Political Pass

A great thanks that democracy works, and take a bow all those who helped elect representatives who represent all the people. It is the dawn of a new politics, I wish it well.
What will you do now? Any changes? I know from past experience that many of the trolls will disappear from blogging and debate. […]

TERRY ANDERSON, A BLACK LOS ANGELES TALK RADIO HOST, WENT DOWN A LIST OF THINGS SENATOR OBAMA HAS SAID THAT AREN’T EXACTLY CORRECT…
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Obama’s Not Exactlys
1.) Selma March Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, […]

By David Morris
“I can understand the appeal of taking sole credit for all of your achievements, of being a cowboy – a maverick. But most of us are grownups, through with our days of playing cowboys and Indians. What we are, instead, is socialists – part of a system larger than us, which requires […]

by John K. Wilson
“Obama’s experience in state and national politics also exceeds that of Ronald Reagan (eight years as governor), Jimmy Carter (four years in state senate, four years as governor), Dwight Eisenhower (no political experience), and Harry Truman (10 years as US senator, one year as vice president). In fact, Obama’s total political experience […]

Expectations
What does it say about our nation today when a candidate for vice president is measured not by their abilities and experience but by the fact that expectations for them are so low anything but an act of buffoonery is considered passable? Have the low standards we set in our schools and in some work […]

I am finally finishing Derrick Jensen’s ‘the culture of make believe,’ the book is a bit torturous as it tells a history most do not want to face or even know about. As you read it you think over and over again this has changed, Blacks, Native Americans, workers are no longer treated this way, […]

The People’s Grocery
“In West Oakland, California, where liquor stores have replaced markets, People’s Grocery is creating a healthy alternative, offering access to organic produce. Through urban gardens and local farms, People’s Grocery supports a culture based on connection to the land, sustainable agricultural practices, and regenerating community.”
See here.

And we thought Clinton had no self-control
By Joe Scarborough - R
“Maybe that’s because right-wing, knuckle-dragging Republicans like myself took over Congress in 1994 promising to balance the budget and limit Washington’s power. We were a nasty breed and had no problem blaming Bill and Hillary Clinton for everything from the exploding federal deficit to male […]

“Tragically, President Bush thinks nothing of breaking one international covenant after another. Yet, I do not say, God damn him. For all his crimes, tortures, and killings, I say, God help him.” Sherwood Ross
In Defense of Reverend Wright By Sherwood Ross
“The language used by Reverend Jeremiah Wright to denounce his country is certainly “inflammatory” and […]

“Psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel real, enduring happiness, he says, even when things don’t go as planned. He calls this kind of happiness “synthetic happiness,” and he says it’s “every bit as real and enduring as […]