| Daniel Nair comments on his experience with right-wing bloggers over his suggestion of decreasing our reliance on oil: "To argue that the conservative position is to rush headlong toward a wall with increasing speed, merely because we don't exactly know where that wall is, seems completely absurd to me. And counter to everything I've ever understood conservatism to stand for. It left me wondering whether years of battling the environmentalists on all fronts have left some folks jumpy and armed with a cadre of pre-packed rejoinders should anyone bring up the prospect of living sustainably." Sounds suspiciously like the debate over climate change, doesn't? No foresight; no practical policy advocated; only a mindless subservience to the interests of big business.
For another example of how today's conservatives have flipped over traditional values in a rush to defend and promote corporate America, look no further than WalMart.
It turns out that President Bush had closer ties to Jack Abramoff than previously thought. It also turns out the administration destroyed more evidence of its interrogations than previously thought. Hm. I'm sensing a pattern here.
Dennis Kucinich is introducing articles of impeachment to the House right now. Let's just say I'm intrigued...
Obama gets a quick bump in the polls in his head-to-head matchup with McCain. Expect that to grow as the differences between the nominees are amplified. Then the attacks from the right will come.
McCain calling Putin "President of Germany," sign of senility, or just a slip of the tongue?
Are my lying eyes deceiving me? Or are Democrats leading in both federal races in Alaska?
Sharon Brogan remembers Bobby Kennedy's assassination, 40 years later: "I remember that day now as a blur of pain and confusion. The surreal quality had less to do with this -- to me, significant -- death, than the disinterest of the world around me. This was my first hard lesson in the different Americas. This was when I learned that we can live in one country, but different worlds. This is when I understood, in my gut, how it was that people could pretend there was no poverty, no discrimination, no undeserved suffering in our United States."
Be sure to check out Michael Shay's remembrance of that day, as well. |
