Sarah Palin's fame and Bart Simpson's "I Didn't Do It"
Back in the 5th season of the Simpson's (episode 12 in 1994), Bart became a huge sensation in Springfield as he appeared on Krusty the Clown's variety kids show and repeatedly brought down the house by...
View ArticleFlip Flop Friday - What is happening?
We know that many people all over Asia saw one of the longest eclipses of the sun in recent history. But this occurred two days ago and was only viewed on the other side of the planet. But could this...
View ArticleWhy John Bolton is dead wrong about the Clinton trip to North Korea
While this diary could certainly win the award in the "Best Example of Singing to the Choir" category, I believe it is not enough merely to rely on our well-established aversion to any and all...
View ArticleA former Obamabot's letter to the President
Below is a letter I penned last night to the President. As indicated below, I have been a strong supporter and defender of the President until this week but he has shown that he is only interested in...
View ArticleThe Dysfunctionalism and Folly of the United States Senate
Both in his movie An Inconvenient Truth and more recently while promoting his latest book, Our Choice , former Vice President Al Gore has, in my opinion, correctly summed up the primary reason why our...
View ArticleReasons For Our Profound Disappointment
At http://www.dailykos.com/... makes an excellent, well-stated case why, as his title suggests, the Senate bill should pass. I do not plan to use this space to rebut any of his points as I do not...
View ArticleImpeaching Obama to Get Cheney Prosecuted
The debate in Washington has now reached such a state of sheer absurdity that, during the same week in which a Presidential Debt Commission issues proposals on how to substantially cut the country's...
View ArticleShaming the GOP towards Infrastructure Projects
While President Obama deserves credit for revitalizing his message yesterday on the economy, the fact is that such speeches, which differ neither in kind nor substance from the ones he gave to Congress...
View ArticleWhy MSNBC Needs a Civil War
We are still 19 months away from a general election and, primarily because of the way the news is covered in this country, attention has shifted particularly - but not exclusively - on cable news...
View ArticleThe Sanders Revolution, Clinton Foundation and the Purity of Process
Last week two unrelated stories involving this year’s two Democratic candidates for the White House raised similar questions about whether progress can or would be held hostage by the need for...
View ArticleFighting Fire with Fire: Next Steps After Last Tuesday
Since Senator McConnell conspired to oppose all Obama initiatives the night before the inauguration in 2009, since his caucus commenced to use the Senate filibuster to block all legislation — an...
View ArticleBogus Trump-Barr Executive Privilege Claim
This morning on Morning Joe, conservative columnist, John Podhoretz previewed what we can expect Bill Barr’s assertion of executive privilege to be in the matter of the whistle-blower. He cited none...
View ArticleVoting Rights - The Democrats' ONLY PLAY
The Democrats have many issues now to deal with: infrastructure, gun control, climate change and many others. But the foundational issue is voting rights. With Republican state legislatures passing...
View ArticleMy Letter to Rev William Barber Regarding Joe Manchin
Today I sent a letter to Reverend William Barber and Repairers of the Breach explaining how my concerns that his multi-month effort to get Joe Manchin to pay attention to his constituents wants and...
View ArticleWhy John Bolton is dead wrong about the Clinton trip to North Korea
While this diary could certainly win the award in the "Best Example of Singing to the Choir" category, I believe it is not enough merely to rely on our well-established aversion to any and all...
View ArticleA former Obamabot's letter to the President
Below is a letter I penned last night to the President. As indicated below, I have been a strong supporter and defender of the President until this week but he has shown that he is only interested in...
View ArticleThe Dysfunctionalism and Folly of the United States Senate
Both in his movie An Inconvenient Truth and more recently while promoting his latest book, Our Choice , former Vice President Al Gore has, in my opinion, correctly summed up the primary reason why our...
View ArticleReasons For Our Profound Disappointment
At http://www.dailykos.com/... makes an excellent, well-stated case why, as his title suggests, the Senate bill should pass. I do not plan to use this space to rebut any of his points as I do not...
View ArticleImpeaching Obama to Get Cheney Prosecuted
The debate in Washington has now reached such a state of sheer absurdity that, during the same week in which a Presidential Debt Commission issues proposals on how to substantially cut the country's...
View ArticleShaming the GOP towards Infrastructure Projects
While President Obama deserves credit for revitalizing his message yesterday on the economy, the fact is that such speeches, which differ neither in kind nor substance from the ones he gave to Congress...
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