Support our troops?

• Lie about Iraq's "role" in 9/11.
• Lie about Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction.
• Lie about how cheap and easy the war is going to be.
• Send the soldiers on endless tours of duty.
• Treat them like sh#t at Walter Reed.
• Question the manhood any soldier suffering with PTSD.
• And never even allow their coffins to be photographed.

Photo mosaic of dead soldiers.

The face of George Bush composed entirely of photos of soldiers who have died for his war. Brilliant, and well-deserved. See it here.

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The Politics of American Debt

This chart shows every American how the Republicans are bankrupting America (while cutting every program they can get away with) and passing their debts to your children and grandchildren, and their children and grandchildren. It is based on data from the Bureau of Public Debt up to September 29, 2006, the last day of fiscal 2006.

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The legacy of Bush’s presidency: (PIC)

this chart succinctly shows us the country Bush inherited, the country he left behind (pic)



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some of my BEST FRIENDS are "illegals"

Halliburton (preeminent war-profiteers – cut and ran to the Middle East)

Exxon Mobil (primary funder of anti- Global Warming ”science”)

Lockheed Martin (world’s largest supplier of killing machines)

Wal-Mart (biggest slave-profiteer in human history)

Just as with the “issue” of homosexual marriage last time around, this election the Right intends to get the public worked up about “illegals” in our midst. So remember, transnational corporations can NEVER be “good corporate citizens”. Transnationals can’t be “citizens” IN ANY SENSE. And who do you think is going to drive down your wages more… a bunch of Mexican baby-sitters and gardeners? Or Wal-Mart?

I don't want to reward those who enter our country illegally. But according to recent polls of Republicans, immigration is the third most important issue facing our nation, after the economy and the war! Why? They SAY it's because they're worried about wage pressure. But if wages was their real concern, there are better targets for their anger than Mexicans. The Rove-ian strategy at work here is to split the progressive American majority. That's the definition of a "wedge issue".

So what good are Obama’s platitudes?

While I share many concerns about Obama expressed by others, regarding the comments I’ve seen denigrating his speeches as grand generalities lacking substance, I disagree. If you think about it, the Declaration of Independence is almost entirely composed of general platitudes. The Gettysburg Address even more so. Certainly those are not merely policy documents with a list of particulars. Ideas that are abstract are not necessarily empty, and they may be very powerful.

Believe-it-or-not, there is one thing this county needs even more than it needs a new president, and that is a new engagement of its citizens to stand up and be counted for core American progressive values.

Obama’s accomplishment in Iowa of doubling the turnout and bringing out droves of new participants – mostly young people – besides being wonderful and intensely patriotic, impressively demonstrated a capability that sets him apart from all the other candidates from either side. He connects with people. There is nothing about speaking at a higher level that precludes a President from acting at the level of specific policies. As a matter of fact, you can’t do the job of President any other way. Hillary may, as she expects, be “ready on day one” to manage the government, but it all comes down to whether a President can move more Americans to support our progressive agenda. Obama can.