Campaign Time: Time for fact-twisting, misleading ads, lies and Democracy....
Here we go again. I hate this about campaigns and hate even more the fact that NOBODY CARES! Not the media. Not the public and certainly not the candidates! God forbid!!! I was at Factcheck.org looking...
View ArticleShell Oil Pres, says conservation of 5% will have a dramatic positive effect...
Well, I'm no economic guru and I'm trying to be fair about this oil/gas company affair we've seen in the news lately. He states how profits (and then some in the form of investment...er...pork) need to...
View ArticleAIM's hypocracy at its best in an RFK/FOX piece.My email response
I find media watchdogs a bit laughable in the sense tat they only critique one side while turning a blind eye to the other. But I guess in today's world, it will have to do. In fairness, both sides...
View ArticleIs RedState right to blast Dems as hypocrites for voting "no" to...
A major post today at Redstate.org: "Giving the Lie to Democrat Fiscal Responsibility A Victory at Last At long last, the GOP leadership in Congress managed to exert party discipline and get some...
View ArticleRasmussen poll: 64% approve of Bush on NSA affair. BUT....
I was reading a poll that they were touting over at Redstate (yes I go there to read the blogs!) saying how 64% of Americans approve the eavesdropping. here's a snip December 28, 2005--Sixty-four...
View ArticleAbout "News Hour" w/J. Lehrer. I'm simply amazed
I'm watching News Hour with Jim Lehrer right now. I confess I don't watch it very often. But when I do, I shake my head in amazement at what a GOOD, INFORMATIVE news show it is. We hear about attacks...
View ArticleMSM Narrative on NSA issue is becoming clear.
These last few days I've noticed the new media narrative that the White House and its message enablers have been pushing to the headlines: U.S. surveillance program stopped Al Quaeda attack in LA and...
View ArticleWhere is British Report saying Iraq Civil War inevitable? help
I've googled the shit out of this topic and can't find it. Last year or the year before the British Defense Council or some official british intelligence service released a briefing or a report that...
View ArticleSpecter, Chaffee and RMC attack Santorum. Interesting
From the site www.grassrootspa.com, I came across an interesting article taken from the American Spectator. The headline: American Spectator: Republican Majority for Choice CONFIRMS Targeting Senator...
View ArticleWhy is the Left so quiet about the labor riots in France? Shame?
I've found the French riots over the youth labor law change an interesting topic. I've been very disappointed to see the Left of the blogeshpere so HUSH about it. why? Personally, I firmly stand up and...
View ArticleEconomist Cover Story: Can The Democrats Get Their Act Together?
The Economist did a cover story on the Dems heading into fall'06. They take a fair, at times unfair, and sobering look at the Democratic Party...not so much from a "horse race/political victory" point...
View ArticleThe Democratic Party I want and the one I fear in 2007 and on...
Democrats, liberals, Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, moderates and so on come in many shapes and sizes. Their areas of greater interest and priorities vary and often conflict with their own...
View ArticleDems needs a libertarian perspective. Ongoing discussion..
This now the forth diary I've written recently that prods toward a libertarian perspective in the Democratic agenda. A free online book has been written by Dean Baker that aims to bring conservative...
View ArticleDefining a Libertarian Perspective for a Majority Democratic Party
This is part of an ongoing discussion of infusing a libertatrianism into the Democratic Party's rhetoric, point of view and, to a certain extent, policy to achieve a broader appeal without sacrificing...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Defining Left-Libertarian Ideals in a better Dem Party....
This is a follow-up on Loganferree's most recent diary "Left-Libertarian Manifesto" at: http://www.dailykos.com/... This in turn followed other recent diaries promoting an infusion of libertarian...
View Article2 Libertarian Dem Candidates shooting for DC. Excellent Agenda to Emulate.
A self-described Libertarian/Jeffersonian Democrat, Frank Gonzalez is running for Congress in Florida. And he's not the only one. Peter Ashdown is making a brave run for Senate at the "invincible"...
View ArticleI spoke to David Sirota on Ed Schultz today.
David Sirota was on Ed Schultz to promote his book "Hostile Takeover". I had the fortune to get on and put three comments and questions out there from a free-market minded left libertarian perspective...
View ArticleCATO writer answers Markos on "Libertarian Democrats"
Markos's Libertarian Dem diary from yesterday garnered a lot of attention from Libertarian Blogesphere. I found a thoughtful article from CATO writers particulary interesting, helpful and worthy of...
View ArticleWhat Libertarian Dems are and are NOT: taxes and spending.
Firstly, I'd like to thank Markos for shedding some light on a pre-existing idea that had already been gaining momentum in the left libertarian community. His diary was a decent attempt at developing a...
View ArticleEthanol vs. Ethanol. "Real Free Trade" vs. Protectionism
Props to Loganferree at the Freedom Democrats, www.freedomdemocrtas.org for this interesting article and dilemma from the Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/... "Ethanol in the U.S. is...
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