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Pulitzer Awarded For Slavery By Another Name
Douglas A. Blackmon won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in General Non-fiction for Slavery by Another Name – The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. In a brief interview yesterday with the AJC's Jennifer Brett, Blackmon said: I hope that the real relevance of the book is to advance the idea that if we really want to understand America in terms of … [Read more...] about Pulitzer Awarded For Slavery By Another Name
Is Dick Cheney Really Running Scared . . .
By SHAUN MULLEN GUEST VOICE . . . because of the drumbeat of revelations about the Bush torture regime that he led? I hardly think so. The real question is whether the former vice president is losing his marbles and that seems to be what is happening given his recent erratic behavior and long history of serving no one and nothing more than himself. Dick Cheney always … [Read more...] about Is Dick Cheney Really Running Scared . . .
The Pushover Presidency
I have recently heard plenty of harebrained attacks on President Obama, ranging from the inane to the clearly ginned up, and I've done my best to call out the perpetrators. But when he screws the pooch, as every administration inevitably does, we also need to call him out on it. That's why I find myself reading the New York Times today and wondering what the heck is going on in … [Read more...] about The Pushover Presidency
Is The Stress Test Too Stressful ?
This Friday we are supposed to see the release of the bank stress tests by the government. In theory these tests are supposed to show how some banks are strong and help to build confidence in the system. While the details of how the system will work remain sketchy I am not particularly confident about it. Admittedly I am far from being a banking expert but then again look at … [Read more...] about Is The Stress Test Too Stressful ?
Pat Toomey: A Democrat’s Best Friend
Pat Toomey, the former head of Club for Growth is running against Arlen Specter in the 2010 Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary. A lot of conservative purists are probably saying "good riddance" to the moderate Specter who voted for the Obama Stimulus package and is a social moderate. Toomey has made career out of going after "RINOs" or "Republicans in Name Only." But as David … [Read more...] about Pat Toomey: A Democrat’s Best Friend
Stealing Republican Thunder
"Obama is positioning the Democrats as the party of order, responsibility and small-town values," David Brooks writes in the New York Times today. "If he pulls this mantle away from the Republicans, it would be the greatest train robbery in American politics." Where the conservative Brooks sees theft, the less ideological may find an expectable reaction to eight years of … [Read more...] about Stealing Republican Thunder
Michael Pollan’s One Unifying Idea
On the day after Michelle Obama planted an organic garden at the White House, I was at the Georgia Organics Conference at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA. The weekend of workshops -- I went to one on worms and another on successes in meat processing -- was topped off with 1,100 people gathered under a tent for a Farmers Feast. The main attraction was Michael Pollan. He … [Read more...] about Michael Pollan’s One Unifying Idea
Republicans’ New Attack Line On Obama: He’s Weak
The Republican party now seems the party of consensus -- of sorts: GOPers now seem to have settled on a theme that they are using against President Barack Obama...that he's weak. It's in a lot of the recent assertions and condemnations. Hardball's Chris Matthews covers this trend here: Can this take hold and pay political dividends for the GOP? The best hunch is that … [Read more...] about Republicans’ New Attack Line On Obama: He’s Weak
What Makes U.S. Great
Just in case you needed reminding. (Click cartoon for full size image.) More more, visit Small World cartoons. … [Read more...] about What Makes U.S. Great
Funny Response To Stupid Ad
For those who may not have seen it, there is an ad out there which once again tries to portray the fight over same sex marriage as 'the gays are gonna steal your kids'. It is quite disgusting. Well there is a very funny response, which I think shows a light response to a nasty ad … [Read more...] about Funny Response To Stupid Ad
I’ll Huff, and I’ll Puff, and I’ll Bloowww Your House Down!
Yesterday, Dick Cheney told a Fox audience that he wanted the CIA to release all the torture memos, including the ones, Cheney said, that "proved" torturing enhanced interrogations had stopped terrorist attacks and kept Americans safe. In fact, he declared that he had already "formally asked the CIA to take steps to declassify those memos..." Except that, um... he didn't … [Read more...] about I’ll Huff, and I’ll Puff, and I’ll Bloowww Your House Down!
Of a Hot-for-Secession Governor and One Cool Lady Senator
Texas governor, Rick Perry, has a penchant for trying to grab the headlines. This, perhaps in preparation for his upcoming run for re-election against someone who promises to be one tough rival, one tough lady---but always a lady---U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. His headlines-grabbing, anti-Washington rants, however, come at the expense of Texans and Texas, such as, … [Read more...] about Of a Hot-for-Secession Governor and One Cool Lady Senator
Latin Americans Will Sooner or Later Come ‘Crawling’ to the U.S.: Gazeta of Russia
Chavez: 'Today I don't smell sulfur.' Obama: 'Thank you very much.' As part of our coverage of the events surrounding the Fifth Summit of the Americas, WORLDMEETS.US offers this unforgiving walk through the reality of Latin America from a Russian perspective. For Gazeta of Russia, Yevgeniy Trifonov writes in part: "For Latin Americans, China, Europe and Japan, even … [Read more...] about Latin Americans Will Sooner or Later Come ‘Crawling’ to the U.S.: Gazeta of Russia
Torture
I'm trying to get my head around both the recently released memos and the issue as a whole. I believe that torture is wrong and that it doesn't work. But what if I believed that torture did work? That is a question of evidence, not ethics. If it worked, how much risk to American lives would I tolerate in order to defend my ethical commitment? An editorial in today's Post … [Read more...] about Torture
MemoGate: Acts Of Insanity
The political definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. This applies to the sadist(s) in the Bush administration ordering waterboarding of two al-Qaeda prisoners 266 times. Even the Central Intelligence Agency interrogators questioned their superiors about the continued practice of brutal interviewing techniques. It … [Read more...] about MemoGate: Acts Of Insanity
Quote of the Day: Is Dick Cheney Panicking?
Our political Quote of the Day comes from Andrew Sullivan who wonders whether former Vice President Dick Cheney is "panicking" as news continues to emerge giving details about the extent of torture under the Bush administration. He points to Cheney's increasingly harsh public statement taking aim at President Barack Obama and writes: Did Cheney believe he could hide all this … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Is Dick Cheney Panicking?
MemoGate
The political definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. This applies to the sadist(s) in the Bush administration ordering waterboarding of two al-Qaeda prisoners 266 times. Even the Central Intelligence Agency interrogators questioned their superiors about the continued practice of brutal interviewing techniques. It … [Read more...] about MemoGate
Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix
This one's been making the tech blog rounds... If that didn't quench your tech-machinery-plays-music thirst, here's a laser cutter playing the Super Mario Bros. theme. And here a CNC router plays Still Alive from Portal. For Queen fans, here a guy in a car rocks so hard to Bohemian Rhapsody that the airbag goes off and knocks him out. (Check it out soon. It's been … [Read more...] about Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix
Many Foreclosed Homes Throughout The Country Doomed To Be Razed
It's a sign of the particularly tough financial times: bulldozers will be kept busy as some foreclosed houses will be razed throughout the country. Why? In some cases the owners didn't have enough money to keep up maintenance, so it'd simply cost too much to bring them up to code and resell them. In other cases, owners took what they could from the actual home. In yet other … [Read more...] about Many Foreclosed Homes Throughout The Country Doomed To Be Razed