Resurrection of Intolerance by Walter Brasch The fanatic right-wing, after taking a few days off to catch their breath, is back again with vengeance. Name anything that President Obama is doing, and this broken wing will try to slap it down, unmindful that more than two-thirds of Americans support the President, with his popularity rising each … [Read more...] about Resurrection of Intolerance (Guest Voice)
Tea Party Protest: No Matter How Big A Net Plus For GOP
The debate is on. Were the "tea parties" held across the United States by conservative Republicans and some other political allies to protest the Obama administration's "big government" policies big? Or are reported figures showing 250,000 or more highly inflated? The bottom line: that argument will likely continue with partisans pushing their respective numbers-lines to … [Read more...] about Tea Party Protest: No Matter How Big A Net Plus For GOP
Obama Haters As Viewed By The Economist
I enjoy reading The Economist because most of the time it offers a dispassionate view of American politics. This article on the Obama haters speaks for itself. … [Read more...] about Obama Haters As Viewed By The Economist
Diplomatic Dance with Cuba
Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Diplomatic Dance with Cuba
You Mean, Heterosexuals Do That Too?
Scott Johnson holds forth on teabagging and "public homosexuality": The star hosts of CNN and MSNBC news shows have notoriously derided the tea party demonstrations around the country with reference to the practice of teabagging (which I had never heard of before they brought it up). As John noted, both networks' "journalists" used the rallies as an occasion for childish … [Read more...] about You Mean, Heterosexuals Do That Too?
Tribute to Marla Ruzicka and the Nameless Aidworkers Around the World
When Marla Ruzicka got killed in Bagdad on April 16, 2005, many US newspapers had long and impressive obituaries about the founder of the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), who convinced Congress to create an Iraqi War Victims Fund. Rolling Stone Magazine described her as a "youthful representative of a certain kind of not-yet-lost American idealism" in a … [Read more...] about Tribute to Marla Ruzicka and the Nameless Aidworkers Around the World
You Want Justice? Look No Further
Justice is in the eye of the beholder. Most Americans are repulsed at the brutal interrogation techniques sometimes used by our Central Intelligence Agency on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. You want to be really repulsed? In Pakistan, al-Qaida and Taliban thugs shoot you by a firing squad for spying. No trial. Just a forced confession. By their convoluted reasoning, it's … [Read more...] about You Want Justice? Look No Further
Pirates: The Shipping News (Guest Voice)
Pirates: The Shipping News by Michael Winship If you're looking for signs of the Apocalypse - and who isn't? - here's a good one. There's an uptick in ark building. You heard me. According to The Wall Street Journal, that Bible of the Financially Bilious, Hong Kong's billionaire Kwok brothers are in the final stages of constructing the world's first full-size replica … [Read more...] about Pirates: The Shipping News (Guest Voice)
Digital Origami: A Wolf Loves Pork
For your Saturday morning viewing pleasure, Stop Motion Wolf & Pig... … [Read more...] about Digital Origami: A Wolf Loves Pork
EPA: Climate Change Is A Government Concern
The EPA under the Obama administration has now signaled a major shift from the Bush years where global warming was pooh-poohed, sentiments echoed by many conservatives and talk show hosts. Time Magazine has this to say on what it calls the EPA's "landmark decision Friday to set in motion the process of regulating greenhouse gases.." Concluding a scientific review … [Read more...] about EPA: Climate Change Is A Government Concern
Steeped in Anger
Jeff Parker, Florida Today This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Steeped in Anger
‘An Unsustainable Course’
Today, President Obama said: Without significant change to steer away from ever-expanding deficits and debt, we are on an unsustainable course. Some will dispute (with merit) my credentials as a fiscal conservative. But let there be no question that I have been fiscally concerned of late about the massive deficits (and corresponding increase in total debt) projected by … [Read more...] about ‘An Unsustainable Course’
Gay Marriage, the GOP and Political Courage
Steve Schmidt, the former campaign manager for John McCain's presidential campaign has been making news today for saying that it is time for conservatives to back same sex marriage. In a speech to the national convention of the Log Cabin Republicans he makes a conservative case for gay marriage: "There is a sound conservative argument to be made for same-sex marriage...I … [Read more...] about Gay Marriage, the GOP and Political Courage
An Interview with Terry Hamilton of Log Cabin Republicans
Log Cabin Republicans are having their annual meeting in Washington, DC this weekend and Politico interviewed Terry Hamilton, the chair of the Board for Log Cabin about the convention, the outlook for the GOP, how President Obama is doing on gay issues and if Meghan McCain is the new gay icon for gay Republicans. Click here to view the interview. … [Read more...] about An Interview with Terry Hamilton of Log Cabin Republicans
U.S.-Mexico Ties: A New Beginning? – La Jornada, Mexico
'IT'S A PITY THAT THE PRESIDENT OF GRINGOLAND IS IN WASHINGTON'S CROSS HAIRS AS HE'S A DEMOCRAT AND HE'S BARACK OBAMA ... AS FOR BUSH, FOR EIGHT YEARS WE HAD 'WELCOMING MATERIAL' WAITING FOR HIM ... BUT NOW WE HAVE TO THROW IT IN THE TRASH.' Barack Obama has just completed the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to Mexico City in decades. And while he made a good … [Read more...] about U.S.-Mexico Ties: A New Beginning? – La Jornada, Mexico
Glimmers of Economic Hope #2
Continuing my call-me-naïve series on hope and optimism for our economy, here are the latest “optimalistic” economic and financial indicators. (For a definition of “Optimalist,” please click here.) WARNING: For professional, unfiltered economic and financial information and advice, please consult the real experts, on TMV or elsewhere. For gloom and doom about our … [Read more...] about Glimmers of Economic Hope #2
Quote Of The Day: On Texas Gov. Rick Perry And Secession
Our political Quote of the Day is by Texas state Rep. Jim Dunnam of Waco, talking about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's comment that if it gets bad enough (meaning the way Perry and some Republicans don't want) the state of Texas can secede from the United States: "We all knew he wanted to be president. I just didn't know it was president of the Republic of Texas," he said to … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: On Texas Gov. Rick Perry And Secession
Headlines from Around the World on Cuba and Obama at Americas Summit
President Obama has arrived in Trinidad & Tobago for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, and WORLDMEETS.US will be following events every step of the way. As we are wont to do in a situation like this, below are some of the headlines we have posted from around the world in the run-up to the summit. Whether the United States likes it or not - it looks like Cuba will be the central … [Read more...] about Headlines from Around the World on Cuba and Obama at Americas Summit
Conservative Republican Tea Party Pourback?
Could some of the images risk turning off independent voters? … [Read more...] about Conservative Republican Tea Party Pourback?
King Solomon’s Decision
That was a gutsy decision by President Barack Obama to release detailed Justice Department memos authorizing brutal interrogation techniques by the Central Intelligence Agency while at the same time announcing he would not prosecute the agency's operatives who carried them out. It was a decision of biblical proportions comparable to the one made by King Solomon. … [Read more...] about King Solomon’s Decision