Month: November 2007

You Can Forget Poland Now

In the first presidential debate of 2004, John Kerry attacked George W. Bush over the inadequacy of the international coalition that he had put together to ‘liberate’ Iraq. Bush responded defensively: “My...

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Barney Frank’s Strategic Thinking

Last night, Charlie Rose interviewed Charlie Rangel and Barney Frank. As chairmen of the Ways & Means and Financial Services committees, respectively, they have the most influence over tax policy and financial regulation in...

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Don’t Panic It’s Hemp

Crossposted at The Hemp Report and at DailyKos. On August 20th of this year I received at Vote Hemp the email below from high school student Brian Simpson, who had been banned from wearing his Buffalo Hemp Outfitters t-shirt to...

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Add One to Coalition of the Defeated

Australians are upside down. The bad guys are called the Liberal Party, which can be a bit confusing. The good guys are the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and they’ve been out of power for eleven years. But, no more. The...

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Illegal Immigrants Are Angels?

What? “Illegal Immigrants” actually have a good side to them? They’re not all devils, here to steal our jobs, pillage our country and commit crimes? They may even do good things like help people not like them?...

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