State of the Nation

Social Security is fine. This is all corporate media hype to serve the financial institutions that want to privatize social security. DON'T FALL FOR IT!

2011-06-25T18:59:00.000-05:00

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (MarketWatch) -- Reports that the Social Security system will soon run out of money have been greatly exaggerated. As sure as day follows night, the annual report from the board of trustees of the OASDI fund (Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance otherwise known as Social Security) has brought forth alarms that the fund will run out of money in the

I've been straining my brain trying to figure out why we're involved. Now it's all clear.

2011-06-25T17:58:00.000-05:00

America's true reason for intervention, and missile attacks against Libya has become very clear today with a sudden creation by the rebels of a new central bank on March 29th. The rebels in Libya are in the middle of a life or death civil war and Moammar Gadhafi is still in power and yet somehow the Libyan rebels have had enough time to establish a new Central Bank of Libya and

2011-06-24T08:47:00.000-05:00

The Daily Show - Fox News False Statements Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

Politifact needs to be fact checked

2011-06-22T09:21:00.002-05:00

Politifact says that jon stewart was wrong when he said that faux news viewers were consistently misinformed and faux news' glenn beck jumped on it and posted it on his page as proof that liberals lie and faux viewers are actually geniuses.. unfortunately for politifact, the study organizers wrote to them and said: Steven Kull, the director of WorldPublicOpinion.org, wrote us after the

stop being "sold to" by the corporate media. become human again..

2011-05-30T13:20:00.000-05:00

When i turn on the national media anymore all i see is an infomercial. garbage. "tune out" and "turn into" reality.by Shelley MoMelly on Monday, May 30, 2011 at 1:17pm.Perhaps the Beltway elites could be partially excused if these popular views had suddenly sprung out of nowhere, without rhyme or reason. Or if the growth of government recently was explosive, unprecedented or arbitrary. Or

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU!

2011-05-30T09:27:00.000-05:00

We, all of the people of the world MUST WAKE UP to the realities. make propaganda useless to them.by Shelley MoMelly on Monday, May 30, 2011 at 9:23amI have no faith in the oligarchs who manipulate and propagandize us. they make us believe that serving THEIR interests of securing resources and cheap labor around the world is somehow securing our freedoms. it's not. those rich bastards at

We Need To Fear Ourselves For Becoming Willing Sheep

2011-05-30T06:28:00.002-05:00

Marti Oakley No true terrorist gives a rat’s behind what laws we pass (especially the "patriot act"); if they did, they wouldn’t be terrorists. Nothing in the Patriot Acts will stop terrorism especially when it emanates from within. These Acts will however: Stop YOU from traveling unmolested by government agents. Will also violate your right to privacy and to be, Secure from illegal

Just a fb note.

2011-05-26T14:04:00.002-05:00

did you know most of you have preferences set so that every time you add a friend it shows up on everyone else's wall? just go to "account" "privacy settings", edit your sharing and and connecting details, to block out those features that you don't want everyone to see. i'm trying to get everything working in facebook for myself. it's sometimes hard to navigate but once it's gone, i hope

Why do we pay for Israel's bidding? Pay the costs both human and financial?

2011-05-25T07:55:00.000-05:00

Escobar Brilliantly Summarizes Obama’s New Middle East Policy Pepe Escobar had another brilliant piece on Obama’s recent Middle East speech, and as always he is on the money: So to make a story short, here’s a concise New Middle East Obama policy. We support “our” bastards (dictators) who are sophisticated enough to beat, arrest and kill their own people in the low hundreds (Bahrain). We

2011-01-26T19:54:00.000-06:00

The big blue country between Iraq and Afghanistan is Iran. Next to Saudi Arabia, which is the country south of Iraq, Iran is the richest in oil. It is the only place in the middle east that our corporations and military do not have a military presence. Our corporations are champing at the bit to get to that oil. It is the only reason you even know the word "Iran". Don't fall for more wars

Someone asked the difference between the Republican and Democratic party. This was my response.

2010-10-06T20:48:00.002-05:00

historically democrats have been the party of the working class and republicans the party of the investor and corporate class. nowadays though, working class americans are brain washed into thinking that the republican party is their party because they speak out about things that don't affect those working masses but which those masses hate, like gays and abortion. doesn't affect them

2010-09-24T11:37:00.000-05:00

Latest Unemployment Rate

2010-09-20T02:16:00.004-05:00

A Conversation With a Friend

2010-09-17T00:16:00.003-05:00

Conversation started when he thought that Obama was going to let tax cuts expire on everyone. That's what the article he sent me said. But I took him into the realm of the media and it's manipulation of reality.I have came to the point where I don’t care what they do with this problem as I sick and tired of each side blaming the other about what going to happen. If the country goes down the

2010-09-14T16:00:00.002-05:00

Figure 3

Jon Stewart is BRILLIANT!

2010-08-29T14:51:00.000-05:00

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cConservative Libertarianwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Party

BECK IS A SERPENT

2010-08-29T00:50:00.003-05:00

You know, there has been, "us and them" throughout history. The “have's and have not's”, the “educated and the uneducated”, the “working and the not working”, the “employed and the self-employed”, the “stupid and the smart”, but Beck has created his own little "us and them".. You see Beck's "us" is anyone who follows him. They are the "real Americans with honor and integrity". (even though Beck

2010-08-18T16:22:00.001-05:00

Here are ten common sense principles to frame the New Economy that we the people must now bring forth: The proper purpose of an economy is to secure just, sustainable, and joyful livelihoods for all. This may come as something of a shock to Wall Street financiers who profit from financial bubbles, securities fraud, low wages, unemployment, foreign sweatshops, tax evasion, public subsidies, and

2010-08-18T15:49:00.001-05:00

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

2010-08-18T00:33:00.001-05:00

This article is a lesson in reality. please pass this on to anyone who thinks they known what they're voting for when they vote republican. Republicans have never worked for the average person. They have always worked for the aristocracy and they lie to get average JOE'S to vote for them. They can't sell the following platform, which has been their

More Proof That Faux News Lies. As if you needed it.

2010-08-17T01:10:00.000-05:00

Proof that faux talking heads are liars and are working intentionally to put fear into their viewers heads in an election year. last year laura ingraham, a faux sweet heart:"INGRAHAM: I can’t find many people who really have a problem with it. [Mayor] Bloomberg is for it. Rabbis are saying they don’t have a problem wi...th it. [...] I like what you’re trying to do and Ms. Khan we appreciate it

2010-08-16T15:40:00.002-05:00

The floods battered New England, then Nashville, then Arkansas, then Oklahoma — and were followed by a deluge in Pakistan that has upended the lives of 20 million people. The summer’s heat waves baked the eastern United States, parts of Africa and eastern Asia, and above all Russia, which lost millions of acres of wheat and thousands of lives in a drought worse than any other in the

2010-08-13T09:03:00.001-05:00

Dauphin Island, Alabama - BP says it is no longer using toxic dispersants to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Gulf Coast residents claim otherwise, and say they have the sicknesses to prove it. On Aug. 5, Donny Mastler, a commercial fisherman who also works on boats, was at the Dauphin Island Marina. "I was with my friend Albert, and we were both slammed with exposure," Mastler, told IPS,

2010-08-12T18:55:00.004-05:00

Kos Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Democracy Corps, and Campaign for Amerca's Future released a new poll this morning on the economy with a press call featuring pollster Stan Greenberg, Campaign For America's Future's Robert Borosage and MoveOn.org's Nita Chaudhary. The most salient result from the polling, said Greenberg is that it reflected that the electorate is

Why We Are Really In Afghanistan

2010-08-03T23:35:00.004-05:00

According to wikileaks documents on the Afghan war, we are killing a lot more civilians than we are letting on about. I keep hearing about deaths in Kandahar. Kandahar is right in the path of the Trans Afghan Pakistan pipeline. It would be interesting to see where these all of these civilians are being killed. Below is a map of the path of the Trans Afghan pipeline is going to go through

World Wide Military Presence

2010-08-02T23:33:00.004-05:00

We aren't making up stories about nuclear weapons because Iran has them. we're making those stories up because we have no control over Iran. It is one of the only countries in the world we do not have a presence in and the only country in the world with the second largest reserves of oil in the world. Our corporations want control over that oil and they will make up any lie to get it. We

Republicans are lying about the stimulus and unemployment. Things are getting better.

2010-07-31T02:20:00.006-05:00

(if these pictures are too small to see, go to the links i've provided for them.)Republicans keep saying that the stimulus didn't work and that obama promised that if we passed the stimulus the unemployment rate shouldn't go over 8%.. They also keep saying that the stimulus has had no effect. So let's look at the unemployment rate from 2008 until now.http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/

Why Some Republicans Want to ‘Restore’ the 13th Amendment No, it’s not about slavery; like so much of our politics these days, it’s about Barack Obama

2010-07-29T23:56:00.001-05:00

Story

2010-07-28T15:28:00.003-05:00

Allies relied on 'poor' intelligence on Iraq, says Blix By Andy McSmith window.google_render_ad(); Hans Blix, the former chief UN weapons inspector, accused US and British intelligence yesterday of paying too

2010-07-18T15:23:00.003-05:00

I know right-wingers don't beleive that the stimulus has done anything to create jobs. But the numbers speak for themselves. Bush's policies left us with fewer jobs when he left office than when he took office. Obama's policies are pulling us back from the brink of the dark ages.Here is a chart to show where we were when Obama took office, and where we are now. Even the most ardent retard can

We Need To Start the Transition to Clean Energy NOW!

2010-06-18T19:21:00.002-05:00

OUR CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE I (Tom Baldwin) have assembled an assortment of links to sites in the past week to be used to convince the population that we MUST transition to a Clean Energy Future. And the time to do that is NOW! The first video clip is from Rachel Maddow last night (and she has others) to show that our problem is basically our dependence upon OIL! This must begin to change now

The Israel of the Bible is DEAD

2010-06-11T17:57:00.002-05:00

List of Goods Banned from Gaza by Big Brother Israel

I looked into the mirror and realized it is we who are the MONSTERS

2010-06-10T12:28:00.003-05:00

PHR LibraryJune 7, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEEvidence Indicates that the Bush Administration ConductedExperiments and Research on Detainees to Design Torture Techniques andCreate Legal Cover Illegal Activity Would Violate Nuremberg Code and Could Open Door to ProsecutionMedia Contacts: Benjamin Greenbergbgreenberg [at] phrusa [dot] orgTel: 617-301-4237Cell: 617-510-3417Valerie HolfordCell: 301-926

2010-05-19T14:38:00.003-05:00

2010-05-18T12:09:00.002-05:00

Birds fly above and sit on a shoal surrounded by oil booms on Breton Sound Island on the southern most tip of the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread on April 29, 2010.

Spain Has a World Court. Hope we see indictments for Bush and Cheney one of these days.

2010-05-14T18:27:00.001-05:00

Prosecutors attached to the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid are reportedly requesting that Judge Ismael Moreno issue an order for the arrest of thirteen CIA agents involved in an extraordinary rendition operation from 2004, the newspaper El País reports this afternoon, citing sources within the court.

Brilliant!

2010-05-14T18:24:00.001-05:00

Republican Tyranny

2010-05-14T15:34:00.001-05:00

Unlawful phone bugging? Go ahead!Illegal searches and seizures? What the heck? It ain't me! (this time)Sneak and Peek? Why not!Taking the right to hear evidence against you and to have a speedy trial? Who makes these things up anyway? Who needs it?Torture if one is accused of being a terrorists, even if one is not and is proven to not be. Go ahead! Kill all of them and let god sort them

2010-05-14T15:14:00.003-05:00

Heart-warming Story..

2010-05-14T09:43:00.006-05:00

This is an Incredible story!In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from NorthwesternUniversity ....On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply

Our Foreign Policy

2010-05-09T23:10:00.001-05:00

Look out, Obama seems to be planning for a lot more warby Jack A Smith, Asia TimesPosted on May 8, 2010http://www.alternet .org/story/ 146787/There's more war in America's future - a great deal more, judging by the Barack Obama administration' s reports, pronouncements and actions in recent months.These documents and deeds include the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the Nuclear Posture Review

World Oil Consumption by Country represented as foot height per barrel per day (divided by 10 to keep it from shooting off the screen) according to CI

2010-05-09T13:19:00.001-05:00

So, for example, the 20,000,000 or so barrels per day consumed by the USA according to the CIA Factbook are represented as a 2,000,000 foot high red prism. (...the data is from 2007)

2010-05-07T14:39:00.001-05:00

The Truth About Republicans by...George Carlin

t r u t h o u t | Was the Gulf Oil Spill an Act of War? You Betcha

2010-05-07T14:29:00.001-05:00

The Los Angeles Times subsequently reported that members of Congress have called on Halliburton "to provide all documents relating to 'the possibility or risk of an explosion or blowout at the Deepwater Horizon rig and the status, adequacy, quality, monitoring and inspection of the cementing work' by May 7." A YouTube video (which is actually mostly audio) more bluntly asserts that "Halliburton

Andy Borowitz: Goldman Sachs Reveals it Shorted Gulf of Mexico

2010-05-05T19:09:00.001-05:00

Andy Borowitz: Goldman Sachs Reveals it Shorted Gulf of Mexico NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - In what is looming as another public relations predicament for Goldman Sachs, the banking giant admitted today that it made "a substantial financial bet against the Gulf of Mexico" one day before the sinking of an oil rig in that body of water. The new revelations came to light after government

On Israel, Jews and Leaders Often Disagree - NYTimes.com

2010-05-05T15:57:00.001-05:00

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Criticizing Israel has long been the equivalent of touching a third rail in many Jewish families and friendships, relegating disagreements to a conversational demilitarized zone where only the innocent and foolhardy go. You cannot really engage in that conversation,” said Phillip Moore, a teacher in this Detroit suburb who has embraced strong opinions on

Why The Corporate Media Are Pounding The Drums Of War. AGAIN.

2010-05-04T13:36:00.006-05:00

That blue you see is Iran. It is why we are pounding the drums of war. It is the only country in the region that we do not occupy to some level or another. Our oil industry WANTS THAT COUNTRY.

Mike Luckovich: BP Beach - Truthdig

2010-05-03T19:15:00.001-05:00

Mike Luckovich: BP Beach - Truthdig

Mike Luckovich: And Nothing But the Truth - Truthdig

2010-05-03T19:14:00.001-05:00

Mike Luckovich: And Nothing But the Truth - Truthdig

It Would Be Irresponsible Not To Speculate. Was Bomber A Fan Of The Beckster?

2010-05-03T16:03:00.001-05:00

You know, I don't want to jump to conclusions here, because that would make me too much like Matt Drudge. But if the car bomber was indeed a white guy in his 40s who didn't know the difference between ammonium nitrate and plain old fertilizer, I'm thinking it's gotta be a Beck Patriot who was trying to water the tree of liberty with... the blood of random Times Square tourists. I mean, it's just

You Must Listen To This Child Severn Suzuki

2010-05-03T14:41:00.003-05:00

Tea Bags Absorb

2010-05-02T13:40:00.002-05:00

I think teabaggers, having their unlimited ability to "absorb" bull shit from right wing media, should all jump in the gulf of mexico and absorb some oil. They were made for it.

A Plea to the US Military and Its Enforcers

2010-05-01T20:36:00.001-05:00

I have been openly critical of the US military's role in world affairs for several years now, and in the responses from soldiers and their supporters I have noticed a common theme: I should be respectful, I am told, because the military is defending my "freedom." This is not an overly brusque summarization - I have not heard an elaboration on this claim. Everyone should be grateful for the

Republicans Lie Boxer Knocks Them Out of T

2010-05-01T10:58:00.002-05:00

Republicans keep saying that the democrats financial regulation bill will "institutionalize tax payer bail outs". Of course it's a lie, like every other issue they've brought up since last year, from Health Care to Student Loans, all they do it lie. But just to make things PERFECTLY CLEAR, our lovely Barbara Boxer has proposed an amendment that even the stupidest repubilcan can't twist into

Faces Of Ignorance

2010-04-30T10:14:00.001-05:00

2010-04-29T12:24:00.003-05:00

Notice their brand new home in the back ground. I love the mullet too. Not to mention the bulging belly of the bride. I live in MS and this is no joke. These people really exist!

Take Action

2010-04-29T12:05:00.003-05:00

For the first time that I can remember in my life we have a president that wants to make sure that BOTH the Palestinians and the Israelis have secure states of their own to live in. In the past we've seen president after president turn their heads away while Israel committed crimes against humanity on the palestinians. stealing their land, crushing their homes and killing anyone who stood (

2010-04-28T12:13:00.002-05:00

how do republicans fight? dirty. They can't get voters to register republican any other way.story

This is just extremely cool.

2010-04-28T00:41:00.002-05:00

Jim Pankey

How Much Oil Do We Really Have in America?

2010-04-28T00:21:00.004-05:00

I did a little research when all of that "drill baby drill" noise was going on to find out just how much oil we have on land and off shore in America. I found that all in all we have about 21.2 billion barrels total.We use 7.14 billion barrels of oil per year.That would mean that if all those platforms out there could suck out every drop of oil under our surface, it would give us enough oil to

This is just SHITTY!

2010-04-27T16:04:00.002-05:00

I know this is serious "shit" but watching the most "august deliberative body in the world", saying "shit" a dozen times in a few minutes was just more than i could bear! I couldn't stop laughing! I hope it has the same effect on you.

The Value of a Lie

2010-04-24T22:10:00.002-05:00

Republicans need to lie in order for their supporters to support them and democrats need to tell the truth in order for their supporters to support them.Democratic supporters get angry when they get lied to but republican supporters dang near go crazy if they actually have to face the truth.Obama is not a kenyan.Obama inherited bush's recession.Obama inherited bush's bail outs.Obama inherited

Fox news is Fake News

2010-04-24T13:51:00.004-05:00

Some people who are sneaking god into the government one word at a time, like to think they are so subtle. Who? Me? They pretend. Their actions are like a sledge hammer on my head and to our Constitution. No Christian will ever know what a terrible mistake this melding of church and state is until they live in a theocracy that is not majority Christian.. or just visit one. Atheists already know

2010-04-23T22:42:00.001-05:00

Yeah, missing Bush would be like missing hemorrhoids, syphilis and aids all at once.

Republican Jesus

2010-04-23T15:29:00.002-05:00

2010-04-21T18:52:00.003-05:00

Government requests directed to Google and YouTube

2010-04-20T20:15:00.001-05:00

The American government asks for private internet habits of 3580 users in a 6 month period. The only country to surpass our governments prying is Brazil. Russia on the other hand has none.

The Golden Age of Libertarianism

2010-04-20T15:19:00.003-05:00

An article by Jacob Hornberger anoints 1880 as the peak of America’s Libertarian golden age. Let’s consider, say, the year 1880. Here was a society in which people were free to keep everything they earned, because there was no income tax. They were also free to decide what to do with their own money—spend it, save it, invest it, donate it, or whatever. People were generally free to engage in

2010-04-19T17:48:00.003-05:00

I think Texas should secede and take all the tea baggers with it. We could have a third world Klingon state as a neighbor. I think a 20 foot wall surrounding Texas would be a good start. Something along the lines of Israel's "security" walls around the open prison we still call "Palestine".Calls to abuse hot lines and shelters are up in Texas FORT WORTH -- Calls to SafeHaven of Tarrant County,

An Iraqi Veteran Who Gets It

2010-04-18T15:11:00.001-05:00

This one's accurate but the next cartoon is the best of the year.

2010-04-13T17:20:00.001-05:00

Jesus asks his father...

2010-04-13T14:05:00.001-05:00

TeaParty White Trailer Trash

2010-04-08T00:05:00.001-05:00

This guy mimicks faux news talking points while adding his vulgar rascism into the batter. What a piece of white trash. He calls whites who voted for obama "white trash", how ironic is that?

Americans in Helicopters Mistake cameras for ak47's

2010-04-05T21:26:00.001-05:00

and they massacre everyone in the vicinity.

Not satisfied with U.S. history, some conservatives are rewriting it | McClatchy

2010-04-04T17:16:00.001-05:00

By Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The right is rewriting history. The most ballyhooed effort is under way in Texas, where conservatives have pushed the state school board to rewrite guidelines, downplaying Thomas Jefferson in one high school course, playing up such conservatives as Phyllis Schlafly and the Heritage Foundation and

2010-04-02T16:59:00.002-05:00

I keep hearing stupid ass republicans and conservatives saying that the "nigger" and spitting incident at the capitol building didn't happen. That democrats made it up for the outrage-factor. They're so full of shit that they can't see through their dark brown eyes what is right in front of them. This is Dale Robertson, a Tea Party activist who operates TeaParty.org Now you tell me if this

And our government would like you to believe that chavez and morales are tyrants?

2010-04-02T00:25:00.001-05:00

I am always trying to open lour people's eyes to American foreign policy. Our corporatist government demonizes leaders in countries that have popular, even beloved leaders like Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Bolivia's Evo Morales. These two leaders put their own people ahead of the corporate demands from America and other developed nations. They won't play the game of borrowing money from us

DEMOCRATS IN NAME ONLY

2010-03-31T02:30:00.001-05:00

The Brain Washing of The Ignorant Masses

2010-03-29T14:13:00.000-05:00

I'm afraid - that the right-wing Republican behavior is the result of cynical use of prejudice and political ignorance by political propagandists who know their audience and their purpose - to get naive voters to support right-wing political and financial power. They use behavioral psychology from the 1890s to pick out the pushbuttons of human motivation.Money talks, loudest when that

If you want to really know what we've become, watch this.

2010-03-29T00:02:00.000-05:00

An Open Letter To Conservatives

2010-03-24T16:48:00.003-05:00

March 22, 2010, 3:16PMDear Conservative Americans,The years have not been kind to you. I grew up in a profoundly Republican home, so I can remember when you wore a very different face than the one we see now. You've lost me and you've lost most of America. Because I believe having responsible choices is important to democracy, I'd like to give you some advice and an invitation.First, the

2010-03-23T16:46:00.001-05:00

Michael Steele said on fox, "I'm the cow on the tracks" that is going to stop this health care bill. Well, the health care bill wasn't stopped by Mr. Steele and here is the result:

2010-03-23T16:30:00.000-05:00

America, Here Are 10 Things You've Just Won With Health Care ReformYou already know about the health care reform vote, but you might not know what's in it for you. Here's 10 things that will kick in this year.March 23, 2010 | 1. Insurance companies can no longer impose lifetime coverage limits on your insurance. Never again will you face the risk of getting really sick and then, a few

Demand a constitutional amendment

2010-01-22T09:57:00.001-06:00

After today's disastrous ruling by the supreme court that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections, we are now, officially a fascist state. the definition of fascism is the combining of corporations, governments and the military. once the corporations own the government our military becomes there beck and call billy club around the world for their profits. not

Michelle Malkin. Ann Coulters Nasty Asshole and Penis.

2010-01-21T01:30:00.004-06:00

No, no KY necessary.Here it cums baby!

Ultimate Bush and his Administration lied About wmd, nukes and al qaeda!

2010-01-19T21:37:00.001-06:00

t r u t h o u t | Robert Parry | Lessons from America's Lost Decade

2010-01-18T12:26:00.001-06:00

As the United States takes the measure of Barack Obama's first year in the White House and looks beyond to what could be a difficult new decade, it might be useful to first stop and extract some lessons from the 2000s, which proved to be a lost economic decade for many Americans. For the first time since the Great Depression, the United States experienced zero job growth in a decade. Zero. And

t r u t h o u t | "The Uh-Ohs": A Decade of Conservative Failure

2010-01-10T21:59:00.001-06:00

Stuff happens."— Donald Rumsfeld on the looting of Iraq following the U.S. invasion. Forget about "the Aughts." Never mind "the Naughts." The decade just passed — and which promises to leave a lingering, bitter aftertaste — deserves a far better, more descriptive name. So for what it's worth, I hereby dub the past ten years "The Uh-Ohs: A Decade of Conservative Failure." It's as good as any of

Tea Baggers are Sending Death Threats to Fiori Over This Cartoon

2010-01-10T21:40:00.002-06:00

2010-01-10T21:40:00.001-06:00

Rush is out of the hospital now and back to his old habits.

2010-01-10T14:53:00.000-06:00

The truth about the climate emails for faux news suckers

2010-01-09T22:02:00.002-06:00

Glenn Greenwald just gets it.

2010-01-05T00:45:00.001-06:00

"The White House has authorized an expansion of the C.I.A.'s drone program in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas, officials said this week, to parallel the president’s decision, announced Tuesday, to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan" -- New York Times, December 4, 2009. "In the midst of two unfinished major wars, the United States has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against Al

Map of the pan-asian pipeline. One of 2 reasons we are in Afghanistan.

2009-11-04T11:44:00.002-06:00

Source: US department of state.

Cheney's map

2009-11-04T11:09:00.003-06:00

This is the map that cheney had on his desk when he had the "energy" conference during the first months of the Bush administration. long before 9/11 ever happened. this is how they were splitting up the loot earned by the blood of Americans.

2009-11-04T11:02:00.002-06:00

The blue country you see there is Iran. It is one of the richest oil deposits in the world and our oil industry WANTS IT. It is the only reason you even know the word "Iran", but they'd have you believe Iranians are all terrorists so you will go kill them and they can have their oil

2009-11-04T11:01:00.002-06:00

This is what imperialism looks like. We have a military presence in nearly every country in the world. Wonder what we'd say if some foreign country was installed on our continent? Would we welcome them or would we try to get rid of them. If we tried to rid our land of their presence, would we be called terrorists like those who try to get us out of their countries are?

2009-10-15T09:12:00.000-05:00

Hello,First of all, I would like to say that I make no claim of any formaleducation beyond high school in the poorest district in the state ofTexas. There was not much motivation to keep me in the classroom.However, having said this, I feel that knowledge can be obtained inmany other ways, sometimes within our own thoughts and inner wisdoms. Ialso feel that education -- in this country -- in many

Gallup: Obama’s Mideast Policies Have Not Disproportionately Hurt Him With Jews | The Plum Line

2009-10-02T23:31:00.001-05:00

The Plum LineGreg Sargent's blog Gallup: Obama’s Mideast Policies Have Not Disproportionately Hurt Him With Jews A fascinating new poll from Gallup finds that Obama’s standing among American Jews is higher than among any other religious group, suggesting he still has domestic political breathing room as he deals with Iran and enters into grueling Arab-Israeli

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2009-10-02T20:20:00.001-05:00