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Oh, Snap:
The governor looked to another British poet in another speech on Friday, January 9. Again, he made national news. Just impeached by the Illinois House of Representatives, but not yet convicted by the state senate, “Blago” said that he would fight to remain in office, just as he fought for ordinary Americans. He concluded with a ( Read more... ) -
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Obama is closing Guantanamo in a year, swears he's against torture, seeks to eliminate CIA black sites. This has his admirers all gooey in the knees. “He really gets it,” marveled John D. Hutson, a retired admiral and law school dean, who watched Obama sign the Gitmo order. “He acknowledged that this isn’t easy. But he is absolutely ( Read more... ) -
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I did say I was cautiously pessimistic about Obama's Presidency - but this is simply acknowledging the reality of an American Empire that is out of control and on the verge of collapse. Let us not forget that on the eve of the election, we witnessed a near-trillion dollar robbery of the US treasury. That robbery is still taking place. I do ( Read more... ) -
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REV LOWERY: Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around -- (laughter) -- when yellow will be mellow -- (laughter) -- when the red man can get ahead, man -- (laughter) -- and when ( Read more... ) -
Soundbite Technique: AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE!
I’ve always been a fan of George Bush, on the simple grounds that the American empire needs taking down several notches and George Jr has been the right man for the job. It was always odd to listen to liberals and leftists howling about Bush’s poor showing, how he’d reduced America’s standing in the family of nations. Did the Goths fret at the ( Read more... ) -
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American Liberalism in so many words:
The more sensitive to our democratic needs (those) who join the ruling class, the more successful our democracy will be and the more likely its survival.
-- Walter Cronkite, via Louis Proyect, The American Ruling ClassThis is embedded in Liberal ideology. Conservative ideology, it used to pretend that it ( Read more... ) -
Soundbite Technique: AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE!
Tone of commentary: Gap-filled and sheepish. Early on, there are several long pauses followed by awkward resumptions, as though some comments had been excised. But even when the trio does talk, they steer clear of any overt political statements, instead ripping on each other and the movie's failure so vigorously that it's hard to know how ( Read more... ) -
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One striking feature of these complaints (from liberals) is that if the complainers had their suspicions about Obama during the campaign, they kept their mouths firmly shut. Across eight presidential campaigns, since Jimmy Carter’s successful run in 1976, I’ve never seen such collective determination by the liberal left to think only positive ( Read more... )