Category: Political Commentary
4/28/2011 – Yesterday a liberal friend of mine told me (in response to my query) that he would never go see the film Atlas Shrugged Part 1 because he read a review in the Los Angeles Times that was critical, and that in any case the author of the novel on which the film is based, Ayn Rand, is a fascist beloved by conservatives because she justifies their greed and selfishness.
“Suddenly, a season of peace seems to be warming the world,” the New York Times exulted on the last day of July 1988. Protracted and bloody wars were ending in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia and Nicaragua, and between Iran and Iraq. But the most dramatic development was still to come.
The U.S. midterm elections register a level of anger, fear and disillusionment in the country like nothing I can recall in my lifetime, says political activist Noam Chomsky
Amy Goodman and the “Democracy Now!” team dig into the hundreds of thousands of documents that whistle-blowers released to the public and summarize the revelations. VIDEO
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To the Iraqis the revelations from the WikiLeaks organization that the war was brutal and bloody have hardly come as a surprise. One Iraqi stated, “We know all these things, and more, “It was war…what do you expect?”
U.S. Chamber of Commerce represents more than 3 million businesses and is one of the most powerful lobbying groups in Washington spending $650 million on federal lobbying — MORE THAN ANY ORGANIZATION!
JIM LEWIS, an independent candidate running with no party affiliation for Florida Attorney General has issued this statement rarely heard in politics todays. Why is it so rare? BECAUSE HE MAKES PERFECT SENSE
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Not only is income and wealth in America more concentrated in fewer hands than it’s been in 80 years, but those hands are buying our democracy as never before — and they’re doing it behind closed doors.
Friday, May 24, 10:10 am
Did You Hear the Joke About Donald Trump Running for President?
From the Desk of Randi Rhodes: Well, Donald Trump will not be our next president. But then everybody has known that for a long time… with the possible exception of Donald Trump. Today Trump released a statement saying “After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the Presidency.” [...]