January 5, 2010 at 17:37:29 For OpEdNews: Chris Hedges – Writer Reprinted from Truthdig War is brutal and impersonal. It mocks the fantasy of individual heroism and the absurdity of utopian goals like democracy. In an instant, industrial warfare can kill dozens, even hundreds of people, who never see their attackers. The power of these [...]
Archive for January 5th, 2010
5 Jan
Why Democrats Are Trying to Commit Electoral Suicide
Ian Welsh 1/3/10 9:09 PM Ian Welsh This question keeps coming up, so let’s tackle it. 45% of the Democratic base now says they aren’t going to vote in 2010 or are thinking of not voting. This is a direct result of Democrats in Congress and the Presidency doing things the base disagrees with or [...]
5 Jan
C-SPAN’s Lamb to Congress: Open Health Care Debate
Published on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 by Politico.com by Michael Calderone C-SPAN chief executive Brian Lamb, who has long fought for more television access in Congress, is now asking House and Senate leadership to allow cameras inside while members hammer out differences between the two health care bills. In an image made from C-Span broadcast, [...]
5 Jan
Five Top Liberal Issues for 2010
By Deborah White, About.com Essentials and predictions about five top liberal political issues in 2010. 1. Obama’s 2010 Immigration Reform Agenda The 2010 Congressional battle over reform of U.S. immigration policies will make the heated 2009 war-of-words over health care look positively peaceful. The Obama administration set its 2010 immigration reform agenda on November 14, [...]
5 Jan
Barack Obama: A leader without a cause
By Richard Cohen Tuesday, January 5, 2010 Last month, no American soldiers were killed in Iraq. Last month, the unemployment rate dipped a bit, the stock market ended the year up, the financial system did not crater, Detroit’s Big Three began to get a pulse — and yet a consensus started to form that Barack [...]
5 Jan
Protests For Democracy
thinkprogress.org IRAN Over the last two weeks in Iran, a resurgent Green movement has been staging a number of large demonstrations, showing that the reformist challenge to the Iranian regime remains as strong as it was in the days and weeks after Iran’s controversial June 12 presidential elections. On Dec. 19, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Al-Montazeri, [...]
5 Jan
Dem Health Care Summit Today
Campaign for America’s Future. WH, House and Senate leaders to meet on health care today. Politico reviews House strategy to strengthen bill: “Democrats in the House are expected to push for increased subsidies for the lowest-income Americans who don’t qualify for Medicaid … [they] also suggested they would push for a blend of new [...]
5 Jan
35 Ways To Fix The Bad Senate Health Bill
Campaign for America’s Future By: Jon Walker Monday December 21, 2009 12:25 pm This Senate bill is bad and there are many ways to improve it. Right now, it is not real reform–it is only a corporate giveaway that might trickle down to help a few Americans. The ideas listed here are a guide to [...]
5 Jan
Why Are We So Blind to the True Horrors of War?
By Chris Hedges, Truthdig. Posted January 5, 2010. If we really saw what war does to young minds and bodies, it would be harder to embrace the myths propagated by our warmongering government. War is brutal and impersonal. It mocks the fantasy of individual heroism and the absurdity of utopian goals like democracy. In an [...]
