The recent (and now national... huh...) outrage over jazz singer Rene Marie's unannounced substitution of the lyrics of the "black national anthem," Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing, for the expected lyrics of The Star Spangled Banner, has had callers all abuzz in the radio talk shows I listen to. However, in amongst all the critical and even angry ( Read more... )

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should ( Read more... )

(Which means that Chimpy the Boy Emperor is, by now, nothing but one big giant a$$hole. But then we knew that already.)

While I am posting the full transcript after the jump, you really should watch these. Transcripts don't give the effect of Olbermann's delivery, his eloquence, or his sheer outrage. He gave voice to all the frustrated anger I' ( Read more... )

Whatever you may think about Mike Gravel, at least he makes political races interesting.

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Pity the Dems won't let him into their PrezDenshul Debates (at least the Repugs let Ron Paul in theirs, even if they try to keep him from saying anything...).

Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize!

( Re-elect President Gore!!! )

Thom Hartmann has read this on his show many times, but I never caught the name of it before. Heck, I'd always thought he'd written it himself! But he read it again this morning in response to a particularly self-centered brain-stem of a Libertarian, and I finally caught the title of the piece; it turns out it's something that's been circulating ( Read more... )

This opinion piece by a U.S. Department of Justice attorney appeared in The Denver Post several weeks ago, but I didn't know about it until Randi Rhodes mentioned it in her show today. It deserves to be read by as many people as possible.

(  'Some things must be said, whatever the risk.' )

Amidst all the 9/11 hysteria, hoopla, and jingoistic schmaltz being ladled out in the MEEEdjah these last few days, amidst the excremental propaganda like The Path to 9/11 being slung into the popular memory, one can lose sight of just why it is important to remember and to tell the truth.

This post, from liz_marcs, reminds us of why. (It's a long article ( Read more... )

News flash! Second federal court ruling that shows the Bush Criminal Regime is engaged in illegal acts.

Judge Rules Against Wiretaps: NSA Program Called Unconstitutional

( From Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon.com. )

One of the absolute best journal sites on The Internets, in my opinion, is that of Joe Bageant. A liberal voice from deep in the Red Zone, this man writes essays the way B. B. King plays the blues -- raw, gritty, yet lyrical. Sheer poetry in prose. I've already posted a couple of them here before; I'd post every one of his essays if it wouldn't ( Read more... )