Month: June 2010

Kent State – Soweto – Derry and Bloody Sunday

. Bloody Sunday report blames British soldiers (CNN) – The investigation, which cost more than $280 million and heard from 2,500 witnesses, lasted more than a dozen years — making it the longest-running such probe in...

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Scary Republicans

I wonder why no one has suggested setting up land mines along our southern border with Mexico before now. But, of course, we might do just as well with well positioned sniper and artillery teams. After all, land mines can kill...

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Conservatives Hate Obama and the World Cup

. See also BooMan’s fp story – Exceptionalism Stupid As the World Cup starts, conservative media declare war on soccer. Now it appears as if Glenn Beck has waged a war against the world cup which he sees as an...

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NY Mayors For Sensible Gun Control

Today at Noon, a bi-partisan coalition of 100 Mayors along with 83 Law Enforcement Agencies and Police Departments all across the State of NY will kick off an ad campaign to request that the New York State Legislature pass one...

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The Western Iowa Strategy

What is it with than name ‘Steve King’ and horror shows? Of course, it’s the political Steve that I’m concerned with here. He’s trying to develop what we might call the ‘Western Iowa...

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