Kudos to progressive Massachusetts bloggers Sahar Massachi of Waltham and Bruce Wilson of Millbury who have been awarded scholarships from Democracy for America to attend Netroots Nation in Austin next month. Sahar describes himself: I am … [Read more...]
Archives for June 19, 2008
Yo, BMG Peeps! What’s with all the hit jobs lately?
Anyone else sick of reading diaries and comments that are total negative bashing, without any redeeming qualities? Since when was BMG the favorite tool to pick on your least favorite candidates? Some of these posts try so absurdly hard as … [Read more...]
Please ignore this post
UPDATE: Alert readers eury13 and Ron Newman note that the city clerk's office may not have rejected the excess signatures -- they may just have stopped counting when it was clear that Wilkerson had enough. So it may be that … [Read more...]
Ed O’Reilly Abandons Democrats On Iraq
Here's a Gloucester Times story on his announcement: O'Reilly, 53, said he would vote to immediately withdraw troops from Iraq. "Immediately, like today," O'Reilly said. "And keep a temporary force in the area to fight al-Qaida." And here's … [Read more...]
Bush Administration Tries to Button Up Iraq for Its Friends
Not too close to the end of his term, but no doubt later than the oil men who helped put him in office would have liked, George Bush has paid back his family's industry friends by trying to give them their own country. The equation could … [Read more...]
Obama opts out of public financing
The Obama campaign has made the decision to opt out of the public financing system for the general election. Here's Obama explaining why. I think this is the right call. Speaking strictly practically, he can almost certainly … [Read more...]
ACTION ALERT: Fight FISA “compromise”
Under this bill, we would have two justice systems in this country. Under one justice system, the super-rich and large corporations can break the law with impunity, then ask their Congressional pals to pretty please give them a get out of … [Read more...]
Obama & Kerry deal Halliburton major blow; Prez OKs closing KBR tax loophole
First, a recap of how this all went down. It started with this story in the Boston Globe: Top Iraq contractor skirts US taxes offshore Shell companies in Cayman Islands allow KBR to avoid Medicare, Social Security … [Read more...]
Why I Created The Purple Dog Tag To Help Our Wounded Troops And Veterans.
I am not a political person by nature and I am hardly partisan in my belief that the men and women who wear the uniform of our country should, above all, be taken care of to the fullest extent of our ability when wounded in action. It's … [Read more...]
Chang-Diaz Chases, Wilkerson Hides
Wilkerson nearly did lose it two years ago. She didn't bother to get the 300 signatures for a spot on the ballot. She ended up in a messy sticker campaign, which Chang-Diaz nearly won.That's one lesson finally learned. This year, … [Read more...]