Acorn falls, the web rises
NYT has an thoughtful summation of the various stories about ACORN, quoting all sides of the issue. They close with the Jon Stewart video and say Yep, the Big Boys are scooped by a couple of novices and then ridiculed…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month September 2009
Saul Alinsky. Organizing in the Depression. And you thought things were turbulent now
From the Playboy interview with Saul Alinsky in 1972. PLAYBOY: How close was the country to revolution during the Depression? ALINSKY: A lot closer than some people think. It was really Roosevelt’s reforms that saved the system from itself and…
Glenn Beck on the cover of Time. A contra-indicator
Stock market pundits often say by the time a financial trend makes it to the cover of major news magazines, it generally signals it is time to go the other way. Thus, if Newsweek has a cover story saying the…
“The election broke their brains.” Frank Schaeffer, founder of anti-abortion movement
An apology, message and castigation from Frank Schaeffer, co-founder of the anti-abortion movement. He believes Obama will prevail but that violence against politicians, encouraged by right wing zealots, will probably happen. “They’re leaving a loaded gun on the counter.” (He…
FCC calls for Net Neutrality
WSJ Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers should treat all data equally and avoid restricting or delaying access to certain sites. In other words, the providers must act like the phone companies and just pass the data along.…