So Iraq calls for an American timetable for withdrawal. They essentially want us gone. American’s overwhelmingly want an end to the war in Iraq, so that means we want to leave. Why are we still there? Why are Bush and McCain REJECTING the demands of a sovereign nation’s government to tell us to get the hell out of their country?

Good Question!

Well the easy answer is exactly what you probably think it is, one word that can be read in every language: money. It’s not just oil, it’s all those no-bid Halliburton contracts, all those private security contracts, all those steel penetrating M855 bullet rounds (recently accused of being ineffective), Poorly armored HumVees, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, defective body armor, supersonic harriers, aka Joint-Strike Fighters, to fight a guerilla war / occupation, and more military gear that soaks up 50% of America’s yearly Discretionary Budget. Don’t forget as well, all the long term construction contracts that we will surely get if we maintain a longer term presence in Iraq. Plus permanent Military Bases means KBR contracts for food services, base repair and of course, all the …

Soapblox has turned 3. After a 9 month incubation period, we launched Soapblox on July 4th as I claim, because it is a very appropriate time for a 21st Century Pamphleteering Operation devoted to the progress of it’s beloved nation to begin, however, also, it was to ensure that I could remember the anniversary date, as I am terrible about remembering dates, and, let’s face it, Soapblox after 3 years still does not have a full staff of investigative reporters, nor does it have a fully catered office or a girl to get us coffee.

This operation is done the way it should be, guerrilla and under the radar. Which is probably for the best, as some of the things said on this site could land a one way ticket to Bush’s Dungeons of Doom, if broadcast on a wide scale. Which it is not. We are comparable to the truth-crazed pamphleteer on the streets before the Revolution. We simply want a better life, we simply want progress to occur, we simply want the nation to prosper and grow, to sustain it’s power and stability without damaging its own interests, which are …

When I wrote before the Iowa Caucus that nominating either an African-American man or a White Woman could backfire because the country wasn’t ready for it I was hoping to be wrong, I wasn’t. Recent actions by embittered Clinton supporters carry political rifts that reverberate across the media every hour. The sinking Hillary ship pulled the nuclear option and used race and gender to their advantage, now it’s all you hear race, gender, blah, blah, blah. It continues to play out even though Hillary lost. Especially now that some fringe feminists are threatening to vote for McCain. Enough already!

All the excitement in the base generated in the democratic party in the beginning has now dissipated. You had all these rank and file Dems rallying around Obama and Hillary simply because of what they were, not who they were, an African-American, a woman, I found that somewhat alarming before Iowa. I thought we were supposed to be gender and color blind I thought. I worried about the working class White Male voters as being key. Here we had a chance to reach out to the blue collar crowd and prove that the Democratic party …

You gotta love the Right’s pathetic attempt to make Obama look like an elitist. Here, you have extraordinarily wealthy, spoiled, fat, cigar smoking,, West Palm Beach pundits like Rush Windbag combined with well salaried, latte drinking, ivy league educated, insolated and out of touch “journalists” , and don’t get me started on the politicians (like Bush) who come from a long line of well-to-do political dynasties, trying to tell the average Joe what is elite. It simply doesn’t wash.

As Colbert satirized, conservative NY Times ignoramus, David Brooks, said “Obama is not the kind of guy you’d see eating at an Applebee’s salad bar”. As the brilliant Colbert pointed out, Applebee’s DOESN’T HAVE A SALAD BAR! This $1000 sporty tie wearing NY Times wacko Rightie pundit likely doesn’t know his Popcorn Shrimp Platter from his Red Hot Jalapeño Poppers. Of all people I can’t see eating at an Anytown U.S.A. corporate eatery, it’s political pundits like David Brooks, and while I CAN see Rush stuffing his fat face with Awesome Blossom grease puddles, it is highly unlikely that any of these spoiled brats have ever gotten a callous on their …

We finally know what the W in George. W. Bush stands for: Worst President in U.S. History. While this is something we rational beings on the Left have long known, now it has been concluded by the leading minds in the field of U.S. history. In a recent article on W.’s recent claims that history will prove him right, the Washington Post is reporting that of 109 leading U.S. historians, only 2 believe Bush will be judged favorably. Even worse for the bumbling Commander-in-Chief, a majority of those 109 believe that Bush is “the worst President in U.S. History!”

Take a moment to realize the gravity of that statement. If Bush was being tried in a court of history, a democratic assembly of the leading authorities in the field concludes that he did such a bad job, that there is no one worse! That’s behind such grand failures as the impeached Andrew Johnson, the incompetent Tyler, useless Buchanan and the scandalized Warren Harding, a President so bad, he would have likely been impeached had he not died of a heart attack!…

Turns out Bush and his Republican cohorts managed to do something about immigration after all. By destroying the economy, they’ve made America a less desirable place to work, which in turn has decreased the amount of immigrants venturing into the U.S. However the Republicans didn’t stop there. They’ve screwed up the economy so royally that immigrants already working in this country are going home, as opportunities are drying up, an article in Time Magazine finds.

Isn’t it ironic that while Bush has always been a proponent of exploiting immigrant labor (as it is one of the 3 fundamental components of capitalism), against the will of his party, mind you, his policies damaged capitalism and therefore achieved the desire of his party to put a stop to immigration. It came at the expense of our economy and, perhaps, damaged his party beyond control, but who can argue with success right?

It’s especially ironic since Bush was unable to get his way on immigration reform. Of course, by then, Bush had spent most of his political capital on Social-Security and Iraq like a jittery gambler at the …

Chris Mathews, who sways and bends with the political breeze is often a bit of a curmudgeon, however he tolerates all points of view, all frames of mind. His love of the political game is what seems to keep him going. What he doesn’t seem to tolerate is outright, baseless political jockeying, oh and one more thing: outright stupidity!

In comes Right-Wing Conservative talk show host Kevin James. Fresh from his radio show, talking up Bush’s recent diplomatic swipe at Obama and his weak argument that it’s similar to the Munich Conference (the same Munich Conference that gave Hitler everything he wanted to avert World War II, which obviously failed). James, however did not know even this much about one of the most talked about diplomatic events in history. He instead, thought he could talking point his way out of the enclosing box being inflicted on him by Mathews.

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Only it didn’t work, and in his desperation, tried every Right-Wing trick in the book to no avail. Mathews had the 2nd tier talk show …

The times they are a changin’, a famous prophet once said. And while this statement is almost always true, its utterance is often a signal of its significance. That the winds of change are blowing in the mind (to quote the prophet again), or minds I should say, of millions of angry people all across this great land. With the events that are occurring and unfolding right before our very eyes, change is no longer a hope, it’s a reality, one that will rattle and unsettle and even uproot the systems of the past, the grand institutions of the present and our very belief in the future. Prepare yourselves my fellow countrymen, for the battle for control is drawing to a close.

I know it’s been hard to look around these days at the state of the world. The reality is often to grave to discuss. Disasters at home and abroad, two wars we are unsuccessfully waging, famine and hunger, global warming, recession, the list goes on and on. However there are seeds of very positive things to come sprouting in a very fertile field.

George W. Bush has been badly …

I’ve always known that O’Reilly was an angry hack. What I didn’t know was that he was a comedian as well. In an absolutely hilarious tape that has recently surfaced (and is all over YouTube), Bill O’Reilly completely flies off the handle like a baby deprived of a pacifier. His rage was apparently flared off by a teleprompter statement regarding a Sting video.

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“There’s no words there, I can’t read it!”, screamed the loudmouthed pundit. His larger than life Irish head damn near exploded, virtually popping a blood vessel, all for a Sting video, The Soul Cages, of all albums.

I got a big kick out of this and I imagine you will too. Be sure to spread it to every friend & loved one, political & apolitical, Democrat & Republican. Let’s make O’Reilly the next Internet star! He’ll give that Chocolate Rain guy a run for his money, that’s for certain. Oh and hurry! Before Inside Edition makes YouTube take it down!

Former Bush Undersecretary of Defense Policy, Douglas “Barney” Feith, and one of the main architects of the Iraq War, I must add, stepped into Jon Stewart’s “seat of heat” last night, pushing his new book like P.T. Barnum and defending what has been called the “worst foreign policy decision in American History”.

If you enjoy watching Neoconservative, Harvard elite, war mongers get bested by a late-night comedian, than you will enjoy watching the uncut version of last night’s Daily Show. Feith, who struggled in his defense, grasping for arguments wherever he could, was ambushed at every turn by a well prepared Stewart (who actually read his book). Jon was able to reduce an intellectual think-tank strategist with two word responses, that seemingly tore down everything Feith spent paragraphs of defensive ranting building up.

It really makes you wonder doesn’t it, just why weren’t these questions asked in the first place?!

Feith, who argued for the invasion of a country that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of lives, has taken on the …

Despite the corporate-owned media’s obsession with polls, controversy and the horse-race, last night Barack Obama blew Hillary Clinton out of the water and officially ended any realistic chance of her becoming America’s next President. Not since Woodrow Wilson has 14 points meant so much, and by 14 points, I mean the blow-out in North Carolina which was, as recently as Monday, being paraded as Obama’s last stand.

Hillary’s chances for the Presidency are effectively statistically impossible. It’s essentially to a point where Obama could come out and announce he was a hooker-loving, Muslim terrorist or something and Hillary may STILL lose. The sense that the race is over is stronger than ever and even Hillary supporters like George McGovern have announced that he would take his pledged super-delegate status and switch it to Barack Obama. In other words Hillary’s run for the President died on that fateful Tuesday night.

Can she be productive though? Will she go out strong and with dignity, or will she pull a Jerry Brown and look like a rebel rousing spoil sport at her party’s convention? I’m sure she will choose the former. When …

The recent actions of Hillary and husband Bill are about as despicable as despicable gets. They’ve proven, to those who see beyond the political gimmicks and tactics, that they are politicians interested only in there own legacy and care so little for the future of this nation or the American people, that they are willing to burn the village in order to save it. That’s the same village, by the way, that Hillary once said it took to raise a child.

I used to love Bill, that is, in the way that a voter loves a politician (which is one of the lesser forms of love) I’ve never really cared much for Hillary, but that didn’t really matter because she was just the first lady. While surrounded by wimpy Democrats and a wife that had done him more harm than good, Bill stood up to the Republican machine and helped to stop most of their destructive agenda. While he screwed things up royally by getting a blow job, he survived the obvious political desperation of the Republicans and cut the momentum of their movement in half. Hillary, on the other hand, was largely …

Wright, Wright, Wright has become synonymous with Blah, Blah, Blah. It’s all these morons talk about over there in media land. While the issue over some idiotic statements made by an aging and out of touch pastor have given Right-wingers more than just a chance to put together clever headlines like “Wright is Wrong” and “Wright is STILL Wrong” and “Wright Isn’t Right”, it’s also given Republicans a chance to use race as an issue, sparking fears of the revival of Southern racism.

Are the American people dumb enough to fall for this Media manufactured story though? Or is this just an example of sensationalized gotcha journalism? A new poll proves that they are indeed a little bitter about Obama and the Rev. Wright debacle, however there is one thing they are even bitterer about: President Bush.

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC Poll outlines the simple fact that Americans are more enraged by John McCain’s links to President Bush than by any link by Obama to an angry black pastor or, LOL, a Weather Underground associate. It just underscores, once again, everything I’ve been saying. Americans don’t give a flying frijol …

I would be lying if I said I believed 2008 is going to be a great year. In fact, never in my life have I been more sure that we are in for hard times than I am now.

I’m trying to stay positive, as I’m sure you all are as well, however the writing is on the wall. Under the leadership of Bush and the Republicans, with a deregulated Corporate economy, with an overall decline in ethics and a cynical, useless media, the American Machine is now only churning out dreams for an increasingly smaller and smaller crowd, while giving the rest of us sleepless nights.

Bush calls the economy sour. Oh go choke on a Pretzel! I’m sick to death of some Connecticut born wanabe cowboy, cocaine abusing, Yale fraternity, spoiled-rotten, ELITIST PRICK, trying to sympathize with me. I’m also sick of Fox News and how they push their racist, corporate bullshit on a bunch of ignorant heartlanders, feeding them lies that perpetuate the problem. I’m sick of the rest of the media for being so out of touch with reality, thinking …

Recent Republican shills like Sean “Ins” Hannity are declaring their disinterest in the mortgage crisis as he did recently on his radio show. They claim that American taxpayers should not have to pay for someone else’s misfortunes stating boldly that it was their own stupidity that got them in financial trouble. They divide the middle-class against the lower middle-class claiming that it would take $Billions to bail out a bunch of dead-beats that can’t pay their own bills. A bunch of dead beats huh? What if I were to tell you some of these dead beats were members of the United States Military?

It’s true, apparently many members of the Armed Services are having trouble making their housing payments. The banks are often ignoring them (of course, like they care), and many soldiers are slipping through the cracks. This is not because they were discharged or anything like that, it’s just that financial institutions were in such a desperate need to take advantage of people looking for the American Dream, that they ripped off American soldiers! After all, corporations have no nationality, so why should it make …

A Washington Post article today is claiming that private debt collectors, hired by the IRS to pursue debtors, cost more than they bring in! Well isn’t THAT rich?! And I mean RICH, like richer than Dick Cheney with an army of convicts & thieves Rich (LOL, wait a minute, isn’t that the Bush Administration). As Progressives, this relationship between privatization and nationalization is complex and important. Nationalizing seems to let wealth waste away while privatizing TAKES maximum wealth away. The true answer must lie somewhere in the middle.

It’s funny, because this very topic came up the other day. While it wasn’t the IRS, it was the local Los Angeles city government, which pursued an associate of mine for thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes. The math didn’t add up, and when this person called, the city was forced to take a second look, which uncovered that, indeed, their math was wrong. Not just wrong, however, THEY ADDED AN EXTRA ZERO by complete mistake! DOH! How come they never forget to plus or minus a zero in our favor? I was wondering if it ended up …

One of the Presidential Candidates has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that their campaign for the Presidency has stalled, that they have deceived a great deal of the American People, especially the working class and should consider stepping aside so that a better, stronger candidate can proceed. This candidate’s campaign has become a pointless exercise of futility and their efforts to win the White House will be stalled by the absolutely absurd comments they have laid forth to achieve this goal. That is why Hillary Clinton should kiss her run for the White House goodbye.

You thought I was gonna say Obama didn’t ya? Well you should know me better by now.

I am not put off by manufactured scandals, especially one as transparent and idiotic as the ‘Bitter’ Gate (even the name is bad) scandal, that I’m sure most Americans know NOTHING about. If you haven’t heard it’s quite ridiculous. Obama made the following comments at a Democratic fundraiser, which where “leaked” to the press somehow:

“It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment …

Presidential flop, George W. Bush, has made a series of decisions recently that essentially dump the Iraq problem on the next President, hyper-extend the American Military and leave the citizens of the U.S. with a debt their Grandchildren will be paying, all the while, he’s on a PR blitz to paint himself as a great “war President” who honors the military.

Recent outrages made by the President are a tell tale sign of his failure to find any success in Iraq. With his continued use of political moves that endanger the lives of our soldiers while portraying himself as a great fighter for soldier’s rights is nothing new, it’s just part of the Bush pattern. While he plays with headlines and press releases, he let’s the killing and violence continue, all the while trading away American interests for the sake of profit and greed at the hands of greedy contractors, making our supposed enemies like Iran stronger in a nation WE occupy! His absolute incompetence in diplomacy, his abuse of the American Armed Forces and his stubborn tin-ear on all matters in which he is obviously …

Today we recognize the loss of one of History’s greatest kings. He was not a rich and powerful lord nor a great noble aristocrat, and while he was one of the most devoted fighters of all time, he was no blood thirsty warrior.

Martin Luther King Jr., or MLK has become somewhat of a legend, a myth, a George Washington like figure, with a holiday named after him to boot. It’s easy to forget how truly great this man was. It’s also easy to forget that he was surrounded by a great wife and devoted followers. It’s easy to forget as well that he was not perfect, he made mistakes and despite our 20/20 hindsight, he was a man in jeopardy of losing the support of the very people he laid his life on the line for.

Society seems to forget how brave, how hard and how profound the struggle of MLK actually was. He wasn’t just one of many who stood up to the water cannons, attack dogs and police brutality, he was the symbol OF standing up to those same brutal tactics. …

Today’s quick linx is brought to you by our beloved El Presidente, George W. “stands for worst” Bush, who recently attended the opening day indoctrination of the Washington National’s new stadium. While Bush stepped out on to the field, he was treated to a mixed reaction heavily dominated by loud booing. The major media virtually shunned the story, treating it like a sports story, while Obama’s low bowling score was trumpeted as the end all definition of why Obama was not a REAL man (one guy even said Obama should “stick to shooting hoops”), Liberal media my ass!

Our nation’s love of sports and hatred of politicians collided this week in what can only be called a humorous, yet somber moment for the United States.

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Wow, you know your not liked when your booed at the opening pitch. I mean, by the 7th inning, enough beer has flown through the stadium to turn a polite, church going dad into a longshoreman willing …

Well it’s official. The polls show that Obama was not fazed at all by the Reverend Wright debacle. A recent Pew Research poll, the same polling company that indicated a week ago that Obama WAS indeed hurt by the over-hyped story, NOW has a poll that shows he not only survived the mess, he shows the highest positive marks of any Presidential candidate and if the election were held today, he’d win.

While last week’s anti-Obama Pew poll, as duly noted in my previous articles, was taken before the historic “Profiles in Courage” speech, it was pounced on by conservatives and Hillary supporters alike as indication that Obama was on his way out. Once again, the media trumpeted this message through their loud speakers with no justification and attempted to bring down the Illinois Senator and potential President with an intense fervor, despite the fact that the only ones saying the issue was relevant were those on the Right. The issue did indeed, thanks to loud-mouthed fat Republican shock …

While reading the headlines of war, recession, division and sadness, I found this little tidbit on the thriving success of a magazine targeted at the super wealthy. I thought this little tidbit was perfect for today’s QuickLinx.

Apparently there is a thriving industry around selling to people SO rich, they view the Robb Report as the damn Pennysaver. If you’re making at least $650,000 a year and/or own a private jet; than your target demographic matches Doubledown Media, who’s readership is so wealthy, your yacht must be at least 40 feet to read it.

Doubledown Media is the producer of such fine publications as Corporate Leader, Cigar Report, Private Air (a rag devoted to your own private airplane(s) and their latest periodical to hit the press, The Players Club (and btw, “playas” need not apply, that is, unless you have an impressive portfolio). While this fine group of well-minded, young upstarts are doing their duty in a nation at war and recession, they’re also answering to a higher service: making money and apparently more now than ever before.

“We’re seeing very rapid growth,” brags …

It is absolutely hilarious the uniform reactions I’m hearing from the Republican punditry. It’s almost like hearing a talking wind-up doll, pull the string and listen to some pissed off Rightie Wightie loud mouth regurgitate a line on how Obama failed to reach the lower class White vote. It usually comes out sounding something like this:

“While Obama’s speech was very ELOQUENT, he failed to change the minds of middle-class White people.”

Nothing TOO shocking, however let’s examine this a little closer.

Firstly, even the compliment is designed to be an insult. After the infamous Joe Biden debacle, in which Biden called Obama “articulate,” it became widely known to White Righties that African-American men see such comments as an attempt to put them in a second-class bracket (oh he speaks so well… for a black guy). By the way, articulate is the third word for eloquent in the thesaurus, This is not apples and oranges, especially since Republicans are so obsessive about semantics.

Secondly… Where do they get off thinking they know what middle and working class people are thinking?! Most of these Right-Wing Pundicrats have never suffered a day in their …

The degradation of the Presidential race may have finally bottomed out. While the media, eager to prove that it’s being “tough” on Obama, pounced on some remarks Obama’s pastor Rev. Wright made recently, the clever and daring politician fired back with a speech as daring as John F. Kennedy’s famous speech on religion in 1960, and, much to the surprise of many, he succeeded.

While Hillary Clinton managed to avoid addressing the fiery and naïve remarks made by campaign aide and former Vice Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, Obama attacked this issue head on. While it seems fairly irrelevant to me that Obama’s Pastor got angry at White America nearly 20 years ago, it was wise of the Illinois Senator to take swift and decisive action, as opposed to the slow and divisive tactic Hillary Clinton choose on her gender/race issue.

The decision to make a speech however, is only half the battle. Who could forget Romney’s speech on religion earlier this year that failed to energize his campaign? Romney could not reconcile his Mormon faith to the millions of evangelical voters and his momentum stalled, …

There is an uneasy tension in the air today. Anxiety, discomfort, even panic is on the minds of many, from the largest, most powerful financial houses right down to the lowliest blue collar family. It is a feeling that this great machine of ours, this United States of America, is perhaps on the verge of a total breakdown. From financial markets to the Presidential Race, times are tough.

Exaggeration? Well you tell me. The other day an NPR financial analyst sketched out a scenario where the American Dollar plunges out of control, thereby causing a meltdown in virtually ALL world markets. He stressed that the scenario was unlikely, however it was plausible. You know things are bad when the media begins to talk about the possibility of complete disaster! 6 months ago, no one dared say we were in a recession, 3 months ago, it was the “R-word” today it is reality, with even the likes of Greenspan and Bernanke using the word regularly. Even ol’ Bush claimed we weren’t in a recession last week, today admitted that the economy “is going through tough times”. UH OH! If …

As time passes, I am becoming increasingly convinced that Wall St. is not located in the bustling lower Manhattan financial district. I now believe that Wall St. is located in an exotic and happy place where candy cane light posts lead the way to the fantastic chocolate and marshmallow palace, a mere 2 miles walk from the realm of reality. What’s worse, ladies and gentleman, is that Wall St. appears to not represent the interests of the American People as well.

Today Ben “Edward II” Bernanke, our all knowing and all seeing Federal Reserve Chairman, announced a plan to inject liquidity into financial markets through a complex and intricate loaning plan, which will give capital to ailing financial markets. In addition they are playing with temporary reciprocal currency arrangements, which is an overly intelligent way of saying their playing around with loan agreements to other countries to make investment more enticing. You know, it’s about time they made temporary reciprocal currency arrangements more accessible to foreign nations, I sure know it will make my life better.

Forbes magazine is calling the Fed Chair “Super Ben” and Wall St., much to no …

It’s been a long time since we had an Orange Alert huh? Remember those? Seemed like every time suspicions of the Bush Administration’s mishandling of 9-11 came up, or bad times in Iraq, or my absolute personal favorite, The Democratic Convention, we were all running to the store to buy duct tape and check our mail with anthrax proof gas masks.

An amazing coincidence?

Anyone with half a brain cell who actually paid attention to the Bush Administration’s complete and utter exploitation of the multi-colored Terror Alert Level System will not be shocked by accusations that Bush used it to his political advantage.

Keith Olbermann’s recent Nexus of Terror Timeline however, will still disgust you beyond belief. He lays down 17 minutes of Bush abuse on the issue of terrorism for nothing more than political gain. He reads off an overwhelming array of evidence, laid out in chronological order that details just how low the Bush Administration sunk to maintain political power in Washington.

Fear, fear and more fear will be one of Bush’s …

Leading Conservative thinker and FOX News resident right-wing pundit, William Kristol made a daring appearance on the Daily Show last night. While I always love to watch Mr. Stewart grill hypocritical righties with intelligent humor and intensely backhanded compliments, I found it was both satisfying and disturbing at the same time.

For those of you who don’t know Kristol, he’s the son (or spawn) of what many consider to be the Godfather of the modern conservative movement. He rose to his own heights (as a member of the top-tier) becoming editor of The Weekly Standard (ultra conservative rag) and a player in many think-tanks, including the Project for a New American Century (you remember, the guys who said a Pearl Harbor like event could be manipulated to get America into a war with Iraq). He is a self-described Neo-Con who has actively called for a War in Iraq since Bush I called of the dogs in 1991. To me, he is everything that is wrong with America as he represents the war-hawks, the industrialists, the wealthy elite and he gives fuel to the religious whack-jobs as well. He is …

Super Tuesday is over, now comes the rush of political punditry. Large panels of angry white men appear across the news echo chamber to discuss race and gender issues they know nothing about. Who got the Latino vote? The Black vote? The Female vote? They flap their lips about political power in this country with all the statistical data and enthusiasm of a Monday morning sportscast. As an American comprised of many races and nationalities, I find all this talk about race tiring and distracting. Although, perhaps that’s part of being a mutt. I’ve never seen a point in choosing between my Latino, Irish, Muskogee Creek Indian and various other ancestral facets and never fill in those annoying race bubbles on questionnaires. Perhaps that’s why I’ve seen racial compartmentalization for what it really is: a political tool of division.

You’ve gotta love our media. They sure know how to entertain. Unfortunately all this entertainment draws from their ability to inform, not to mention their efforts to create drama have been absolutely destructive to the electoral process. …

More woes for the economy today as world financial markets took a nose dive, setting new record losses. the World economy is now facing a possible global panic. All eyes are on Wall St.

Last November, I broke my economic silence and posted an article on the inevitable recession that we’re all headed for. The December that followed, witnessed the owned media beating us over the head with rosy optimism, sunny sales reports and news story after news story about how this Christmas sales season was doing just great. The propaganda was so thick, with so few voices of descent in the crowd, I myself began to question all of the research I poured into that last article. I reminded myself that this was an increasing trend over the past 10 years that the media sings the same tune the Wall St. powers dance to (after all their part of the same family). You know the tune: it’s that one where all the economic news jumps up and down with a big “For Sale” sign when the economy hits a downturn and sings loud sweet praises of the marketplace to the …