In an uncharacteristically confrontational manner President Barack Obama stated that he fundamentally disagrees with Dick Cheney’s notion that we can’t reconcile our core values with our national security interests. The President went on to say that he was surprised at Cheney’s defense of torture policies. But constitutional law scholar, Jonathan Turley says the President doesn’t [...]
Media Cries “Deficit” to Defeat Progressive Agenda
March 24, 2009 By
Despite all of the economic history of the past 30 years, the traditional media is brushing off its favorite bogeyman – the budget deficit – to defeat and/or scale back President Obama’s progressive budget, education, and health care agenda. The New York Times warned in a front page story on March 21 that a new [...]
Why Doesn’t Obama Make Iraq the 51st State?
March 24, 2009 By
If President Obama plans to keep 50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely after 2010, why doesn’t he just annex Iraq as the 51st State now? Iraqis would have our solemn promise we will never again lay their country to waste and we would work out a deal so that their motorists could have any oil [...]
AIG and the Undeserving Rich
March 24, 2009 By
Charles Blow, the “moderate” who seems to write a lot of words but never takes a clear stand on anything, recently lamented on the op-ed page of the New York Times about what a small matter the $165 million in bonuses really were compared to the $170 billion AIG received in government welfare. Sheryl Gay [...]
Close Down Guantanamo? What About Our Own Hellholes?
March 23, 2009 By
As Tom Paine once opined on this subject: “When it shall be said in any country in the world, ‘My poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive’— when these things can be said then may that country boast of its constitution and its government.” Folks, we gotta ways to go.
The Auto Bailout: A Bad Deal
March 23, 2009 By
With the economy tanking and unemployment skyrocketing, you’d think the Obama administration would be doing all it could to save jobs. But if its auto bailout plan is any indicator of its current direction, we’re on our way to losing a lot more jobs.
The Rich Countries’ Faltering “United Front”
March 23, 2009 By
By now we’ve heard “The worst economic crisis since the 1930s” – or words to that effect – so many times it’s become like a mantra. But as the days roll on it begins to appear that it might just be an understatement and that not only does the economic situation appear more like the [...]
Rachel Maddow’s Chronology of AIG’s Greed
March 22, 2009 By
Congress’s Potemkin Populism
March 22, 2009 By
It’s nice to see that when the public gets sufficiently angry about something, Congress responds. In a rare show of bipartisanship, members are eagerly registering shock and outrage at AIG‘s bonus payments by coming up with an assortment of ways to reclaim the bonanza, including taxing them away retroactively. Who says democracy is dead? But [...]
This Week in The LA Progressive: March 15 to 21, 2009
March 22, 2009 By
Averting the Greater Depression The Rich Countries’ Faltering “United Front.” During the 1930s, Europe and the U.S. were also unable to agree on a common strategy, which led to a worldwide trade war and the plunge into depression. –Carl Bloice Economic Recovery Will Be More than Trusting President Obama’s Stimulus Plan. But then, this economic [...]
Republican Dinosaurs Cling to Power
March 21, 2009 By
When a side that “plays to win” is in the political minority, they assert whatever power they can get. This is the position Republicans, after two elections of solid blue victories, are stuck in at the federal and state level. Shut out of the presidency and the U.S. House of Representatives, the G.O.P. clings to [...]
Black Chrome
March 21, 2009 By
Black Chrome September 25, 2008 – April 12, 2009 Through photos, interviews, objects and 16 tricked-out motorcycles that range from choppers to drag bikes, this California-focused exhibition spotlights the innovations and creativity of African Americans that significantly changed the landscape of American motorcycling since World War II. The exhibition is a collaborative project funded by [...]
Friday Feedback: Who Are the Consumers When No One Has the Money to Buy Anything?
March 20, 2009 By
Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Ramona, writing in response to Joseph Palermo‘s “Blue Dogs and Citigroup Fight the Employee Free Choice Act.” Ramona writes Great piece. We were at our most stable when unions and the middle class flourished. [...]
Crimson and Clover: What’s Wrong with the Irish?
March 20, 2009 By
This is what I remember: She had flaming red hair. I had met her at a gathering of scholars in London. It was the summer, and I realized I had spent the entire year in England. It was time to explore the Continent. Helen suggested going in the opposite direction, to her native Ireland—Northern Ireland. [...]
Economic Recovery Will Be More than Trusting President Obama’s Stimulus Plan
March 20, 2009 By
The Audacity Of Greed should be the title of President Obama’s next book. Never could he have imagined how tough getting out of an economic recession (borderline depression) when he signed up for the presidency. He knew the job was tough when he took it, he just didn’t know that greed would continue to trump [...]
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