The Conundrum of Freedom

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Saturday December 15, 2012 · 9:56 AM PST

2012/12/15 · 09:56

The Constitution guarantees us many rights and privileges. It IS a living document. It is the duty of the courts to ensure that the changing times remain withing the framework of it. The Second Amendment, for example, was never intended to let us be a nation where all its citizens are armed to the teeth and scared spitless of one another. It's not as simple as that.

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Wednesday November 07, 2012 · 7:07 AM PST

2012/11/07 · 07:07

Yes, it was a great victory for our President and for many Democrats running against Republicans for the Senate and House. But there is much work to be done in healing the chasm between red and blue, Democrat and Republican, conservative and liberal. We're not out of the woods yet.

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Forgetting How to Compromise

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Thursday October 11, 2012 · 5:56 AM PDT

2012/10/11 · 05:56

Someone much smarter than most of us warned that if we forget the lessons of history we are doomed to repeat them. Since the beginning of the 1980s, we have drifted apart politically and economically for all the reasons thoroughly thrashed on these and other pages. I watched (for the third time) Ken Burns' The Civil War recently and I drew some parallels between the mid-19th century national agony and the one occurring today. Most of you get it already, but a reminder can't hurt to underscore the urgency of finding our way out of the current wilderness.

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Monday October 08, 2012 · 5:08 AM PDT

2012/10/08 · 05:08

As the Romney "legacy" to America (and France) emerges, we see how the financial dealings with family and partners are intertwined with those trying to make wealth without substance and perform shady and, perhaps, illegal deals in order to get rich quick.

Here is the latest piece showing how the family that preys together gets rich together. The son learns at the knee of the master.

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Sunday October 07, 2012 · 7:19 AM PDT

2012/10/07 · 07:19

While reading history one often finds relevant parallels between times passed and times present. The cyclical behavior of humans becomes more predictable - at least for me. The Tea Party is a repetition of equally bizarre precursors each having their own ideology, but all containing certain characteristics among adherents.

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Monday September 17, 2012 · 11:31 AM PDT

2012/09/17 · 11:31

Some obscure and some not-so-obscure information circulates every so often that debunks the lies being floated by the Republicans running for office. The business community is all atwitter about strangling regulations and high taxes. This is nothing new from corporate America, so a little investigation is worth a look. Here are some results from credible sources including the infamous Jack Abramoff.

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Saturday September 15, 2012 · 6:53 AM PDT

2012/09/15 · 06:53

This topic is never out of date and continues to surface during this election cycle as an issue between Republicans who have drunk their own Kool-aid and Democrats who are appalled at the craven behavior of their opposite numbers not only in the Congress, but in state legislatures across the country controlled by Republicans. Why are they so terrified with women that they feel compelled to control their reproductive choices, their bodies and their hard-earned rights.

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Friday September 14, 2012 · 10:29 AM PDT

2012/09/14 · 10:29

Drawing parallels between modern and ancient times is risky, but necessary. If we fail to glean any bits of constructive history from the past we are indeed condemned to repeat the failures of societies past. Here a a few things that strike me as obvious (I'm not that complicated) compared to how Rome dismantled itself and allowed Western civilization to wander in the wilderness for a few hundred years.

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Saturday September 08, 2012 · 7:06 AM PDT

2012/09/08 · 07:06

The Democratic National Convention showed all of us paying attention where the heart and soul of the people lies. Everybody knows that. The Republican/conservative response to that display of America's greatness indicates how shallow and incompetent they are and how they have no intention whatsoever of governing.

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Wednesday September 05, 2012 · 8:43 AM PDT

2012/09/05 · 08:43

Below is a link to a piece written by Chris Hedges recently, that puts a very chilling label on our future on planet Earth. It is a must read for gloom and doomers and for those who are really interested in fighting back instead of just wringing their hands and letting their ulcers quietly perforate.

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Friday August 31, 2012 · 9:00 AM PDT

2012/08/31 · 09:00

Matt Taibbi wrote a terrific, though lengthy expose' of Mitt Romney's activity as a "businessman" in the most recent Rolling Stone. It will explain why we'll never see Romney's tax returns and more importantly why his "experience" absolutely disqualifies him from governing.

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Friday August 24, 2012 · 11:44 AM PDT

2012/08/24 · 11:44

Ever since Barack Obama was elected President the Republican Party has lurched to the right toward fascism at an alarming rate fueled by their own creation, the Tea Party. Along the way they have taken up the fight against women's rights and tried to turn the country back to pre-1920 mentality. This race toward fascism is somehow predicated on a peculiar and irrational interpretation of some form of Christianity, the Bible, Evangelical churches and the self-induced delusion that men are in control of women's bodies and their functions.

I think otherwise. Here are some summaries of the absurd dance Republicans are doing in order to satisfy their base's desires.

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The Conundrum of Freedom

The Healing is Still Under Review

Forgetting How to Compromise

Yet Another Romney Scandal...

Tea Party Parallels

Confession and Truth

The Assault on Women

Lawyers, Guns and Drugs

Nothing of Value

Life is Sacred or Not...

Romney's "Experience" Exposed

The Assault on Women