So this afternoon The Democratic Party posted a video of a portion of the President’s February 15th speech at the Hyde Park Academy on the south side of Chicago. In the video clip the President Obama reflects on what we must do to give every child a chance in life—stronger communities, stronger families, and doing [...]
When I read this headline I was pissed! (If you’ll be offended by a gun control rant exit now and if you do continue answer the question in the song!) NRA Dismisses ‘Connecticut Effect,’ Suggests Grief Over Newtown Tragedy Will Be Short-Lived The National Rifle Association will wait until the “Connecticut effect” has subsided to [...]
Ok so I oppose war – I opposed the wars in Vietnam and Iraq , along with the current war in Afghanistan, now that doesn’t mean I oppose the men and women who are fighting! Quite the opposite I am proud of them. You see my opposition means I don’t want to see them getting [...]
Ok so, I am not the best judge of character. My wife always says that I always expect the best in people, I always expect that they would say or do the same thing that I would. Years ago, when our old neighbors’ marriage broke up, the husband Billy was left in the other half [...]
They say you learn something everyday and this attempt on the life of President Kennedy was certainly new to me! Mental Floss: Dan Lewis:In 1960 a Retired Postal Worker Almost Killed JFK Thinking about JFK took me immediately to memories of my 5th grade classroom and sitting, listening to the radio, waiting to see if [...]
So we all know that things have changed in the US Senate in the last 34 years. Just how much it’s changed was driven home to me tonight as I read about Jimmy Carter’s first venture into Middle East politics in Ira Shapiro’s The Last Great Senate. In February of 1978, the Carter Administration announced that [...]
AlterNet: Sarah Seltzer : Romney in the Unflattering Spotlight: Hesitates on Equal Pay, Talks Fancy Horse Breeds, and More Can you just wait for the election campaign… so much to be thrown at Mitt! Addicting Info: Wendy Gittleson: Chris Christie Calls Americans Couch Potatoes Christie said that he had “never seen a less optimistic time [...]
Ok so all those who are tired of the only political debate in the US being among those dunderheads at the top of the GOP, raise your hands!! So I think we need to add some spice to the primaries by making the candidates not just debate each other but have to support their position [...]
So I wrote all kind of notes to myself today concerning how scary the insertionof religion into the politics of the Unites States is to me. In my opinion the US was not founded as a Christian Nation, but a nation where all are free to practice any religion they wish or if they wish [...]
Bill McKibben, has a great post appearing in both TomDispatch and Truthdig Armed With Naiveté concerning the Keystone XL pipeline and the Citizens United ruling. The following two passages really jumped out at me: As important as the vote total in the House, however, was another number: within minutes of the vote, Oil Change [...]
