Archive for February, 2008
That rumbling sound you heard this week was the collective sound of thousands of Democrats nationwide rolling their eyes and groaning at the prospect of renowned consumer advocate and three-time Presidential contender Ralph Nader announcing his run for President again in 2008. Many Democrats blame Nader for the George Bush Presidency, arguing that the 2.7% [...]
Bill Moyers Journal has produced an excellent piece on Congressional earmarks. Investigative journalists from the Seattle Times uncover the elaborate and coded system of what is essentially legalized bribery in the close links between Members of Congress who write funding into legislation for individual companies and the closely mirrored campaign contributions from those beneficiaries. They [...]
Naomi Wolf, the bestselling author of The Beauty Myth, has written a new book called The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. Although I have not always always admired everything she has written over the years, in this book Wolf has made a very strong and powerful case about the state [...]
While most of America has been distracted by the Presidential race between Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the rest of their Senate colleagues have been working very hard to pass legislation making the Bush Administration’s illegal spying program legal, and giving immunity to the companies that the administration paid to break the law. [...]
Don Siegelman, the former Democratic Governor of Alabama, is currently serving a seven-year sentence in federal prison for alleged bribery in connection with appointing a political contributor to a position on a state board. Now, fifty-two former attorneys general, both Republicans and Democrats, are now calling for Congress to investigate this case, citing evidence that [...]
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