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Guest Voice: God Bless Ralph Nader
Here is another Guest Voice by Joel S. Hirschhorn who is highly critical of both parties.. Guest Voice columns do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its writers. God Bless Ralph Nader by Joel S. Hirschhorn Because he wants to salvage American democracy and help Americans, Ralph Nader is running for president again. He deserves the support of all Americans … [Read more...] about Guest Voice: God Bless Ralph Nader
US Intelligence: President Musharraf May Be Impeached
The Director of US National Intelligence Michael McConnell told the Bush administration that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf faces the threat of being impeached if the two major parties -- PPP and PML(N) -- which have joined hands to form the next government get the support of independents, reports The Times of India. More here... … [Read more...] about US Intelligence: President Musharraf May Be Impeached
Wanted: A Better Caption For This Photo
The Obama campaign strikes back in the Battle of the Photographs. … [Read more...] about Wanted: A Better Caption For This Photo
US Aid To Pakistan: “Where Did 70% Of It Vanish?”
I am just adding another point to Shaun Mullen's post on the Bush administration's acts of, what he calls, "criminality and misdeeds". What took my breath away was this story in The Guardian newspaper that American officials processing the payments at the US embassy in Islamabad have concluded that no one knows where 70 per cent of the American aid to Pakistan has vanished!!! … [Read more...] about US Aid To Pakistan: “Where Did 70% Of It Vanish?”
How To Fill the GOP’s Black Hole?
A MEETING OF BLACK REPUBLICANS I got into a pretty lively debate with a blog radio talk show host earlier this week over the Republican Party doing a pretty good imitation of not only being exclusionary to blacks but showing no interest in changing that unfortunate state of affairs. The host, a Republican activist from a Midwestern state who has no great affection for … [Read more...] about How To Fill the GOP’s Black Hole?
Obama’s NAFTA Shuffle-Step
One of the more disturbing moments in Tuesday night's debate was when Tim Russert pinned the candidates down on NAFTA -- specifically, on holding the "opt-out" hammer over the heads of Canada and Mexico to renegotiate terms. Here's the "button-up" from Russert to Clinton: MR. RUSSERT: But let me button this up. Absent the change that you're suggesting, you are … [Read more...] about Obama’s NAFTA Shuffle-Step
Barack Obama: The Elvis Of Politics
I wonder if Barack Obama will go down in American history as the Elvis Presley of politics. Elvis’s field was music. It wasn’t the music, but the way he sang it, and the way he moved doing it. Elvis Presley was the first white man who knew how to sing black music. When Sam Phillips, the Sun Records studio owner who “discovered” Elvis, first heard it in 1954, he knew … [Read more...] about Barack Obama: The Elvis Of Politics
Texas Slides Left
Since Texas is of special interest this week here is an interesting observation by a member of the Editorial Board of the San Antonio Express-News Political Tectonics in Texas Should Worry GOP During a two-decade span that began in the early 1980s, Texas went from being a one-party state dominated by Democrats to a one-party state dominated by Republicans. No Democrat has … [Read more...] about Texas Slides Left
The Tortoise McCain
Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about The Tortoise McCain
McCain’s Supporters’ Low Road
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo observes the Road Map for McCain's campaign against Obama. Hopefully, everyone can now see the McCain strategy for running against Barack Obama. Yes, we have some general points on taxes, culture wars and McCain as war hero who can protect us in ways that flash-in-the-pan pretty boy Barack Obama can't. But that's not the core. The core … [Read more...] about McCain’s Supporters’ Low Road
What To Do About All Those Scandals?
If the next president is a Democrat (and that is by no means a foregone conclusion) what if any investigations of Bush administration criminality and other misdeeds should be persued? Or, should the Democratic president and Congress, in the spirit of a new era and an appeal to bipartisanship, wipe the slate clean? The criminality and misdeeds include: * The refusal of … [Read more...] about What To Do About All Those Scandals?
USA & Pakistan’s Musharraf: A Dangerous Affair…?
The cussed approach of the US administration bodes ill for the emerging democracy in Pakistan and may create a serious crisis there. This is becoming clear by the latest news. The Pakistani Spectator says that the political parties that have won decisively, especially Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party does not believe that President Pervez Musharraf would leave office voluntarily, and … [Read more...] about USA & Pakistan’s Musharraf: A Dangerous Affair…?
What’s The Verdict In The John McCain Versus The New York Times Controversy?
It had all the elements of high drama: a major newspaper (the New York Times) running an expose raising potentially-explosive questions about the political and sexual activities of a Senator poised to get a major party's Presidential nomination (John McCain). Controversy. Press coverage. Partisan recriminations. So who came out most damaged? According to Jay Rosen, one of … [Read more...] about What’s The Verdict In The John McCain Versus The New York Times Controversy?
A Call For More Political Poetry On America’s Op Ed Pages
Why isn't there more poetry on the Op Ed and opinion pages of this country's newspapers? The answer to this question might seem obvious. Poetry isn't viewed by newspaper editors (nor by most American poets) as a primary medium of popular political and economic expression. It's seen as a way to express personal feelings, and best-suited for the pages of small literary … [Read more...] about A Call For More Political Poetry On America’s Op Ed Pages
Guest Book Review: Desperate Passage by Ethan Rarick
This is another Guest Book Review by fiction writer Jessica Schneider who also writes for the highly-visited site Cosmoetica, is Book Editor for Monsters and Critics and is the only contributor to her own blog. Book Review: Desperate Passage by Ethan Rarick by Jessica Schneider The Donner Party. When I first learned about them I recall my history teacher telling … [Read more...] about Guest Book Review: Desperate Passage by Ethan Rarick
Hypnobama
Eric Allie, Caglecartoons.com … [Read more...] about Hypnobama
Clueless Americans Responsible for Their Own Burned Embassy!
For the Russians, U.S. recognition of Kosovo's independence was tantamount to an international crime, and the burning of the United States Embassy in Belgrade by angry Serbs could hardly have been avoided. The New York Bureau Chief of Russia's Novosti News Service, Dmitry Gornostayev writes, 'It was somewhat ridiculous to hear the appeal by Deputy Secretary of State Nicholas … [Read more...] about Clueless Americans Responsible for Their Own Burned Embassy!
Bloomberg to help steer us towards pragmatism
Michael Bloomberg just wrote in the New York Times I’m Not Running for President, but ... I have watched this campaign unfold, and I am hopeful that the current campaigns can rise to the challenge by offering truly independent leadership. The most productive role that I can serve is to push them forward, by using the means at my disposal to promote a real and honest … [Read more...] about Bloomberg to help steer us towards pragmatism
Mighty Pharmaceutical Giants Under Attack
Never in medical history the pharmaceutical giants, who reportedly enjoy clout next only to the international arms dealers, have witnessed such sustained assault on their credibility as in recent weeks. (By the way the mysterious silence of the U.N.'s World Health Organization on this issue is intriguing.) The latest attack was triggered yesterday by an analysis of … [Read more...] about Mighty Pharmaceutical Giants Under Attack