I don’t usually like it when adults hire adorable little kids to deliver their political messages, but, judging from my response to this short video just put out by Van Jones and the folks at Rebuild the Dream, I guess I’m alright with it when said kids are articulately and enthusiastically parroting ideas that I […]
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Rebuild the Dream rolls out their ten-point plan for setting America back on the right track
Enjoying a Bernie break
It dawned on me today that it’s been too damned long since we’ve had any Bernie Sanders video on the site. Here, to remedy that, is a little something that I just found on the web. I don’t have time to transcribe the whole thing, but here are a few quotes. …Big money owns and […]
Marking the first year of the Affordable Care Act
Thursday marked the one year anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act by President Obama. There was quite a bit in the press about it. I found two things of particular interest. The first was a speech in DC delivered by New York Congressman Anthony Weiner. And, the second, was a writeup by […]
Obama needs to lead us to energy independence by the end of the decade
Joe Scarborough, this morning on MSNBC, challenged Barack Obama to be aggressive on alternative energy in his address to the nation tomorrow night. Like me, Scarborough wants Obama to channel the spirit of John F. Kennedy, who in 1961 announced that we’d put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, and […]
Ted Kennedy, the death penalty, healthcare reform, ramming things up the ass of Congress, and Obama’s penis
It looks like Texas may have put an innocent man to death. The Birthers are demanding to see Obama’s penis. And Teddy Kennedy, the Lion of the Senate, has died, leaving behind one hell of a legacy, and, unfortunately, one fewer vote for the President’s healthcare initiative. Kennedy, as you may know, has been a […]