With the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the administration, the military and the media are trying to put a positive spin on this grim chapter of U.S. history.
The United States, locked in the kind of twilight disconnect that grips dying empires, is a country entranced by illusions. It spends its emotional and intellectual energy on the trivial and the absurd.
A certain segment of our population, the ones called teabaggers, have been making fools of themselves for months now.
The signing last week by Arizona's Republican Governor, Jan Brewer of SB 1070 should be a signal for action by everybody who cares about human and workers' rights.
Rachel Maddow Explains our Health Care System This video embodies why I love Rachel Maddow. As she says, don't blame health insurance companies for our broken health care system — they are just doing what they are supposed to do:
1970s / Johnny Carson as Floyd R. Turbo Agianst Social Medicine-Swine Flu and Medicare
Sometimes you just can't say it better…Sarah Jones, who writes for politicususa.com nails it eloquently time and time again, and I asked her if I could re-post her article here… A Jealous Sarah Palin Lashes Out at Barack Obama On Health Care
After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror's army buried its fallen comrades, but left the corpses of the English defenders to rot in the fields.
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama argued that the U.S. could return to prosperity by doubling its exports within the next five years, thereby creating two million new jobs.
Absolutely fantastic article on the marketing of political candidates. And a sad comentary on our adoration of celebrity status.
Very informative account as to why the US is more interested in occupying Haitti rather than sending them desperately need aid.
Ya gotta love Gerry Bowles I wonder how many of you out there agree, I know I do.
I chose the category entertainment because in my opinion that what most network news is now.
Another president going down another path to ultimate failure. Does anyone remember Lyndon Johnson and his war.
At last a article that views the S word in a positive light
This article is in response to the right wing fringe, who would see us give away even more of our freedoms.
Hooray, Obama has spoken out about the scare tactics on the health care issue. I for one am living proof of the success of the Canadian healthcare system. I am an American citizen residing in Ontario. I recieved a Liver Transplant 17 years ago Nov. 2.
The media again is strangely silent.
Got to put it to the police in Teneha, Texas. They really know how to raise revenue for their fair city.
I am free. But my country is still a prisoner of war. There has been a lot of talk about the action and about the person who took it, and about the hero and the heroic act, and the symbol and the symbolic act.
It's time the American people started seeing the reality of war, it was the major contributing factor to ending the war in Vietnam. Come on folks open your eyes this isn't Survivor Samoa this is REALITY
Uncle Jay explains the news stories for the first half of 2009.
I was horrified by the pictures I saw on this video. I believe it is a must see for anyone that ever had doubts of Israeli massacre of Palestinian people this past winter. Let us not forget.
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