Greed ?

Nah, it can’t be about greed.  The banksters wouldn’t do that.  I mean Wall Street is such an up-front, Boy Scout-ish group that they just couldn’t do anything that would harm Main Street. Say, what? They did what?

Has Citizens United Put Us On A Well Paved Road To Fascism?

Wiki defines Fascism, thus: Fascism is a radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to organize a nation according to corporatist perspectives, values, and systems, including the political system and the economy. Fascism was originally founded by Italian national syndicalists in World War I who combined extreme Sorelian syndicalist political views along with nationalism. [...]

News for Progressives

Steve Benen at Washington Monthly has a post that is required reading for any one who is a progressive, a liberal or who voted for Barack Obama for President. This is more than just a “feel good” piece.  This shows that there is some ‘justice’ in the world, especially at Justice. You owe it to [...]

Unemployment and Social Change

In the last year and a half, or so, in the United States, there has been evidence of dissatisfaction.  During the Congressional recess in Aug of 2009 all we saw on TV was angry TeaPartiers, perhaps grass-roots, perhaps astro turffers.  Some were genuinely upset (about what I don’t know) and some were acting like the [...]

Holidays

For the Christians in our midst, tomorrow would be, I guess, a High Holy Day.  In this month of December, our Jewish friends celebrated Hanukkah. To all Christian, Jewish and everyone else, I hope that 2010 was a good year for you and that the coming year, 2011, will be even better.

Conflicted

Admittedly.  I am on the horns of a dilemma.  Did the amount of legislation that passed in the 26-day Lame Duck session of Congress give POTUS enough ‘credit’ to make up for all the many disappointments of the previous 23 months? I do not know yet. START Treaty, First Responders, DADT-repeal – very important. Gitmo [...]

Surprise ! ! Repubs Can Govern

Yesterday’s newspaper.  Most folks just throw ‘em away.  A few use them to line the bottom of their bird cage.  Here in the Chief’s Quarters, Mrs. Chief and I use old newspapers (many layers thick) to line the bottom of a closet in which we keep the kitty box. And, as I was cleaning the [...]

Junction

Somewhere near the junction of despair, hopelessness, disappointment, disillusionment and frustration you can find the Ol’ Chief. Senator Sanders (I-VT) was joined by eight Democrat senators, including Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and five Republicans in voting against the Obama-Cave-In yesterday. This was an unprecedented give-away to the moneyed interests that have bought all three branches [...]

Two of the Good Guys

I sent the folowing email to the junior senator from Ohio, Senator Sherrod Brown: The Honorable Senator Brown: Thank you for standing with Senator Sanders, seven other Democrats and five Republican senators in voting against a so-called compromise that was presented in a bill sponsored by Senators Reid and McConnell. In reality, I think it [...]

I Don’t Vote For Republicans

The first election that I was eligible to vote in was the 1962 mid-terms.  I did once vote for a Republican.   He was a personal friend, running for county prosecutor.  He lost.  We lived in a Dem county.  He is the only Repub I’ve voted for. I worked hard to help then-Senator Obama become President-Elect [...]