Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHWDcD9OMkw
For most of us this is our introduction to Tom Udall’s important campaign in New Mexico. At stake is a Republican seat that we can take and turn Democrat. We need to support this campaign and take another seat to solidify our majority in the US Senate.
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Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
John McCain needs to get a grip. He’s either slipping a little or his mind is so filled with concern about his disorganized, constantly changing campaign that he can’t concentrate on the words coming out of his mouth.
Every day it seems, McCain drops out a comment that makes everyone stop for a moment in mid-stride, […]
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Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
From MSNBC:
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting with U.S. forces in Kuwait and then Afghanistan — the scene of a war he says deserves more attention and more troops[…] “I’m more interested in listening than doing a lot of talking, and I think it’s very […]
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Al Gore gave an impassioned speech today in Washington, “laying out his new approach to the entwined challenges of limiting risks from global warming and instability from rising energy prices and declining supplies of fossil fuels.” Watch a clip from Al Gore’s speech here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idlJDcr669o
In his speech, Gore put forth a challenge to citzens and politicians in […]
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Posted on July 13th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
There’s two weekend must reads on Jane Mayer’s new book, The Dark Side, The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals.
First check out the review by Andrew J. Bacevich, in the WaPo: Collateral Damage:
In The Dark Side, Jane Mayer, a staff writer for the New Yorker, documents […]
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Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The must read of the day today is this piece by Chris Hedges, in the L.A. Times: Stop the new FISA:
If the sweeping surveillance law signed by President Bush on Thursday — giving the U.S. government nearly unchecked authority to eavesdrop on the phone calls and e-mails of innocent Americans — is allowed to stand, we […]
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Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I think the most fitting thing to say following up on Stuart’s earlier piece about Nancy Pelosi on Dennis Kucinich presenting a single Article of Impeachment against George W. Bush, to the House of Representatives, is “bring it on.”
I’m one who thinks this is long overdue. Sign Kucinich’s petition here.
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Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Dennis Kucinich must have jumped for joy when Nancy Pelosi commented today that she thought his impeachment resolution may see committee hearings:
Kucinich is expected to offer a “privileged resolution” this afternoon calling on the House to look at whether President Bush should be removed from office for lying to Congress and the American public when […]
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Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Ted Kennedy returned to the floor of the Senate today for the 4:00 PM vote on Medicare. Kennedy was accompanied by members of his family, John Kerry and Barack Obama. He received a standing ovation as he “walked through a wall of applause,” to “cast a dramatic, decisive vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation.”
“Aye,” the 76-year-old Kennedy […]
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Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Hillary Clinton did not disappoint liberals on today’s FISA vote, but Barack Obama certainly did. I can’t even begin to imagine why Obama caved on this issue as boldly as he has but it’s beyond disappointing, especially for those of us who had worked so hard to get Hillary nominated. While Barack Obama voted “yes” on […]
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Posted on July 6th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
John Kerry was on Face The Nation today and he gave John McCain a thrashing o the issue of Iraq. Kerry was responding to a question of whether Obama had flip-flipped on Iraq, and he made ti clear that “Barack Obama has a plan for getting out of Iraq.” Watch it here:
From Face The Nation:
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Posted on July 4th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
On a day 232 years ago some very courageous men announced to the world a document of independence. These world changing concepts had never before been put on paper or celebrated publicly.
We celebrate their courage, intelligence and durability because their action was certainly controversial in the colonies. In this document that those colonies are […]
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