Do or Die: GM and Chrysler are too big to fail! Oh contraire!
GM and Chrysler have failed to prove their case to President Obama and sadly we are hearing they are not too big to fail. Sounds like a threat to me! This is average America’s industry, they better get it together. President Obama gave fired GM CEO Rick Wagoner and gave GM 60 days to restructure. [...]
Professor Turley on the Spanish Inquisition.
He also talks about the failure of torture as a method to gather evidence..and the Big Dick Cheney and how Obama and Holder might be protecting The Shrub and the Big Dick from prosecution.
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Pluses and minuses for the administration
A little over two months have passed since President Barack Obama was inaugurated. A great deal has taken place since that momentous day. Today is a good day to take stock of the pluses and minuses coming out of the Obama administration’s efforts, since taking over from the Republicans.
The President and his family have moved [...]
Happy Birthday Cesar.
Cesar Estrada Chavez would of been 82 today. He is buried up the road from me in Keene, CA which I drive by every time I go east. He left this world on April 23,1993.
I marched with him. I took shit from the cops and rednecks for him and the cause of Farm workers being [...]
Israeli Conscientious Objectors Give Army Salaries to Gaza
[for a real emotional uplift, watch this 3 minute video!]
Israelis who chose jail rather than complete their mandatory military service are now announcing that they will donate the salaries they received from the Israeli Defense Forces for the short time they served in uniform toward the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip. They are giving the [...]
Hazel McCallion-Mayor of Mississauga- A debt-free city
Hazel is the Mayor of possibly the worlds only debt-free municipality. She has been mayor for 11 terms which is thirty years. She gets over 92% of the vote every election. She is 88 years young and a former hockey player. Mississauga isn’t some tiny burgh..its one of the largest cities in Canada. From CBC’s [...]
Matt Taibbi-I love you dude!!
Matt’s latest piece is a wonderful bitchslap of the AIG carpetbaggers. He is responding to the recent NYT OpEd by one of their employees…actually former employee. Executive VP Jake DeSantis. Jake was a big wig in the Financial Products division…you know, the one that created the credit default swaps bullshit. It’s a must read! Just [...]
Well…Thats A Refreshing F*(k Yoo!
Guatanamo Bay, Cuba and the horrible prison there has been in the news a lot lately. Our president is seeking it’s closure by the time a year is up and the right wing is fuming. Closing a prison where the majority of the inmates aren’t guilty of anything except being in the wrong place at [...]
If You Get Confused…Bring It On Home!
Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin did a little fun stuff at the 1995 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies.
Starting with “Bring It On Home” they went into a smoking “Long Distance” that segued into a sweet, fast “Baby Please Don’t go.”
Because of the time limit You Tube has the act is divided into 2 [...]
“Sliding Scale Bake Sale” Reveals Plight of World’s Women
I attended a local event at the Women’s Intercultural Center for Women’s History Month/International Women’s Day that paired a special movie screening with a “sliding scale bake sale.” Cupcakes and drinks cost a dollar each. But women got a special deal: those without children paid $.90, married moms paid $.73, and single moms paid $.60 [...]
I have a Dream…
PRESIDENT OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Since Barack Obama took office as United States President, inheriting two wars, Iraq and Afghanistan, his administration took an entirely different approach, embracing diplomacy, and utilizing an International Alliance to provide Humanitarian aid to impoverished and war torn zones, to aid in their recovery and strengthening their solidarity and stable, [...]
A great DNC response to the Rethugs ‘budget’.
This is the DNC’s response to the idiot Republicans newest slapstick comedy…their ‘budget’. As Chuck Todd notes: “A budget without numbers is like selling a car without wheels”. Thanks to Fran for emailing me this sucker.
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The real Afghanistan by PJ Tobia
PJ writes for the Village Voice. He has a five page article on the VillageVoice today about his fall trip to Afghanistan.
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