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Living in Interesting Times

Posted on Sunday, June 16th, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

This past week I turned 53 years of age – born on June 12, 1960 (I was horrified to learn that I share my birthday with Dubya). Pursuing my college degrees in the 80s and 90s and working in I.T. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Politics | Tagged barack obama, bill clinton, george h w bush, george w bush, gerald ford, jimmy carter, john kennedy, lyndon johnson, richard nixon, ronald reagan

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Republicans Outraged Over Surveillance of Americans by Obama, But Not by Bush

Posted on Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Republicans were infuriated by the “breaking news” that Obama and the NSA have been listening to our phone conversations. They conveniently forget that it was George W. Bush who directed the NSA to start this eavesdropping program. In fact, PBS/Frontline … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, George W Bush, Intelligence Community, Politics, September 11, Terrorism | Tagged 9/11, barack obama, george w bush, intelligence community, nsa, terrorism

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Secret Service Looking Into Right Wing Radio Host Pete Santilli for Threats Against Hillary Clinton

Posted on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

You may have already heard reports on the obscene death threats made by far-far right, lunatic fringe radio host Pete Santilli. There are a lot of statements in his rant that one could explain-away as hyperbole – Obama “should” be … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Conspiracy Theories, George HW Bush, George W Bush, Hillary Clinton, Republican Scandals, Republicans, Secret Service | Tagged barack obama, death threats, george hw bush, george w bush, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Navy Seals, pete santilli, secret service

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That dick Cheney – Can He Still Be Prosecuted for War Crimes?

Posted on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Dick Cheney, the brains behind the administration that doctored phoney intelligence as an excuse to remove his long-time nemesis, Saddam Hussein. The same administration that rushed us into an illegal war in Iraq based on the existence of WMDs while … Continue reading →

Posted in Armed Contractors, Dick Cheney, George W Bush, Iraq, Politics, Rumsfeld, Torture, War Crimes | Tagged dick cheney, george w bush, Iraq, rumsfeld, torture, war crimes

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Republicans’ Selective Memory Affliction

Posted on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Conservatives continue to yap about Benghazi in print and on TV, even dragging Bush era foreign policy dinosaurs Rumsfeld and Cheney into the mix; all of them trying to claim it points to either a “cover-up” or “incompetence”. So I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Government, Intelligence Community, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, Terrorism | Tagged Benghazi, congress, george w bush, gop, John McCain, mitt romney, republicans, terrorism

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Ignorance is Strength: Neocons Contradict Each Other Defending Torture Yet Again

Posted on Sunday, February 10th, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” –Nietzsche Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow’s taut, brooding paean to the CIA’s hunt for Osama bin Laden has been controversial since long before it even hit … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, Bin Laden, Foreign Policy, Hollywood, Intelligence Community, Iraq, Justice, National Security, Neo-cons, Neocons, Politics, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republican Scandals, Security, September 11, Terrorism, The Media, Torture, Wars | Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, barack obama, Bush, foreign policy, george w bush, hollywood, Iraq, John McCain, Jose Rodriguez Jr., Larry Elder, national security, September 11th, terrorism, the CIA, torture, Zero Dark Thirty

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It’s D-Day in the Class War

Posted on Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“We cannot negotiate with those who say, ‘What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.’” –John F. Kennedy On November 6th, 60 million Americans waited in line to yank the monkey wrench from Congress. We reappointed our Democratic general … Continue reading →

Posted in Auto Industry, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate donors, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debt and Budget, Democratic Leaders, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Employment, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, George W Bush, Housing Crisis, Income Inequality, Justice, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Lefty Sites, Liberals, Mitt Romney, Occupy WallStreet, Outsourcing, Politics, Poverty, Primaries, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republican Scandals, Ronald Reagan, superPACs, Supreme Court, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Constitution, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, U.S. Treasury, Wall Street | Tagged boycott, D Day, demand economics, economic justice, economy, Franklin Roosevelt, george w bush, Hayek, Hostess, income, income inequality, Keynes, labor, Obama, occupy wall street, romney, ronald reagan, scott walker, supply-side, tax cuts, taxes, The Fiscal Cliff, the fiscal cliffs of Normandy, trickle-down, union-busting, unions, voodoo economics, Walmart

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WTFU! Romney Promises to Repeat the Mistakes of George W. Bush

Posted on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 by mlitman

A Pew Research poll reports that Romney has taken a 4% point lead over Obama. There was a reason George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were not invited to speak at the RNC. Their names were not even mentioned. Perhaps the Republicans were fearful … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, George W Bush, Mitt Romney, Politics | Tagged barack obama, george w bush, mitt romney

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Better off now than 4 years ago – hell yeah!

Posted on Sunday, September 30th, 2012 by Doug Marquardt

Romney, Ryan and their devotion to all-things-Reagan keeps bringing them back to the line he used against President Carter back in 1980: “Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?” They seem to believe this is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Auto Industry, Barack Obama, Federal Reserve, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, LGBT Rights, Mitt Romney, Politics | Tagged auto industry, barack obama, Ben Bernanke, chris dodd, Federal Reserve, financial bailouts, financial collapse, george w bush, hank paulson, jimmy carter, mitt romney, paul ryan, ronald reagan

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Counterfactual Conceptions with Ron Paul

Posted on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 by Lucas Kawa

Wednesday night, the last President to leave office with a surplus will be offering his case for the President who inherited the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Bill Clinton’s endorsement will no doubt evoke some memories of the … Continue reading →