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The Apoca-Listnew
AKA The "We're Fucked" Index.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
09-21-2011 |
Commentary
It's About Time Somebody Called Out Jim DeMintnew
In 2009, Sen. Jim DeMint released his book Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide Into Socialism. It was the most fatuous piece of political propaganda I have ever seen, and I devoted a week's worth of my precious words exposing DeMint's silly claptrap for what it was.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
09-15-2011 |
Commentary
An Insidious Pack Of Scoundrelsnew
The insidious pack of scoundrel running for President on the Republican side make it difficult for me to figure out if I should shit or go blind in the event Obama were defeated by one of them. On the one hand, it's clear that the smartest among them is John Huntsman. He's not an obvious scoundrel like a Perry or a Bachman. He is intelligent, and for that reason I hope he is not the candidate. He's the only one who would have a chance of successfully going head to head with Obama. Hopefully he won't be the Republican candidate, I guess, but then I get the chills. I used to think that Ronald Reagan was a man who could never be elected president. I was wrong.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
09-14-2011 |
Commentary
Need for Labor Movement Greater Than Evernew
It should come as no surprise that as union membership has declined, income inequality and the average pay for CEOs have skyrocketed. Put simply, there is no mediating force to counter the avarice rampant in corporate boardrooms.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Kevin Osborne |
09-13-2011 |
Commentary
Bexar Commissioner Wants to Break Up the State of Sheriff’s Unionnew
Back in mid-August, Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff toured the Haven for Hope campus with Haven CEO George Block and others for the annual budget-season “shakedown,” as Wolff terms it.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
09-08-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: kevin wolff
Mayor Bach: Just Admit Rookie Mistakenew
Shenanigans to circumvent the spirit of open and accountable government are distressing to us. Bach must realize that, as our city's first strong mayor, almost everything he does now could set precedents for years to come.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Weiss and Ralph Routon |
09-08-2011 |
Commentary
Trapped in the post-9/11 U.S.A.new
This is not a column about 9/11. This is not a column about the nearly 3,000 men and women who died. This is not a column about our heroic first responders. This is not a column about the unprecedented courage shown by the passengers of United 93. This is not a column about My Pet Goat.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
They Won: 9/11 and the American Fear Factornew
The tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is coming up, and according to some members of the media, we're all supposed to be excited about commemorating it. Maybe it's just me, but that seems an odd thing to do, kind of like if Poland threw a big party on the anniversary of being invaded by Nazi Germany.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: 9/11, September 11
A Decade After 9/11, Our Government Continues to Make Things Worsenew
A primary tenet of conservatism is that government action or inaction affects human behavior. If taxes are raised, the economy worsens. If taxes are lowered, the economy improves. If guns are prohibited, crime rates rise. If gun ownership is legal, crime lessens.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
What Can We Learn From the 9/11 Anniversary?new
Ten years later, a TV terrorpalooza rings hollow.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
The GOP's fever for war will destroy any hope of shrinking governmentnew
Why is it that during the last decade, when Republicans controlled all three branches of government, the national debt still exploded? Why is it that the last time a real conservative sat in the White House -- Ronald Reagan -- government grew astronomically?
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
09-01-2011 |
Commentary
Calling Out Republicans on Voter IDnew
If you read South Carolina's daily newspapers, you can be forgiven if you have never heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is a corporate-funded juggernaut that works with Republicans in pushing a hard right-wing agenda, including anti-union legislation, the privatization of schools and prisons, and the rolling back of environmental regulations.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
09-01-2011 |
Commentary
We Learned Nothing From 9/11
They say everything changed on 9/11. No one can dispute that. But we didn't learn anything.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-29-2011 |
Commentary
The Center Does Not Holdnew
Ron Paul gets ignored by the media after nearly winning Iowa Straw Poll.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
08-24-2011 |
Commentary
How Does Rick Perry Get Away With It?new
Rick Perry. The name alone is enough to elicit chuckles. Big hat. Silly boots. Cowboy swagger.
The Texas governor likes to hold stadium-sized prayer rallies in which he fills a fraction of the stadium and talks to God. Two years ago he held a rally to ask God for rain. Today, Texas still bakes in a historic drought, suggesting that if there is a God, he's got better things to do than listen to Perry.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
08-24-2011 |
Commentary
