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Category Archives: Congress
Chris Matthews Needs to Teach His Son How Government Works
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Share the post “Chris Matthews Needs to Teach His Son How Government Works”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Chris Matthews has interviewed Zack Galifianakis and Will Ferrell, who star in the up-coming film entitled The Campaign, which is, well, about a political campaign. During the … Continue reading
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Why Progressives Don’t Get All Their Cookies
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Share the post “Why Progressives Don’t Get All Their Cookies”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail While disappointed, marijuana activists have no one but themselves to blame if they invested too much in a president. For as I keep saying, presidents don’t make the laws — … Continue reading
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Morning Awful: Star Chamber
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Share the post “Morning Awful: Star Chamber”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAs I said the other day, a movement that actually wants to actually change the American political scene will stop whining incessantly about the president, focusing with laserlike clarity on the legislative branch instead. … Continue reading
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This American Life on Money in Congress
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Share the post “This American Life on Money in Congress”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIf you have not listened, you must: the best show on terrestrial radio has gone inside the Washington money machine to report on how it actually works. One detail bound to … Continue reading
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NDAA: Chris Hedges Barks Up the Wrong Tree
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Share the post “NDAA: Chris Hedges Barks Up the Wrong Tree”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Chris Hedges is not suing the president for personal publicity; I’m afraid it’s much worse than that. He’s a committed pacifist with a very respectable record of leadership in … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, Congress, Defense Procurement, guantanamo, national security, Peace Movement
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The Punk Patriot Wants Peace
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Share the post “The Punk Patriot Wants Peace”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailProgressive discontent with the president mainly centers around the president’s use or non-use of presidential power. If the president would only ignore Congress and close Guantanamo unilaterally, the argument goes, then he could … Continue reading
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Keep Talking, Cenk
Share the post “Keep Talking, Cenk”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBecause it’s obvious you still don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Did you miss out on a basic American civics class? Cenk Uygur speaks of “this bill” as if NDAA was something new … Continue reading
A Christmas Gift to Bill Maher and the Professional Left
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Share the post “A Christmas Gift to Bill Maher and the Professional Left”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Emilia1956:Happy Festivus, Bill … I know you’re back in a few weeks and you’ll be in Hawaii soon. Stalking the President, are you? Well, here’s something … Continue reading
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Facts of Congress
Share the post “Facts of Congress”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThree decades ago, the average American high school graduate had three years of civics education. Today, American students are lucky to have one full year of education in how American government works. That sad situation … Continue reading
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Morning Awful: Cell Spam
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Share the post “Morning Awful: Cell Spam”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHR 3035 is pure evil. The Mobile Information Act of 2011 will change the Communications Act of 1934 to let companies call your cell phone and tell you about their latest offers. In the last … Continue reading
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Occupy Valley Forge
Share the post “Occupy Valley Forge”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail While nonpartisan frustration with the direction of occupation protests had begun to mount, the movement was already planning an organized retreat to Winter quarters. In an essay on activism as kulturkampf, Micah White writes at Adbusters: … Continue reading
