Category Archives: Progressives

Today’s Quotes at Random

“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us ‘ Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He [or she] experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest. A kind of optical … Continue reading

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Petition the White House Directly

According to this video from WhiteHouse.gov, the official website for the White House, you can sign in and start your own petition. Does this work? Search me, but it’s worth a try. You need to collect 5,000 signatures within 30 … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Warren, Our Progressive President in 2016

After she’s done beating the pants off of that sports-bar lunkhead Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) in 2012, Elizabeth Warren, if she keeps talking like this, is going to talk herself into the presidency in 2016. Jeepers, she’s like Harry Truman, … Continue reading

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Carville’s Advice to Obama: “Panic!”

I don’t always agree with former Clinton strategist James Carville and find his marriage to in-the-tank Cheneyite Mary Matalin beyond bizarre, but the bald love child of a space alien and a Louisiana Keebler elf is dead on in this … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Matt Wuerker on Obama’s Dilemma

Obama didn’t start the fire, but he’s getting blamed, including by people who should know better, for not cleaning up the Republican mess faster. Emperor Junior had eight years to put the torch to New Rome — Obama has only … Continue reading

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Today’s Quote: Enlightened Self-Interest

This used to be the way most Americans thought until the nasty, selfish Republican yuppies slithered their way into corporate and political power and began pumping out mean-spirited ‘Me Generation’ propaganda and worshipping Christianity without Jesus. I think many of the blue-collar … Continue reading

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Breaking: Elizabeth Warren is Running for Senate

From Bold Progressives.org: BREAKING NEWS: Huffington Post reports that Elizabeth Warren is in! She’s running for Senate in Massachusetts!! […] One month ago, we launched a Draft Elizabeth Warren campaign. Our goal was to show that a grassroots army would … Continue reading

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How Many Promises Has Obama Kept?

According to PolitiFact.com, Obama has kept 144, he’s working on another 204, and he’s broken 46. Not bad for a guy who made more pre-election promises than any other recent president.  Let’s go to the chart: Chart copyright 2011 PolitiFact.com.

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Welcome to the Future of Space Flight

Now that NASA’s Space Shuttle program has ended, it no longer has the capability of manned space flight. Just as well, since the giant vertical thrust rockets that carried the various shuttles into orbit were a dangerous waste of money. Cheaper and … Continue reading

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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Bill of Rights

It was January 11, 1944, in the middle of WWII, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt enunciated this new bill of rights for industrialized America. FDR unfortunately died in April, 1945, before the war ended and these rights could be enacted. President Obama … Continue reading

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