So, Barack “Let’s bomb Pakistan” Obama has been given the Nobel Peace Prize.
Let’s review his record, shall we?
In the days leading up to his inauguration, Israel was in the midst of a flat-out massacre of civilians in Gaza. Obama said nothing. There was no doubt, as it was ongoing, what was happening. If there had [...]
The airwaves seethe and the fiber-optics networks thrum with right-wing attacks on Obama, many of them mean-spirited and just-this-side-of-rational. Sometimes the vitriol veers into the supernatural.
Let’s not pretend this doesn’t make a difference. What people think depends in part on what they hear and read; otherwise, none of us would bother talking or writing. I [...]
Some years ago, I spent a few emotionally rocky weeks in a city in which I used to live. There to get care in the wake of a traumatic event, I was in sore need of soothing. So, I switched on the television and tuned into the cable access station to watch the semi-weekly city [...]
As Will Potter says, “It was only a matter of time.” Four animal rights activists have been charged as “terrorists” under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act for the “crimes” of leafleting, marching, chanting, and chalking slogans on sidewalks. Read Will’s full report here and stay tuned to Green Is the New Red for updates.
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I see that Barack “Let’s Bomb Pakistan” Obama, in addition to drifting rightward ever since election day, has shifted from the politics of hope to the politics of fear ever since inauguration day. He’s sounding less like Lincoln and Roosevelt and more like Bush and Cheney every day.
Terrorism — the pursuit of political aims by [...]
