You may be shocked to learn that I simply do not believe Bob McDonnell when he disavows his own controversial thesis ideology. McDonnell has be amazingly firm in his commitment to those right-wing ideals throughout nearly all of his long political career. It is either commendable or laughable that in 18 years of politics, over […]
I’ve been unwilling to read the Washington Post for some time as it seems to have gone far downhill in recent years, but every now and then a real gem of an article, story, or opinion piece shows up that drags my attention back to the Post again… This is one such story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR2009081401495_pf.html (sorry […]
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I got asked last night as a political junkie what I thought of the Healthcare Bill tying up our congress-critters and the news cycle… I had to confess I did not know much about it as I was focused on other issues I considered to be more critical to our great nation. I still feel […]
Some have suggested that the recent discovery that both South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford and Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign were having extra-marital affairs would be schadenfreude (joy at the suffering of others), and I have to disagree. Likewise, the exposure of New York Democratic Governor Elliot Spitzer’s visits with prostitutes is no cause […]
This essay/posting by Andrew Sullivan is a must read on why the events happening in Iran right now are so important to the whole world: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish It is worth reading in it’s entirety. Freedom is not a gift that can be given and democracy is not something that can be forced on someone. Both have […]
As the current regime in Iran tries to shutdown the internet and new media methods of communication, it has been very impressive just how difficult it is to silence the people. The internet, even in a centralized theocracy, is profoundly resilient and able to work around various specific links being cut. The people are being […]
So Iran’s election appears to be rigged. It looks like Mousavi won by a very large margin, and that Ahmadinejad came in a very distant third place (eg: only 5.69 million votes to over 19 million for Mousavi and well over 13 million for Karoubi); and that despite the obviously clear to the public victory […]
Tagged blogs, democracy, Iran, new media, News, revolutionThat is tomorrow folks, if you are registered to vote, go vote.
Tagged electionsI just wanted to share this link that puts things into perspective: http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDBlog=76 Yes this outbreak, which is less lethal than the normal influenza we have in the United States every day has pushed aside all the breaking news of Bush and Cheney’s authorization and endorsement of the use of torture to falsely implicate Iraq […]
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