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Meet Mitt Romney

2012-04-12T13:02:00.000-04:00

Via Barack Obama

2012: The Year The Republican Party Could Die

2012-03-23T14:23:00.001-04:00

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 16: An Occupy Wall Street protester sits in Zuccotti Park a day after it was cleared of the Occupy Wall Street camp in an early morning police raid on November 16, 2011 in New York city. Hundreds of protesters, who rallied against economic inequality in America, have slept in tents and under tarps since Sept. 17 in Zuccotti Park. A New York judge ruled Tuesday that the

The Right To Peaceful Assembly In New York City

2012-03-23T14:00:00.000-04:00

Occupy Wall Street protesters have taken over Zuccotti Park as a base of operations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)It blows my mind that Zuccotti Park is private. It absolutely blows my mind. While we are at it why don't we privatize Central Park as well? Maybe The Donald will buy it. What about Prospect Park? I mean. Isn't there a budget deficit or something? What are parks for? This city needs to

Trayvon Martin

2012-03-23T13:34:00.000-04:00

Related articlesJim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College president, tapped by Obama to head World Bank - Washington Post Obama says soul-searching needed in Trayvon Martin death - CNN Justices to tackle epic debate over constitutionality of health care reform - CNN Blogs yelp about Rick Santorum's 'yapper' - Politico Suspect Called French School Attack 'Improvised,' Spy Chief Says - New York Times

The World Bank President

2012-03-23T13:09:00.000-04:00

Source: Mashable Related articlesObama: "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon" - CBS News Obama nominates Dartmouth's Jim Yong Kim to be World Bank chief - Los Angeles Times GOP candidates focus on Louisiana - CNN International Assad family blacklisted by EU - The Guardian Romney focuses on Obama health care law on 2nd anniversary, ahead of Supreme ... - Washington Post

Meryl Streep Tributes Hillary Clinton

2012-03-20T16:06:00.000-04:00

Via Sheryl Sandberg

Russian, Chinese Stands On Syria: Great News

2012-02-19T12:47:00.001-05:00

Russia's Putin Feeding Bashar Assad Syrian's Blood (Photo credit: FreedomHouse)For those who don't think Russia and China are just too big, and so there's no hope for democracy entering those domains, their wrong stands on Syria is an opportunity to expose them. Unless they come on board, Libya like military action is not possible, necessary but not possible. But there are so many other options.

Republican Porridge (2)

2012-02-08T15:17:00.000-05:00

Santorum Drops By Iowa State Fair (Photo credit: Talk Radio News Service)Republican Porridge Wall Street Journal: Santorum Delivers a GOP Stunner Rick Santorum jolted the Republican presidential race Tuesday with a three-state sweep of nominating contests in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota, puncturing Mitt Romney's claim to be the unstoppable front-runner...... Of the eight nominating contests

Homs Is Benghazi

2012-02-08T13:57:00.000-05:00

Image via WikipediaAnd it is time for international military action. The reason China and Russia are opposed is the reason the Burmese General shifted his capital to some remote location once Bush did what he did to Saddam. The Burmese dictator identified closely with Saddam. Working to get China and Russia to come on board is less about Syria and more about China and Russia. The Response

The Wealth Of Statesmen

2012-01-27T22:55:00.000-05:00

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My Question To The President

2012-01-24T13:49:00.000-05:00

Barack Obama's Missed Trip To The Moon

Andrew Sullivan: Talking Like A True Conservative

2012-01-24T01:45:00.000-05:00

Image via WikipediaThe Daily Beast: Andrew Sullivan: How Obama's Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics When Obama took office, the United States was losing around 750,000 jobs a month. The last quarter of 2008 saw an annualized drop in growth approaching 9 percent. This was the most serious downturn since the 1930s, there was a real chance of a systemic collapse of the entire global financial

Gonna Find Out The State Of The Union

2012-01-23T18:19:00.000-05:00

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Barack Obama's Missed Trip To The Moon

2012-01-22T15:18:00.000-05:00

Image by penguinbush via FlickrJFK famously sent a man to the moon. When George W Bush became president he imitated JFK. He said he wanted to send a man to Mars. Like Texas were the earth, the moon was Louisiana, and Mars perhaps was Alabama. Not so. Barack Obama ratcheted it down a little. He said maybe not Mars, maybe an asteroid. That was a mistake. In an era when countries are struggling

Republican Porridge

2012-01-22T14:59:00.001-05:00

One guy won in Iowa. Another won in New Hampshire. A third won in South Carolina. The guy who won in New Hampshire has more money and a better ground operation than the guy who won in South Carolina. I think I just decided Barack Obama does not need my help in his re-election bid. The opposition is in major disarray. I never doubted the possibility of a second term for Barack Obama, but now I

Happy New Year: Occupy 2012

2011-12-29T12:03:00.000-05:00

Via Sean Parker

Charlie Bit My Finger

2011-12-27T00:48:00.001-05:00

Lalu Yadav In The Lok Sabha

2011-12-23T17:31:00.000-05:00

Hillary Should Stay Two More Years

2011-12-18T02:54:00.001-05:00

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeThe Madonna Of Global Politics China is in sight. Russia is rumbling, and China is in sight. If Hillary had been vice president, she would have stayed eight years. Being Secretary of State is like being vice president. It is a top job. So her leaving after four years is arbitrary. It is not like suddenly she is too old. If that were the case, she would never

Mobile Occupy, Dawn To Dusk Occupy

2011-12-10T17:57:00.000-05:00

Image by Saint Huck via FlickrEvent: December 12th: Occupy Strikes Back (RSVP for NYC only HERE) Occupy Wall Street Could Legitimately Go Indoors 24/7 camping out in a public place of a few hundred people has been the heart and soul of the Occupy movement. And it will have to return to that. But skipping the winter months would be a good idea. April, anyone? 24/7 can mutate to dawn to dusk,

Russia's Turn

2011-12-07T21:12:00.000-05:00

Image by didkovskaya via FlickrWhen things were rumbling in Egypt I predicted this democracy tsunami is also going to hit America and Russia and China. Well, it did hit America. We call it the Occupy Movement. And now looks like it is Russia's turn. China might have largely skipped the Great Recession but there is no skipping the democracy tsunami. But I think the democracy wave will have to

The Real Story Behind The European Mess

2011-11-26T15:08:00.000-05:00

Image via WikipediaThe market is sending strong signals. The Europeans did the economic union thing, and they did the single currency thing. But they thought they all could still be all these various sovereign nations. And the market is saying no to that. The economic union and the single currency needed to be followed with a political union. The Europeans needed to work on that years ago.

Somewhere To Start

2011-11-18T09:45:00.001-05:00

Image by david_shankbone via Flickr(1) A second term for Barack Obama, with a super majority in the Senate and a majority in the House in exchange for total campaign finance reform within the first 100 days of his second term. If that is not delivered, launch a new third political party. This is me saying 2012 is about The Agenda, not Barack Obama. (2) Wealth Equity Tax of 10% on all

Occupy Zuccotti: The Eviction

2011-11-15T23:13:00.000-05:00

Image by david_shankbone via Flickr(1) I am not alarmed. (2) The operation was well done, well executed. (3) It was the wrong thing to do. (4) New York City should take pride in the fact that something that started in a small park in this city has spread across the world. Liverpool takes pride in The Beatles. (5) There will be a regrouping. (6) The eviction was top news on Google News for an

Occupy The World

2011-11-13T19:34:00.000-05:00

Image by david_shankbone via FlickrOccupy America has to be first and foremost about total campaign finance reform. I was Barack Obama's first full time volunteer in New York City. And I staunchly believe in the guy's reelection. But I have tried to see the Occupy movement for what it is and I have been open to options that might or might not be best for Barack Obama's political party. (A Multi