Death and Taxes
Monday, December 20th, 2010Chris Hedges writes beautifully about war: “Bitter Memories of War on the Way to Jail“; and DMG is entertaining with his look at the fate of Obamacare: “Health Care and the Wages of Sin.”
Archive for December, 2010
Capitulation We Can Believe In
Monday, December 13th, 2010David Michael Green does a great job taking Obama to task in: “The Assassination of America by the Coward Barack Obama.”
I have only one thing to add to his sentiments: I don’t find the treachery of Obama and the Democratic Party all that surprising. It is what I’ve learned to expect. In my view, nearly all of D.C. has been captured by the Oligarchs. Exceptions like Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, and Elizabeth Warren are extremely rare nowadays, and an endangered species.
But I do agree with DMG’s conclusion: the solution to this problem is going to have to come from outside the current power structure. And it is up to us, the people, to make that happen — which is what Chris Hedges’ article is about this week: “No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted.”
And, lastly, I’d like to point to this excellent treatise by George Lakoff: “Untellable Truths.”
Long Live WikiLeaks
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010Some good commentary on the WikiLeaks furor…
- “What the Wiki-Saga Teaches Us” by Paul Craig Roberts
- “How Joe Lieberman Is Exactly Like a Chinese Dictator” by Glenn Greenwald
- “The ‘Free Speech’ Chirpers Are Silent Now” by Trish Kahle