Why am I finding it difficult to be thankful today? Could it be: A republican House of Representatives that wants to increase the national debt by reducing taxes on the rich. Right-wing demagogues who promote stupid with confusing, contradictory, nonfactual arguments. The people who buy the crap those demagogues peddle. Corporate owned media who puts […]

It is plain the republican party is not interested in discussing issues as we approach Election ’10. It’s no surprise really, they’ve been not discussing issues for years and years. It is, after all, about hot buttons, flag pins and fear. There have been calls for traditional media to expose republican disdain for a discussion […]

It’s Independence Day, a happy time for America. There are some, a vocal minority, who believe it’s a not so happy day. These are people unhappy with government and unhappy with their elected representatives. They are disturbed by the presence of a Hawaiian of African decent born to a white mother as President of the […]

This can’t be good for freedom of speech. A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt a sharp blow to the efforts of the Federal Communications Commission to set the rules of the road for the Internet, ruling that the agency lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic […]

From a review by Mary McNamara at the LA Times of Sarah Palin’s Fox show, As a host, Palin brings little besides her name and all that it has come to mean. Despite her time on the campaign trail and in front of often-unfriendly cameras, Palin still has an eyes-locked-on-the-teleprompter stiffness. (emphasis added) Oh the […]