On a regular basis, I can count on someone saying to me, “Why do you get involved in that politic stuff? Does it really make any difference? Does it matter? You know, all politicians are crooks and the whole the political world is dirty. I can’t imagine why you’d get involved […]
Seymour Hersh has a new article about the coming U.S. attack on Iran in The New Yorker. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer interviewed him this morning. Scary, scary stuff. Must-read.
At a White House meeting with Cheney this summer, according to a former senior intelligence official, it was agreed that, if limited strikes on Iran […]
Cold, tired, soaked to the skin with my dogs barking, I stumbled back to the Becker HQ this afternoon holding a soaked precinct list in my grubby hands.
Every neighborhood is unique - I’m realizing this the more I walk. Each neighborhood has its own character, feeling, smells and sounds. This morning, with my […]
Even President Bush now believes that climate change is a problem. It officially joins resource depletion, pollution and overpopulation as unsustainable trends that must be dealt with immediately. The problem is Bush and our state and federal elected representatives don’t have solutions they are willing to fight for. Heck, the Democrats won’t stop the war […]
As the government in Myanmar is finding out, it’s hard to keep oppression, corruption and institutional violence a secret in the age of blogging, satellite surveillance and global economics. So when Dick Cheney and others convened in Salt Lake for a meeting of the “secret” Council for National Policy, I was skeptical. After all, this […]
In one of those “no big surprise” moments, Republican Dave Buhler has launched what will no doubt be the first of many negative attacks on Ralph Becker in the Mayor’s race
Calling himself a doer, not a dreamer, Salt Lake City mayoral finalist Dave Buhler stood in the shadow of the Utah Capitol on Thursday to […]
Raw Story reports that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) says he is “seriously thinking about calling a privileged resolution on impeachment of the vice president and forcing a vote on the floor of the House.” A member submitting a privileged resolution proposing impeachment is entitled to recognition for one hour in which to debate it. […]
Now for something totally different. (Okay, not that different!)
I’ve been totally addicted to Season 3 of Top Chef. This season’s cheftestants are an appealing group of chefs - they have had a surprising and healthy mesh of personalities so that even the designated “bad guys” are not that bad. Even Howie, who was obnoxious, loudmouthed, […]
I’m not a betting man, but if I were I’d bet everything I own that the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives will not spend any time debating this. In case you haven’t heard, Rush Limbaugh thinks members of the military who dare to express doubts about being stuck in a failed occupation in […]
Back in November, I wrote:
Repeat this endlessly: Everything bad in America is the fault of Republicans and conservatives.
Be prepared for brutal, unfair, unfounded, vicious attacks from conservatives - it’s all they’ve got . . . Don’t get psyched out – the R’s play a brutal, no holds bar, no prisoners taken game. They’re wounded . […]
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has refused to apologize for voting to authorize war with Iraq in 2002. Today, she voted in favor of an attack on Iran. Clinton wasn’t alone– the Kyl-Liberman Iran amendment passed overwhelmingly, 76-22. Senator Majority Leader Reid voted for it, too. Senator Obama was absent. How […]
Inspired by Burning Man, my friends Ron and Brandie have planned this amazing party for the conscious at Ira Sach’s place. See you there!- Cliff
Conscientia
Music/Art/ Enlightenment
Friday, Sept 28th
Rose Sachs Gardens
7:30-1am
www.epnarproductions. com
A mind-enhancing gathering of visionary artists, musicians, and speakerscoming together to raise awareness and funds for art scholarship( s) inthe spirit of Green Man. […]
I’ve changed my mind. Although I agreed 100 percent with the substance of MoveOn.org’s New York Times ad criticizing General Petraeus as the messenger delivering the Bush administration’s false Iraq report, I wondered about the tone. I thought they were preaching to the choir by using a nickname popularized by bloggers, which frankly […]
I’ve been walking precincts for Ralph Becker since June. Every time I walk, people ask a variation on the question:
Why do you support Ralph Becker for Mayor?
Saturday, I said:
Look at the campaign he’s running. Lots of volunteers walking the city, knocking on doors. I was in the campaign headquarters a while back and he stopped […]
In the discussion below yesterday’s post about vouchers, a rough consensus seemed to emerge that if vouchers could be truly targeted to help low income families it would generally be a more positive and acceptable reform. There are still huge problems with using taxpayer money to support religious institutions as well as overall problems […]
I have a cousin who has 8 children, all 8 of whom attended public school. By contrast, I don’t have 8 children.
None of the 8 children I don’t have attended public school. According to Parent’s for Choice in education, every year one of the 8 children I don’t have wasn’t in public school, […]
A group of coworkers and I were mocking George W. Bush. Another coworker tried to defend him saying “Things are better than under Clinton! He’s doing better than Clinton.” Let’s just say that there was a level of jeering I haven’t heard for a long time.
People started shouting out a list of things that were worse under […]
Less than a month ago, the U.S. Air Force lost track of six nuclear cruise missiles for 36 hours. They were left unguarded on the ground for a total of 24 hours. Needless to say, this mistake was big enough to trigger a “Bent Spear” incident report once it was discovered. Such […]
Original Fox footage of the 9/11 crash of flight 93.
Documentarian Ken Burns has been making the rounds, giving variations of the same interview to promote his new 14-hour WW II documentary, The War that begins tomorrow night. To be honest, I’m not sure I’ll watch the whole thing because Burn’s previous war chronicle The Civil War was so depressing. Truth about war […]
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