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Arizona woman off ballot after high court agrees her English isn’t good enough
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/08/arizona-woman-off-ballot-after-high-court-agrees-her-english-isnt-good-enough/?hpt=hp_bn1
While I firmly believe that English should be the official language of these United States (decades ago I was quite flabbergasted to learn it wasn’t already), …
Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/why-wall-street-should-stop-whining-20120208
I haven’t made time to read the original article that is alluded to in the page listed above (not sure I would be happy with my blood pressure if I did), but I …
The GOP’s nightmare voting scenario
From McConnell to the WSJ, right-wingers are citing absurd reasons to oppose a plan to scrap the Electoral College
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/07/the_gops_nightmare_voting_scenario/singleton/
Lots of people complain about the electoral college voting system (I used to be one …
as the last guy before him:
Obama’s Drift Toward War With Iran
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bromwich/obama-iran-war_b_1250668.html
I have talked a time or twain about the manufacturing of the basis for a new war with Iran, so this isn’t such a new topic …
Forgetting a key lesson from Watergate?
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/04/politics/watergate-reform/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
Yes, corrupt money will find its way around any roadblock you care to put in front of it, power attracts the corruptible after all. However, when you legalize corruption, as we have done …
The privatization trap
From schools to prisons, outsourcing government’s works typically ends with cronyism, waste and unaccountability
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/05/the_privatization_trap/singleton/
Once again I have had to resist the urge to copy the post in its entirety and embedding it here. I strongly …
Thanks to bls for pointing this out:
..about using gambling to encourage saving (and then banning it)?
http://johnpapola.com/2010/11/gambling-to-encourage-savings/
It seems clear to me that lotteries were put in place by our government as a way to levy a substantial regressive …
Just when you think your government can’t make you even more disgusted…
U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/05/u_s_drones_targeting_rescuers_and_mourners/singleton/
So, not only are we in a police state and run by Constitution-shredding oligarchy, our government has taken to committing the …
Lieberman, Cantor defend Capitol Hill’s inside traders
Wall Street’s favorites resist the effort to ban profiteering on non-public information
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/02/lieberman_cantor_defend_capitol_hills_inside_traders/singleton/
I hesitated in posting this because it is so boringly predictable it is hardly worth mentioning. However, some people (but …
For those of you not yet tired of me babbling on and on and on an on about our police state here is another fascinating look at it:
ACLU sues Obama administration over assassination secrecy
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/02/aclu_sues_obama_administration_over_assassination_secrecy/singleton/
I like Glenn, but …