Listen as Keith Olbermann debunks the myths surrounding the community center planned for 45 Park Place, NYC (2-4 blocks away from Ground Zero, depending on how you count "blocks"): the building which has been incorrectly labeled by much of the media and its opponents as "The Ground Zero Mosque".

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"There is no training ground for terrorists. ( Read more... )

sophiaserpentia has written an eye-opening (to me, anyway) description of why the political situation in this country is much worse than I imagined it wasIn spite of my surprise at the seriousness of the problem, it is no surprise to me that the Democratic Party is wasting a hard-won opportunity to turn this country around. If they keep it up, we are looking at ( Read more... )

Dear Governor Patterson:

I am unhappy with the way our state senators are making a mockery of the democratic process. We did not elect them to put on the embarrassing power struggle the nation has seen from them in recent weeks. Since they seem unable to do the work we elected them to do, I recommend firing all of them and not allowing any of ( Read more... )

I'm studying Dr. Cornel West's 1993 book Race Matters and am enjoying the mental stimulation very much. But as I ended Chapter 1 and began Chapter 2, I wondered what he would say has changed or remained the same since he published that book. For example, I found what I hope is his Facebook page and sent him the following message. I hope he ( Read more... )

There is a subtle difference between wanting the president to fail and expecting that one to fail, and some people are missing that difference. I and other PUMAs do not want that one to fail, because his failure means more trouble for our country...and lord knows our country has seen enough trouble to last a lifetime. But we expect him to fail, ( Read more... )

I haven't been posting about politics, partly because I have all but given up on the political scene in this country. I read articles that keep me abreast on what is really going on, and that is about it. I rarely join organized activities to try to affect any sort of change one way or another. I am no longer registered with a political party. ( Read more... )

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"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

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With head held high and a determined set to my jaw, I stepped into my voting place this morning and made history. Today I voted for the only all woman-of-color ticket to ever run for president of the United States of America: Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente of the Green Party. I was proud to do it, to give a respectful nod to my sisters who ( Read more... )