Back in the dark days of September 2008, just after Sarah Palin was revealed as John McCain's running mate, the grassroots foot soldiers in the change campaign went into a tailspin seemingly overnight. I was a little off in the final...
We The People
66 Very few things in life are as certain as political paradigms refusing to change absent massive, and sometimes violent, action by ordinary people in sustained grassroots efforts measured in decades rather than years. Electing Barack Obama didn't make that rule invalid. ...
“…go out and make me do it.”
"We have been told that we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. They will only grow louder and more dissonant." - Barack Obama, New Hampshire Primary Concession Speech, January 8, 2008 So it was then and so it...
Preaching to a Choir of Cynics
Back during the heated days of the presidential primary race, just after I moved to Barack Obama when my first choice Dennis Kucinich dropped out, the whole "Obamabot" thing was born through the steadfast insistence of Hillary's more creative supporters. ...
Obamanation
38 I was talking with my friend yesterday before going to see Book of Eli (excellent film) and wondered aloud when it became commonly accepted that governments at the local, state and federal level would bleed red ink as a matter of...
Mo Money, Mo Money, Mo Money
For the last 40 years, America has lived George Orwell's worst nightmare. It was a bit more subtle than Orwell imagined, but our domination by powerful interests has been no less complete than the dystopian world the author described in...
The Best Defense is a Good Offense
If you haven't seen Food, Inc. and still eat at fast food restaurants, you might want to ignore this blog or skip the trailer as neither will make that McBurger sit any easier. The film was almost enough to make...
Food, Inc.
From 1919 to 1933, we conducted a national experiment in drug prohibition. The drug of choice at that time (besides marijuana and opium) was alcohol. The 18th Amendment made it illegal and sparked off a bloody war that only the...