In These Times

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• • 04 Mar 09
  • 7:09 am

  There is so much to be set right after 8 long and terrible years, that one hardly knows how to prioritize. But I'd say Joel is right here -- this is a key issue and if we don't get the money out our politics (not to say politicians) we will forever be allowed to exist according to corporate whims. And I mean that literally.

  Posted to The Audacity of Reform

• • 27 Sep 06
  • 8:18 am

  I can't tell you how many people I know who are shocked -- SHOCKED! -- to hear the news -- NEWS! Well, I'm sorry to hear that. How come they didn't know? What the heck is going on?

  Posted to Tracking the CIA Torture Flights

• • 04 Dec 05
  • 7:44 am

  I'm using this vehicle to express my deep gratitude to Mr. Vidal. His collection of essays have put a mighty wind in my sails, many times when the whether was dank and cold and I couldn't see the shore. Ok, enough, already. I do hope GV reads this, soaks up some of the good stuff laying out and about in the hinterlands -- it's here, all right. Just scrape off the mold. THERE!

  Posted to Vidal--Never More Vital

• • 11 Sep 05
  • 6:12 am

  What's happening with the Repugnikans/Freepers/Christo-fascists/Fill-In-Blanks is that, in the style and manner and way of Rome, our country is ending, it's dying; faster than I thought possible. It is gasping for breath NOW. Unless we all look into this abyss with eyes open, realize it needs resuscitation NOW, we WILL open our eyes to f-word government in the not-too-distant future. Already the odor is strong, wafting from the south -- unless that is rotting flesh from NOLA; could be, come to think of it -- next comes the disgusting sight of its ugly head, rearing. Funny how that works. I look …

  Posted to Katrinas Racial Wake

• • 11 Sep 05
  • 6:34 am

  Virtual hug and pat on the back for ALL the Lefties here. The rest of you are Freepers and should get the fire next time (Lefties will get this). Thanks. Being surrounded by evilcons all the time makes me jumpy and cranky, and I come here to know the world is still filled with good people like you all (wwoods, Liz, Liberal, etcetera). Luvlee to see you.

  Posted to Unnatural Disaster