Month: September 2008

McCain’s 13 Cars

John McCain and his wife, Cindy, own 13 cars. The Obamas own one car. John McCain told the people of Michigan that he’s bought American vehicles “literally all my life.” But John McCain owns a Lexus, a Volkswagon convertible,...

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The Bail Out: AMERICAN KRISTALLNACHT

Crossposted from MY LEFT WING The Bush/Paulson Economic Bail Out Proposal is an American Kristallnacht in the making. So posits a DKos diarist named Mr. Tek. And before anyone starts screaming about Godwin’s Law and the...

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Morning Observations

It might be true that the Obama campaign in North Dakota has reached the point of diminishing returns and will be put to better use in shoring up Wisconsin and Minnesota. But it is not good news that they are being transferred...

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Bertrand Russell on the Palestinian Nakba

Palestinians forced from their villages in 1948. Regarding the Palestinian people ethnically cleansed from Israel-Palestine in 1948 (the Nakba) and now living as refugees in camps around the Middle East, Bertrand Russell issued...

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My Obligatory Palin Comparison

“When the people of Iraq are liberated, we will again have written another chapter in the glorious history of the United States of America.” –John McCain, March 19, 2003 What’s the difference between...

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