Day: The Leprous Hand of Rove
Al Qaeda Papers Found in Porn File
CNN reports that Al Qaeda papers were found in a porn file. That's weird: you'd think they would be hid in a file that wasn't often looked at... … [Read more...] about Al Qaeda Papers Found in Porn File
The Bill and Barack Super Fundraising Show
WASHINGTON - It was never going to be otherwise. When he took the backyard podium, Obama, 50, noted Clinton's "remarkable" economic record in his two White House terms and referred frequently to the political powerhouse standing behind him, who stands to be a huge fundraising force in the final months of the presidential campaign. - Obama and Bill Clinton campaign together … [Read more...] about The Bill and Barack Super Fundraising Show
Two Anniversaries: One Some Would Like to Forget, the Other Some Would Like to Play Down
In what could be the cruelest of ironies, May 1 marks both the ninth anniversary of a mission not accomplished and the first anniversary of one accomplished and accomplished magnificently. The media is doing quite a good job of reporting on the latter -- the killing of Osama Bin Laden -- although it is being distorted, “sour-graped” and even discredited in some quarters. … [Read more...] about Two Anniversaries: One Some Would Like to Forget, the Other Some Would Like to Play Down
Stuff Mitt Romney doesn’t have to worry about
Sometimes it's the little stuff that drives one crazy. http://youtu.be/bem7ilEEX8A … [Read more...] about Stuff Mitt Romney doesn’t have to worry about
The GOP’s Big Obama Bailout
Tongue in tanned cheek, John Boehner explains his escalating criticism of Barack Obama: "The president is getting … bad advice. Somebody needed to help him out, so I thought I would." Actually, Boehner has it backward. For haters of government bailouts, Republicans in general are doing a nifty job of saving the President from his biggest mistakes in office. … [Read more...] about The GOP’s Big Obama Bailout
(UPDATED) Report Lambasts Murdoch As Being Unfit To Run His International Media Empire
Rupert Murdoch is filthy rich and has amassed enormous political power in Britain, the U.S. and Australia that would have made even Citizen Kane blush, but he has never attained and now never will attain the one thing he has most wanted -- respect. In an extraordinarily damning report released today, a select Parliamentary committee concludes that Murdoch is "not a fit … [Read more...] about (UPDATED) Report Lambasts Murdoch As Being Unfit To Run His International Media Empire
Romney Says “Even Jimmy Carter” Would Have Ordered Bin Laden Operation: Obama Responds
This has been quite a week for the Romney campaign and while it will bring cheers from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh fans, how will it play with independent voters? Probably not well: (1) A Romney aide (despite Romney's Nov. 2008 New York Times op ed titled Let Detroit Go Bankrupt) insisted that Romney really gave Barack Obama the idea for saving the auto industry (2)GOPers were … [Read more...] about Romney Says “Even Jimmy Carter” Would Have Ordered Bin Laden Operation: Obama Responds