By Donatra
Are you sick and tired of Republican attack ads? Are you sick and tired of verbal assaults on twelve-year-old-boys and two-year-old-girls by rich, white fat men who share a basic contempt for change and who practice rhetorical savagery as a virtue? Yeah. I am too. And I think I [...]
Angels of light or rightwing hate mongers?
BBC cutting journalist jobs.
Its a bitch when the news division is expected to turn a profit like the entertainment division of most networks and huge conglomerates. But, its a disgusting fact in todays profit-driven world ain’t it?
So, to that end, the BCC will make the majority of the cuts in the division which is supposed to enlighten and [...]
Knock the snot out of Rupert Murdoch..You know you want to..
This lovely game is brought to you by FreePress.net:
This is more than just a game. Rupert Murdoch spreads his political agenda into nearly every living room in America by buying up TV stations and other media across the country. In city after city, StopBigMedia is organizing a grassroots campaign against Murdoch’s takeover.
Right now, the Federal [...]
voting for the right man- in this case
chris dodd for president
dennis kucinich for president
don’t get me wrong- i am more than ready for a madame president- just not another clinton. we have a duty and an obligation as patriots and lovers of our country to vote for people who will truly lead us and do what is best for the country [...]
why are democrats afraid of kucinich?
i feel that it is my duty to promote the so called ’second tier’ candidates as much as possible these next few months leading into the start of the primaries. there seems to be a deliberate campaign to keep dennis kucinich in the background and not being able to speak in national debates and [...]
what the politicians don’t want you to know about iraq
it has been a rough ride for me these last few years. there was a time when i was- while not a bright eyed idealist- a naive young person bent on saving the world. because back then- i thought i could one person at a time. it has become abundantly clear that [...]
Dan Rather’s Magnum Opus
William Rivers Pitt has been gracious enough to allow us to reprint his piece today at TruthOut.org. They are one of the best sources for progressive news and opinion on the web. They can use our help financially.
Dan Rather’s Magnum Opus
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Columnist
Wednesday 26 September [...]
A Little Light Reading
Top 25 Censored Stories of 2008
(This is just the top ten stories…)
#1 No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person”
#2 Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
# 3 AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa’s Resources Source:
# 4 Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements
#5 Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq
#6 Operation FALCON Raids
#7 Behind Blackwater Inc.
#8 KIA: [...]
White House: Wealth Inequality “Is Not A Very Interesting Story”
David Sirota has graciously consented to Sirens reprinting his blogpost from yesterday at WorkingForChange. You can view David’s blog here.
White House: Wealth Inequality “Is Not A Very Interesting Story”
By David Sirota
The New York Times reports that according to new government data, “Americans earned a smaller average income in 2005 than in 2000, the fifth [...]
Are YOU Feeling The Culture Of Fear?
We all know that beauty and brains usually are not synonymous. Some people are fortunate to have it all I suppose…but there are those that don’t have that entire package going on for them. Yet that moniker may be transcended with beauty of mind and spirit…and I feel that perhaps embodies my subject for today…Mr. [...]
