Lessons Learned From a Stray Cat - A Celebration
Several years ago, a pitiful stray cat searching for food came to our back door. He had been beaten so badly he trembled uncontrollably, walking slowly and deliberately the same way a person in the...
View ArticleHow to Lose the 2014 Mid-term Elections in One Easy Step
A video posted today at Upworthy.com documents an unusual tactic employed by a group of environmental activists who are trying to gain the attention of John Kerry at the State Department. Concerned...
View ArticleA Response to the Third Way Article Posted at Politico
To the leadership of the Third Way:Your policies have failed.Despite your constant efforts to mask the truth, most Americans are intelligent enough to know the realities of their own lives. If they...
View ArticleObama Fatigue. Why 2/3 of U.S. Voters Want the Next President to Move in a...
A newly released ABC poll reaffirms what many Progressives have known for sometime -- the Democratic Party is in trouble. With two-and-one-half years left in Obama’s presidency, the American people, by...
View ArticleThe Washington Post is Wrong About Rahm Emanuel and Liberals
Neo-liberals have accrued a long track record of failed policies, not just in America, but globally, and yet, they have successfully avoided accountability for their misdeeds by transferring the blame...
View ArticleStop Lying
It’s indicative of the fragile propaganda that’s underpinning Democratic strategy when DNC leaders call for party unity at a time when they are coronating one of the most polarizing political figures...
View ArticleAmerica For Sale
In 2001, four months before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, I moved from a small town in the Midwest to San Clemente, California. The main artery leading from the sleepy coastal town...
View ArticleWhy The TPP is a Game Changer
In February 2008, with only two candidates left in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama distributed a flier to Ohio voters denouncing Hillary Clinton’s support of NAFTA....
View ArticleWhy Many Populists Are Abandoning The Democratic Party
On March 30, 2011, an international human rights observer witnessed and reported an unusually cruel and violent confrontation between a NY police officer and an Occupy Wall Street protester. While...
View ArticleA Response to Brooklyn Bad Boy
I think it is timely that Brooklyn Bad Boy presented an opposing view to the diary I posted yesterday. In fact, a discussion about the anger that is creating a huge rift in the Democratic Party is way...
View ArticleThe Bloodbath of 2016
Long before the 2014 midterm-elections, I was one of the few people on this site warning members of the Democratic Party to prepare themselves for huge losses during the midterm elections. For holding...
View ArticleThe Reason Hillary Clinton Refuses to Discuss the TPP
The TPP agreement has never been about helping average Americans obtain jobs. Its overarching purpose has been to ensure US corporations gain enough power to dominate international trade markets. More...
View ArticleThe Fight Over the TPP Has Created a Dilemma For Democrats
When grassroots activists and union leaders threatened to withhold campaign donations from Democratic Congressmen who voted for Fast Track, it should have been a wake up call for all Democrats. If...
View ArticleCongratulations. We’re all Republicans now.
Congratulations. We’re all Republicans now.After six years of forcing party members to support Republican and corporate drafted polices, Obama has finally made the transition complete: the Democratic...
View ArticleDem Senators Made Money Off Their Votes: You Get To Return to School
As a result of the 2010 and 2014 midterm “sit out” votes cast by angry Democratic voters, one thing was made explicitly clear: Democratic leaders seem incapable of learning from their mistakes. No...
View ArticleTrue Liberal vs. Too Liberal
Dear Senator McCaskill,Re: your appearance on Morning Joe, today: Thank you for being so candid about Senator Sander’s voting record. I think it opens up a great opportunity for Democrats to clear the...
View ArticleHow the TPP Will Impact the Outcome of the 2016 Presidential Elections
You’re life isn’t worth much.That statement doesn’t reflect my personal beliefs, but rather the consensus of government and corporate leaders who have deemed your lack of value a liability.If you don’t...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Civil Rights Record Should be Respected, Not Condemned
In the 1970s my wife was murdered, and my daughter – who was a toddler at the time – was kidnapped. It was the most horrifying experience I’ve ever endured. But as devastating as it was to learn of my...
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