Tag: democracy
member name: Karl Leuba
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September 26, 2007 12:59 PM EDT --
If I told you there was a bear in the kitchen, would you look?
On September 19 the US Senate killed a measure that would have required rest time equal to combat time for our troops. The . . . more
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July 30, 2007 04:38 PM EDT --
I was planning a long thoughtful essay on critical thinking and how it is absent from the Political Discourse today. But, as I went over the notes in my mental journal, I realized that critical thinking . . . more
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August 27, 2007 11:14 PM EDT --
I have spent most of this sunny hot Monday in a debate of sorts with several people who were using four and five letter words they did not know the definition of. It was a waste of keystrokes, . . . more
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December 05, 2007 04:47 PM EST --
Al Franken, Liberal, Political writer, comedian, is running for the US Senate in Minnesota. While checking around for some outrage perpetrated by one or another of the Radical, Reactionary, Right . . . more
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August 18, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
The wheels of Justice Grind Exceeding fine.
The wheels of Justice For Lt. Ehren Watada continue to grind. Video, and other links at "Thank You Lt. Watada"
The Wheels of Justice . . . more
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September 06, 2007 06:57 PM EDT --
Since you will not take my call sir, I thought a letter might work, but you charge money to sen you mail on your EIB website. You charge a subscription fee just to sign on. Well I am not paying . . . more
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August 16, 2007 08:52 PM EDT --
Several Days ago I contacted the Louisiana ACLU to ask about their actions in regard to the Jena Six. Today I got a reply. The following is the totality of the newsletter article on the issue, . . . more
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October 05, 2007 02:11 AM EDT --
I am going to ask but one thing of you, the reader, and that is, Open your mind to the reality that faces us today in this nation. Thousand of pages have been written describing the curent state . . . more
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December 11, 2007 10:38 AM EST --
Keith Olberman commentary 12/6/2007.
I have nothing but admiration for the courage of this MSNBC commentator, and this commentary is ONE OF HIS BEST.
"Make a lie, repeat it often, . . . more
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September 20, 2007 01:14 AM EDT --
Naomi Wolf addresses the Anthony Meyers assault by campus police.
“It is an iconic turning point and it will be remembered as the moment at which America either fought back or yielded. This . . . more
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December 30, 2007 04:24 PM EST --
Someone has suggested that I personally am a hater of GW Bush, and that it's a personal thing.
I want to deny that accusation, but it is not really easy. I thought about the charge, and wondered . . . more
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July 31, 2007 12:25 AM EDT --
Before you go any further, READ THIS. OK, now that you have read that, did you get the message?
Are we about to be innundated with the screaming meamies? It there a terrorist . . . more
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September 02, 2007 02:42 AM EDT --
Are we ready for some political infighting? Fantasy Congress has the game. Sign up, draft your team of legislators and see what is really happening in Congress. Even if you don't . . . more
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August 22, 2007 02:20 PM EDT --
This may be old news to the You Tube Generation, but The New Yorker over the signature of Hendrick Hertzberg saw fit to print an opinion piece about it in their August 20 “Talk of the Town.” . . . more
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September 19, 2007 02:32 PM EDT --
I was once a 21 year old Journalism student. Four Decades ago, but I still remember the excitement of being able to ask questions of a “Celebrity Politician.” If I had a video camera, . . . more
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July 23, 2007 02:26 AM EDT --
Over the past few months there has been an ongoing effort to introduce impeachment proceedings against Richard Cheney in the House of Representatives. HR 333, introduced by Representative John Conyers . . . more
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July 26, 2007 11:03 AM EDT --
Alberto Gonzales Lied to congress yesterday.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/25/new-doc-spying/
He is up the creek, and his waders and paddles are on the dock. He should be in the dock. . . . more
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September 19, 2007 12:44 AM EDT --
Reports of a firefight that left 11 Iraqis dead in a a square in Baghdad are beginning to get confused. Hugh Sykes of the BBC reports that there was a car bomb, some time before the Blackwater Guarded . . . more
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September 25, 2007 03:40 PM EDT --
The President of France has recalled the Memory of Franklin Roosevelt saying the world needs a “New Deal.”
The UN News Center says, “French President Nicolas Sarkozy today . . . more
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January 04, 2008 08:42 AM EST --
The New York Times headline says "2 Newcomers Jolt Parties' Status Quo." Their Stylebook seems to have failed them as much as their judgement did. Normally numerals one to ten . . . more
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