Archive for December, 2008
Tennessee Coal Ash Spill Before And After — And What’s Next
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | December 30, 2008 at 03:43 PM
The online environmental community is abuzz with reports of all kinds about the coal ash sludge spill in Tennessee, ranging from first-hand accounts to health concerns to worries about coal in general. Twitter in particular has been a place where people have been posting [...]
Add Up the Damage
By BOB HERBERT
Published: December 29, 2008 (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/opinion/30herbert.html?_r=1
Does anyone know where George W. Bush is?
You don’t hear much from him anymore. The last image most of us remember is of the president ducking a pair of size 10s that were hurled at him in Baghdad.
We’re still at war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel is [...]
You are on your own no more
By Ron McBride
Under the George W. Bush administration, Americans were left
on their own, no government to oversee and regulate anymore, regardless of what
we the people wanted, Bush and his cohorts did as they pleased.
All the while these white collar crooks were lining their
pockets. While we have just demonstrated that we as a nation are far [...]
Revisionist History and False Bravado
by Anthony Wade
Enough already. Enough with the whining and belligerent pseudo-progressives claiming that Barack Obama somehow owes them something. Enough with the false notions that he was only elected because of their desires to turn an uber-conservative country into an uber-liberal one. With every cabinet selection Obama is vilified by people who seem to [...]
Why Rick Warren?
by Ron McBride
Right now there is a lot of controversy or at least in the minds of many Obama supporters over his selection of the controversial minister Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church.
Personally I believe that Obama realizes, in order to be effective, he needs to reach out to moderates among these people, and so [...]
America’s Disappearing Industrial Base
By Greg Grant
reposted with permission of military.com
Many Americans will be watching this week to see whether the Bush administration decides to bail out the ailing auto industry as one of its last official acts. Loren Thompson, a defense expert at the Lexington Institute, has written a number of important briefs in the last few weeks [...]
Illinois Citizens Deserve Corrupt Government
Public Corruption Runs Rampant Because Americans Do Not Seek Genuine Political Reforms
by Joel S. Hirschhorn
The current Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich, recently charged with crimes by the federal government, just follows in the footsteps of previous convicted Illinois governors and a huge number of other Illinois officials convicted of crimes. What is [...]
The Time Has Come Blagojevich Must Go
By Ron McBride
We the people of Illinois demand that Governor Blagojevich resign his position. Several polls indicate that only about 8% think he is doing a good job.
Ever since he took office, we have watched as his favorable ratings have made a steady decline to this historic low.
Many of us have written our representatives and [...]
Here’s What Vote Fraud Really Looks Like
By Paul Lehto, AlterNet.
California Republican Party’s sponsorship of the firm YPM is an voter fraud oak tree compared to the innocent ACORN.
Extensive national media coverage of alleged voter registration fraud by ACORN has fanned fears of “voter fraud” by Democratic forces. Given this fact, it’s more than a little remarkable that the media has not [...]
A New Political Party is Needed
Too Little Political Competition in America
by Joel S. Hirschhorn
Set aside any Obama euphoria you feel. The other important news is that third-party presidential candidates had a miserable showing this year, totaling just over one percent of the grand total with 1.5 million votes nationwide, compared to some 123 million votes for [...]
