Month: September 2011

TV Viewing Habits

I need to get with the times. It seems like no one watches live television anymore. People use TIVO or DVR, or they just watch DVDs. As a result, it’s getting hard to saturate people’s minds with political...

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Climate: Water is the Real Danger

Read this small paragraph, please: Sections of the Rio Grande, Yellow, Colorado and Tigris rivers are now drying out each summer. Now read this one: [Rick Perry rejects] the science of climate change while his own state is on...

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Transparency and National Security

Ann Wright served in the military for 29 years and then had a career at the State Department. She’s a member of the Advisory Board for the Bradley Manning Support Network. I share her deep concern for how Bradley Manning...

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Dry Quote of the Day: Elijah Cummings

The absurdity of dealing with Republicans grows every day. Here’s a snippet from a House Oversight & Government Reform hearing today: “With all due respect to our witnesses from the Association of Reptile Keepers,...

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NY-9 Turns to GOP, A First Since 1922

. NY-9: Oh yes, Obama has a Jewish problem (Washington Post) – In the end, it wasn’t even close. In a 58 percent Democratic congressional district, the most Jewish congressional district in the country and one that...

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