Free Ride for a Flip Flopper

There's no question John McCain is getting a free ride from the mainstream press. But with the power of YouTube and the blogosphere, we can provide an accurate portrayal of the so-called Maverick. We can put the brakes on his free ride!
Robert Greenwald: Brave New Films

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Obama could score a huge electoral victory over McCain

"The simulation takes the polls we have now and recognizes that this far out from the election there are a lot of uncertainties," Poblano explained. "There was a point in time [in 1984] at which Walter Mondale led Ronald Reagan by 17 points or something. So we look at how much polls move over time, plus the margin of error in each poll, plus the fact that polls are never as good as they claim to be And we just simulate around that."

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Fear No Evil

Don't be despondent. Change can happen. (Click on the book's image to see how.)

“Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history. . .” – New York Times Book Review

A Power Governments Cannot Suppress is Howard Zinn’s major new collection of essays on American history, class, immigration, justice, and ordinary citizens who have made a difference.

Even though Bush compares Obama to Nazi appeasers, and feels justified in saying so because he, W, gave up golf for the Iraq War, Olbermann replies:
Olbermann To Bush: "This War Is Not About You...Shut The Hell Up!"

Truer words were never spoken. :>)

These events seem to indicate the Republican attack machine is focusing on the likelihood of Obama securing the nomination. White collar criminals are doing their damnedest to support Rove's sneering legacy:

Limbaugh Wins As Election’s Biggest Manipulator

From attacking Republican frontrunner John McCain early in the process to ‘dreaming’ of – and some say illegally calling for — riots at August’s Democratic National Convention in Denver, all the way to more recent efforts such as “Operation Chaos,” aimed at inserting himself and his followers into the Democratic primaries in an attempt to weaken Barack Obama by supporting Hillary Clinton, the so-called “Limbaugh effect” has garnered excessive attention from the ‘drive-by’ mainstream media that Limbaugh purports to hate but actually depends on and manipulates adroitly.

And Tom Hayden weighs in on Susan Faludi and Hillary Clinton.

Not to be outdone, Garrison Keillor expresses a fine opinion about his beloved country in the International Herald Tribune:

You work hard to be odd and try to have unique problems and a Facebook page that is weirder than everyone else's - fine, it's your life, it's your arm with the crocodile tattoo, not mine, but enjoy this brief period of consanguinity.

Cheers!

Blood and Oil - The Movie

Michael T. Klare's Blood and Oil (Media Education Foundation) illustrates the real cost of our American lifestyle. Buy it, devour it, then speak the truth. Twitter it, even. IM it. Put it on Facebook, but get it out there, somehow.

Synopsis:

The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East has long been dismissed as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. Blood and Oil, a new documentary based on the critically-acclaimed work of Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare, challenges this conventional wisdom to correct the historical record. The film unearths declassified documents and highlights forgotten passages in prominent presidential doctrines to show how concerns about oil have been at the core of American foreign policy for more than 60 years – rendering our contemporary energy and military policies virtually indistinguishable. In the end, Blood and Oil calls for a radical re-thinking of US energy policy, warning that unless we change direction, we stand to be drawn into one oil war after another as the global hunt for diminishing world petroleum supplies accelerates.

With $4/gal oil coming soon, and no end in sight to price increases, you can see how badly we've mismanaged the past 30+ years since the oil embargo. You had to be there, then you would know, if you haven't figured it out already. EVERYTHING about us depends on cheap and plentiful oil. There is no Plan B.

Since Reagan first took office, there never was any will to create a Plan B -- too uncomfortable, too difficult. Instead, it was "Morning in America", the misguided Gipper-speak that launched the appetites of tens of millions to create a nation of mindless, egocentric consumers, helpless in the glare of the TV Nation, created by the perfect marriage of Madison Avenue "feel good" slogans and Hollywood action figures, the perfect Animal Farm scenario. Long live infotainment.

Engaging in war for control of resources is nothing new. Think Japan in the 1930's. Think about how much oil that second world war consumed.

Then:

• Think about how much oil it takes to keep the world's most mechanized armed forces on the move today.
• Think about how much oil the war in Iraq has consumed.
• Think about how a proud serviceman must know, sadly, he and his buddies are fighting and dying over a barrel of oil.

Yes, let's think about oil. Texas billionaires be damned.

More on Michael Klare:

• Michael Klare, Oil Rules!
• A conversation with Michael Klare
• The New Geopolitics of Energy
• An oil-addicted ex-superpower
  

Most Effective Terrorist Tools Exposed!

There's not much more to say!

Well, you might want to know that since 2002, your Wi-Fi has been considered a terrorist tool. So divest thee of wickedness, and go back to the twisted pair.

Cheers.

May Day in the USA

May Day is the real Labor Day, and it was brought to you by anarchists, vicious repression by police and militia, and the desire for an eight hour work day. In Russia? No, here is the USA. Our current Labor Day is merely window dressing to cover the unpleasant truth.

Let's see how far we've progressed.

This week's cover story to The Nation is called "Race to the Bottom", featuring Hillary Clinton on the cover.

"Watching the brass ring of the presidency slip out of Clinton's grasp as she is buffeted by this torrent of misogyny, women--white women, that is, and mainstream feminists especially--have rallied to her defense."

and

"The sexist attacks on Clinton are outrageous and deplorable, but there's reason to be concerned about her becoming the vehicle for a feminist reawakening. "

The primary should not be a contest about feminism or race, even though it will be hard to avoid. I don't think Presidential races ever took the high ground. This should be a contest about how we can recover from the boy emperor's war, if we can. There is a McCain plan to make Bush permanent. If the other two hopefuls can stop attacking each other long enough to talk specifics, I'd like to hear REAL proposals for recovery.

My opinion: I don't care too much who gets the nomination. Both Democratic candidates aren't too far apart on the war. My main reason for voting against Hillary was her unabashed and continued support for it. The war is destroying every aspect of the American way of life.

Yet,

Obama Says His Foreign Policy Would Be Like That of President Bush's Father, JFK, Reagan

Totally scary. As much as they appear to be 'against' it, I don't think either has voted to "unfund" the war yet. We're in Iraq for a long time, till the end of the empire. Only the history books will report whether the end was was short and sweet, or long and painful. We merely have to live it, unfortunately.

Compare our candidates to someone who is actually doing something about peace in the political world, and you will see how far we've fallen. Ever since he left office, this outstanding person has lived his principles. Yet, he gets no respect.

Read the Pariah Diplomacy editorial to see who I mean.

OK? Now I'm here to tell you, there is only one true peace candidate.

Go ahead, hate me - it's sad no one can believe we could ever have such a vision of democracy in the USA. My vote is really going to be against McCain, not for a candidate who represents my values.