This is the time of year I can’t help but think of my husband’s friend of 35 years. Mac was an independent, cranky old fuck, 10 years older than my sweetheart.

nothing like the stench of corruption in the summer air. if nothing else drives the point home that new america is a nation run- not simply by capitalism but by the corporate ruling class- this should tamp it down good:
more than 7 million americans abused prescription drugs in 2005- so since this is 2008, i [...]

As I’ve said a few times before, private insurance in this country has every reason in the world to drag their feet on (or flat-out deny) requests for treatment. If they wait long enough, the people in desperate need of treatments will die, saving the insurers millions that they can then use as bonuses for [...]

What would you think about a minister who worked for the death-peddlers of big tobacco? Would you think that perhaps the minister was being just a wee bit less than a messenger of God? And what if the minister then decided to lie about taking payoffs from big tobacco? Would you consider these to [...]

The Angry Black Bitch rips Governor Matt Blunt a new one, and Buddha knows this fuckwit deserves it! Please visit Shark Fu at her blog here-Dusty

Missouri’s nightmare, Governor Matt Blunt, has shown his natural ass…again.
Baby Blunt formed a…well, he’s calling it a task force on the impact of abortion on women.
My people call it [...]

This post is reprinted with permission from MovementVisionLab.org. It’s a vitally important topic for the coming election year. You can watch the Heartland Presidential Forum in it’s entirety here. They also have portions of this forum on their YouTube channel here. The Forum was held in Iowa on December 1st and five of the Democratic [...]

In the Spring of 1993, I moved from Northern Minnesota to Grand Junction, Colorado. The move was to a different climate and a change of scenery and we thought we’d try the mountains; thought the fresh start would help us cope with the loss of our daughter-we were running from something. I had suffered [...]

It is with great regret I announce to you what might possibly be the true cost of George W. Bush’s two wars my dear reader. It probably won’t surprise you, but it will jack your jaw just a tad I think. According to the Democrats and The Washington Post..the total cost for both wars, at [...]

Michael won’t look at me. His dark eyes scrunch shut above the white mask and he tenses as I approach. A few minutes and a slit of eye, then a turning of the head. He’s furious with me, still, two weeks after I rescued him from certain death and confined him to this lonely room [...]

This disgusting fact is brought to you by a new report which will be released tomorrow. From the AP writeup:
Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.

And homelessness is not just a [...]

The price of food is up. It’s always up. Rarely does the price go down unless there has been some record breaking problem that an industry has had to endure, like a hard frost in Florida and California and all the oranges froze. The price goes way up for orange juice, but then comes back [...]

Why am I a liberal?

That, my friends, is a short question but it requires a somewhat complicated answer. In a nutshell I suppose that I could say that I have seen just how destructive the new brand of “compassionate conservatism” can be, but that’s too easy. In fact it’s a bit [...]

it is my distinct pleasure to introduce spadoman as our newest contributor. spadoman is a storyteller of the highest caliber and spins his yarns at round circle. he and his wife started a weekly peace vigil in their hometown and have been there 40 consecutive weeks, unfortunately. he keeps a weekly [...]

By Donatra
Are you sick and tired of Republican attack ads? Are you sick and tired of verbal assaults on twelve-year-old-boys and two-year-old-girls by rich, white fat men who share a basic contempt for change and who practice rhetorical savagery as a virtue? Yeah. I am too. And I think I [...]

Environmentally speaking, Industrial Hemp could revitalize (bye bye farming subsidies- no need) american farmers AND our industrial base in every conceivable sector. a two fer. And, its a crop that is kind to the earth; easy to grow , and grows in all climates. Industrial Hemp has something like .003 THC in [...]