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Comments about politics
We Can Tame the Debt Without Breaking Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/we-can-tame-the-debt-without-killing-entitlements-20120607
Interestingly, as the article points out, everyone wants to focus on the disastrous upper bound where the debt reaches multiples of GDP in a couple of decades, …
Probing Obama’s secrecy games
Will high-level Obama officials who leak for political gain be punished on equal terms with actual whistleblowers?
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/07/probing_obamas_secrecy_games/
Another in a long series of complaints about our police state. I know that it is pointless to …
It is sad that our country has got to this point, and somehow I doubt this petition will do a damn bit of good, but please read this article and then consider signing the petition:
Please don’t kill me, Obama…
SEC: Taking on Big Firms is ‘Tempting,’ But We Prefer Whaling on Little Guys
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/sec-taking-on-big-firms-is-tempting-but-we-prefer-whaling-on-little-guys-20120530
Matt is a great guy and I love his articles, but in this case I think he just doesn’t get it. Probably because he wants …
Our Imbecilic Constitution
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/our-imbecilic-constitution/
There are problems with our government implementation, but I am pretty sure that this is not the best solution. While I agree that our Constitution was meant to be a living document and I think that …
My break with the extreme right
I worked for Reagan and wrote for National Review. But the new hysterical right cares nothing for truth or dignity
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/24/my_break_with_the_extreme_right/
Perhaps I have not grown as ‘liberal’ as I had thought, given this …
Since I rag on Romney all the time I figured I would slid this one in to try to even things up a bit…
WH leaks for propaganda film
The administration takes a break from its war on whistleblowers to …
Rise of the New Economy Movement
A growing number of theorists and activists are experimenting with new business models that go beyond profit
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/22/rise_of_the_new_economy_movement/
Many of the ideas outlined in the article I believe are right on target for developing …
When all else fails, rob the poor
Before we can ‘do something’ for the poor, there are some things we need to stop doing to them.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ehrenreich-stealing-from-the-poor-20120517,0,7201749.story
Ain’t America Grand?! It is so nice to know we are such a …
As if it were needed…
How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing ‘Terrorists’ – and Letting Bad Guys Off the Hook
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/how-fbi-entrapment-is-inventing-terrorists-and-letting-bad-guys-off-the-hook-20120515
This would be a really terrifying article if it weren’t already so mundane and boring. I have huge troubles quelling …