Tuesday, January 27, 2004
In case you haven't seen these links, they're worth following!To see one of the two ads CBS won't run during the SuperBowl, go here: http://www.moveon.org/cbs/ad/According to moveon.org, almost a half-million people have so far called CBS asking them to stop their censorship (CBS Comment Line: 212/975.4321) Take these presidential match quizzes: http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/XPresMatch2004/ http://www.presidentmatch.com
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
The House of Bush
Rep. strategist Kevin Phillips on the Bush family's hunger for power
[ link ]
By Eric Bates | (Rolling Stone, January 5, 2004)
Listening to Kevin Phillips talk about politics, it's easy to mistake him for a populist firebrand from the 1890s. He rails against the growing inequality of wealth in [...]
by Brendan Lalor, thereitis.org
Head WMD-hunter David Kay has “concluded that Iraq had no stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons at the start of the war last year,” according to the New York Time article below. Yet he's “stepping down” from his position before expected. I'm wondering if Kay might have been “encouraged” (through under-funding) [...]
[ Below is a nice interview with registered Republican and previous Bush contributor, Larry C. Johnson, a decorated intelligence analyst, who demands that Congress "hold the White House accountable for deliberately revealing the identity of undercover CIA operative." What the White House did was illegal, aids terrorists, and, Johnson says, may amount to treason. Thanks to [...]
[ For those not familiar with Lakoff's competing-models analysis of moral politics, this is a timely introduction. -- doclalor ]
The Hidden State of the Union
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17643
By George Lakoff, AlterNet
January 22, 2004
We all heard what the President said in the State of the Union address on Tuesday night, but what did he mean? The speech, like [...]
[ Thanks to Sundra Flansburg for sending this article. ]
Labor Department 'cheat sheet' puts screws to workers
South Bend Tribune, January 18, 2004 [ link ]
by EILEEN APPELBAUM, KRT Forum
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Just when you thought the Bush administration's disdain for America's working families couldn't get any worse, along comes another cynical move [...]
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Seven Myths About Faith & Politics
The truth about the politics of evangelicals, Catholics and seculars
by Steven Waldman, Slate
I heard about this guy who called himself “evangelical,” said he lived a “Bible-centered life,” had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ — and voted for Al Gore over George W. Bush.A confused, lonely, iconoclast? Actually, [...]
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
by Brendan Lalor, thereitis.orgIf Iowa is an indication of voter turnout to come, it's worth noting that Democrats are coming out in droves by historical standards. According to the Des Moines Register, “More than 122,000 Democrats attended caucuses Monday, of which roughly 45 percent were first-time participants, according to entrance polls.” Compare that to the [...]
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
John Passacantando, AlterNet | October 30, 2003
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17073
Yesterday the Greenpeace ship MV Esperanza arrived in Miami. However, rather than pulling into port, as Greenpeace ships do throughout the world, she will remain at anchor.
The Port of Miami has refused us entry because John Ashcroft's Justice Department is prosecuting us for a protest action last year. [...]
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
[ As the presidential election approaches, it's worth remembering what happened last time. This is a nice piece on an issue which we have been too willing to forget: How cheating illegitimately landed George W. Bush a job as Acting President. Liam Scheff here interviews Greg Palast, author of the acclaimed The Best Democracy Money [...]