Month: June 2005

U.S. Moves to Extinguish Indian Land Rights

There was a U.S. appeals court decision today of gigantic significance and negative impact on potentially all U.S. Indian tribes who are seeking legal settlement for lands illegally appropriated from them.   This one,...

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Is Failure an Option?

Repeat after me: ‘failure is not an option’. Say it three times, real sloooooow. Bush said it, Reid said it, McCain said it, Warner said it, Biden said it. Guess who else said it…and when: “I think there...

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Bush’s Speech, 9/11 and my Response

This last week or so I have been getting more and more pissed. The ongoing, perhaps increasing, exploitation of 9/11 by the Republicans has finally brought me to the absolute boiling point. I am OUTRAGED at the Republican...

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Survey Says: Country in "Foul Mood!"

According to James Carville and Stanley Greenberg of the Democracy Corps which provides public opinion polling and strategic advice to Democrats, the “foul mood” doesn’t necessarily translate into gains for...

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