High School Politics Makes Real World Problems Impossible To Fix

September 9, 2011 by DJ Lanphier
The jobs problem in the USA is one of our most pressing issues, it affects us all very deeply, and President Obama’s speech on the issue was one of the most important of his presidency. Here’s Dana Milbank in his article titled “The Irrelevancy of the Obama Presidency” in the Washington Post today: 

Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann and GOP Miss the Boat on Green Economy

September 9, 2011 by DJ Lanphier
Did you know the shining glass encased skyscraper rising from the ashes of ground zero is filled with American made green technology? Well, it is. According to the Port Authority website, 1 World Trade Center will be rather impressive in that regard: 

Be Careful With That Axe, Jim Hoft

March 4, 2010 by DJ Lanphier
Jim Hoft, the last great American Patriot in America gets all litigious on Al Gore: A seven-month old baby girl survived a shot to the chest after her parents shot themselves and their two-year-old in a global warming murder-suicide pact. [...] Someone should sue Al Gore. He played on their fears and now a whole [...]

The Birther Movement is Racism

July 23, 2009 by DJ Lanphier
The “birther” movement is an extreme right wing disinformation campaign that proffers the idea that President Obama is not a US citizen, and was born abroad in Kenya. Here’s the rub: there are no actual facts to support this claim, rather the disinfo subsists on a form of cognitive dissonance – denial – and is [...]

who would Jesus kill?

June 1, 2009 by DJ Lanphier
“Gandhi famously said: First, they ignore you. Then, they ridicule you. Then, they fight you. Then, you win.” Sara at Ornicus breaks down the Christianist killers killing “baby killers” issue… Real world ramfications…. Digby spells it out for us… It’s important to rmember that the person who killed Tiller is playing G-d. Literally sees himself [...]

media humps own knee over “obama vs cheney”

May 22, 2009 by DJ Lanphier
And,  Obama covers Bush’s Greatest Hits…. and more… from The Daily Show. (via The Nation.)

Rush Limbaugh: Pied Piper of the GOP

January 30, 2009 by DJ Lanphier
The Conservative media icon is leading his brethren to their demise. Last week on Campbell Brown’s show on CNN, Republican Strategist Ed Rollins was asked about Rush Limbaugh and the perception by the public that the GOP is a “bunch of white guys”, and that Obama won, according to Limbaugh, because he was black, and [...]

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