Category Archives: Progressives

Classic Peace on Earth Cartoon from 1939

On the eve of World War Two, most Americans still wanted peace on Earth, and politicians talked about it openly. This holiday season, all we hear is talk of more war and I have not heard one prominent politician of … Continue reading

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Today’s Quote: GOP Willing to Ruin the Economy to Defeat Obama

Imagine if some Democrat, say Sen. Harry Reid, had made a statement like this in 2003 — “The single most important thing we want to achieve is to make President Bush a one-term president”? Rush Limbaugh would still be screaming … Continue reading

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Today’s Quote: Ex-Republican Knows How to Beat the Greedy Old Plutocrats

It’s true, many good progressives don’t know how to frame an idea simply in plain language (some of the sign-makers of OWS could teach them a thing or two), and tend to bury their point in the third paragraph, long … Continue reading

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Duckworth Will Trounce Loudmouth Nutjob Walsh in 2012

If you don’t know about Teabagger Congressman Rep. Joe Walsh from Illinois, you’re probably better off for it. He’s a more-mouth-than-brains nutcase who screams at his constituents and spouts all sorts of crapola right-wing nonsense. A typical Republican hypocrite, he … Continue reading

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Rove Attempts to Smear Warren and Fails

The viperous Karl Rove’s nasty little M.O. is to go after his opponent’s strength — think John Kerry’s war record and heroic action where he saved a soldier’s life under fire in Vietnam — and twist it around until most … Continue reading

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George Lakoff on OWS Luntz-Speak

I don’t know if I agree with Lakoff entirely — the word ‘capitalism,’ for example, is not necessarily that popular these days, although I prefer ‘crapitalism’ to decribe the economic system in play in most parts of the world — … Continue reading

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The Demands of the Occupy Church

I’m not religious, despite (or due to) some familiarity with the Bible, but I can go along with the demands of this church.

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Today’s Quotes: Sheep Led By Wolves

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Today’s Quotes: Sunday Sermon in Quotes

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Life Among the 1 Percent — Thanksgiving for Some Edition

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