McCain and Clinton Pandering to Voters
Give Barack Obama credit for the straight talk, not John McCain or Hillary Clinton. Obama has refused to climb aboard the crazy train of his opponents in both parties suggesting that cutting the...
View ArticleJust Where is Rossi on Global Warming?
Listening to Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi’s answer to a question on where he is on global warming leaves one wondering just where he is. It seems he really is nowhere. He says “There’s...
View ArticleRepublicans Recycle Rovian Rhetoric in Attack Ad on Obama
The Republican Party is out to try to fool the American public again. Remember compassionate conservatism? With John McCain -the Republican Party is trying to sell us more snake oil in the form of an...
View ArticleMcCain – Palin Drill Team Marching to Beat of Oil Drums
One of the obscenities of the recent Republican Convention was the chanting of “Drill Baby Drill.” Obscured by the novelty of a new dancing Republican puppet in the form of the previously nationally...
View ArticleGOP – the Party of the Grand Old Polluters
It seems that the GOP – the Grand Old Party has in recent years transformed itself into representing the Grand Old Polluters – the oil, gas and coal industries. It wasn’t always so. As Paul Krugman...
View ArticleWashington State Governor Jay Inslee and Climate Change
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee was a featured speaker at the Budget Matters 2014 Conference held Friday December 12, 2014 in Seattle Washington at the Washington State Convention Center. Remy...
View ArticleNaomi Klein –“On why young people see radical action as practical”
Author and activist Naomi Klein has some perceptive comments in an interview in the Tyee – the independent British Columbia journal on why young people are more ready for drastic change to address...
View ArticleSurprise – US Court Rules Kids Have a Constitutional Stake in the Future
A Federal Judge in Eugene, Oregon has confirmed the right of a group of plaintiffs representing young people to sue the Federal Government over its climate change policy. As noted in a press release...
View ArticleWill Complacency and Progressives Let Trump Win the Presidency?
Michael Moore in his comments to Bill Maher at the Republican National Convention makes a strong point. Complacency by Democrats and independents who think Trump has no chance of winning and then not...
View ArticleOn Ignoring Trump’s Tweets – Time to Attack GOP’s Bad Policy Proposals
It’s time for Democrats and others who do not support Trump’s proposed agenda and that of the GOP that now controls Congress, to start talking about the issues facing our country. Many of the programs...
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