Conservative anger grows over Bush’s foreign policy. Who wouldn’t be! Bush has led this country into one disastrous quagmire of a war in Iraq, another failing effort in Afghanistan, Somalia is now under al Qaeda backed Islamic control, Iran has nuclear capability, North Korea now has nuclear weapons with missiles, Israel has invaded Lebanon and the peace process is in ruins (decades behind) and the entire world hates us. Terrorism is much stronger today than it ever was before Bush came to office and the world is a far less safe place today than it was in 2000.

This is the direct result of what has been coined “Cowboy Diplomacy". It basically isn’t diplomacy at all. It is a declared statement of intent, followed by action. Sounds tough, but tell me what’s tough about rushing into a fight you know nothing about. Cowboy diplomacy also brought us indifference in the Middle East, allowing Israel to overplay its hand, and severe agitation among other world leaders, not to mention allowing Somalia to fall into enemy hands. How can anyone forget how Cowboy Diplomacy brought us a breakdown in dialogue with Iran and North Korea, which are free to …

Nasty Ann Coulter, the venomous foul mouthpiece of the Right, is coming under attack for plagiarism. Yes that’s right, her infamous new book, which no doubt will sell well to suckers who eat up her useless ramblings, is plagued with passages lifted literally word for word from other sources. Her work has also been called sloppy and lacking of academic merit, as she used passages completely out of context and intended to boost her credibility where credibility is severely lacking.

Ms. Coulter is famous now for railing on 9-11 widows as “harpies” who may have been divorced from their husbands anyway! She also told them all to shut up and sit quiet because she could not attack them! This unspeakable hypocrisy comes as she exploited the death of 9-11 victims anyway, using it as verbal ammunition to help propel this country in to a war it did not need. She says she can’t attack the widows, but apparently she can. Just as anyone in this country is free to use their fame to make naive and moronic statements. It is just simply sad that her books keep selling. Proving that one …

Happy Birthday to Soapblox!

While we had a large 9 month or so preparation phase, the official launch of Soapblox.com was on the 4th of July. We may only be one year old and there is obviously more growing that needs to be done, yet so much has changed in that first year and a lot of progress has been made.

We are born on the 4th of July and I would like to point that out, as our roots are American as American can get. I speak not for my self when I say that here at Soapblox, we stand tall for our nation and celebrate the pride of the world’s first modern democracy. While it may have been first, and it may be powerful, it is not immune from sliding backward into past mistakes and above losing it’s true democratic essence. Democracy needs participation! Which is why Soapblox.com was created, under the belief that anything that can be done, must be done to keep our population from sliding into a veil of ignorance.

This site is devoted to the Progressive movement, one which will ultimately save this nation from the clutches of those wishing …