Reinstating the Draft, the Al Gore Draft that is . . .
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in Politics | 4 Comments »If only the Supreme Court wasn't stacked with a bunch of partisan back scratchers and Florida had sunk into the Atlantic in the early 90s . . . the world would surely be a different place. What if you could ...
Subsidized by the Devil?
Thursday, February 1st, 2007 Posted in Capitalism, Entertainment, Politics, Society | No Comments »There has to be a smidgen of truth to Hugo Chavez's claim that George Bush is the devil. Let's put aside the fact that Chavez isn't the most democratic leader in this history of civilization, but then again, neither is ...
State of Delusion
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »Last night, I was one of the fortunate Americans who had something better to do than listen to George Bush's tiny little brain spew out ignorant, poorly thought out ideas. Instead, I went to see The Hitcher, a mediocre but entertaining movie ...
What Drives Effective Policy?
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 Posted in Politics, Responsibility, Society | No Comments »I changed the tag line of this site a few days ago to, "Common Sense for the Common Good". I don't know if someone else on the web is using it, if it's copyrighted, or if it sounds stupid to ...
The Fundamental Difference
Monday, July 3rd, 2006 Posted in Feature, Politics, Society | No Comments »Awareness: For a long time I wondered what made a progressive person fundamentally different from a conservative one, and not too long ago I found the answer. In any situation, regarding any issue, the great divide is a matter of ...
Gore Power
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006 Posted in Environment, Politics, Responsibility, Society | No Comments »A recent interview of Al Gore by David Roberts reveals details about his upcoming movie, An Inconvenient Truth, and his thoughts on our impending "climate crisis". He discusses aspects of making the movie but also opines on nuclear energy and ...
Think Big, Really Big
Thursday, May 11th, 2006 Posted in Environment, Politics, Responsibility, Science | 1 Comment »Temporary suspension of the world's lowest gas taxes and $100 rebates are not going to help ease the approaching energy crisis. America needs to think big, using rational thought and not lobbyist influence, if it is to survive the impending ...
What Liberal Media?
Thursday, February 16th, 2006 Posted in Media, Politics, Society | No Comments »A new study conducted by Media Matters for America shows conclusively there is no liberal bias in the media. In fact, it proves that the major networks lean to the right more often than not, and have since Clinton's days in ...
A Little Patience
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006 Posted in Politics, Society | No Comments »Is waiting out the storm the only choice we have? In William Rivers Pitt's piece, The State of the Union, published on t r u t h o u t, he suggests exactly this and offers a quote by our third President. Rivers says, ...
Cough On This
Friday, January 6th, 2006 Posted in Environment, Politics | No Comments »I subscribe to the Sierra Club's e-newsletter, RAW: uncooked truth, beyond belief, and was a little disheartened to find a disturbing but not altogether surprising story by Megan Lewis on the forgotten heroes of 9/11. She begins with this heroic ...
