Day March 22, 2006

Defeatism is not a good tactic

From Lefti on the News. Liberal blogs and the demonstrations, part II I wrote the other day about the (lack of) reaction of various liberal blogs to this weekend’s antiwar demonstrations. So imagine my surprise, in the midst of a…

No on HR 4437

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal – Martin Luther King Jr. How bad is the anti-immigrant HR 4437? Real bad. H.R. 4437 would expand on policies that have seriously eroded civil liberties. It would further militarize…

All war all the time

Bush says U.S. Troops will be in Iraq past his presidency. Did any Democrats in Congress say “Hell, No” to this? Well, of course they didn’t. Even with polls showing the public opposes the war, Democrats refuse to do anything.

Keepin’ the corruption alive

Congress’ drive to reform lobbying loses steam as Abramoff scandal fades from the front pages. There will be no real lobbying reform unless the public forces the issue.Ԛ  Both parties are complicit in actively preventing reform from happening.

RIP, Bush’s poodle?

The ‘cash for favours scandal‘ currently battering the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair could, analysts predict, deal the final blow to a leader who promised ‘a new dawn in politics’ when he came to power on May 1, 1997.