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Engaging In Dubious Battle

By David Sirota
September 7th, 2008

There is nothing like getting completely off the grid to clear one's mind, and put things into perspective - and there is no place better to do just that than Washington's Olympic Peninsula. more »

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Running From Reality

By Bob Herbert
From nytimes.com
September 6th, 2008
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nytimes.com — If there was one pre-eminent characteristic of the Republican convention this week, it was the quality of deception. Words completely lost their meaning. Reality was turned upside down.

From the faux populist gibberish mouthed by speaker after speaker, you would never have known that the Republicans have been in power over the past several years and used that titanic power to lead the country to its present sorry state.

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The Resentment Strategy

By Paul Krugman
From nytimes.com
September 5th, 2008
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nytimes.com — Mr. Krugman makes the Nixon comparison and cites Nixonland.

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The Republican straight talk express.

Submitted by Robert Kerner
September 5th, 2008

Here is the link to a video clip of some Neocons feeding sheep dip to the wing nuts.

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From the People Who Brought You Misery...

By Bernie Horn
September 5th, 2008

Do you remember the "misery index" that became an iconic feature of the economic debates in the late 1970s and 1980? Well, it's back and it's bad—worse than it has been in more than 17 years. Progressives need to talk about the misery index and argue for bold economic policies. Let's talk about it. more »

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John Kerry works the road bicycling addled crowd.

By Jonathan Vaughters
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September 4th, 2008
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slipstreamsports.com — OK. I admit this is my niche, and I liked Kerry already. But this posting gave John Kerry actual credibility with roadies. Shaved legs! No way! Some of the insider talk may elude you but to put things into perspective Vaughter’s is saying that Kerry was descending at 55MPH. I don’t like that on straight roads.

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Myopic Selfishness of the Wealthy Leads to Constricting Economy

By Gordon Johnson
September 3rd, 2008

The economic stance in favor today is to give breaks to the wealthy under the expectation that if they have more money, they are more likely to be in a position to invest to make our means of production bigger and better. What the stance is missing is that corporations do lots of marketing studies to figure out how much of what to produce. Guess what the marketing studies look at? more »

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When did lawful dissent become "terror"

By Marjorie Cohn
From truthout.org
September 2nd, 2008
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truthout.org — Marcus Washington hit with pepper spraySo here it is America, vegetarians and left wing groups have been defined in the policies of the FBI and the state as suitable candidates for observation, surveillance, illegal arrest and detention. The security paradigm has changed.

The Mugabe tactics in Zimbabwe are here on your streets, now, at the hands of the state. The darkness is coming.

Also from the New York Times: Dozens Detained Ahead of Convention

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Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC; Reports of Tear-Gassing

From huffingtonpost.com
September 1st, 2008
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huffingtonpost.com — Journalist Amy Goodman has been arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota: Her arrest comes amid accusations of police brutality in St. Paul.

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Indian Americans Could Be Critical To Election

By Toby Chaudhuri
August 31st, 2008

The political attitudes and values of Indian American voters tend to be more progressive and Democratic than their non-Indian American counterparts, according to the first-ever focus group of likely Indian American voters conducted in Fairfax, Va. this summer by the Campaign for America’s Future. more »

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