Assault on the Wall Between Church And State
>Alliance Defense Fund, described by the NY Times as "a consortium of Christian lawyers that fights for conservative religious and social causes," is pursuing an initiative they call "Pulpit Freedom...
View ArticleMcCain and the Men Left Behind
This is a longstanding can of beans that The Nation has recently re-opened.Commenters have persuaded me to pull most of this diary; thanks for that!In view of the preponderance of evidence that McCain...
View Articlehate video stirs opposition
Related DiariesAssociated Press: NEW YORK - Newspapers that carried an advertising supplement in recent weeks containing a DVD critical of radical Muslims have faced complaints from readers and...
View ArticleACORN - voter fraud or dirty trick?
I wish I could say definitively that the bust of ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) -- which comes just as McCain's campaign starts grumbling about Obama's campaign...
View ArticleNY Times finds McCain's behavior well...erratic.
"McCain Lauds and Attacks Obama in Same Day" is the headline for Elisabeth Bumiller's piece, that seems to carry an overriding theme of bipolarity.LAKEVILLE, Minn. — After a week of trying to portray...
View ArticleWhat remains at stake
There is no shortage of early declarations of an Obama-led rout come 11/4, three weeks from now.Chickens. Not hatched. Don't count.Still, here's just a few feel-good samples from diverse quarters:Top...
View ArticleACORN needs to be truthful.
I've been full circle on this ACORN story.To start with, after the raid here in Las Vegas, I wrote a diary expressing my suspicion of Republican "dirty tricks" --http://www.dailykos.com/...While I...
View ArticleLou Freakin' Dobbs
Flipping past CNN this evening, I found Mr. LD flogging his daily online poll, as he is wont to do on a nightly basis. "Is the media being fair to Joe Wurzelbacher? Stop by Lou Dobbs dot-com and let us...
View ArticleThe Rehabilitation of Colin Powell
For years, the well-informed among us have known that Colin Powell was "the voice in the wilderness" of the Bush administration, the only dissenting insider as the Chief Executive laid down the...
View ArticleDr. Doom predicts a year of night; endorses Obama
Dr. Nouriel Roubini has been like that cartoon guy with the white robes and a beard, holding that familiar sign...wait a minute I'll do an image search...."the end is nigh"... Mo white robes, but it'll...
View ArticleAnother Million Dollars Wasted
AP reports that: "Readers of Ohio's three largest newspapers, along with papers in Florida and Nevada, will find an anti-Obama DVD included in editions this week."Citizens United, a conservative...
View Articlemandated AF vehicles running on oil products
Federally-mandated alternative fuel vehicles are important in creating the fueling network that will allow the entire country to run on less carbon emissions. Unfortunately, the program is not being...
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